One of the key attributes to a successful cloud deployment is thinking about the strategy holistically. In my post ‘CIOs are getting…
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Mesosphere’s new data center mother brain will blow your mind
Mesosphere has been making a name for itself in the the world of data centers and cloud computing since 2013 with its…
Read MoreThe enterprise CIO needs a comprehensive strategic plan and quick
There are many who profess to know what goes on within the mind of the CIO and across the IT organization as…
Read MoreHow an old-school telco gear maker got the cloud religion. Can it convert the carriers?
Metaswitch is bringing the cloud model to telcos by open sourcing it's new IMS core software that runs on commodity hardware. IT's a good first step for the telcos but they must go further.…
Read MoreDevops and donors: How the Obama campaign built its fundraising platform
The web has thoroughly infiltrated the political process, much like TV did in the 1960s. A series of posts on how the Obama team managed to analyze data, format its emails and now, build a fundraising API are showing how much web savvy and infrastructure matters.…
Read MoreWith Scalable Data Stores Around, Is NoSQL a Non-Starter?
The discussion around NoSQL seems to have evolved from one about abolishing SQL databases to one about coexisting with SQL databases to one where SQL is actually regaining the momentum. Is this a case of “the next big thing” actually instigating concerned parties to improve the existing solution rather than showing it the door?…
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Professionally, I’m not too interested in Web 2.0 services and the consumer-centric issues that accompany them. Facebook’s data-security practices: I’m listening. Facebook’s…
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Twitter’s decision to build its own data center has some asking why web companies abandon their use of cloud computing when they…
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The news that ARM intends to get into the server market has me wondering how realistic the notion of a viable x86…
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My Weekly Update about COTS solutions in webscale companies has generated much reaction (mostly negative), with much of it stemming from the…
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I’m beginning to wonder whether when we’ll finally figure out how to transition from the client-server world into the webscale world. Today…
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I’m beginning to wonder when we’ll finally figure out how to evolve IT operations from a client-server world into a webscale world.…
Read MoreFacebook, Apple Building New Data Centers, But Why?
Talk of data centers can be equal parts fascinating and mind-numbing; speculating about what new data centers signify, however, is nothing short…
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It’s funny to me that a story about the success of Dell’s Data Center Solution division runs on the heels of Microsoft’s…
Read MoreThe Future of the Data Center is Murky
Is there anyone who can say with certainty what the next generation of enterprise data centers will look like? A recent Network World article, for example, handicaps the field of data center vendors, picking HP, IBM, Cisco and VMware as the odds-on favorites (where is Dell?). Given the move toward clouds and fabrics (in which computing, networking and storage are interconnected tightly), this group makes perfect sense for the enterprise. But Google and Amazon have charted a different course, eschewing specialized gear for commodity hardware and secret-sauce software. Which configuration will win out?…
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