High Availability From Non-High Availability: OpenStack, Dell, Crowbar, Private Clouds, and Moving the Enterprise Forward…
The Environment Recently a conversation came up about high availability in a traditional Enterprise Environment. Let me paint the picture for this environment; “This environment has several hundred servers, and several hundred applications. These application range in simple client server applications to n-tier applications strung across multiple services and machines. Some are resilient, some are […]
Following Good Practice, The Negative Bits About Windows Azure First, But Gems Included! :D
Ok, I’ve used Windows Azure steadily over the last year and a half. I’ve fought with the SDK so much that I stopped using it. I decided I’d put together this recap of what has driven me crazy and then put together something about the parts that I really like, the awesome bits, the parts […]
Spotlight on HP Open Source
While at OSCON 2011 I spoke to a Phil Robb, Bryan Gartner, and Terri Molini with HP. Phil is heading up the Open Source Program Office for HP, which we spoke about. Context and Clarity: I knew HP was involved in cloud computing to some degree, know they make tons of devices, hardware, printers, and know they […]
OSCON: Talking Shop With HP, Heroku, ForgeRock, Open Source For America, and More!
Today and yesterday I specifically aimed to meet and interview a number of sponsors and companies attending OSCON. My big quest I’d assigned myself was to determine who was doing what, where, when, and why in the Open Source Community. Of course I wasn’t going to get to every company, but I was going to […]
OSCON: The Web, It’s HUGE! Cloud Computing More Realistically…
It is day 3 of OSCON data & java, and the kick off to the main keynotes and core conference. There are a repeating topics throughout the conference: The Web, It’s Still HUGE! Imagine that! HTML 5, CSS3, JavaScript/jQuery/Node.js – This is starting to look like it will be the development stack of the web. […]
Cloud Failure, FUD, and The Whole AWS Oatage…
Ok. First a few facts. AWS has had a data center problem that has been ongoing for a couple of days. AWS has NOT been forthcoming with much useful information. AWS still has many data centers and cloud regions/etc up and live, able to keep their customers up and live. Many people have NOT built […]
Git Rid of Windows Azure and Amazon Web Services (AWS) SDKs with .NET + Git + AppHarbor Deployment Revolution
I’ve been wanting to do a quick write up on the state of cloud apps from my perspective. What’s my perspective? Well I’m keeping up with the SDKs from the big players; AWS and Windows Azure. I’m also working on several cloud applications and providing consulting for some people and companies when approached related to […]
Overloaded to Death, “Cloud” Computing is Dead
I’ve gotten to a point where I won’t argue it anymore. The word Cloud as defined on Wikipedia “location-independent computing, whereby shared servers provide resources, software, and data to computers and other devices on demand, as with the electricity grid. Cloud computing is a natural evolution of the widespread adoption of virtualization, service-oriented architecture and utility computing. Details are abstracted from […]
Windows Azure Web, Worker, and CGI Roles – How They Work
This is a write up I’ve put together of how the roles in Windows Azure work. As far as I know, this is all correct – but if there are any Windows Azure Team Members out there that wouldn’t mind providing some feedback about specifics or adding to the details I have here – please […]
Windows Azure and the PaaS Context
PaaS stands for Platform as a Service. The new concept around Devops* (Developer + Operations) has allowed cloud computing to reach an apex of agility for business. For developers PaaS provides an ultimately clean and agile experience around staging and deployment. PaaS is also the highest level of cost savings for most prospective enterprise and […]
Windows Azure and the IaaS Context (or lack thereof)
Windows Azure has several primary competitors in the IaaS Realm, even though they aren’t technically an IaaS Cloud Provider at all. Some of these competitors in this space are Amazon Web Services (AWS), Rackspace, GoGrid and VMWare. Each of these providers offer virtual machines with either Windows or Linux Operating Systems, multiple data centers for […]
The Confusions of IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS
IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS stand for Infrastructure as a Service, Platform as a Service, and Software as a Service respectively. But what exactly is the context & definition of each of these acronyms? The simple definitions I have included below. IaaS – A service provided by a company, group, community, or government that provides basic […]
My Narrative on Unbiased Cloud Computing
Image by darkmatter via Flickr Over the past few weeks I’ve been posed with the “your biased claim” from some people. I decided that I would put together a write up on what my motivations are for cloud computing, how I’m involved, and what my intent is for future involvement. First off, I need to […]
