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Sorry Database Nerds, Nobody Actually Gives a Shit…

Sorry Database Nerds, Nobody Actually Gives a Shit…

By Adron Hall on November 4, 2013

So I’ve been in more than a few conversations about data structures, various academic conversations and other notions about where and how data should be stored. I’ve been on projects and managed projects that involve teams of people determining how to manage data so that other people can just not manage data. They want to […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Infrastructure | Tagged aaS, database, databases, distributed database, geo, graph, graph theory, ideas, key value, managed database, managed services, mongo, mongo lab, mongodb, mongolab, nosql, Orchestrate.io, orchestrateio, paas, relational database, sql, time series

Who are you, Cloud Broker?

Who are you, Cloud Broker?

By Ofir Nachmani on July 17, 2013

Cloud brokers were recognized and described by Gartner analysts as the `Intermediary services that support fast cloud adoption`. From their customers’ perspectives cloud brokers are the system integrators (SI) or the `cloud enablers` that support fast adoption and maintenance of cloud technologies. For example, the independent software vendor (ISV) can benefit greatly from a cloud […]

Posted in Enterprise, Featured Posts, Infrastructure | Tagged accenture, amazon, amazon cloud, Amazon Web Services, business, cloud, Cloud Broker, Cloud brokerage, cloud computing, Cloud Ecosystem, gartner, IT MSP, managed services, reuven cohen, system integrator | 1 Response

ServiceSource Meshes Cloud Technology And Human Expertise To Help Increase Renewals

ServiceSource Meshes Cloud Technology And Human Expertise To Help Increase Renewals

By Krishnan Subramanian on December 20, 2010

As cloud (computing) looms over the businesses of all sizes and shapes, there is a fear that machines are slowly cutting out humans from the workforce. Even though it is partly true, businesses are finding niche areas where the human expertise and machine based automation are both considered to be an asset. One such area […]

Posted in Application Software, Featured Posts | Tagged managed services, renewals management, salesforce, salesforce.com, servicesource

Rackspace Acquires Cloudkick Getting Ready For A Federated Clouds Future

Rackspace Acquires Cloudkick Getting Ready For A Federated Clouds Future

By Krishnan Subramanian on December 16, 2010

Rackspace, a leading player in the traditional hosting world with some level of difficulty gaining traction in the cloud based world, today announced the acquisition of Cloudkick, one of the cloud management vendors with a pretty dashboard having HTML 5 based 3D server visualization. Rackspace is mum on the details of valuation. Interestingly, this is […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Infrastructure | Tagged cloudkick, m&a, Managed cloud services, managed services, rackspace, Rackspace Cloud | 2 Responses

The Rise Of Managed Cloud Services

The Rise Of Managed Cloud Services

By Krishnan Subramanian on December 14, 2010

Looks like it is time to take “self service” out of cloud definition. There is a new trend that is slowly gaining traction which, even though it is not cloud washing, appears to be a desperate repackaging of services by companies with deep roots in the managed hosting world. I still feel that the availability […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Infrastructure | Tagged cloud computing, cloud management, datapipe, Managed cloud services, managed services, OpSource, public clouds, rackspace, Rackspace Cloud | 5 Responses

Datapipe Wants To Manage Your Cloud

Datapipe Wants To Manage Your Cloud

By Krishnan Subramanian on November 19, 2010

When we grew up hearing cloud computing, we were always told that everything about cloud is self service and we can cut down the labor costs, etc.. There are even self service management solutions that will help us take care of our cloud ecosystem. Suddenly if someone comes in and says they will manage our […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Infrastructure | Tagged aws, cloud computing, datacenter, datapipe, managed service providers, managed services

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