If there was still any doubt about the real world use cases for cloud computing, the US Federal Government last week published a 38-page report entitled “State of Public Sector Cloud Computing†(link to PDF at CIO.gov). Attributed to the…
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Myopic View of DevOps Misses the Mark
I am hearing a lot about the rise of a concept called “devops” – a mashup of “development” and “operations”. I am not at all an expert in this area, but from what I can tell, devops is aimed at…
In Cloud, ITIL, and SOE – Heterogeneity is the New Standard
I read recently a good blog post from Thomas Bittman (@tombitt) of Gartner Group, about how sometimes close enough is good enough. Talking specifically about private cloud, he talked about how an ‘imperfect’ cloud deployment – one that does not…
Your Favourite Technology Will Not Kill Anything
I have a request. I hope it is not too onerous, because something is really starting to grind my gears. Can we in IT please all stop claiming that any technology is going to kill another? The latest I am…
In Cloud Computing, Downtime is Endemic – But Does it Matter?
There is a perennial debate in cloud computing about whether a failure of one cloud service provider can be more generalized to a “failure of cloud computing”. It is an important question because availability is a key decision factor in…
Is KVM a credible choice for x86 server virtualization?
The other day I saw someone post a poll question, “Is KVM a credible choice for x86 virtualization?†My immediate response was – “Is that even a credible question?†If you read my many contributions to TechTarget, you will know…
Novell Announces Intelligent Workload Management (IWM)
Today Novell released the details of their eagerly awaited Intelligent Workload Management (IWM) solutions. Novell has an exceptional opportunity, great development, and an excellent product line that clearly makes sense in this newly defined ‘market’. Plus, Novell really had to…
You Cannot Separate Security and Systems Management
A few days ago I was pleased to brief again with Reflex Systems. Apart from the fact that they are doing some very cool things with virtualization management, their approach struck me as, if not unique, at least pleasantly rare.…
Virtualization is not Cloud … but Cloud needs Virtualization
Surfing  a couple of blogs today, jumping from another analyst commenting that virtualization is not cloud (a fair, if unexplored, post), I came across William Vambenepe’s post from September on the confusion between virtualization and Cloud Computing. As he did…
Cloud Computing Podcast with Techtarget – Part 2
My podcast with SearchCloudComputing‘s Carl Brooks (Twitter’s @eekygeeky) was so much fun. In this two-part podcast, Carl and I talk about all sorts of issues regarding the management of cloud computing – a critical part of EMA’s ‘Responsible Cloud’ approach…
Cloud Computing Podcast with Techtarget – Part 1
I really enjoyed my first podcast with the crew from SearchCloudComputing – hosted by Carl Brooks (Twitter’s @eekygeeky) – last week. (Of course I did – I am an analyst. If there is one thing I love more than being…