Consider the educational aftermath of a school year. You are left with your grades, a slew of graded assignments, notes, textbooks, and the fading memories of what you learned in class. It is the final item on this list — the fading memories (the fading learning) that is probably the greatest failure …
SV #OpenStack Ops Meetup: Juju+MaaS=>OpenStack
Ask anyone who has actually operated an OpenStack system what the biggest complication is (once they’ve decided on system components and architecture), and you’ll hear muted complaints about having to tweak puppet, or frustrations in manipulating the Ansible code to get just the system they want. At the Silicon Valley OpenStack …
#OSSFO Topic: OpenStack Security
Were you aware that there is a security project for OpenStack? I recall hearing about it at the Grizzly summit, specifically around the Vulnerability advisories that had just become widely available, but beyond that I wasn’t aware that there was much else going on! It turns out that beyond the …
Is Your Team Ready for OpenStack?
Our CTO, Robert Starmer, published an article in CIO Review’s special OpenStack issue. It provides guidance in evaluating if OpenStack really is the appropriate cloud solution for your business and if your organization is in a position to actually start using it. To read the article, click the link below: …
The Five Pitfalls to Cloud Adoption
Are you feeling left behind by the cloud revolution? As more and more businesses “move to the cloud” the pressure to move and the cost of failing to move are growing. However, there is a darker side to this move that can have dramatic, even fatal business consequences. Robert Starmer, …
Using On Demand Training to Overcome Hurdles to New Technology Adoption
Bringing new technology into a business is a challenge Think back to the last piece of tech your company adopted. How many users are now “power users?” How many sort of got it working? How many have yet to even start using it? Companies ranging from tiny startups to mega-sized …
What you Must know about the Storage Services Needed for an Infrastructure-as-a-Service Cloud
Storage is one of the three key resources in any cloud. However there are considerations – do you need persistent storage? Is Block storage the right choice? How about Object storage? In this final of four episodes on enabling an Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) cloud services, Robert Starmer, CTO of Kumulus Technologies, …
Cloud isn’t about cost it’s about speed
An interesting article looking at the business drivers for cloud adoption. It is interesting to note that most folks are seeing benefits in enabling new capabilities by moving to cloud. But I do wonder if they’re paying attention to how this speed impacts their ability to be agile in their …
What you Must know about Network Service Needed for an Infrastructure-as-a-Service Cloud
The Network Service is one of the three key resources in any cloud. Exactly how to approach compute has been rapidly evolving in recent years. The Virtual Machine is no longer “The” answer. Bare metal is increasingly important, especially in compute-intensive environments used for Big Data analytics. In the world …
What you Must know about Compute Services Needed for an Infrastructure-as-a-Service Cloud
The Compute Service is one of the three key resources in any cloud. Exactly how to approach compute has been rapidly evolving in recent years. The Virtual Machine is no longer “The” answer. Bare metal is increasingly important, especially in compute-intensive environments used for Big Data analytics. In the world …