We are operators and we have not been consumed by the Dev/Ops world. We still exist, and while we may look more similar than different, our application is the infrastructure that developers build on. We ensure platform stability, and API enabled accessibility, but not guaranteed availability. We provide visibility, but …
Answering the question, “What is Cloud?” can be hard. This will help.
With all the opinion-based cloud computing definitions out there, it is hard to come to an agreement about what “the Cloud” or a ‘cloud service’ is. The US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed a clear and concise definition of what “Cloud” is that has been broadly …
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: …
Video: Top 5 Takeaways from the Vancouver Kilo/Liberty OpenStack Summit
DefCore, the Big Tent, containers, Ironic, Puppet…. there was a lot going on at the most recent OpenStack summit. Cloud technologist and OpenStack expert Robert Starmer was there the entire week. In this video, he distills that week and downloads his top 5 (of course) key tidbits about the state of OpenStack …
Video: How does a Cloud-based ‘Understack’ enable IaaS for Big Data?
In this episode, Kumulus CTO Robert Starmer discusses the benefits that a cloud-based ‘understack’ provides to users of Big Data systems. IaaS enables elasticity in Hadoop and Spark systems whether dealing with a virtual machine based environment or running on bare metal. Click the video above to learn more.
Video: The Cloud Value Proposition: Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) for Enterprise Users
Are cloud-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) offerings safe enough for use by enterprise level businesses? In this episode, Robert Starmer notes that public cloud SaaS offerings do have data security, data sovereignty and user access security issues, but IaaS may have the solution. Click the video to learn how!
Video: The Cloud Value Proposition: Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) for Enterprise Users
Enterprise applications cannot be ported to a Cloud environment with out spending time and money on the transition- a lot of time and money. End of story? Underneath much of the datacenter functionality provided by ‘cloud’ is infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) or the ability to create and delete, rapidly and on-demand- virtual …
Video: Cloud’s Value Proposition: Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) for Enterprise Users
You have most certainly heard of SaaS (Software-as-a-Service), possibly heard of IaaS (Infrastructure), but what about (PaaS)? One of the fastest growing areas of cloud computing services it is also one of the least understood. CTO Robert Starmer walks through what PaaS is and then outlines how enterprise users (applications …
Video: The Computer in Cloud Computing: An Introduction
“Compute” is on of the three core resource pools leveraged by cloud systems. In this episode, Robert Starmer introduces how computers fit into (and drive) the Cloud. Get a clear, concise introduction to how ‘traditional’ hypervisor-based virtualization differs from the ‘new’ container technology that has cloud technologists all abuzz. …
Video: Cloud Computing? Why should you care?
What does Cloud mean to you? It has differing benefits to you ‘as you,’ as a service provider, as an IT professional, as a business. Here, Kumulus CTO Robert Starmer explores how cloud will help you depending on which of these hats you are wearing and how in combination, …