The 2017 Sydney OpenStack Summit is a wrap and once again, there was an amazing amount of great content being presented on multiple tracks. Thankfully, the Sydney Open Stack Summit organizers and the OpenStack Foundation once again did a solid job of not just capturing these presentations on video, but …
Get Ready to Advance your Kubernetes Knowledge
Are you cloud-ready? Cloud-native applications built on microservice architecture and running at web scale are the new status quo for SaaS providers or most any startup worth its salt. Along with the desire to build the next unicorn or just capture a competitive edge in an existing market comes the …
Let’s figure out what a Computer in the Cloud actually is.
Did you know not all computers in the cloud are virtual? Learn about the changing world of the computer in cloud computing as Kumulus Technologies’ CTO, Robert Starmer, clarifies how baremetal, virtual servers and container technologies are changing how the cloud works. Click on the video above to watch! Need …
Why cloud computing as a business model is moving from disruption to staus quo.
Let’s face it. Unless you know about the US NIST Model, cloud computing is not only hard to define, its hard to understand. We’ve heard “The Cloud” described as ‘just a buzzword,’ the answer to all things IT, or ‘just someone else’s computer,’ all of which are wrong. In this …
Serverless Computing- Let’s clear up the Confusion about this new DevOps Term.
The latest buzzword in the world of application development, DevOps and Cloud is now “serverless” computing. Is this really computing without servers? What does it mean really? In this episode, Kumulus Tech CTO, Robert Starmer quickly clears the fog around this term and then dives into what it means both …
Kumulus Technologies CTO, Robert Starmer, Presents Keynote at OpenStack Day Mexico City
One of the many OpenStack Day events sponsored regionally around the world, OpenStack Day in Mexico City was held on June 14. It was the third such event in Mexico and was sponsored by the OpenStack Foundation and Kio Networks. Our CTO, Robert Starmer, joined a diverse lineup of local …
The answer – #OpsDev
The role of IT for business is continuing to change due to the impact of Cloud computing. Though many manual IT tasks have been automated, there is still a management task that is required to support today’s modern Cloud infrastructure. This new role is taken on by cloud operators (the …
The Ops/Dev Manifesto
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 …
Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and the rise of the OpsDevs
Platform as a service (PaaS) systems are changing the relationship of applications developers to Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) systems. This change is having a ripple effect in the world of DevOps practitioners that are most interested in application development enabled by PaaS and the new container paradigms and less …