I will make this simple. There is only one question you need to ask yourself or your IT department to determine if what you have is really an Infrastructure-as-a-Service cloud. Can I get a VM in 5-10 minutes? Perhaps a little bit more detailed? Can a properly credentialed user, with a legitimate need for cloud... Continue Reading →
The End of Over-Provisioning
One part of the debate on cloudonomics that often gets overlooked is the effect of over-provisioning. Many people look at the numbers and say they can run a server for less money than they can buy the same capacity in the cloud. And, assuming that you optimize the utilization of that server, that may be... Continue Reading →
Private Cloud for Interoperability, or for “Co-Generation?”
There has been a lot of good discussion lately about the semantics of private vs. public clouds. The general issue revolves around the issue of elasticity. It goes something like this: "If you have to buy your own servers and deploy them in your data center, that's not very elastic and therefore cannot be cloud."... Continue Reading →
Cloud Computing Announcement of the Year – Amazon Virtual Private Cloud!
Last night Amazon announced the most significant cloud development of 2009 - the Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC). The AWS Developer Blog version is here. The importance of VPC cannot be overstated. It will literally change how enterprises think about public cloud providers and the opportunity to gain efficiency and flexibility in datacenter operations. By... Continue Reading →
John Treadway 