Advantages of Cloud Computing (Private versus Public)
Advantages of Cloud Computing Whether you’re an enterprise IT department planning to build your own private cloud using vSphere or OpenStack, or a business deciding whether to leverage the …
Learn Cloud Computing Lingo…What is IaaS, PaaS & SaaS?
How IaaS, PaaS & SaaS all stack up! What is IaaS? Before I jump into answering this, let’s briefly introduce cloud computing and explain why each layer is referred …
OpenStack for Beginners (Alternatives for VMware)
OpenStack for Beginners Over the last year, I’ve seen a shift happening in the virtual world that looks very positive for the founders of OpenStack. Alternative for vSphere And …
Free Open Source Cloud Self Service Portal Software
Open Source Self Service Portals for VMware, XenServer, KVM and other virtual servers: Open Eucalyptus http://www.eucalyptus.com OpenNebula http://www.opennebula.org/ Cloud Stack http://www.cloud.com Convirture http://www.convirture.com/ (Supports VMware) OpenStack www.Openstack.org Self service cloud software is cool, but …
Why Did VMware “REALLY” Join the OpenStack Foundation?
I read about VMware joining the OpenStack Foundation yesterday on Gigamon and I couldn’t help but think what’s coming next for these poor chaps…chuckle, chuckle! Article: Finally! VMware joins the …
Free Hosted Opscode to Try Chef On 5 Servers Before You Buy
Is Chef the configuration management and automation tool for your operations team? Here’s what a DevOps member shared with me about a POC he was involved in, including Chef, …