Tag Archives: cloud

AWS Dedicated Instances, Hypervisor Security, and Multi-tenancy

Most everyone in the blog ecosystem has missed both the point and some of the economics of AWS Dedicated Instances that were recently announced.  Folks like The Register focus on how a single virtual instance can cost $109,324 for a year … Continue reading

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Cloud Innovators: Netflix Strategy Reflects Google Philosophy

Welcome to a new interview series we’re trying on at Cloudscaling. This series is meant to highlight not just cloud adoption stories, but stories about how businesses, particularly enterprise businesses, are changing the way they provide Information Technology (IT). As … Continue reading

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Grid, Cloud, HPC … What's the Diff?

It’s always nice when another piece of the puzzle comes into focus.  In this case, my time speaking at the first ever International Super Computer (ISC) Cloud Conference the week before last was well spent.  The conference was heavily attended … Continue reading

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@Cloudscaling CEO @randybias on #VMworld & #Interop 2010

During my most recent trip I was speaking at both VMworld Europe 2010 and Interop NYC 2010 – Enterprise Cloud Summit. This update attempts to provide a candid look at some of the trends, thoughts, and insights that occurred to … Continue reading

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Does OpenStack Change the Cloud Game?

This week Rackspace Cloud, in conjunction with the NASA Nebula project, open sourced some of their Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) cloud software. This initiative, dubbed ‘OpenStack’, should have a dramatic impact on the current dynamics for building cloud computing infrastructure. Previously there … Continue reading

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