Yesterday was our first day here at DisneyWorld in Florida. As snow falls back home, I’m planning on shorts and a short sleeve shirt for the day. It’s going to be awesome! One thing I’ve noticed almost immediately is the heavy use of technology here at DisneyWorld. When we checked […]
I got a brand new shiny Pixel XL when I moved my mobile plan to Telus a couple of weeks ago. I’m impressed with the device so far, but today Google threw me for a loop. I’ve been taking the GO train into the heart of Toronto this week. That’s […]
Originally posted on TechCrunch:
A month ago, Docker and the Linux Foundation announced the Open Container Project at Docker’s developer conference. Now called the Open Container Initiative, the project is seeing rapid growth, as the Linux Foundation’s executive director Jim Zemlin announced at OSCON this morning. Not only have 14 new companies signed…
I’ve transitioned from my role at VMware to a new role at EMC Corporation. I believe strongly in the portfolio of products VMware has made available for customers, and I’m very excited to have the opportunity to expand the number of conversations I’m able to have with customers to the […]
Overview of a “full stack” devops environment – Mirantis OpenStack + Pivotal Cloud Foundry. This article describes in some detail how MOS and PCF fit together – the link to the runbook Mirantis built is the fun part that describes how to build an environment for PoC and profit! https://www.mirantis.com/blog/full-stack-devops-pivotal-cloud-foundry-mirantis-openstack/
I’ve linked below an overview of the VxRack product line and the technical preview launched yesterday on Day 1 of EMC World. Chad does a great job of breaking this down. What I would highlight here is the complexity of the IT landscape. Any conversation based on IT as a […]
Mirantis architect Chrisian Huebner discusses object storage options in OpenStack. A good overview of when to consider Ceph vs. Swift. https://www.mirantis.com/blog/ceph-vs-swift-architects-perspective/
Originally posted on Cloud Architect Musings:
In my previous post, I provided the proverbial 10,000 foot overview of Apache Mesos and it’s value as a resource manager for the data center. It’s time to dig a little deeper into the technology and walk though the components that make Mesos such…
Originally posted on TechCrunch:
Google and Bitnami are launching a new feature for Google’s Cloud Platform today that makes it easier for developers to deploy over 120 popular open-source applications to its Cloud Platform. In total, Google and Bitnami have packed up over 120 applications, including the likes of WordPress, Drupal,…
Originally posted on TechCrunch:
Editor’s note: Laurent Gil co-founded Zenedge after witnessing a major DDoS attack where cyber-terrorists took down a colleague’s company network for several days, costing the organization $1.2 million in revenue. The “Year of the Hack” will probably be one way that 2014 will be remembered. But…
