Microsoft Azure for Cloud Novices
Background I recently published an article comparing the ease of use of Amazon’s EC2 and Rackspace ‘Cloud Servers’. The strong reaction it got made me realize the importance of usability when comparing...
View ArticleThis Week’s Top 5 Cloud Stories
1. Stackdriver Opens its Cloud Monitoring Service for Business | GigaOM On Tuesday, Stackdriver launched its Intelligent Monitoring Service for AWS and Rackspace to the public. Unlike other cloud...
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1. Debian Linux Will Serve As The Default OS For Google Compute Engine | TechCruch Google have chosen Debian as their default OS for GCE; their new Infrastructure-as-a-Service platform. Experts say...
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1. Killer Cloud: Report Says Amazon Web Services Threaten IT Incumbents | GigaOM In fitting with recent reports in the past month, Morgan Stanley have sung AWS’ praises; tipping it to threaten the...
View ArticleThis Week’s Top Cloud News – June 7
This week’s top cloud news: IBM to Acquire SoftLayer | IBM Blog On Tuesday, IBM announced that they would acquire the world’s largest privately held IaaS vendor for an undisclosed amount. Their hope is...
View ArticleThe top five cloud stories for the week of September 13
This week in the cloud: Rackspace hires a new Chief Customer Officer, Dropbox further promotes its business angle, Microsoft targets scientists with Windows Azure research, how Steve Jobs helped to...
View ArticleThe top five cloud stories for the week of October 4
This week in the cloud: Red Hat leads way to certify OpenStack pros, Forbes ranks the best and worst cloud computing stocks, Verizon launches its cloud platform, Stackdriver announces its new insight...
View ArticleThe top five cloud stories for the week of October 11
This week in the cloud: IBM focuses on SoftLayer for its cloud infrastructure, the battle between OpenStack and AWS, Microsoft builds an Azure Cloud for the government, Dome9 makes it easier to...
View ArticleOverview of Public Cloud Regions
I frequently find myself Googling around to try to figure out which public providers have facilities in a particular region. I finally created a document to keep track. I’ll share it here in the hope...
View ArticleThese Data Centers are at the Center of the Cloud
You can access a larger version here. People thought that our previous post on this topic was helpful, so we wanted to provide some more insight. We have been looking into the physical side of the...
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