Amazon’s Advantageous Model for Cloud Investments
While catching up with industry developments earlier this week, I came across a Reuters piece on Amazon’s now well-established approach toward investments in startup companies. If you haven’t seen it,...
View ArticleRackspace’s Bridge Between Clouds
OpenStack has generated plenty of sound and fury during the past several months, and, with sincere apologies to William Shakespeare, there’s evidence to suggest the frenzied activity actually signifies...
View ArticleEmbrane Emerges from Stealth, Brings Heleos to Light
I had planned to write about something else today — and I still might get around to it — but then Embrane came out of stealth mode. I feel compelled to comment, partly because I have written about the...
View ArticlePeeling the Nicira Onion
Nicira emerged from pseudo-stealth yesterday, drawing plenty of press coverage in the process. “Network virtualization” is the concise, two-word marketing message the company delivered, on its own and...
View ArticleNetworking Vendors Tilt at ONF Windmill
Closely following the latest developments and continuing progress of software-defined networking (SDN), I am reminded of what somebody who shall remain nameless said not long ago about why he chose to...
View ArticleHardware Elephant in the HP Cloud
Taking another run at cloud computing, HP made news today with its strategy for the “Converged Cloud,” which focuses on hybrid cloud environments and provides a common architecture that spans existing...
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