Feb 22, 2012

[How To] Deploy WordPress to vCloud Express

This is a repost from Chris Colotti's personal blog.Chris is a Consulting Architect with the VMware vCloud Delivery Services team with over 10 years of experience working with IT hardware and software solutions. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Information Systems from the Daniel Webster College. Prior to VMware he served a Fortune 1000 company in southern NH as a Systems Architect/Administrator, architecting VMware solutions to support new application deployments. At VMware, Chris has guided partners as well as customers in establishing a VMware practice and consulted on multiple ...more

Feb 18, 2012

This Week's Cloud Watchlist

This week's top news stories and trends in Cloud Computing:Moving apps to the cloud: Why, when and how by Mike Piech - But before you make your move, make sure you’ve really thought through all of the key considerations: What’s in it for your business? Which apps should you migrate first? How can you maximize the advantages and minimize the risks and costs? How will your development teams be affected? How can you make...VMware Partner Exchange 2012 conference coverage - VMware Partner Exchange 2012 will bring VMware channel partners together to learn about the company’s upcoming releases and ...more

Feb 14, 2012

Private Cloud Success: Media Outlets

As the political season begins to ramp up, the media companies are starting to think about how theyll handle the influx of visitors to their websites. So I thought Id tell the story of how we helped The Daily Caller. If you are not familiar with them, they are a 24 hour news site focused on breaking news out of Washington DC and commentary ranging from serious political discussion to satire. It was launched by Tucker Carlson and Neil Patel, former policy director for Vice President Dick Cheney in 2010.When discussing the pain points with their technology strategist, we learned that they ...more

Feb 11, 2012

This Week's Cloud Watchlist

This week's top news stories and trends in Cloud Computing:Comparing Traditional Datacenters to Private Clouds by Elias Khnaser - I received a flood of e-mails from my last blog comparing enterprise datacenters to private clouds. I also received queries about the differences between a highly virtualized enterprise datacenter and a private cloud. So, before I continue, let me step back and explain the differences...3 secrets to creating a business case for cloud computing by David Linthicum - We've all seen the PowerPoint presentations that show the business advantages of cloud computing: the ...more

Feb 9, 2012

[How To] Get Started with vCloud Connector 1.5

This is a repost from Chris Colotti's personal blog (part 1, part 2).Chris is a Consulting Architect with the VMware vCloud Delivery Services team with over 10 years of experience working with IT hardware and software solutions. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Information Systems from the Daniel Webster College. Prior to VMware he served a Fortune 1000 company in southern NH as a Systems Architect/Administrator, architecting VMware solutions to support new application deployments. At VMware, Chris has guided partners as well as customers in establishing a VMware practice and ...more

Feb 4, 2012

This Week's Cloud Watchlist

This week's top news stories and trends in Cloud Computing:The Cloud Vendor Landscape – The VMware Advantage According to the Taneja Group - In a recent evaluation of ten of the leading cloud solution vendors (including Microsoft, Red Hat, Amazon, Rackspace and others), the Taneja Group determined that VMware stands out as the clear cloud leader due to...Virtualizing Applications Myths and Realities - The folks from VMware and EMC have put together an interesting infographic outlining the truths and myths of virtualizing applications. The three myths include cost, performance and ...more

Feb 1, 2012

Cloud Solutions: Reversing the Cloud

One of the concerns many companies mention when moving to the cloud revolves around data:Where it’s stored?Who owns it?What happens if the cloud company goes out of business?It’s a big hurdle for many cloud companies and who can blame anyone with those concerns. Data is the life blood of most companies and without it they’d cease to exist. We run into these questions all the time. One of the ways we have eased customer concerns in moving to the cloud is to offer creative solutions beyond just providing an operating private cloud.Here’s one such solution we’ve created for a company. They ...more

Jan 28, 2012

This Week's Cloud Watchlist

This week's top news stories and trends in Cloud Computing:Cloud Computing: SMB's only IT department? by Josh Gingold - Summary: Will the cloud eventually enable smaller companies to do away with their IT departments...7 Things Your CEO Should Know About the Cloud by Jason Cowie - The IT community has identified, discussed and brooded over the challenges of reaching the cloud. We’ve examined and addressed the causes of virtual sprawl and stall, we’ve figured out the importance of...Google’s Chrome Browser Sprouts Programming Kit of the Future by Cade Metz - Chito Manansala is the reason you ...more