In a move that could become increasingly common for large virtual data centers in the future, PayPal has announced that, over time, it will be replacing VMware in its data centers with OpenStack… as many as 80,000 servers, eventually. This … Continue reading →
As cloud computing has gained traction in the computing industry, there have been quite a number of “myths” or “urban legends” that have developed concerning its reliability, security, major players and etc. The link below examines 7 of these alleged … Continue reading →
Check out the infographic from Scientific American containing some fascinating statistics concerning the human brain at http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=mind-in-pictures-your-brain-by-the-numbers To me, perhaps the most interesting of these statistics is the number of calculations per second that the “average” brain is capable of … Continue reading →
It is not really that surprising that regional devastation at the scale that Hurricane Sandy wrought has elevated the industry chatter concerning how cloud computing could significantly enhance an organization’s ability to survive such disasters. Even though many companies are … Continue reading →
One of the biggest perceived problems with moving to the cloud is something called “cloud vendor lock-in” where, once you choose a cloud platform vendor, you are locked into the offerings and innovations that vendor has on their future development … Continue reading →