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I was once on a driving holiday in southern Ireland. As anybody who has been to that beautiful part of the world will know, the scenery is magnificent, but the road signs can be very confusing. Totally lost I pulled over to ask directions to Ballylickey and a local farmer uttered the immortal phrase…

Data Centers and Clouds are all about applications. The efficacy of a data center or cloud deployment is a function of how quickly applications can be stood up, scaled or de-commissioned as required. As new architectures continue to evolve, data center and cloud architects are constantly on the look…

In my last post, I discussed Bimodal IT and how some enterprises are adopting it as a way to manage the tradeoffs between “keeping the lights on” and business agility. That’s not to say it’s easy. Operating bi-modally still requires proper planning and governance. And there are several reasons why.…

In my last blog, we talked about the current age of digital disruption and how unicorns are changing the tech landscape. What Does This Mean For You Though? As a result, IT and LoBs are under more competitive pressure than ever before. A new wave of disruption faces them – hence, businesses need to…

Got cloud?  It’s no secret that implementing cloud technologies allows IT to rapidly react and dynamically deliver new services to any business or organization almost instantly. In an ideal world, cloud services—whether private, public, or hybrid—allow users access to applications wherever, however,…

Today, we’re in a digital disruption age where “software is eating the world”, We see “Kingmakers” globally designing, hacking, and producing “Unicorns” that are impacting both your business and Data Center. How Are They Doing This? Well, technology is driving the boom. Smartphones, cheap sensors,…

Co-authored with    Robert Dimicco Senior Director, Advanced Services   How many cloud services do you think your enterprise uses? You’ll be surprised: businesses use ~10-15 X more cloud services – unknowingly. This is what we call ‘cloud sprawl,’ because there are too many cloud service…

If you’re an OpenStack Foundation member—and especially if you’re attending the Tokyo Summit in October — step up! It’s time to vote for speakers! The polls opened last night and are closing soon (July 30 at 11:59 PM PDT). The following link will take you to the main Foundation voting page where yo…

Guest Blogger: Mark Schreiber, General Manager at Cloudwick At Cloudwick we’re constantly evaluating cloud platforms to improve the efficiency of our data and analytics service. Today, we manage more than $100 million of public cloud big data and advanced analytics for the Global 1000. For several y…