Let me start this off with a very true personal story, and it leads to why containers are becoming more important than a lot of people realize. DISCLAIMER: This is a bit fun, but very real. Hype is happening, but this little story should help you to see what I’m talking about and how to … Read more
A new brand of containerization just launched with the release of Photon from VMware. This new, open source linux derivative, is similar to the concept of CoreOS in being able to provide a thin linux base to provide a fast path to hosting containers. Both Docker and Rocket are supported in the base build, and … Read more
Let me start with this a disclaimer: these are my thoughts from my experiences with the industry thus far. That said, I hope it makes sense to clarify some of the news and punditry happening in the OpenStack ecosystem. 12 years ago I was installing VMware and trying to get buy-in from my operations team, … Read more
There have been a lot of articles over the last few years around public cloud versus private cloud. These have spoken to both sides of the argument that one may be better than another, but we often get lost in the classic case of “everyone I talk to” which presents a rather unscientific sample set … Read more