VMworld is here!

VMworld 2013 – Time for the big show With the growing popularity of the vendor conventions in the last few years, it goes without saying that VMware has made their mark on the industry with their products, and the VMworld Conferences that bring the big news to customers, partners and community members each year. I’m … Read more

Congratulations to Veeam on the v7 release – this one is a game changer!

As a friend of the folks at Veeam, I have been lucky enough to be involved in the preview releases and review process as the product evolved. The v7 release of the Veeam Backup & Replication product is significant, and fantastic! The product speaks for itself with the features, but there are some key things … Read more

Is OpenStack a cloud? Thoughts on Subbu Allamaraju’s post

As you may have seen from Tweets floating around today, there was an interesting post written by Subbu Allamaraju, Chief Engineer for the cloud program at eBay, titled “OpenStack is not cloud” – http://www.subbu.org/blog/2013/07/openstack-is-not-cloud This article brings up some very interesting questions about how we define the litmus test for a cloud, and how OpenStack is … Read more

VMware or OpenStack? Don’t choose one; choose both!

In the ever evolving world of virtualization, we are faced with new and exciting changes all the time. As a long time VMware customer and advocate, I am obviously very attached to the entire VMware ecosystem and the community that surrounds it. Recently I’ve been doing a significant amount of OpenStack work, and I’m even … Read more