Building your own CoreOS Army with Vagrant, because Orchestration Rocks

I’m all about saving time, money, and making things simple to use. Luckily, CoreOS and Vagrant have become a big part of making that happen for me lately with a lot of work I’ve been doing in and out of my day-to-day lab experiences. It was especially exciting for me today as I had an … Read more

OpenStack Learning Challenges – Drawing the Owl

It’s a funny meme that we see regularly. It can be the “How to make a Turducken” or “How to make reindeer cupcakes” or some kind of before and after craft process that is made to look seemingly simple by the expert who is doing it. My example I use regularly is one called “How … Read more

Virtual Design Master Live! – #vDM at the Toronto VMUG February 26th

It’s a proud moment when we get to make announcements, and particularly proud for me as I further expand on something we have been tweeting about.  You may have seen the buzz around the upcoming VMUG Super Conference in Toronto on February 26th. We are building up a lot of plans for the Virtual Design … Read more

Platform9 on KVM in General Availability; Launch of VMware Beta Program

It is an exciting day for the team at Platform9 as they announce the general availability (GA) of their product for KVM hosts, and much more.  The concept of private cloud on existing infrastructure was what really raised my interest in Platform9 when I had the opportunity to cover their launch in August of 2014. Platform9 … Read more