OpenStack by the Numbers

I’m an analytics lover for a number of reasons (see what I did there?), so one of the things that enjoy going through is the stackalytics site which displays a lot of great information around the OpenStack ecosystem. To be honest, everything needs to be taken in context, so please be careful when you use … Read more

Time2Start with Boot2Docker

Docker is all the rage these days, or at least some serious conversations around the potential use-cases. In the same way that we saw virtualization become a core part of nearly every data center, the application environment is about to go through an evolution. PaaS (Platform-as-a-Service) offerings are becoming much more commonly used such as … Read more

Cisco Champion 2015: Thank You Community!

I’m very proud to announce that I’ve been included in the Cisco Champion community for the second time now in 2015! This is a great community to be a part of and through my experiences in 2014 with the program, I was able to get great access to resources and people who helped to bring … Read more

A Cloud PSA: Cloud Needs BCP Too

Everyone is looking to the cloud for solutions to many problems. This could be for centralizing applications and data, ensuring availability regardless of location, enabling scale-out application infrastructure, or many other reasons. One of the reasons is to use the cloud as a BCP/DR (Business Continuity Planning/Disaster Recovery) target, which is also a great use-case … Read more