That sound you hear is my mind being blown. Rick Copeland and the folks at O’Reilly have really put together a great book here. Admittedly, it was outside of my usual comfort zone because of the depth of the content, but it forced me to raise my game to really dig in on some MongoDB … Read more
With all of the SDDC (Software Defined Data Center) and SDN (Software Defined Networking) coming into the fore these days, it is good to take a look at exactly why it is getting serious focus, and what particular qualities make it a winning strategy. I’ve mentioned the term loosely coupled systems among my peers for quite … Read more
In a Software Defined world, we are facing lots of new challenges with bringing people up to speed with the intricacies of what makes any of our core components “Software Defined”. With EMC bringing out their new ViPR (Virtualization Platform Re-imagined aka Project Bourne), we now have another entry into the Software Defined Storage side of … Read more
It’s that time of year again! VMworld 2013 is open for registration, and most importantly, the session content has been submitted and is open for voting. Thanks to Viewers Like You! There is an important theme here. The content of the sessions is brought to you by our peers, our leaders in technology and the … Read more