OpenStack Summit Day 1 Quick Notes

It’s quite an amazing to be here in Paris watching the OpenStack Summit unfold in front of us. With #vDM30in30 in full flight, this seemed like the perfect way to bring some of my experience from the City of Light. The backdrop of the Champs-Elysées is like a perfect stage for me as a long … Read more

OpenStack Launches 10th Release with Juno

It was a big day for OpenStack as it marked the 10th full release in just 4 short years. Juno, the newly minted full release, was chalk full of exciting new features, updates, and bug fixes. Here’s a little preview of what’s new, and I’m really excited to play around more with the “big data” options … Read more

Managed Clouds and Why SMB Customers Don’t Chase Unicorns

If we look at the economy and distribution of wealth, we can see that there are some interesting statistics about what many call the 1%. Stretch a little further into the top 10% and you will find what they refer to as the champagne glass effect. In other words, the top percentile of earners have … Read more

Toronto VMUG Half-Day Session – Rocking the Community with PernixData

We had a big day planned for the Toronto VMUG community for the half-day session and it was above and beyond my expectations. Community was the theme in every way as we Kicking it off with Angelo Luciani Angelo Luciani led us out with a preview of some VMware content including the public beta for … Read more