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Wednesday, May 28th, 2008IBM Tivoli Pulse Wrap-up - Product Updates, Green Metrics, and Cloud Confusion
Google and IBM - Keeping it Real
Monday, May 19th, 2008If you have been listening lately you would think that IBM and Google have been recently married. However, I would like to ask some simple questions…
How many Mainframes does Google have?
How many copies of AIX are running in those 1 million core Google data centers?
Does Google run Tivoli Provisioning Manager to provision their 1 […]
Catching Up on Cloud: An Interview with IBM
Monday, May 19th, 2008Catching Up on Cloud: An Interview with IBM
Businessweek Cloud Smackdown
Thursday, April 10th, 2008Is like me trying to sing RAP music. Last night Businessweek posted an article about “Clouds”. I know this is not supposed to be a technical publication however there are far too many inaccuracies in this article to be ignored.
Amazon’s EC2 cost is .010 per hour not .020.
IBM, HP, and SUN have not long […]
If I Were a CTO at IBM - “Blue Cloud Stuff”
Friday, April 4th, 2008IBM CTO Presentation in Chicago
I would want to know that Amazon does more than just sell books.
I would have heard of 3Tera.
I would know who Cassatt is.
I would read this article before I mention the Google/IBM Cloud initiative. This way I wouldn’t be confused between the difference between Cloud servers and […]
IBM and the History of Autonomics
Thursday, March 27th, 2008At any given point in time, you can look at IBM as a glass half empty or a glass half full. IBM has always been famous for what Gartner coined years ago as a company that creates great marketectures. IBM typically puts a stake in the ground on a concept 7 […]
Cloud Computing Vendors A to Z
Thursday, March 20th, 2008I HAVE A REVISED VERSION OF THIS POST…
Cloud Vendors A to Z (Revised)
Is IBM’s Blue Cloud a Cloud?
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008Last year IBM announced their Blue Cloud. Since then a few of their Blue Clouds have showed up around the world. A few months ago IBM announced a Blue Cloud in Wuxi China and today they announced another one in Dublin. The question is, are these really clouds or just steroid […]
IBM Announces European Cloud Computing Hub in Dublin
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008IBM Announces European Cloud Computing Hub in Dublin
Blink! BMC Software To Acquire BladeLogic For $800 Million
Monday, March 17th, 2008BMC to buy BladeLogic for $28 per share
Maybe I have my head too far in the clouds these days, but I am not sure that this is the kind of technology I would be focusing on if I were BMC. Maybe BMC forgot that IBM and HP both sell hardware and that they […]
Cloud Movements
Sunday, March 16th, 2008Let’s have a cloud party 2009. Here is a list of my predictions.
Mosso adds a new service that is 3Tera like and now Rackspace has the holy trinity of hosting providers.
3Tera and Rackspace partner.
Rightscale becomes cloud agnostic by building their own grid framework.
Rightscale is acquired by a big player (e.g. Sun).
IBM waits for someone […]
Cloud Pontification
Saturday, March 15th, 2008James Governor of Redmonk wrote a blog article called “15 Ways to Tell Its Not Cloud Computing” and as much as I like these guys I believe his article was way off the mark. First off as I have been saying, some cloud definitions need to be drawn before you talk about clouds otherwise the […]
Cloud Talk
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Botchanomics and The Big Galupe
Tuesday, March 11th, 2008It’s been a while since we have been able to catch up with the international man of IT mystery, Botchagalupe. I was able to sit down with Botchagalupe to see what he has been up to lately.
Johnmwillis: Hello, Botchagalupe, its good to have you back again.
Botchagalupe: Yea, yeah, sure, sure.
Johnmwillis: The last time […]
Nothing Ventured Nothing Gained, Nothing Gained, … #2
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008Earlier this month I attended a local Atlanta Ruby meeting and they were looking for topics regarding their upcoming March meeting. So, I opened my big yap and asked if anyone would like to hear a talk about cloud computing. After a resounding “Yes,” I am now scheduled to give my first “Cloud […]
What is a Cloud
Wednesday, February 13th, 2008Here is my definition of the Holy Grail “Cloud”.
Primary Characteristics
It uses commodity-based hardware as its base. The hardware can be replaced anytime without affecting the cloud.
It uses a commodity-based software container system. For example, a service should be able to be pulled from one cloud provider to any other cloud provider with no effect […]
5 reasons it might not be “Blue Skies” for IBM
Thursday, February 7th, 20085 REASONS IBM WILL HAVE POSITIVE CLOUDY SKY’S
Demystifying Clouds
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
force ma·jeure - noun Etymology: French, superior force
Date: 1883 1 : superior or irresistible force 2 : an event or effect that cannot be reasonably anticipated or controlled — compare act of god
I’ll admit it: I am caught up in the cloud hype. The caveat, however, is that I truly believe that this […]
The Big Question
Monday, January 14th, 2008The latest buzz on cloud computing is Nicholas Carr’s new book, The Big Switch.
Top 5 Technology Watch List for 2008
Friday, December 21st, 2007It’s that time of the year where everyone is predicting the future. So, here is my obligatory top 5 watch list for 2008.
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