Fountainhead

OCTOBER 17, 2012

And it’s about helping corporate IT think and operate more like Service Providers do. Doubly challenging when you consider the different topologies of virtual servers, licensing servers, provisioning servers and more, all scaling at different rates to maintain service levels. Yes, its true. A Perfect Technology Next-Step.

Cloud 189

Cloud Data Center Mobile Virtualization 189

Linux Academy

MAY 16, 2019

It assumes you know what a container is, that Kubernetes does something called “orchestration” with it, but that’s it. This discussion will cover the following: Container Registry, Pods, Services, Ingress, Scaling, Networking, mounting volumes, package management (Helm) and what’s next.

Linux 60

Linux Systems Administration Applications Open Source 60

Fountainhead

AUGUST 26, 2012

The Rise of the Cloud Service Bus. In my recent GigaOm guest blog , I posited that the advent of hosted cloud services (particularly PaaS and SaaS) will slowly morph the role of the CIO into that of an IT Supply Chain Manager. for billing, showback and/or chargeback) - Disaster Recovery / Redundant service sources where needed.

Cloud 196

Cloud Data Center Disaster Recovery Enterprise 196

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

This time around, I have a collection of links featuring the new Raspberry Pi 400, some macOS security-related articles, information on AWS Nitro Enclaves and gVisor, and a few other topics. Here’s another article on the topic , with some additional technical detail. Raphael Yoshiga provides an Azure-to-AWS mapping of services.

SMB 60

SMB Cloud Fashion Vmware 60

Fountainhead

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

By now you may know that I buy into the enterprise approach where cloud computing and its operational model are enablers for something bigger : The transformation to IT-as-a-Service. This topic of talent, training and organization appears to be consistently glossed-over. My people are not".

Data Center 220

Data Center Cloud Training Enterprise 220

Scott Lowe

MAY 8, 2017

As for how containers and OpenStack may be coming together, Kathirvel describes three different use cases: The first use case has OpenStack managing the infrastructure, with Kubernetes (or another container orchestration tool) installed on top of the infrastructure. The second use case has Kubernetes managing the OpenStack control plane.

Strategy 60

Strategy Architecture Virtualization Cloud 60

Fountainhead

AUGUST 30, 2011

IT-as-a-Service: Models for Consumption, Operations, Technology. In a week where products surely dominate the news (its VMworld, in case you live under a rock) I want to share some non-product insights Ive made while working with EMCs IT group regarding running IT as a Service. First, running IT as a Service doesnt mean outsourcing IT.

Data Center 184

Data Center Virtualization Cloud Change Management 184

Scott Lowe

APRIL 29, 2022

I suspect that as service meshes continue to proliferate, I suspect we’ll see more tools like this emerge. Also on the topic of Pulumi: Martin Thwaites discusses using multiple Pulumi projects with custom backends. Eric Sloof has some information on how to configure the vRealize Orchestrator plugin for vCloud Director.

Linux 74

Linux Storage Programming Applications 74

Fountainhead

APRIL 24, 2011

Consider this: The Role of the CIO : Today the CIO is orchestrator of technologies, if not a technologist him/herself. In the future, the role will shift from technologist to where the CIO (and IT overall) will become a service portfolio and governance manager. Regardless of whether the services are generated internally or externally.

Cloud 187

Cloud Data Center Training Change Management 187

Linux Academy

APRIL 30, 2019

Launch Your First OpenShift Operator — OpenShift is a Kubernetes distribution certified by CNCF in 2017, for the Enterprise, but it provides so much more than container orchestration. What are AWS’s core services? LXC/LXD Deep Dive – “Container” is the new buzzword, but it doesn’t just mean Docker! What is AWS? Why do we use AWS?

Linux 113

Linux Course Big Data Devops 113

Fountainhead

APRIL 20, 2009

Whos using Infrastructure Orchestration in Finance? With all the talk lately of Egeneras unified infrastructure orchestration I thought it would be useful to shed some light on whos * really * using this technology, and how. Farm Bureau - Western Computer Services: Western Computer Services, Inc. Topic Shortcuts.

Disaster Recovery 100

Disaster Recovery Data Center Virtualization Banking 100

Kitaboo

DECEMBER 19, 2023

These cutting-edge technologies have orchestrated a radical makeover, redefining content creation, distribution practices, and the market reach for published content. Natural Language Processing (NLP) NLP algorithms scrutinize articles, books, and various content forms, extracting insights to identify topics appealing to individual readers.

eBook 78

eBook Artificial Intelligence Analysis Trends 78

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Ramraj and Mathot are with DXC, a managed services provider. Ramraj then spends a few minutes talking about how and why a managed services provider might be able to help address some of the challenges around an OpenStack deployment. Use a good service provider. Less is more (less customization makes it easier).

Airlines 60

Airlines Hardware Devops Cloud 60

Fountainhead

OCTOBER 20, 2011

What made the time unique was the quality of interactions as well as heady topics. EMC’s own leaders and practitioners interacted with our leading customers about IT Transformation, IT as a Service, managing IT change, and cloud computing futures. They are discussing competing against consumer service - and/or brokering them.

Data Center 184

Data Center Agile Cloud Virtualization 184

Fountainhead

MAY 14, 2012

Cloud: Whats a Service? Simplistically, I assumed I knew what IaaS, PaaS and SaaS meant, and I thought I knew who the logical public providers of these services would be. However, there have been a number of interesting new services - and providers - that show signs of breaking the stereotypes. Monday, May 14, 2012. Who Are SPs?

Cloud 177

Cloud Data Center Virtualization Big Data 177

Fountainhead

MAY 5, 2009

Infrastructure Orchestration in use within SPs & Hosting providers. One of those new technologies in the Enterprise Data Center space is what I call Infrastructure Orchestration (others term it fabric computing or unified computing ). Tuesday, May 5, 2009. F or the past months Ive held that new technologies are OK.

Data Center 100

Data Center Virtualization Disaster Recovery Storage 100

CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

“Becoming the best connected brewer is making sure we strengthen the relationships with our customers, consumers, suppliers and employees in a context that’s fully digital,” he says, who reports into the CDO and was previously senior director for global information services. I think it helps get the support [for IT] as well.”

Agile 96

Agile SAP SCRUM Artificial Intelligence 96

Fountainhead

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

IT-as-a-Service: Resources and Pointers. IT-as-a-Service. Its a new mind-set and approach to delivering enterprise IT services - where IT operates and competes for "business" as-would a service provider.And, like a commercial SP entity, it actually tries to e ncourage service consumption , rather than discourage it.

Resources 187

Resources Data Center Financial Cloud 187

Fountainhead

APRIL 6, 2009

The topics - and questions - were telling of the state of IT. Software use & metering, + Cost allocation: As above, this continues to be a hot topic -- if youre doing chargebacks, you need to monitor how (and by whom) software is being used. So, lots of interesting topics on licensing, metering, etc., Topic Shortcuts.

Data Center 100

Data Center Conference Financial Virtualization 100

Linux Academy

JANUARY 29, 2019

How deployments and services can help you easily manage complex applications. Deploying a Simple Service to Kubernetes. Using this microservice application, you’ll work through the various components and features of Kubernetes, like service discovery and autoscaling. Configuring Prometheus to Use Service Discovery.

Course 68

Course Training Applications Architecture 68

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Gal Sagie has a write-up on integration between Kuryr and OVN (Kuryr is another topic that is really interesting). Speaking of Gal Sagie and OVN, Gal has a post describing a concept for something called “Topology Service Injection” and some proposals for implementing this in OVN. More on Clair from TechCrunch here.).

Vmware 60

Vmware Network Load Balancer Linux 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 11, 2016

If there’s a topic you think I’m missing, I’d love to hear from you.). VMware recently announced Open Hardware Management Services (OHMS) , a project intended to help manage servers and switches in a software-defined data center (SDDC) context. This is a slightly older article by Casey West on the topic of “cloud-native.”

Vmware 60

Vmware Hardware Storage Linux 60

Fountainhead

MARCH 18, 2013

Amazon Web Services recent (re) announcement of its Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) functionality as it ventures into the enterprise ( on AWS Blog ) as well as their recent teaming with Equinix and Netapp. Not just in raw size, but in services. It seems not a week goes by that AWS doesnt announce another service API for their cloud.

Strategy 210

Strategy Cloud Vmware Data Center 210

Fountainhead

JUNE 1, 2011

Real-World Financial Services Cloud. NYSEs partnered with EMC and VMware to construct the cloud, and VMW has also posted an excellent Blog on the topic. The NYSE service means those IT organizations no longer have to struggle with integrating data dumps and feeds into their infrastructure and operations. Topic Shortcuts.

Financial 172

Financial Cloud Data Center Vmware 172

TM Forum

MAY 25, 2022

The horizontal growth of communications service providers’ (CSPs’) B2B portfolios is the subject of much debate amid the drive for renewed revenue streams, as Dean Ramsay, principal analyst, TM Forum, explores in this extract from the report. Autonomous network management and orchestration. End-to-end service orchestration.

Enterprise 130

Enterprise Enterprise Strategy B2B 130

Fountainhead

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Ive been working closely with EMCs CIO and internal IT groups lately, helping understand how theyre delivering IT as a Service. EMCs IT is going through a major transformation, where its becoming more competitive, more business-centric, more like an internal Service Provider. How would the value of Service Manager roles be highlighted?

Data Center 154

Data Center Virtualization Meeting Cloud 154

Fountainhead

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Top Opportunities for IT Transformation Services. So Im a bit shocked that this era isnt a windfall for services providers who will help shepherd IT organizations through the change management process. To me this seems like thres a huge investment opportunity to develop service practices. Service-oriented design.

Data Center 150

Data Center Change Management Cloud Virtualization 150

Fountainhead

AUGUST 1, 2012

If you believe that most of ITs infrastructure is "going cloud" and that many 3rd-party services will be SaaS, then the role of the CIO will begin to shift from being a technologist (who builds things from ground-up) to being a Supply-Chain manager (who integrates multiple services from multiple sources). A good bet to take.

Big Data 170

Big Data Data Center Cloud Virtualization 170

Linux Academy

JANUARY 27, 2019

How to set up and operate your own anonymizing services. Hands-On Labs in this Course: Configuring Prometheus to Use Service Discovery. Topics covered in this quick course include networking basics and traffic, binary, subnetting calculation, classful networking, and more! Deploying a Simple Service to Kubernetes.

Linux 60

Linux Course Training Tools 60

Fountainhead

AUGUST 9, 2011

Think of IT as an internal Service Provider (ITaaS) - developing, marketing, pricing and refining technology to meet the specific needs of Line-of-Business users. In his blog, Chuck cites an oft-used slide by John Peirce, EMCs VP of IT Infrastructure and Services. From Silos to Services (Chuck Hollis). Ken Oestreich.

Cloud 253

Cloud Data Center Enterprise Enterprise 253

Fountainhead

AUGUST 27, 2012

Topic Shortcuts. Infrastructure Orchestration. (31). The Rise of the Cloud Service Bus. Older Post. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Syndications. Follow @Fountnhead. Subscribe to this blog. Analyst updates. (26). Big Data. (6). Business Models. (1). CIO conversations. (40). Cloud Computing. (55). Contrarian. (14).

Data Center 145

Data Center Cloud Virtualization Mobile 145

Fountainhead

JUNE 5, 2013

Without question, “How big is the hosted desktop market” is the top inquiry I get from our Citrix Service Provider ( CSP ) partners. Topic Shortcuts. Infrastructure Orchestration. (31). Wednesday, June 5, 2013. How Big is the Hosted Desktop (DaaS) Market? Blog continues on blogs.citrix.com ]. Older Post. Big Data. (6).

Data Center 124

Data Center Virtualization Cloud Mobile 124

Fountainhead

JULY 13, 2011

Think your enterprise is challenged as it struggles to move toward IT-as-a-Service and a shared IT services model? These were state representatives with constituencies who cared about things like better services and lower-cost government. They realized how long it took to deliver new IT services. How to meter IT costs?

Government 154

Government Data Center Cloud Education 154

Linux Academy

APRIL 29, 2019

Launch Your First OpenShift Operator — OpenShift is a Kubernetes distribution certified by CNCF in 2017, for the Enterprise, but it provides so much more than container orchestration. What are AWS’s core services? LXC/LXD Deep Dive – “Container” is the new buzzword, but it doesn’t just mean Docker! What is AWS? Why do we use AWS?

Linux 60

Linux Course Big Data Devops 60

Fountainhead

JUNE 5, 2013

If you want to maintain a healthy hosted services business, don’t chase the same commodity offerings. Topic Shortcuts. Infrastructure Orchestration. (31). He gave a presentation at the recent Microsoft Hosting Summit , and the point was this: The hosting market is crowded and includes huge players such as Microsoft itself.

Data Center 138

Data Center Virtualization Cloud Microsoft 138

Fountainhead

MARCH 23, 2009

Its really about my experiences of how enterprises and SPs alike have been approaching building a foundational "Infrastructure-as-a-Service" -- regardless of whether theyre planning a virtual, physical, or mixed environment. So clearly Ill also be alluding to Infrastructure Orchestration (aka unified computing) as well. And thats it.

Cloud 100

Cloud Data Center Dell Virtualization 100

Scott Lowe

MAY 22, 2015

Using Jinja2 templates for automating network device configuration is a topic that’s getting a fair amount of attention (there were at least two sessions discussing this technique while I was at Interop). This topic is the subject of some debate given that some claim OVS internal ports perform much better than Linux veth devices.

Vmware 60

Vmware Network Virtualization IPv6 60