In the previous article I discussed the subject of Billing and Chargeback. This entry discusses some of the issues raised in that post as additional considerations.
An Exercise in Utility
November 9, 2009 By 3 Comments
EMC and VMWare’s coming together with Cisco is an exercise in Utility. If we take Nick Carr’s analogy of comparing utility computing with the power-generation industry, what the VCE alliance could be said to be is an attempt to define a de-facto standard for the ‘compute unit’. An attempt even to define what voltage the cloud should run at.
Monofunctional or Multifunctional – Cheap always WINS
April 20, 2009 By 1 Comment
Reacting To The Open Cloud Manifesto
March 30, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Reuven Cohen of Enomaly has penned an Open Cloud Manifesto. This might not have been news but for a curious backlash when two big cloud vendors, Microsoft and Amazon, refused to sign on, although IBM, Sun, and many others have endorsed it. In my opinion, the Open Cloud Manifesto is interesting, forward-thinking, provocative, and a bit naive.
Data Migration Strategies – Part II
February 24, 2009 By Leave a Comment