Tag Archives: Cloud infrastructure

‘The Buyers Arrive’ — A Round-Up Of Strata 2014 In Santa Clara

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Strata, like any O’Reilly Media conference, will always celebrate the power of raw technology, the speeds and feeds. But this year, based on the keynotes, the vendors, and the attendees it is clear...

Desperately Needed: More Cloud Training, More Cloud Skills

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Okay, just about everyone is convinced at this point — cloud computing is a good thing that can provide tremendous business value, if applied properly and smartly. The question is, who is going to...

Big Data Solutions Through The Combination Of Tools

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By Ben Lorica As a user who tends to mix-and-match many different tools, not having to deal with configuring and assembling a suite of tools is a big win. So I’m really liking the recent trend...

Atlantis Computing Packs In The VMs To Lower Storage Costs

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This weeks installment in the “another vendor jumping on the software defined bandwagon” comes from Atlantis Computing. Atlantis is an existing VMware partner that has the not insignificant statistic...

Satya Nadella’s Thoughts on Cloud Computing before He Became CEO

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Back in early November, right around the time his name started appearing on the short list of candidates to become Microsoft’s CEO, I had lunch with Satya Nadella in New York. It was eye-opening for...

AWS And IBM: Fighting for Cloud Computing Leadership

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Last Saturday morning (at least in my time zone) I received an email from IBM’s cloud PR team breathlessly announcing that “The numbers don’t lie — IBM Beat Amazon in 2013; AWS Revenue is Cloudy at...