Building a Real-World IaaS Cloud Foundation

Tue, 26 May 2009 12:15:00 EDT

I recently gave a talk at the Cloud Computing Expo in New York about where to begin if you’re building a cloud infrastructure or “Infrastructure-as-a-Service.” The response was great, so I’ll try to summarize the high points here for others who are interested. Whenever we see a “stack diagram” of cloud architectures, most conversation centers on higher-level layers like defining what “Platform-as-a-Service” or “Software-as-a-Service” is.

Cloud Computing: Creating a Generic (Internal) Cloud Architecture

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 06:30:00 EDT

I've been taken aback lately by the tacit assumption that cloud-like (IaaS and PaaS) services have to be provided by folks like Amazon, Terremark and others. It's as if these providers do some black magic that enterprises can't touch or replicate. However, history has taught the IT industry that what starts in the external domain eventually makes its way into the enterprise, and vice-versa.

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Building a Real-World IaaS Cloud Foundation

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