Joep Piscaer reviews how Accelerite acquired CloudStack and turned it into a key component to their overall cloud offering. This includes Rovius, their Managed CloudPlatform offering, with CloudPlatform serving as a Apache CloudStack based Cloud Orchestration platform in a box. Joep thinks it’s an interesting approach to acquire yesterday’s tech and applying it successfully to today’s problems.
Nirmata is the cross-cloud orchestrator of orchestrators
After Cloud Field Day, Joep Piscaer calls Nirmata the “cross cloud orchestrator of orchestrators,” describing their approach to cloud management as “clean, simple and well thought out.” He also compliments their application modeling feature which enables cross-cloud migrations and deployment saying that with the right engineering effort, it could become one of Nirmata’s truly differentiating features.
How Docker’s secure software supply chain is key for moving away from the VMware datacenter
Joep Piscaer attended a Tech Field Day Extra presentation from Docker at DockerCon, and got details on how the company is making it easier for enterprises to containerize legacy apps. Joep specifically focuses on software supply chain cycle facing enterprises. He reviews how Docker is removing friction in the supply chain decision making process, and thinks they are doing a better job than VMware.
Cisco MetaPod: Managed OpenStack for enterprisy enterprises
Cisco MetaPod: Managed OpenStack for enterprisy enterprises
Docker for proprietary enterprise software, really?
Docker for proprietary enterprise software, really?
Can Platform9 solve fundamental OpenStack challenges?
Can Platform9 solve fundamental OpenStack challenges?
A Platform9 architecture deep dive: is it still ‘simple’ OpenStack?
A Platform9 architecture deep dive: is it still ‘simple’ OpenStack?
Can Platform9 simplify OpenStack by making it invisible?
Can Platform9 simplify OpenStack by making it invisible?
CloudByte’s multi-tenancy enables vMotion-like storage flexibility
CloudByte’s multi-tenancy enables vMotion-like storage flexibility
Infinio Accelerator v2.0: lightyears ahead of the competition?
Infinio Accelerator v2.0: lightyears ahead of the competition?
Why Nimble should open up InfoSight to the community (like vOpenData)
Why Nimble should open up InfoSight to the community (like vOpenData)
Nimble’s scale-out looks a lot like EqualLogic’s, and that’s a good thing!
Nimble’s scale-out looks a lot like EqualLogic’s, and that’s a good thing!
Infinio Accelerator: downloadable storage performance (but not quite yet)
Infinio Accelerator: downloadable storage performance (but not quite yet)
Joep Piscaer
Founder of TLA Tech, a tech marketing firm focusing on cloud-native. Co-hosts TheCUBE sometimes. Blogs at VirtualLifestyle.nl
