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Is standardization right for cloud-based application environments?
For me, this week has been one of those weeks that I think all technologists enjoy. You know what I’m talking about. The week has been one of those rare periods of time when you get to put day-to-day...
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Sorting through cloud jargon
Over the last two weeks, I have fully immersed myself in the world of cloud. Thanks to conference keynotes, breakout sessions, customer briefings, and ad hoc discussions, I have not had much time to...
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Peeling onions in the cloud
From a conceptual standpoint, consumability through abstraction is arguably one of the most important benefits of cloud computing. The cloud offers up some collection of raw resources (i.e. servers,...
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Declarative deployment is the wave of the future
When at all possible, I like getting my information straight from the proverbial horse’s mouth. There is no better source of information, and I can avoid the intentional and unintentional biases...
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Back to square one
I grew up playing quite a few different sports, both team and individual. For me, there was little else that I would rather have done than compete on the field, court, diamond, or course. I loved...
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The IBM Image Construction and Composition Tool
In a recent post, I wrote about the importance of well-designed, well-constructed virtual images. To be clear, I am not promoting elegant virtual image design for the sake of art. Rather, if we can...
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A reference architecture for cloud computing
Admittedly, when I was heads-down in code earlier in my career, I did not pay much attention to reference architectures. We had our own internal architectures that served as ‘the way and the truth’,...
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IBM Workload Deployer
I hate sitting on secrets. I always have. I understand that sometimes it’s in the best interest of everyone (and your job) to keep tight lips, but that does not make it any more fun. Inevitably, the...
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Autonomic cloud management approaches
The platform services segment of cloud is multi-faceted… to say the least. Lately, likely spurred on by announcements like IBM Workload Deployer and VMware Cloud Foundry, I have been thinking quite a...
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An eye on the competition
When it comes to IBM Workload Deployer, I have no illusions regarding the veracity of our competitors. They are out there, and they are constantly on the attack. Their dubious claims aside, I know this...
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