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Amazon AWS is the Cloud (for now anyway) cloudave.com
I am sure that this basic security capability must be delivered by...
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The Cloud’s Hidden Costs | Cloud Computing Journal cloudcomputing.sys-con.com
Surveys say…and many companies believe...that moving architecture,...
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Is the cloud really ready for prime time?
Hello RightScale Group Members, Today, many large enterprise customers worry about the security, interoperability, and reliability of...
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7 Things to Consider Before Building a Private Cloud blog.rightscale.com
Not so long ago, if you were like many CIOs or ops managers, you were...
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7 Things to Consider Before Building a Private Cloud blog.rightscale.com
A private cloud may eliminate the provisioning bottleneck of the...
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The cloud (and I mean the “public cloud”) is quite different from previous high tech industry trends for two fundamental reasons: 1) Cloud affects the broadest range of customers ever , appealing to businesses,...

RightScale Blog: Identifying Workloads for the Cloud blog.rightscale.com
Identifying workloads to move to the cloud can be tricky. RightScale Engineer Ryan Geyer shares 3 quick criteria to help you decide plus he provides more detail and reference architecture diagrams used for actual deployments.

We at IBM have made it in to somewhat of a trend. Whenever we release new versions of our DB2 database or Big Data (Hadoop) products we ...
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Dirt-Cheap, Massively Scalable Dynamic Web Hosting on Amazon S3
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In August 2011, Amazon.com CTO Werner Vogels caused a bit of a stir among systems architects by explaining how he runs his personal website, All Things Distributed, without a server. Technically, of course, Vogels' site is on a...

Why Zynga loves the hybrid cloud tech.fortune.cnn.com
The gaming company has high hopes for its Z Cloud initiative. Zynga's CTO of Infrastructure explains his strategy, which includes RightScale to manage its hybrid cloud deployments.

7 Things to Consider Before Building a Private Cloud readwriteweb.com
A private cloud may not be the solution in every situation. Here, RightScale Architect, Brian Adler outlines 7 key considerations to evaluate whether a private cloud is the right choice for you.

Is anyone out there currently using or considering a multi-cloud deployment? Is multi-cloud really necessary? Is this something for all ...
6 Reasons To Use Multiple Cloud Providers informationweek.com
Music Mastermind, Coupa Software share why they turned to more than one cloud services supplier. Yes, you can mix and match Amazon and Rackspace.

Cloud APIs: It's the Architecture That Matters blog.rightscale.com
Citrix just announced a bold roadmap for its CloudStack platform on the heels of a Eucalyptus/AWS partnership. RightScale CTO Thorsten von Eicken gives his take on why not to get hung up on API compatibility in light of other considerations.

RightScale Blog: Why ServerTemplates Are the Key to Cloud Management blog.rightscale.com
People often ask us what the biggest innovation is that RightScale offers beyond other forms of server management. If there is one aspect of the overall integration that is special to RightScale, it’s the methodology of dynamic server configuration using ServerTemplates and the ability to publish these ServerTemplates and meter their usage.

Does your IT or devops team run a lot of do-it-yourself projects? In this article, Darryl Eaton, Director of Product Management at RightScale, describes why you must know what you are getting yourself into before pursuing DIY cloud management.

Need a Public Cloud in Tokyo? Welcome to IDC Frontier
Hello RightScale Group Members,
Log in to the RightScale dashboard and you’ll now see a new public cloud: IDC Frontier-Tokyo. IDC ...

Customers of SoftLayer’s global cloud infrastructure can now use RightScale Cloud Management to manage their workloads.

Manage Your Equinix Clouds with RightScale datacenterknowledge.com
Now you can build from the ground up – rack and stack – RightScale-ready clouds in Equinix data centers. Or, if you're an existing Equinix customer, you can use RightScale to manage clouds you already have in Equinix facilities.

Stratalux, Inc. is looking for a Lead Unix System Administrator stratalux.theresumator.com
If you or someone you know fits this position, submit a resume!

A Serial Entrepreneur’s Guide To Uncovering Awesome Startup Ideas infochachkie.com
Seth Epstein, Founder and CEO SocialStay, former Founder and CEO of FUEL (acquired by Razorfish) and Emmy Award winner for his work on the X-Games, recently spoke at UC Santa Barbara as part of the Technology Management...

Are you a Rackspace user who needs a solution to manage your cloud deployments faster and easier? The RightScale Cloud Management Platform can help by delivering faster cloud on-boarding with pre-built stacks and best practices.

When Hiring Entrepreneurs, Ignore Their Resumes infochachkie.com
Note: This is the third installment in the Startup Team Building series. Read Part I HERE and Part II HERE. When hiring ATM Operators at a Big Dumb Company (BDC), assessing each candidate’s ability to execute predictable tasks...

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