Head in the Clouds

Discussion on the state of cloud computing and open source software that helps build, manage, and deliver infrastructure-as-a-service.

The Road to Private Clouds will be through the Public Cloud

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Sheng is the CEO and founder of Cloud.com, where he drives the vision and overall direction for the company as...
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on Saturday, 12 February 2011
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The past week marks a significant milestone in our industry. Cloud service provider Rackspace Hosting (RAX) market capitalization exceeded $5B. This represents financial market’s recognition of Rackspace as a leader in cloud computing. At Cloud.com we are...

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Why We Sell to Cloud Service Providers

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Sheng is the CEO and founder of Cloud.com, where he drives the vision and overall direction for the company as...
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on Wednesday, 14 July 2010
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This weekend I setup our new 40-node test lab in our Fremont data center. Even with help from a couple of our top engineers, it was a major undertaking. Each server weighted at least 50 pounds. Thinks about that ... 40 servers are literally a ton! We loaded them one by one onto a pickup truck, drove to the data center, unloaded all of them in 90 degree heat, and then wheeled them into the data...

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The CloudStack™project is in the process of moving to the Apache Foundation as a podling in the Apache Incubator. Going forward CloudStack will be developed and governed in the Apache way. CloudStack is available under the Apache License 2.0