Cloudconnect

Building and operating a private cloud ourselves is simple, right? Give our experienced IT folks a budget for hardware and software, a clear mandate, and deadlines, and we’re likely to succeed. That’s what we’ve always done, and it’s worked out tolerably well. Private cloud isn’t so different from running our own virtual machine environment, and we do that already, so why wouldn’t we succeed? I hear this sentiment expressed often so it seems to be a widely held belief. But it’s wrong precisely 97.73 percent of the time - I measured. Unfortunately, too many organizations act on this mistaken belief and experience unnecessary hurt as a result. ...

The need for cloud provider price transparency. What is a workload and how to move it. “Open"ness and what it means for a cloud service. Various libraries, APIs, and SLAs. These are some of the engaging discussions that developed at the Platforms and Ecosystems “Birds of a Feather”/“Unconference”, held on Tuesday evening March 8th during the CloudConnect 2011 conference. What about the BOF worked? What didn’t? What should be done differently in the future? Below are some observations gathered from early feedback; please leave your comments, too. ...

This March 7-10 2011 I will be in Santa Clara for the CloudConnect conference. There are many reasons you should go too, and I’d like to highlight one session that you should not miss: the Platforms and Ecosystems BOF, on Tuesday March 8 at 6:00 - 7:30 PM. Read on for a detailed description of this BOF session and why it promises to be worthwhile. [ Full disclosure: I’m the track chair for the Design Patterns track and I’m running the Platforms and Ecosystems BOF. The event organizers are sponsoring my hotel for the conference, and like all conference speakers my admission to the event is covered.] ...

You’re a developer - or you want to be - writing software that uses cloud computing. Why should you care about the CloudConnect Conference? Here are the top ten reasons why it’s worth your while. Full disclosure: Nothing to disclose. I have no commercial connection to CloudConnect or its producers. #10: Snacks Enjoy short, sweet, thought-provoking keynotes about applications, metrics, SaaS, and more. I happen to know of three keynote presenters who will be particularly interesting: William Louth, William Vambenepe, and Guy Rosen. Come hear them challenge the way you think about cloud applications, environments, and infrastructure. ...