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The historical record — cloud analysis, 2013–2016, preserved as published

OpenStack-era analysis and early cloud-market commentary. Preserved unedited as a record of thirteen years of continuous published research.

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Questions to the OpenStack Community

Mar 24, 2017

As an industry analyst, I get queried around OpenStack software from potential customers and industry peers. Despite the improvements in…

Open Letter to Snap: Consider On-Prem Options too

Mar 5, 2017

Hello, Snap! Congratulations on a successful IPO! You made the right choice by choosing multiple cloud service providers (GCP[1] and…

AWS re:Invent — what to expect

Nov 28, 2016

--- !aws-reinvent(https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/800/0wKnzdR52AN0YlFV2.png) While I am planning on catching up all AWS re:Invent 2016(https://reinvent.awsevents.com/) excitement via live stream, here are the theme

OpenStack is Boring! And it’s good for customers

Nov 3, 2016

--- !openstack-logo-vertical(https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/800/0T18S-JY3Umcxez7P.png) As someone who has been covering OpenStack(http://www.openstack.org) since its early days, the OpenStack Summit(https://www.op

[Briefing] Mirantis Enables OpenStack on Kubernetes

Aug 4, 2016

--- !mirantis(https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/800/0hwo4ET52PRXC_e0B.png) Originally posted at DZone Cloud Zone(https://dzone.com/articles/mirantis-enables-openstack-on-kubernetes) Mirantis’ recent announcement(htt

OpenStack User Survey April 2016 — Good, Bad and Ugly

Apr 26, 2016

--- Introduction April 2016 edition of OpenStack User Survey results are out(http://www.openstack.org/assets/survey/April-2016-User-Survey-Report.pdf), with largest participation by far and more insights and analysis

OpenStack Distributions — A Comparative Analysis

Apr 19, 2016

--- TL;DR Download Report here(https://clouddon.com/download/openstack-distributions-a-comparative-analysis/) Introduction If you are an OpenStack customer or if you are evaluating OpenStack, you have so many option

OpenStack 2016 — What To Expect?

Feb 19, 2016

--- I am not a big fan of annual predictions or self-applauding score keeping (though I admit there is some kick :)). This blog post summarizes highlights of 2015 and lists what I expect to happen in 2016 in OpenStack l

OpenStack Day Seattle 2015 — from Inception to Reality

Sep 1, 2015

--- !OPENSTACK_Seattle_C(https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/800/0Pdh9qLwPA5GChhby.jpg) Cross posted from www.OpenStackSeattle.com(http://www.openstackseattle.com/2015/09/openstack-day-seattle-from-inception-to-reality

OpenStack Tokyo Summit Proposals, please vote!

Jul 27, 2015

--- !meiji-shrine(https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/800/0Q77yPA_3_zqUhTHx.jpg) Continuing our tradition of speaking at the OpenStack Summits on topics that help customers to learn more about business needs, challenge

OpenStack Ecosystem Mapped

Jun 3, 2015

--- Given how dynamic the OpenStack ecosystem is, we knew that we need to update the mapping often. With the acquisition news around Blue Box(https://www.blueboxcloud.com/insight/blog-article/ibm-acquires-blue-box-to-br

OpenStack Startup Series #2 — StorPool

Apr 30, 2015

--- embedhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUkeKoEvRxk/embed Introduction StorPool(https://storpool.com/), a distributed storage startup is next in our podcast series on OpenStack startups. StorPool was founded(https:/

Most Valuable Blogger (MVB) at DZone

Apr 23, 2015

--- !mvb-icon(https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/800/0JHBXkUeM4XAgvDUq.png) I’ve been recently recognized as one of the Most Valuable Bloggers (MVB(http://www.dzone.com/aboutmvb)) at DZone(http://www.dzone.com/links/i

OpenStack Startup Series #1 — StackStorm

Mar 16, 2015

--- embedhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpOW3oFSnQc/embed OpenStack Startups This is the first in series of posts covering OpenStack Startups. OpenStack ecosystem is in interesting phase with consolidation(http://re

Gigaom Research Report: OpenStack’s Inflection Point

Jan 31, 2015

--- You might have read my recent report on Gigaom: OpenStack’s Inflection Point: What to Look for in 2015(http://research.gigaom.com/report/openstacks-inflection-point-what-to-look-for-in-2015/), comments welcome. Amon

OpenStack Paris Summit 2014 — The People of OpenStack

Nov 23, 2014

--- MetaCloud(http://www.metacloud.com/) to !people-of-openstack(https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/800/0TC9tMK-23OnWon2y.jpg) ok an awesome initiative(http://www.metacloud.com/influential-people-openstack/) to highl

OpenStack Paris Summit 2014 — Talks/ Panels from Cloud Don

Nov 6, 2014

--- OpenStack Summit 2014 in Paris has been the largest summit so far, with more than 4600 attendees! I have been doing what I do at the summits — talk to different personas. After donning the Analyst hat, I will be we

Cloud Don is now an HP Helion MVP!

Oct 27, 2014

--- !091914_helion_Insignia(https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/800/0r7SHWsZNwbxhYj5H.jpg) I am honored to receive the award of an HP Helion MVP(http://hdn.hpcloud.com/community/mvp-overview/), joining the elite group(

Chase Small Business Grant: Why should you vote for Cloud Don?

Oct 10, 2014

--- You might have across the Chase Mission Main Street(https://www.missionmainstreetgrants.com/) Grants program for Small Businesses. 20 businesses will be awarded $150K to help them grow, make it big. Applicants need

OpenStack — Continuing the momentum

Sep 12, 2014

--- <Cross posting from my LinkedIn Influencer Post> !(https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/800/0ledMgo5SSbdDu7Vq.jpg) I have been monitoring the OpenStack ecosystem since it’s Cactus(https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Re

OpenStack Summit Submissions from Cloud Don

Aug 3, 2014

--- Cloud Don needs your help! I’ve submitted following session proposals to the OpenStack Summit in Paris. And voting is open too, until Aug 06, 2014, 11.59 pm CDT Please vote for these sessions, and I promise you wil

Happy Birthday OpenStack!

Jul 20, 2014

--- It’s OpenStack’s 4th Anniversary — raise your toast and join the celebrations(http://www.openstack.org/birthday?awesm=awe.sm_q340n) worldwide! !Happy 4th Birthday, OpenStack(https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/800/

What’s HP’s Cloud Strategy? Part 2: A quick SWOT Analysis

Jul 2, 2014

--- Disclaimer: I was one of the invited bloggers attending HP Discover 2014(http://h30614.www3.hp.com/Discover) with T&E taken care of by HP. HP DIDN’T pay for this blog post.Please note that all these are based on pub

HP Discover 2014 — what I am looking for

Jun 10, 2014

--- caption id=”attachment\_427" align=”alignleft” width=”169" !Ernesto-CloudDon-Steph(https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/800/0ktSfaNnqvy9qGR2J.jpg) Ernesto, Me, Steph/caption Thanks to Stephen Spector’(https://twit

Is it possible to add a Backdoor entry into OpenStack?

Jun 10, 2014

--- During the The New Stack Analyst Podcast(http://thenewstack.io/the-new-stack-podcast-episode-1-openstack-code-analysis/) on OpenStack Contribution Trends(http://thenewstack.io/openstack-code-contribution-trends/), @

OpenStack Marketplace — Review

Jun 3, 2014

--- One of the interesting announcements during the Atlanta Summit(https://www.clouddon.com/2014/05/openstack-atlanta-summit-what-ill-be-looking-for/ "OpenStack Atlanta Summit – what I’ll be looking for") was the launch

Atlanta OpenStack Summit: Go Enterprise!

May 22, 2014

--- !summit(https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/800/0aPTP6hOY676tnOD2.jpg) By now, you would’ve see numerous posts, either cynical or glorifying OpenStack/ OpenStack vendor announcements. Some on vendor wars, some on a

Stop bashing Red Hat!

May 14, 2014

--- I am honestly surprised about the reaction to the article(http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303851804579560290024021158?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702303

OpenStack Atlanta Summit — what I’ll be looking for

May 12, 2014

--- !summit(https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/800/0PWGtfrGTyYzsAnpz.jpg) GoOpenStack PSA from Delta(https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=54EDF16FB84CB878!18466&authkey=!AHIxHPYtDQNE8hM&ithint=folder%2c.mp4) — cheere

Blog Series: Enterprise Applications on OpenStack #1: Paypal

Mar 17, 2014

--- !KeepCalmStudio.com-Feet-Keep-Calm-And-Run-Enterprise-Apps-On-Openstack(https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/800/0WNDnhW1gaLVfQwWh.) I have proposed a panel(http://clouddon.wordpress.com/2014/02/20/thinking-beyond-d

Thinking Beyond Dev/ Test clouds: running Enterprise applications on OpenStack clouds

Feb 20, 2014

--- !KeepCalmStudio.com-Feet-Keep-Calm-And-Run-Enterprise-Apps-On-Openstack(https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/800/02dwtAvHJEMUo3Ne_.) I proposed a panel(https://www.openstack.org/vote-atlanta/Presentation/thinking-be

Cloud Don LLC Announces Entry Into the Rackspace Partner Network

Jan 13, 2014

--- !rackspace-partner-network(https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/800/0DJBwq4P7TPAaJw7G.) We are excited to announce that Cloud Don has become one of the Referral Partners(http://www.rackspace.com.hk/partnernetwork/re

Welcoming 2014

Jan 2, 2014

--- 2013 was good. Lots of good things — incorporating as an LLC, signing up SI partnerships(http://clouddon.wordpress.com/about/partners/) globally, handful of projects with big and small companies, more involvement wi

OpenStack Summit Diaries, Days 3, 4 — What OpenStack Users Want?

Nov 11, 2013

--- caption id=”attachment\_183" align=”alignleft” width=”300" !OpenStack Summit(https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/800/0cJqArc_mZk1i4IUU.) OpenStack Summit/caption The mad rush of first two days had whittled down a

OpenStack Summit Diary, Day 1, 2: Real Users, Impressive Stories

Nov 7, 2013

--- Lion Dance, Hong Kong CIO, interesting Keynotes, more conversations, Raspberry Pi (and another Raspberry Pi almost) and parties! The summit started with the opening ceremony — Lion Dance(http://www.openstack.org/su

OpenStack Summit Diary, Day 0

Nov 5, 2013

--- caption id=”attachment\_183" align=”alignleft” width=”300" !OpenStack Summit(https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/800/0hwotuKC1R_WViSPD.) OpenStack Summit/caption (This series is coming one day late, as I want to

OpenStack Summit Diary: Day -1

Nov 3, 2013

--- caption id=”attachment\_183" align=”alignleft” width=”300" !OpenStack Summit(https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/800/0Wo0FeajwBviPrxn0.) OpenStack Summit/caption After a delayed flight, multiple “van to hotel wil

Why another Cloud Services Company?

Nov 1, 2013

--- If you are here, you know already that we are a new cloud services company. You may ask why another cloud services company? Here are some reasons: 1) Combination of technical expertise and business insights We hav