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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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As an industry analyst, I get queried around OpenStack software from potential customers and industry peers. Despite the improvements in…
Hello, Snap! Congratulations on a successful IPO! You made the right choice by choosing multiple cloud service providers (GCP[1] and…
--- !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-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
--- !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
--- 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
--- 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
--- 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_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
--- !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
--- 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
--- 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:/
--- !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
--- 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
--- 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
--- 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 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
--- !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(
--- 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
--- <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
--- 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
--- 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/
--- 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
--- 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
--- 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/), @
--- 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
--- !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
--- 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
--- !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
--- !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
--- !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
--- !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
--- 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
--- 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
--- 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
--- 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
--- 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
--- 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