Cloud Computing Show #21

Guest: Tom Mornini, Founder and CTO, Engine Yard

Here is The Cloud Computing Show Episode 21 (mp3)

Host: Gary Orenstein, The Cloud Computing Show

INDUSTRY NEWS
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> Microsoft
-Azure supports Ruby on Rails
-Cloud patents around data migration

> Amazon
-new availability zone
-boot from EBS

> Does a 48 core chip equate to cloud computing?

> Gartner DC conference

GUEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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with: Tom Mornini, Founder and CTO, Engine Yard

CLOUD TIPS
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Gary: Microsoft Pivot from http://livelabs.com/
Tom: Google Wave http://wave.google.com

WRAP UP
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For more from Tom and Engine Yard
http://www.EngineYard.com
http://www.twitter.com/tmornini

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Cloud Computing Show #20

Guest: Christofer Hoff, Technical Director, Cloud Security Alliance

Here is The Cloud Computing Show Episode #20 (mp3)

Host: Gary Orenstein, The Cloud Computing Show

INDUSTRY NEWS
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> HP buys 3Com
-data center play, or move to global distribution/China?

> Google
> releases GO
-"experimental" language between performance of C and dynamic language of python

> lowers online storage pricing starting at 20GB for $5/year!
-is free/low cost storage a competitive advantage for Google?

> AWS
> CloudFront Private Content
-lots of control/features
> Windows SDK

> Rackspace
-Windows beta

GUEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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with: Christofer Hoff, Technical Director, Cloud Security Alliance

CLOUD TIPS
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Gary: www.helpstream.com - social CRM and support
Christofer: www.cloudswitch.com - enterprise gateway to the cloud

WRAP UP
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More from the Cloud Security Alliance: http://www.cloudsecurityalliance.org/
and Christofer Hoff, http://www.rationalsurvivability.com/blog/, and http://www.twitter.com/beaker

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Cloud Computing Show #19

Guests: Mayank Bawa Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Aster Data and Sharmila Mulligan, Executive Vice President of Marketing, Aster Data

Here is The Cloud Computing Show Episode #19 (mp3)

Host: Gary Orenstein, The Cloud Computing Show

INDUSTRY NEWS
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> Amazon Relational Database (MySQL)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-10383898-264.html

> Gartner. Brace Yourself for Cloud Computing 2010
http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-10383898-264.html

> Ubuntu 9 with cloud integration
http://searchcloudcomputing.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid201_gci1372520,00.html

GUEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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with: Mayank Bawa Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Aster Data and
Sharmila Mulligan, Executive Vice President of Marketing, Aster Data

CLOUD TIPS
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Gary: Ubuntu 9...more Ubuntu happiness, http://releases.ubuntu.com/karmic/
Mayank: http://www.sharethis.com

WRAP UP
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For more info on Aster Data, http://www.asterdata.com
Aster Data Blog: Winning with Data, http://www.asterdata.com/blog/

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Cloud Computing Show #18

Guests: Jeff Whitehead, Vice President of Technical Operations and CTO, Co-founder, Zetta
Lou Montulli, Vice President of Engineering, Co-founder, Zetta

Here is The Cloud Computing Show #18 (mp3)

Host: Gary Orenstein, The Cloud Computing Show

INDUSTRY NEWS
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> Hadoop World
-the management UI is here!

> IBM Plans to Fight Amazon on EC2 Turf
http://gigaom.com/2009/10/06/ibm-plans-to-fight-amazon-on-ec2-turf/
-there is money in services!

> IBM Email Service
-we need more innovation. Outlook, Lotus, Mac Mail all need help. Where is the competition to Gmail?

> Exclusive: EMC Compute Cloud Coming This Month
http://gigaom.com/2009/10/07/exclusive-emc-compute-cloud-coming-this-month/
-EMC leaves no stone unturned.

> Danger/Microsoft/T-mobile
-ouch!

> Storage Networking World
-new products

GUEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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with http://www.zetta.net
Jeff Whitehead, Vice President of Technical Operations and CTO, Co-founder
Lou Montulli, Vice President of Engineering, Co-founder

CLOUD TIPS
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Gary: http://www.crossloop.com/ - Remote assistance
Jeff: http://www.roboform.com/ - Password management
Lou: Portable Ubuntu (mobile goodness!) - http://portableubuntu.demonccc.com.ar/

WRAP UP
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For more information on Zetta visit http://www.zetta.net

For the FishCam visit http://www.fishcam.com/

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Cloud Computing Show #17

Guest: John Engates, Chief Technology Officer, Rackspace

Here is The Cloud Computing Show #17 (mp3)

Host: Gary Orenstein, The Cloud Computing Show

INDUSTRY NEWS
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> VMworld
-is virtualization a pre-requisite to the cloud?

> Microsoft Website Spark
http://www.microsoft.com/web/websitespark/
-will it change development habits?

> Dell/Perot
-is there a cloud angle?

> amazon virtual private clouds
-making the cloud more "enterprise friendly"?

> Eucalyptus private clouds - Enterprise Addition
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/09/prweb2845654.htm
-more "enterprise" appeal

> White House Eyes Cloud Computing With Apps.gov
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2352895,00.asp
-should the government be providing their own cloud?


GUEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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with John Engates, Chief Technology Officer, Rackspace

CLOUD TIPS
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Gary: Vimeo - great for controlled video serving
John: http://www.cloudkick.com - cloud server management

WRAP UP
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For more from Rackspace:
http://www.rackspacecloud.com and http://www.rackspace.com

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Cloud Computing Show #16

Guest: Mark Risher, Senior Director of Product Management and Spam Czar at Yahoo!
Show Focus: Hadoop

Here is The Cloud Computing Show #16 (mp3)

Host: Gary Orenstein, The Cloud Computing Show

INDUSTRY NEWS
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>> Speculation on Apple's new data center...is it cloud computing?

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/08/18/expert_speculates_apples_new_data_center_to_be_for_cloud_computing.html

-speculation, or done deal?

>> Cloud standards from James Urquhart, The Wisdom of the Clouds

http://news.cnet.com/8301-19413_3-10313404-240.html

-don't we have a defacto standards...AWS?

>> Report: Cloud services can't handle the pressure; from Dave Rosenberg, Software, Interrupted

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13846_3-10314021-62.html

-concerns about performance and availability

>> Google Continues To Feed The PubSubHubbub. Google Alerts Now In Real-Time

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/19/google-continues-to-feed-the-pubsubhubbub-google-alerts-now-in-real-time/

-have we lost all patience for anything but real time?

>> Mass-scale computing: Why Hadoop is hot but Java is not

http://venturebeat.com/2009/08/19/mass-scale-computing-why-hadoop-is-hot-but-java-is-not/

-Is performance really an issue?

>> Hadoop World 2009 - Innaugural event Oct 2 2009, NYC

http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Cloudera-1032811.html

-here we go...

GUEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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with Mark Risher, Senior Director of Product Management and Spam Czar at Yahoo!

Q&A Focus: Hadoop

CLOUD TIPS
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Gary: http://www.Typepad.com, re-tip Google Calendar Sync

Mark: http://www.passpack.com

WRAP UP
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For more from Yahoo! http://developer.yahoo.com/

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Cloud Computing Show #15

Guests: Jeff Lawson, Co-Founder & CEO, Twilio and
Geva Perry, Thinking Out Cloud

Here is The Cloud Computing Show Episode 15 (mp3)

Host: Gary Orenstein, The Cloud Computing Show

INDUSTRY NEWS
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>> OSCON -O'Reilly Open Source Conference
Great blog post on the Saga of MySQL
http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/07/oscon-the-saga-of-mysql.html

>> Microsoft Announces Aggressive Prices on Azure
http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20090714-713264.html
-not that far off from Amazon. Perhaps lower than expeceted but not a game changer. Is Windows and dot net a game changer?

>> Rackspace Introduces Cloud API
http://www.infoworld.com/d/developer-world/rackspace-api-gives-developers-greater-access-cloud-platform-334
-does it matter what happens while we wait to see what Amazon will do?

>> IBM's Network Neutral Play
http://www.forbes.com/2009/07/21/ibm-cisco-computers-intelligent-technology-ibm.html
With Cisco in the server market, IBM is playing cards with Juniper and Brocade as well.

GUEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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with Jeff Lawson, Co-Founder & CEO, Twilio

CLOUD TIPS
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Gary: http://bit.ly/ (URL shortening and tracking)
Jeff: http://www.getachievements.com/ (instant recognition programs)
Geva: http://www.newrelic.com/ (performance monitoring) and http://www.gooddata.com/ (easy analytics)

WRAP UP
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More from Jeff and Twilio at http://www.twilio.com/ or http://www.twitter.com/twilio
More from Geva at Thinking Out Cloud

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Cloud Computing Show #14

Guest: Grant Leathers, Director, Enterprise Infrastructure. Kelley Blue Book, Inc.

Here is The Cloud Computing Show Episode #14 (mp3)

INTRODUCTION
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Host: Gary Orenstein, The Cloud Computing Show

INDUSTRY NEWS
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>> Conferences: Velocity and Structure 09
Velocity - combination of browser level and IT operations level. Heavy on implementers.
Structure -as the name implies, more infrastructure, mix if implementers, executives, investors
(as background Gary is guest blogger with GigaOM)
Helpful links to resources from Rich Miller at Data Center Knowledge, presentations and videos
http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2009/06/26/resources-from-velocity-2009-structure-09/

>> Rackspace outage
seems unfair to pick on outages but they do attract attention...particularly when celebrity websites are involved.
http://www.rackspace.com/blog/?p=355
Clear that community transparency is the only way to succeed.

>> Cisco now shipping 1U and 2U servers
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/03/cisco_ucs_rack_servers/
Memory monsters to assist with virtualization. Is the new form factor recognition of openness?

>> Tracking data center build out
Microsoft, "...Dublin, Ireland, and Chicago. The data centers will support Microsoft services such as its new search offering, Bing, and Azure, its cloud computing platform."
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/167587/microsoft_to_open_two_new_data_centers.html

Amazon - Federal Focus in Virginia
http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2009/06/23/amazon-adds-cloud-data-center-in-virginia/

GUEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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with Grant Leathers, Director, Enterprise Infrastructure. Kelley Blue Book, Inc.

CLOUD TIPS
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Gary: http://www.cooliris.com/ Eye candy!
Grant: http://www.skytap.com/ Cloud based virtual labs.

WRAP UP
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Find out more about Kelly Blue Book at http://www.kbb.com

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Cloud Computing Show #13

Guest: Raju Vegesna, Zoho Corporation

Here is the Cloud Computing Show #13 (mp3)
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Host: Gary Orenstein, The Cloud Computing Show
Co-Host: Edgard Capdevielle, Cloud Strategy Group

INDUSTRY NEWS
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>> HP Unveils Scale-Out Computing Hardware For Data Centers
http://www.informationweek.com/news/hardware/data_centers/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=217800645
2 servers in 1U, memory dense configurations

>> Amazon EC2 Suffers Hiccup
http://gigaom.com/2009/06/10/amazons-ec2-service-suffers-outage/
Would a single enterprise be any better?

>> Google Apps Sync
http://venturebeat.com/2009/06/09/google-apps-syncs-with-outlook-a-cure-for-cloud-computing-angst/
People want Outlook

>> M&A CA Acquires Cassatt (data center automation)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-10254280-92.html

>> If the Clouds Burst
http://www.forbes.com/2009/06/04/cloud-computing-nist-intelligent-technology-cloud-computing.html
Does government need to get involved to ensure providers have/disclose reserve capacity?

GUEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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with Raju Vegesna, Zoho Corporation

CLOUD TIPS
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Gary: reluctant tip: mobileme; also personal communications blueprint:
http://www.slideshare.net/gmo303/personal-communications
Edgard: http://www.google.com/chrome
Raju: http://www.twitter.com/, http://www.bing.com/

WRAP UP
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Visit http://www.zoho.com/ for more info on Zoho Corporation
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Next time we have our first end-user show....expecting to talk about Microsoft Azure and VMware.

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