Monday, April 26, 2010

Cloud Computing Show #28

Roundtable Guests:
James Watters, Sr. Manager vCloud Solutions, VMware, http://www.vmware.com
Adrian Cole, Founder of JClouds, http://www.jclouds.org/
Wesley Beary, Software Engineer, Engine Yard, Founder of Fog, http://github.com/geemus/fog

Here is The Cloud Computing Show Episode #28 (mp3)

Host:
Gary Orenstein, The Cloud Computing Show, http://www.thecloudcomputingshow.com

INDUSTRY NEWS
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>> VMware/SpringSource/RabbitMQ

>> Amazon SNS

>> Twitter getting their own data center
what happened to the cloud?

>> Launches, Datameer (Hadoop analytics), Arista (monster 10GbE switch)

ROUNDTABLE TOPICS
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>> enterprise cloud adoption scenarios

>> where should the openness lie? at the API? the technology stack? the bare metal?
blogpost by Lew Moorman, Rackspace, http://gigaom.com/2010/04/10/open-the-clouds-with-portable-stacks/
drizzle, cassanda

>> creating a common abstraction layer for on premise and cloud

Cloud References
AMQP
redis
puppet
chef
wavemaker
blank slate
design - single node java setup
delta cloud - hypervisor support for RHEV-M
libcloud - support for virtual box
eucalyptus
vcloud
http://www.abiquo.com/
open nebula
walrus
eh cache
gigaspaces
pixie boot
ovf - import export
dot cloud
cloudlets

MEETUPS:
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>> Cloudhackers @cloudhackers

SHOWS:
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Past:
O'Reilly MySQL Conference and Expo 2010, April 12-15, Santa Clara, CA
Under the Radar - 'Commercializing the Cloud' April 16, 2010 | Mountain View, Ca. | 8am - 6pm
Cloud Expo
Big Data Workshop is on April 23 2010 9am-5pm at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA.

Upcoming:
Gluecon, Velocity, Structure

CLOUD TIPS
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Gary: http://cacoo.com/ - online diagrams
James: http://bixolabs.com/ - elastic web mining
Adrian: http://www.perspecsys.com/ - data governance
Wes: http://www.couch.io/ - The NoSQL Document Database

WRAP UP
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For more info from:
James Watters - http://www.twitter.com/wattersjames
Adrian Cole - http://www.twitter.com/jclouds or http://www.jclouds.org
Gary Orenstein - http://www.twitter.com/garyorenstein
Wesley Beary - http://www.twitter.com/geemus and http://github.com/geemus/fog a compute and storage abstraction for multiple clouds implemented in Ruby

Thanks to our listeners. Visit us at TheCloudComputingShow.com or email at TheCloudComputingShow at gmail dot com

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Friday, April 2, 2010

Cloud Computing Show #27

Guest:
Philippe Courtot, Chairman and CEO, http://www.qualys.com

Here is The Cloud Computing Show Episode #27 (mp3)

Host:
Gary Orenstein, The Cloud Computing Show, http://www.thecloudcomputingshow.com

INDUSTRY NEWS
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>> CA on a roll, buys Nimsoft after 3Tera
>> Joyent / DELL
>> Eucalyptus has a new CEO
>> Cloud Connect wrap-up

GUEST Q&A
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with Philippe Courtot, Chairman and CEO, Qualys, http://www.qualys.com

MEETUPS / SHOWS:
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>> Under the Radar, April 16, Silicon Valley, http://www.undertheradarblog.com/
>> Gluecon, May 26, Denver, http://www.gluecon.com/2010/
>> Velocity, June 22-24, San Jose, http://en.oreilly.com/velocity2010
>> Structure, June 23-24, San Francisco, http://events.gigaom.com/structure/10/

CLOUD TIPS
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Gary: http://notify.me/
Philippe: https://www.ssllabs.com/

WRAP UP
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For more info from:

Philippe Courtot: http://www.qualys.com

Gary Orenstein - http://www.twitter.com/garyorenstein

Thanks to our listeners. Visit us at TheCloudComputingShow.com or email at TheCloudComputingShow at gmail dot com

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Sunday, March 7, 2010

Cloud Computing Show #26

Guest: Jeffrey M. Kaplan, Managing Director, THINKstrategies, Inc.

Here is The Cloud Computing Show Episode #26 (mp3)


Host: Gary Orenstein, The Cloud Computing Show

INDUSTRY NEWS
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>> RSA conference and cloud security
>> CA acquires 3Tera
>> Citrix acquires Paglo

GUEST Q&A
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with Jeffrey M. Kaplan, Managing Director, THINKstrategies, Inc.

Focus on Jeffrey's Post: 8 Key Competitive Battlefields in Cloud Computing
  • Collaboration Wars
  • Business-Oriented
  • Social Networks
  • Platforms-as-a-Service Wars
  • Cloud Governance
  • IT and Service Management
  • Communications-as-a-Service (CaaS)
  • eHealth and Energy Management
  • Millennials and Generation Z
MEETUPS / SHOWS:
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Cloud Connect March 15-18, http://www.cloudconnectevent.com/
SF Cloud Club, http://www.meetup.com/SF-Cloud-Computing-Club/

CLOUD TIPS
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Jeff: http://www.rightnow.com - Customer Experience Management
Gary: http://getsatisfaction.com/ - People-powered Customer Service

WRAP UP
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For more info from:

Jeff Kaplan: @thinkstrategies : http://www.thinkstrategies.com/

SaaS Showplace: http://thinksaas.com/

Gary Orenstein - http://www.twitter.com/garyorenstein

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Friday, February 5, 2010

Cloud Computing Show #25

Guest: Sam Boonin, Vice President of Marketing, Good Data

Here is The Cloud Computing Show Episode #25 (mp3)

Host:
Gary Orenstein, The Cloud Computing Show

INDUSTRY NEWS
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>> Azure finally launches!

>> SaaS BI Will Be Big in 2010
-IDC and Forrester reports
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100201/tc_pcworld/saasbiwillbebigin2010

>> Obama Budget Spells Benefits for the Cloud
http://gigaom.com/2010/02/02/obama-budget-spells-benefits-for-the-cloud/

GUEST Q&A
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with Sam Boonin, Vice President of Marketing at Good Data

CLOUD TIPS
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Gary: http://modxcms.com/
Sam: http://www.dropbox.com/, https://www.yammer.com/, http://www.zendesk.com/

retip: webappvm has relaunched/rebranded as http://makara.com/

WRAP UP
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For more info from:

Sam Boonin and Good Data: http://www.gooddata.com, http://www.twitter.com/gooddata

Gary Orenstein - http://www.twitter.com/garyorenstein

Thanks to our listeners. Visit us at TheCloudComputingShow.com or email at TheCloudComputingShow at gmail dot com

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Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Cloud Computing Show #24

ROUNDTABLE:
James Watters, Sr. Manager vCloud Solutions, VMware, http://www.vmware.com
Brian Bulkowski, CEO, Citrusleaf, http://www.citrusleaf.net/

Here is The Cloud Computing Show Episode 24 (mp3)

Host:
Gary Orenstein, http://www.TheCloudComputingShow.com

Guest Interview:
Peter Bauer, CEO, Mimecast http://www.mimecast.com

INDUSTRY NEWS
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>> Sun / Oracle
-who will shepherd the open source assets: MySQL, OpenOffice, ZFS,-Java
-hardware shakeout

> HP / Microsoft Pact
-proprietary clouds?

> VMware
-APIs in all directions

>> IBM grabs mega cloud deal
-Lotus Live for Panasonic

EXCELLENT Q&A FROM REDMONK
http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2010/01/13/vmware-zimbra-qanda/

>> Apple prepping cloud service
-LaLa music service rumors

>> Facebook to built own data center
-what is the turning point, absolutely necessary?

ROUNDTABLE TOPICS
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>> The Cloud Needs A Better Network

>> Is cloud electricity?

MEETUPS:
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-Hadoop: http://developer.yahoo.net/blogs/hadoop/2010/01/hadoop_bay_area_user_group_jan.html
-HBase: http://www.meetup.com/hbaseusergroup/
-Chef: http://www.meetup.com/The-Bay-Area-Chef-User-Group/
-SF Cloud Club: http://www.meetup.com/SF-Cloud-Computing-Club/

GUEST INTERVIEW
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with Peter Bauer, CEO, http://www.mimecast.com

CLOUD TIPS
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Gary: Feature tip: Inline editing for salesforce.com
James: http://www.webappvm.com/ - Cloud Application Management
Brian: Twitter as rendezvous agent between different cloud instances

WRAP UP
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For more info from:
James Watters - http://www.twitter.com/wattersjames
Brian Bulkowski - http://www.twitter.com/bbulkow or http://www.citrusleaf.net
Gary Orenstein - http://www.twitter.com/garyorenstein

Thanks to our listeners. Visit us at TheCloudComputingShow.com or email at TheCloudComputingShow at gmail dot com

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Monday, January 11, 2010

Cloud Computing Show #23

Guest: Bernard Dalle, Index Ventures, http://www.indexventures.com


Host: Gary Orenstein, The Cloud Computing Show, http://www.thecloudcomputingshow.com

INDUSTRY NEWS
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> VMware buys Zimbra

> Cloud computing impact of Nexus One

GUEST Q&A
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with Bernard Dalle, Index Ventures

CLOUD TIPS
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WRAP UP
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Click here for more from http://www.IndexVentures.com

Thanks to our listeners. Visit us at TheCloudComputingShow.com or email at TheCloudComputingShow at gmail dot com

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Sunday, December 27, 2009

Cloud Computing Show #22

Roundtable Guests:
James Watters, Sr. Manager vCloud Solutions, VMware, http://www.vmware.com
Brian Bulkowski, CEO, Citrusleaf, http://www.citrusleaf.net/
Adrian Cole, Founder of JClouds, http://www.jclouds.org/

Here is The Cloud Computing Show Episode 22 (mp3)

Host:
Gary Orenstein, The Cloud Computing Show

ROUNDTABLE TOPICS
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Top Discussion Trends of 2009
-Rise of API / Rise of API driven ISVs
-NOSQL Hype Curve moderates at year end
-is salesforce sooo 2008?
-is there room between Infrastructure as a Service and Platform as a Service?
-all about private clouds
-will we get a non-AWS ecosystem in 2010?
-will the Microsoft cloud environment kick-in in 2010?
-do we need desktop apps anymore?

CLOUD TIPS
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Gary: Chrome for Mac - http://www.google.com/chrome
James: enStratus - http://www.enstratus.com/
Adrian: Crane - http://github.com/bradford/crane/tree/master/src/crane/
Brian: http://www.netflix.com (moving data to the cloud)

WRAP UP
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For more info from:
James Watters - http://www.twitter.com/wattersjames
Adrian Cole - http://www.twitter.com/jclouds or http://www.jclouds.org
Brian Bulkowski - http://www.twitter.com/bbulkow or http://www.citrusleaf.net
Gary Orenstein - http://www.twitter.com/garyorenstein

Thanks to our listeners. Visit us at TheCloudComputingShow.com or email at TheCloudComputingShow at gmail dot com

Subscribe on iTunes:search for "The Cloud Computing Show" or click through the link on the top right of the show homepage, or direct link:
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Tuesday, December 8, 2009

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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Monday, November 16, 2009

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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Sunday, November 1, 2009

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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