The notion that pay-as-you-go cloud computing will eliminate shelfware — paid-for but unused computing resources — has always been suspect. Last year I wrote that the proliferation of unused compute instances resulting in… Read more »
If you need proof that cloud deployment stories can touch off religious disputes, my recent report about @Walmartlabs deploying 100K cores of OpenStack to run the retail giant’s e-commerce operations is Exhibit A. This is,… Read more »
As someone who takes her cues on net neutrality from Gigaom’s resident expert Stacey Higginbotham or, failing that, John Oliver, this is hard to admit: Mark Cuban may… Read more »
Datadog, which promises to let companies see how well (or badly) their various cloud deployments are performing, now has $31 million in fresh Series C funding, bringing its total to about $53 million… Read more »
Open source software is widely available and hugely helpful. But the packaging can be dicey and deployment difficult. So say hey to Netflix’ ZeroToDocker. Read more »
Andrew Spyker, who’s already won the vaunted Netflix Cloud Monkey award, liked it so much he’s joining the company as a member of its cloud platform engineering team. Read more »
VMware used third-party benchmarks to claim that vCHS is less expensive than Amazon Web Services or Microsoft Azure. But really, what would you expect them to show? Read more »
Kail — with 23 years of IT operations at Netflix and Attensity under his belt — brings both experience and vision to his new post at Yahoo, according to Marissa Mayer. Read more »
Once again, Netflix steps into the fray, open sourcing code it’s used on its own Amazon Web Services implementations so others can avail themselves of it. Read more »
Adrian Cockcroft, technical fellow at Battery Ventures and noted cloud expert from his days at Netflix, has traveled the world and come back with some predictions of cloud trends. Here are… Read more »