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 »
It’s been just over a year since I left Netflix and joined Battery Ventures. So it seemed appropriate (if a couple of weeks late) to take a look back at some technology and… 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 »
While many tech enthusiasts may still be reeling from last week’s wave of Amazon-related cloud announcements, this week showed that Amazon isn’t the only company making big cloud news. Read more »
Netflix Chief Product Officer Neil Hunt spoke with Gigaom about how important data science and cloud computing are to the company’s business, as well as why the internet is the perfect… Read more »
Netflix is becoming famous for its open source cloud-computing tools, and two of its senior members explained why on this week’s Structure Show podcast. However, they note, while they love the… Read more »
Microsoft announced a trio of new cloud data services on Wednesday aimed at stream processing and data pipelines. They’re not revolutionary, but they appear to have their own advantages, and they… 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 »