It’s been a busy week here at the Rack. We’ve seen validation of the hybrid cloud; taken a deeper look at Google Glass; rode our bikes to work; and tore down silos at DevOpsDays. Here, we take a look at all of the cool stuff that happened this week.
Filed in Cloud Industry Insights on May 10th, 2013 by Andrew Hickey
Whether
you have a hot mobile game, or an application that has to be up, you know that any downtime can upset customers.
Reliable apps need a reliable cloud, and the
Rackspace Cloud powered by OpenStack was created from the ground up to help make sure you stay online.
Whether you have a hot mobile game, or an application that has to be up, you know that any downtime can upset customers. Reliable apps need a reliable cloud, and the Rackspace Cloud powered by OpenStack was created from the ground up to help make sure you stay online.…
Filed in Cloud Industry Insights on May 10th, 2013 by Garrett Heath
Today is
Bike to Work Day in San Francisco. Dozens of Rackers in Rackspace’s San Francisco office participated. Here, I look at how cycling to work has become a key component of Racker SF culture (and some of the struggles that come with riding a bike to work in a major city).
Today is Bike to Work Day in San Francisco. Dozens of Rackers in Rackspace’s San Francisco office participated. Here, I look at how cycling to work has become a key component of Racker SF culture (and some of the struggles that come with riding a bike to work in a major city).…
Filed in Cloud Industry Insights on May 9th, 2013 by Ken Wronkiewicz
The
hackathon we co-hosted with
Sauce Labs last week to dive into
Appium, the open source tool for mobile automation, was a brilliant success. Thank you to all who came out! We had such a great time that we plan to hold another hackathon soon.
The hackathon we co-hosted with Sauce Labs last week to dive into Appium, the open source tool for mobile automation, was a brilliant success. Thank you to all who came out! We had such a great time that we plan to hold another hackathon soon.…
Filed in Cloud Industry Insights on May 8th, 2013 by Alexander Scammon
Cloud-based platforms are key to pushing colleges and universities ahead of the curve in academic and scientific research. That’s exactly why schools like
the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) are turning to open source technologies like OpenStack and the OpenStack-powered
Rackspace Private Cloud to fuel their scientific research efforts.
Cloud-based platforms are key to pushing colleges and universities ahead of the curve in academic and scientific research. That’s exactly why schools like the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) are turning to open source technologies like OpenStack and the OpenStack-powered Rackspace Privat…
Filed in Cloud Industry Insights on May 8th, 2013 by Leezia Dhalla
I spoke several times recently mostly promoting
Google Glass (so much so that a few people are wondering if Google is paying me, I assure you I bought my own Google Glass for $1,500 and Google isn’t paying me).
Filed in Cloud Industry Insights on May 8th, 2013 by Robert Scoble
We’ve been hearing a lot lately from customers who are frustrated by the limitations of one-size-fits all clouds, whether they’re based on public cloud or private cloud or bare metal servers. These customers want each of their workloads to run where it runs best and most cost-effectively. And that’s what we at Rackspace work to deliver to them, through our
hybrid cloud.
We’ve been hearing a lot lately from customers who are frustrated by the limitations of one-size-fits all clouds, whether they’re based on public cloud or private cloud or bare metal servers. These customers want each of their workloads to run where it runs best and most cost-effectively. And th…
Filed in Cloud Industry Insights on May 7th, 2013 by John Engates
You can build a slick site filled with popular products and rock-bottom prices, but if customers don’t trust your site or find themselves unable to navigate from browsing to cart to payment, your site could be doomed for failure.
Filed in Cloud Industry Insights on May 7th, 2013 by Lizetta Staplefoote
Many CIOs still look cautiously toward the cloud – and rightly so. For large enterprises, making the move to cloud can be quite an undertaking and involve decision-makers from across the organization. The move also may require completely rethinking the way IT is provisioned. Despite the effort involved, it’s hard to ignore the payoff and long-term benefits of cloud. In the article
5 Reasons Cloud Computing is Enterprise Ready, we explore the top reasons CIOs need to consider cloud in their long-term IT strategy. Here are few intriguing stats from the article:
Many CIOs still look cautiously toward the cloud – and rightly so. For large enterprises, making the move to cloud can be quite an undertaking and involve decision-makers from across the organization. The move also may require completely rethinking the way IT is provisioned. Despite the effort…
Filed in Cloud Industry Insights on May 7th, 2013 by Lizetta Staplefoote
Roughly 30 Rackers attended
DevOpsDays Austin last week (April 30 and May 1), an event that has become the conference that brings development and operations together. This year’s was the largest yet with almost 400 attendees – it was twice the size of last year. The energy there was contagious, but that is just the tip of the iceberg.
Roughly 30 Rackers attended DevOpsDays Austin last week (April 30 and May 1), an event that has become the conference that brings development and operations together. This year’s was the largest yet with almost 400 attendees – it was twice the size of last year. The energy there was contagious, …
Filed in Cloud Industry Insights on May 6th, 2013 by Lillie Hejl
