(via Dyn Research: Where Do Companies Host Their Websites? | Dyn Blog)
Softlayer = higher than *I* thought. YMMV
IAMAn EX-AWS Engineer, ask me anything about the clouds! : IAmA
Judging by the first couple of posts, interesting. I need to go back at take a harder look.
AWS Summit: Hybrid IT a ‘proving ground’ for cloud-curious enterprises (via irq)
Interesting.
Cloud Robotics
From Server Huggers to Cloud Addicts:
Once upon a time, IT needed to convince application owners to virtualize their servers instead of hanging on to a dedicated physical server. Now, many IT shops have won that battle, with Virtual Machines (VMs) becoming the de facto standard, and old “server hugger” application owners increasingly sold on the benefits of server virtualization.
With the availability of new IT infrastructures and cloud services that are faster than ever before, a new set of expectations around speed, agility, and time to market have been established. Today’s “cloud addict” application owners expect instant provisioning of compute, storage, and network resources, and business managers increasingly cringe at the possibility of infrastructure constraints.
”From Server Huggers to Cloud Addicts This thing I wrote came out decently. It’s a PDF. The rest talks about how the network gets in the way of making this shift work.
Also, this (mp3) classic rant was an inspiration.
