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Rackspace will balance control of OpenStack. It takes time & strong partners
Rick Clark’s post “Why I Left Rackspace and What About Openstack“ (+ his softer post script) is part of a longer conversation that started when Rackspace acquired Anso Labs and was expanded with the...
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OpenStack “Operating Hyperscale Clouds” preso given at Design Summit on 4/27.
Today, I gave the a presentation that is the sequel to the “bootstrapping the hyperscale clouds.“ The topic addresses concerns raised by the BlackOps concept but brings up history and perspectives...
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The unexpected openness of OpenStack: why it’s important to learn from...
During the OpenStack Design Conference, Forrester’s James Staten (@Staten7) raved about OpenStack’s transparency compared to AWS. Within the enclave of OpenStack fan boys supports (Dell alone sent...
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OpenStack discussion at 5/19 Central Texas Linux Users Group (CTLUG ATX)
Greg Althaus (@glathaus) and I will be leading a discussion about OpenStack at the May CTLUG on 5/19 at 7pm. The location is Mangia Pizza on Burnet and Duval (In the strip mall where Taco Deli is)....
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The OpenStack Rocket: How Citrix, Dell & Rackspace collaboration propels...
OpenStack has grown amazingly and picked up serious corporate support in its first year. Understanding how helps to explain why the initiative has legs and where adopters should invest. While...
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Cybera’s OpenStack efforts (includes Dell xrefs)
It’s awesome to see new deployments of OpenStack so I wanted to point out Cybera’s post about their OpenStack efforts! Everett Toews does a nice job talking about the rationale for their decisions...
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OpenStack Crowbar User Guide: explaining how barclamps get deployed
My whole team is working feverishly on the final touches of Crowbar before we turn over the keys. We’re putting it through a complete release cycle (extensive QA, customer pilots, documentation, etc)...
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Crowbar modules (aka barclamps) perform many functions and enable...
10/18 Update: More recent information about Barclamps can be found at http://robhirschfeld.com/2011/09/14/details-of-crowbar-changes/. We’ve also created videos showing how you can create your own...
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Crowbar source released, includes OpenStack Cloud install
I’m delighted to announce (official version) that my team at Dell has opened the Crowbar source under the Apache 2 license. This action is part of the broader Dell OpenStack Cloud Solution which...
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Videos about Crowbar, CloudOps, and Dell OpenStack Cloud
I’m not usually a big fan of launch videos (too much markitecture); however, these turned out to be nice and meaty. The meaty part explains why it looks like I’m about to eat a big sandwich in the...
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Crowbar modules (aka barclamps) perform many functions and enable...
10/18 Update: More recent information about Barclamps can be found at https://robhirschfeld.com/2011/09/14/details-of-crowbar-changes/. We’ve also created videos showing how you can create your own...
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Crowbar source released, includes OpenStack Cloud install
I’m delighted to announce (official version) that my team at Dell has opened the Crowbar source under the Apache 2 license. This action is part of the broader Dell OpenStack Cloud Solution which...
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