Are you concerned that the cloud will eat your job? Perhaps. Every time there is a shift in how things are done based on improvements in technology or new options for efficiency, economics, scale… there is always someone crying foul. Or probably more appropriately, they’re worrying about what it means for their current situation. And … Continue reading Cloud on Your Terms Part 26 of 30: Office 365 will not get you fired
Back in part 2 of this 30 part series, John Weston introduced the topic of Hybrid Cloud. That is the combining of Public, Private, and or traditional IT into a system that works for you. Today in Part 24, he continues the discussion with a look at some examples of using public cloud services that … Continue reading Cloud on Your Terms Part 24 of 30: Hybrid for Public Cloud
You might recall that in April 2011 I introduced you (or perhaps re-introduced you) to Windows Azure in part 6 of my “Cloudy April” blog series. Windows Azure, in case you’ve forgotten (or have been living under a rock) is Microsoft’s Platform as a Service (PaaS) offering – allowing you to build applications and run … Continue reading Cloud on Your Terms Part 23 of 30: Windows Azure for the IT Professional
Back in Part 10 of our “Cloud on Your Terms” series, I discussed the goals of building my own test environment – which I refer to as my “Private Private Cloud”. It was the first in a series of screencasts and blog posts showing the process of building your own test environment using spare hardware, … Continue reading Cloud on Your Terms Part 22 of 30: My Private Private Cloud
Back in part 10 of our cloud series, I described how I configured my own “Private Private Cloud”. One of the important elements of my test lab was to have a foundation that would support Windows Failover Clustering and the Live Migration of virtual machines. To do this in my “test lab” (the spare bedroom … Continue reading Cloud on Your Terms Part 21 of 30: Setting up an inexpensive SAN
Consider the following chart that diagrams the delivery of “IT as a Service”. This is what the private cloud is all about. And the way tasks may get done in an automated fashion is going to play a very important role. In the Microsoft solution, the tool that will allow you to create, test, and … Continue reading Cloud on Your Terms Part 14 of 30: System Center Orchestrator 2012
Today we have a guest writer! Doug Hazelman of Veeam Software shares some ideas on why it’s important to have common management for your private cloud. Read their article HERE. And if you have missed any of the series posts, check out my summary post for links to all of the articles available so far … Continue reading Cloud on Your Terms part 12 of 30: Partner Spotlight – Veeam
“Seriously, Kevin? A ‘love story’?” Yes indeed. Are you and your sweetheart better together? So is Hyper-V and SCVMM. And that’s what Brian Lewis is discussing in Part 11 of our 30-part “Cloud on Your Terms” blog series. Read it HERE. Ahh.. l’Amore! And if you have missed any of the series posts, check out … Continue reading Cloud on Your Terms Part 11 of 30: A Love Story
For those of you who missed any of these and want to catch up, here is a list that I will keep updated with links to the team’s (Me, Brian Lewis, John Weston, and Matt Hester) posts. And don’t forget to go to https://aka.ms/evals if you want to evaluate any of the foundational software to … Continue reading The Cloud on Your Terms: 30 Part Series
What Makes A Cloud? The most current NIST definition of Cloud Computing states that, in order for you to have a computational “cloud”, you have to have the following essentials: On-demand self-service Broad network access Resource pooling Rapid elasticity Measured service So how does the new suite of tools coming in System Center 2012 map … Continue reading The Cloud on Your Terms Part 4 of 30: What does System Center 2012 offer “The Cloud”
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