Big Data Is More Than Hadoop Many people today associate big data with Hadoop analytics – and, to be sure, Hadoop is an important technology for this. However, just as the Linux operating system is so much more than just the Linux kernel, a big data environment is so much more than just a Hadoop […]
Read moreManageIQ Acquisition Updates
January 22, 2013 
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No tenet for this particular post. But, if you’re interested in learning more about Red Hat’s recent acquisition of ManageIQ and how ManageIQ relates to Red Hat’s Open Hybrid Cloud portfolio including CloudForms, RHEV, and OpenStack, check out: My blog post for redhat.com Our press releases on the acquisition and closing Our webcast on ManageIQ, featuring […]
Read moreThe 2nd Tenet of Hybrid Clouds: Hybrid is About Portability
December 5, 2012 0 Comments
Hybrid is About Heterogenous Technologies I previously posted that the 1st Tenet of Hybrid Clouds is that Hybrid is About Heterogenous Technologies. In other words, in a hybrid environment, you must be able to manage and work across different types of infrastructure and environments. And, this is a critical problem for enterprises because they already […]
Read moreThe 1st Tenet of Hybrid Clouds: Hybrid is About Heterogenous Technologies
November 6, 2012 1 Comment
The World is Going Hybrid According to a recent Gartner survey, about half of data center managers believe they’ll be using hybrid clouds—a mix of private and public clouds—by 2015. That’s an impressive number given how new private clouds still are across enterprises. What, then, are important considerations for implementing a hybrid cloud? Most people […]
Read moreThe 2nd Tenet of Open Source: Bet on the Community, Not the Current State of Technology
August 13, 2012 1 Comment
Unix or Linux of Cloud? I recently spoke with an analyst who asked me about Marten Mickos’ comment at GigaOm Structure that “OpenStack, rather than following in Linux’ footsteps, could become ‘the Unix of cloud.’ The implication was that so many vendors weighing in could lead to a forking or fracturing of the OpenStack standard.” […]
Read moreThe 13th Tenet of Marketing: Remember The Ridiculous Power of Branding and Adjectives
June 14, 2012 1 Comment
The WHO announced today that diesel exhaust can cause cancer. That may seem troubling to you. But, don’t worry! That’s only true of old diesel, says the Diesel Technology Forum. Now, we have clean diesel. Speaking of diesel, causing cancer isn’t the only concern people have about fossil fuels. Burning them harms the environment as well, […]
Read moreThe 2nd Tenet of Evaluating Cloud Products: You Have to Know What Problem You Want To Solve
June 6, 2012 2 Comments
A Swirl of Cloud Confusion People will often ask me, how does cloud product X compare to cloud product Y? Often, it will be because X is a third party product and Y is a Red Hat product. The problem with such comparisons is that in the realm of cloud, there aren’t single, well-defined product […]
Read moreThe 2nd Tenet of PaaS: The P in PaaS Stands for Platform, Not Product
May 9, 2012 1 Comment
PaaS, PaaS Everywhere Platform as a Service (PaaS) is a hot space right now. There seems to be a new PaaS provider popping up every minute. Gartner projects the PaaS space will reach $1.8 billion in 2015, and their projections are conservative compared with several other analysts’. Visit the variety of PaaS offerings available, and […]
Read moreThe 10th Tenet of Cloud: The Linux of Cloud is…Linux
May 1, 2012 1 Comment
The New Linux of Cloud? There have been many claims lately by a variety of different open source projects that they are the “Linux of cloud.” Typically, these projects cite a few key reasons for staking this claim, including: They are the new application platforms for the cloud They are the new epicenter of open […]
Read moreThe Fourth Tenet of Market Disruption: You Can’t Just Adapt Your Old Pricing Models (Or How To Fix the New York Times’ Digital Subscriptions)
March 29, 2012 2 Comments
The New York Times A Digital Success? Last week, the New York Times announced that it has reached 454,000 digital subscribers and was also reducing the number of free articles visitors could read from 20 to 10. People who wanted to read more than 10 articles a month would have to buy a digital subscription […]
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