One of the great things about the technology community is that there is no shortage of conferences to attend. We work in a dynamic field, and change is constant, learning is ongoing and keeping informed can be a challenge. It’s of course hard to attend every conference with limited…
This week at the OpenStack Summit taking place in Vancouver, VMware announced VMware Integrated OpenStack (VIO) 5, and will be available in telco carrier and data center editions. This version is based on the OpenStack Queens release which was generally available on Feb. 28. VMware integrated OpenStack is a VMware…
For OpenStack fans and those familiar with or working in a VMware environment; VMware Integrated OpenStack (VIO) 4.1 has been released. It’s based on the Ocata release of OpenStack, and supports the latest VMware products including vSphere 6.5 Update 1, VMware NSX for vSphere 6.3.5,…
OpenStack Pike is the 16th release of the popular open source infrastructure software for building private and public clouds. This version had a focus on composable infrastructure services, manageability, and scalability. The term composable infrastructure might be new to some folks, essentially it means pooling resources such as compute, storage…
Welcome back to Las Vegas everyone for VMworld 2017, a gathering of community, IT enthusiasts and folks attending for the first time. It's always nice to see people in person that you have connected with over social media and begin to build those deep relationships. Thank you for taking the…
OpenStack Ocata, is the 15th release of the open source software for building private and public clouds. This version brought a focus on stabilization, scalability, and performance. This version was also developed during a shorter release cycle of four months vs. the typical six-month cycle. My understanding is that this…
VMworld in Las Vegas, I had the chance to come in early and connect with several folks from the community. I really enjoy the morning breakfast events that the community put on and the variety of places we get to see. I tend to do a lot of 'breakfast hopping'…
The OpenStack Summit took place this past week, and from the conversation on twitter, it sounds like it was a success. For those folks that could not make it, OpenStack does offer all the conference video content online, this is a great way to get up to speed…