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CloudCentral Announcement is an Example of Why Cloud Abstraction is Important

5/2/2013 4:01PM

Enstratius today announced support for CloudCentral’s Cloud Platform, adding to the list of more than twenty leading public and private clouds that can be accessed and managed through the Enstratius cloud management solution.
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Image Portability Isn't The Answer - It's Not Even The Question

4/11/2013 1:20PM

Ever since the advent of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) providers, a common complaint has been the difficulty of migrating machine images between providers. The reality, however, is that image portability isn’t the answer. It’s not even the question.
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Five Mitzvahs of Cloud Computing

3/21/2013 8:09AM

CSO Online recently published an article titled “7 deadly sins of cloud computing”. While the article had merit, it seemed to focus on the negative. David Mortman's response? A more positive take on how to be successful in the cloud: “The Five Mitzvahs of Cloud Computing”.
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The IT revolution has arrived

11/13/2012 12:17PM

Cloud computing represents an enormous threat – and an enormous opportunity – for IT. Bernard Golden's presentation from Cloud Expo explains how IT can leverage the opportunity.
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Rackspace's Private Cloud Installer Plus enStratus Means Happiness

8/15/2012 7:56AM

Rackspace has been quietly testing a tool that makes it easy to set up a basic install of OpenStack for testing or even for small-scale production implementation on your own site, on your own hardware.
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Holy Keys, Batman! How Do I Manage This Mess?

3/21/2013 8:11AM

The speed, complexity and scale of the cloud makes key managment even harder; here's how you can address that issue.
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