Monthly Archives: March 2014
The other day, someone asked me a question that cuts right to the core of Connectloud’s existence and why uCloudTM is such a leap forward for Enterprise CIOs in all industries: What takes companies so long to stand up a private cloud through legacy implementation, and what allows uCloudTM to do it so much faster?
The answer is why we at Connectloud left our previous jobs to start a new company – to change tech, to provide CIOs what they have been asking for.
To start with, cloud management platforms – the tools we used to stand up clouds – were mostly an afterthought until now. What folks have done is stitch together legacy software applications and called them cloud management platforms. Continue Reading…
One of the most basic principles underlying the modern concept of cloud computing is an age-old idea: sharing.
When big, room-sized mainframe computers emerged in the 1950s, they cost so much that making efficient use of them was at a premium. Machines with no computing power of their own (called “thin clients”) were used to tap into the mainframe’s computing power simultaneously.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
The same concept underlying the old idea of “time sharing” is at work today in what’s called “multi-tenancy.” In the context of cloud computing, this refers to sharing one instance of a software application. Continue Reading…
Happy Friday, everyone!
We hope you’ve never experienced Public Cloud Sticker Shock — and that you never do.
Thanks for reading our blog, and have a great weekend!
There’s an old story about when Sherlock Holmes and his assistant, Watson, went camping. It’s the middle of the night. Holmes nudges Watson: “Look up at the sky and tell me what you deduce.”
Watson looks up and comments on the starry sky. He observes there must be billions of stars and planets. Astrologically, Saturn is in Leo. He deduces by the stars that the time must be about a quarter past three. The sky is clear, so he guesses it won’t rain.
He then asks, “My friend, Holmes, what do you see?” To which the wise fictional detective responds: “Watson, you fool. Someone has stolen our tent!”
In the same way Watson missed the forest for the trees, enterprises might not understand their current predicament regarding the cloud. When you take a look at what they’re actually operating, it’s easy to see they don’t embody what experts think of as a private cloud, and they’re not getting the full benefits as a result. Continue Reading…
