http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole Comment Feed for Arthur Cole Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:22:37 GMT Clearspace 2.5.5 (http://jivesoftware.com/products/clearspace/) 2012-02-10T17:22:37Z http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/a-bird-a-plane-no-a-virtual-switch/?cs=43667#comment-55072 I have to say I agree with James Owens and it's interesting looking back on these posts how correct people can be! But give it another year though Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:22:37 GMT Sophie Young http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/a-bird-a-plane-no-a-virtual-switch/?cs=43667#comment-55072 2012-02-10T17:22:37Z http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/paas-and-the-private-cloud/?cs=49675#comment-55066 Whatever level of control a business decides to take over their resources - PaaS or IaaS - it's imperative they employ a network monitoring service . A handful of months ago, in InformationWeek, they had a big headline of "IT Downtime Costs $26.5 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:57:03 GMT Brian Russell http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/paas-and-the-private-cloud/?cs=49675#comment-55066 2012-02-10T14:57:03Z http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/byod-time-to-roll-with-the-changes/?cs=49634#comment-55033 I can see why security is a top concern. If you are providing a way to access (via smartphone apps, etc) what was previously only accessable from within your private network, there is a far amount of work to do to ensure security. And even then, what if Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:30:06 GMT John Wright http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/byod-time-to-roll-with-the-changes/?cs=49634#comment-55033 2012-02-09T20:30:06Z http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/ssds-pushing-to-new-endurance-levels/?cs=49729#comment-55023 The performance of SSD is sublime, no doubt. But when it comes to big mounds of data, it's hard to beat cheap and redundant. On a side note, there's a great post at Ars Technica on how Web giants handle their data: "The Great Disk Drive in the Sky: How Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:53:43 GMT Brian Russell http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/ssds-pushing-to-new-endurance-levels/?cs=49729#comment-55023 2012-02-09T16:53:43Z http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/cloud-computing-bridging-the-old-and-the-new/?cs=49612#comment-55004 I would add that cloud computing is not only attractive for the enterprise level companies but smaller/medium companies too. We are a small company and use many cloud base solutions. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is great, we use the beanstalk for scaling Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:57:20 GMT kevin http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/cloud-computing-bridging-the-old-and-the-new/?cs=49612#comment-55004 2012-02-09T12:57:20Z http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/ssds-pushing-to-new-endurance-levels/?cs=49729#comment-54998 That "19.2 TB per day" sounds really good. I'm happy to hear about the progress. Not quite there yet with the total capacity per drive but probably one more year will be enough. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:12:41 GMT RGStuff http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/ssds-pushing-to-new-endurance-levels/?cs=49729#comment-54998 2012-02-09T12:12:41Z http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/byod-time-to-roll-with-the-changes/?cs=49634#comment-54918 Holy technology. I wait that comes intergalactical robots to earth. Great article, is good to know more about this. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:39:56 GMT criticas de cine http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/byod-time-to-roll-with-the-changes/?cs=49634#comment-54918 2012-02-06T19:39:56Z http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/cloud-computing-bridging-the-old-and-the-new/?cs=49612#comment-54708 Mr. Cole has an excellent point here that deserves further treatment. We've been on the road working with customers all over the country that plan to ADD cloud to their existing infrastructure, not burn down their on-premise machines for the promise of Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:22:56 GMT Alexander Haislip http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/cloud-computing-bridging-the-old-and-the-new/?cs=49612#comment-54708 2012-01-26T18:22:56Z http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/cloud-computing-bridging-the-old-and-the-new/?cs=49612#comment-54706 If I had $1 for every XaaS strategy I have seen inside an enterprise, I would be a rich man.  It's ocean-boiling at it's best.  Making something 'as-a-Service' is not trivial.  The worst attempts wind up creating a bunch of isolated Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:39:23 GMT Randy Bias http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/cloud-computing-bridging-the-old-and-the-new/?cs=49612#comment-54706 2012-01-26T15:39:23Z http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/cloud-computing-bridging-the-old-and-the-new/?cs=49612#comment-54697 Thanks for correcting Robert Cathey. I appreciate you for correcting. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 06:22:46 GMT Cloud Computing http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/cloud-computing-bridging-the-old-and-the-new/?cs=49612#comment-54697 2012-01-26T06:22:46Z http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/cloud-computing-bridging-the-old-and-the-new/?cs=49612#comment-54693 FYI, it's Bias, not Bios. Thought you'd want to know. Thanks. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 01:03:49 GMT Robert Cathey http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/cloud-computing-bridging-the-old-and-the-new/?cs=49612#comment-54693 2012-01-26T01:03:49Z http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/keeping-disaster-recovery-plans-in-tip-top-shape/?cs=49598#comment-54691 Excellent post, and spot on. As an IT professional who spends the majority of my time speaking with data center directors, architects, engineers and administrators, I'm often appalled at the lack of DR preparedness in the IT industry. What's really Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:07:57 GMT Eric Hennessey http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/keeping-disaster-recovery-plans-in-tip-top-shape/?cs=49598#comment-54691 2012-01-26T00:07:57Z http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/cloud-computing-bridging-the-old-and-the-new/?cs=49612#comment-54689 The word "cloud" is passe that is being used to describe a specific technology, a specific technology built on top of cloud technology, technologies on top of technologies on top of cloud technologies and to make matters worse, marketing is using it as Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:54:33 GMT John McCallister http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/cloud-computing-bridging-the-old-and-the-new/?cs=49612#comment-54689 2012-01-25T21:54:33Z http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/containerized-data-center-soon-to-be-the-new-normal/?cs=48367#comment-54676 Modular & Containerized Data Center Solutions are those solutions offer higher efficiency, provide a fast, flexible way to expand, or even replaceable traditional physical data centers and also allow us to manage the optimal efficiency and add Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:01:12 GMT FM Engineering http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/containerized-data-center-soon-to-be-the-new-normal/?cs=48367#comment-54676 2012-01-25T11:01:12Z http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/the-long-road-to-network-convergence/?cs=47796#comment-54660 The network convergence is beneficial especially for big companies as they can save a lot of money by using a single network for telephone, video and data communication service. Also this won't affect their actual cpa network and will facilitate their Wed, 25 Jan 2012 07:57:37 GMT User2032576 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/the-long-road-to-network-convergence/?cs=47796#comment-54660 2012-01-25T07:57:37Z http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/big-things-still-in-store-for-virtualization/?cs=49339#comment-54610 Thanks Sun, 22 Jan 2012 19:40:18 GMT User2031745 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/big-things-still-in-store-for-virtualization/?cs=49339#comment-54610 2012-01-22T19:40:18Z http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/apple-vs-microsoft-redux-a-rematch-for-the-ages/?cs=49500#comment-54574 I really find your point of iphones being in a lot of pockets a reason for the enterprise to change very naive. Big business still have mainframes!! and the Windows migrate was 20+ years ago.   I think apple will fail again not because they dont Fri, 20 Jan 2012 20:57:56 GMT Hmmm http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/apple-vs-microsoft-redux-a-rematch-for-the-ages/?cs=49500#comment-54574 2012-01-20T20:57:56Z http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/cloud-based-vdi-the-end-of-the-desktop/?cs=49551#comment-54539 Arthur - great read.   I think we are seeing a tremendous shift in the way we work and gain access to applications, content, etc. today. I personally work from a hosted virstual desktop daily and love the portability and increased security it Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:59:19 GMT Joey Widener http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/cloud-based-vdi-the-end-of-the-desktop/?cs=49551#comment-54539 2012-01-19T15:59:19Z http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/cloud-based-vdi-the-end-of-the-desktop/?cs=49551#comment-54519 You did not mention Amazon cloud based desktops provides by Leostream. Thu, 19 Jan 2012 04:12:32 GMT Boris http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/cloud-based-vdi-the-end-of-the-desktop/?cs=49551#comment-54519 2012-01-19T04:12:32Z http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/building-the-advanced-architecture-a-question-of-priorities/?cs=49470#comment-54492 With any IT environment the infrastructure must mate well with the software to meet the needs of the data center user. In the past when the crystal ball clearly showed the foreseeable future decisions were easier. The needs of the data center user could Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:44:36 GMT Dave Larson and Gary Anderson http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/building-the-advanced-architecture-a-question-of-priorities/?cs=49470#comment-54492 2012-01-17T20:44:36Z