by Rawlinson | Jul 26, 2015 | Cloud Computing, Cool Stuff!, OpenStack, Storage
It’s time expand and showcase the strength of software-defined storage at the upcoming OpenStack Summit. Take a look at the abstract of the session I’m scheduled to participate as a speaker and lets’ get that bad boy vote in and into the schedule....
by Rawlinson | Jul 3, 2014 | Cool Stuff!, OpenStack, Storage, Virtualization, VMware
Just in time and right before everyone is off on a long 4th of July weekend here in the good old U.S. of A, I wanted to share an integration demo that I’ve been holding for some time now. Hopefully everyone can see the fireworks delivered by the demo as well. In...
by Rawlinson | Mar 14, 2014 | Cloud Computing, OpenStack, Virtualization, VMware
I’ve created a new set of vSphere OpenStack Virtual Appliance (VOVA) walkthrough demos for vSphere admins that are interested in learning about OpenStack and what it can do. The walkthrough demos are available and accessible online, for everyone that is...
by Rawlinson | Mar 4, 2014 | OpenStack, Storage, Virtualization, VMware
With the upcoming release of Virtual SAN, I want to take the opportunity to demonstrate some of the interoperability capabilities of Virtual SAN with other products and solutions. I will start the series by showcasing Virtual SAN’s interoperability with OpenStack....
by Rawlinson | Jan 15, 2014 | Cloud Computing, Cool Stuff!, OpenStack, Virtualization, VMware
Folks! it’s finally here. The first official Getting Started OpenStack and VMware vSphere White Paper. This paper is focus around the ease of deployment and integration of OpenStack frameworks onto vSphere environments with VMware’s Virtual OpenStack...
by Rawlinson | Nov 14, 2013 | Cool Stuff!, OpenStack, Virtualization, VMware
Earlier this week I published an article announcing the availability of the new Havana version of the vSphere OpenStack Virtual Appliance and the vCenter Web Client Plug-in for OpenStack. For those of you that haven’t had the time to deploy the vSphere OpenStack...