WordPress is one of today’s most popular CMS/blogging platforms. Millions of websites rely on its simplicity, its wealth of capabilities and its plug-ins to manage their online presence and to ensure their website is available 24x7x365. Although most sites don’t require a huge amount of capacity (and thereby require only a single server), high traffic [...]
In surprise move, Dos Equis makes bold move into the cloud
10.27.2011 By:
There is no way that you could have missed the myriad of the “Most Interesting Man In the World” commercials run by Dos Equis (XX) brand of beer. You know the ones: His charm is so contagious that vaccines have been created for it. Every time I see one of those commercials, I crack up. [...]
Failure is not an Option – It is a Reality
10.20.2011 By:
I fly a lot for work and generally have had very positive on-time and trouble-free experiences. It just so happens that recently, I fell victim to an equipment failure and lack of planning that ultimately brought me back to earth about how these issues seem to plague the transit industry. Most travelers focus on the [...]
The World’s Funniest IT Infrastructure Joke
10.18.2011 By:
The discussion began something like this: Me: I think more people would read our blog if it was more fun. Marketing: We are blogging about IT infrastructure. How funny is that??? Me: I didn’t say funny. I think this stuff can be fun. Maybe even a bit funny too. Marketing: Even if you could make [...]
OpenStack has wings
10.12.2011 By:
I was at the OpenStack Essex Design Summit in Boston last week from Oct. 13-15 (we’re making a commitment to OpenStack here at Voxel) - and here are some of my adventures and lessons learned. OpenStack, the open source cloud services software suite, has wind beneath its wings. Even though I only focused on one specific project last week, [...]
Just When You Thought There Weren’t Any Good Ideas Left
10.11.2011 By:
If you are like me, you are constantly coming up with what you think are original and innovative ideas. Problem is that they all seem to be taken already! Book concept? Taken. Dot com idea? Taken. Social media idea? Taken! Or wait…is it? Enter Pinterest. Pinterest is a Virtual Pinboard that lets you organize and [...]
Bring your knife to Voxel’s hAPI kitchen
10.08.2011 By:
At Voxel, we’re big believers in automating infrastructure, and one of the tools we’re most excited about right now is Opscode’s Chef. Chef provides us with Knife, a convenient tool that allows you to easily manage one or more Chef instances. So, historically, you would use Voxel’s API to provision a VoxCLOUD or VoxSERVER device, [...]
Calling All Developers: Transforming the Cloud With OpenStack
10.07.2011 By:
Thoughts from the Fall 2011 OpenStack Design Summit and Conference As the conference is coming to a close in Boston today, I wanted to provide two observations. First, the announcement by Rackspace this week that they would be turning over the intellectual property and trademarks for OpenStack to a not-for-profit foundation in 2012 marks a [...]
Tackling Latency and Web Site Performance With Kindle Fire and Acceleration as a Service
10.05.2011 By:
I continue to wonder at the beauty of the iPad®. It’s slick and powerful and comes with a price tag to match. Newly announced Amazon’s Kindle Fire is not as powerful or slick, but can access content just as well as the iPad can for just $199! The most amazing part about the Kindle, at [...]
