Nodalities » CloudCast http://blogs.talis.com/nodalities From Semantic Web to Web of Data Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:56:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Copyright © 2010 Nodalities richard.wallis@talis.com () richard.wallis@talis.com () posts 1440 From Semantic Web to Web of Data richard.wallis@talis.com No no http://www.talis.com/nodalities/images/nodalities_issue6.jpg Nodalities http://blogs.talis.com/nodalities 144 144 Lew Moorman talks about Rackspace and the Cloud http://blogs.talis.com/nodalities/2009/10/lew-moorman-talks-about-rackspace-and-the-cloud.php http://blogs.talis.com/nodalities/2009/10/lew-moorman-talks-about-rackspace-and-the-cloud.php#comments Sun, 18 Oct 2009 13:35:38 +0000 Paul Miller http://blogs.talis.com/nodalities/?p=3095 lmoormanIn my latest podcast I talk with Lew Moorman, President of the Cloud Division at global web hosting company Rackspace.

We discuss the growth of Cloud services, and consider the types of customers that Rackspace sees embracing their offering.

During the conversation, we refer to the following resources;

  • Amazon Web Services
  • GoGrid
  • Google App Engine
  • No More Servers
  • Rackspace
  • Rackspace Cloud
  • Simon Wardley’s conversation with Tom Raftery about Green Clouds, and my recent podcast with him

This conversation was recorded on Thursday 15 October, 2009.

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]]> http://blogs.talis.com/nodalities/2009/10/lew-moorman-talks-about-rackspace-and-the-cloud.php/feed 1 28:33 In my latest podcast I talk with Lew Moorman, President of the Cloud Division at global web hosting company Rackspace. We discuss the growth of Cloud ... In my latest podcast I talk with Lew Moorman, President of the Cloud Division at global web hosting company Rackspace. We discuss the growth of Cloud services, and consider the types of customers that Rackspace sees embracing their offering. During the conversation, we refer to the following resources; Amazon Web Services GoGrid Google App Engine No More Servers Rackspace Rackspace Cloud Simon Wardley's conversation with Tom Raftery about Green Clouds, and my recent podcast with him This conversation was recorded on Thursday 15 October, 2009. For other podcasts in this Nodalities series, see here. To subscribe to updates from all of Talis' podcast series, see here. CloudCast,,Podcast richard.wallis@talis.com no No Wendy Mars talks about Cisco’s Unified Computing System and the Cloud http://blogs.talis.com/nodalities/2009/05/wendy-mars-talks-about-ciscos-unified-computing-system-and-the-cloud.php http://blogs.talis.com/nodalities/2009/05/wendy-mars-talks-about-ciscos-unified-computing-system-and-the-cloud.php#comments Mon, 18 May 2009 13:00:38 +0000 Paul Miller http://blogs.talis.com/nodalities/?p=2174 In my latest podcast I talk with Wendy Mars, European Director for Data Centres & UCS at Cisco.

We discuss Cisco’s recent announcement of the Unified Computing System (UCS), which sees a company perhaps best known for network hardware move toward providing the components of a fully fledged data centre fit for the Cloud.

During the conversation, we refer to the following resources;

This conversation was recorded on Friday 15 May, 2009.

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]]> http://blogs.talis.com/nodalities/2009/05/wendy-mars-talks-about-ciscos-unified-computing-system-and-the-cloud.php/feed 2 33:10 In my latest podcast I talk with Wendy Mars, European Director for Data Centres #38; UCS at Cisco. We discuss Cisco's recent announcement of the Unified ... In my latest podcast I talk with Wendy Mars, European Director for Data Centres #38; UCS at Cisco. We discuss Cisco's recent announcement of the Unified Computing System (UCS), which sees a company perhaps best known for network hardware move toward providing the components of a fully fledged data centre fit for the Cloud. During the conversation, we refer to the following resources; Cisco Morgan Stanley ThruPoint Unified Computing System (UCS) Unified Service Delivery (USD) VMware (and my podcast with Reza Malekzadeh) This conversation was recorded on Friday 15 May, 2009. For other podcasts in this Nodalities series, see here. To subscribe to updates from all of Talis' podcast series, see here. CloudCast,,Podcast richard.wallis@talis.com no No Reza Malekzadeh talks about VMware and the Cloud http://blogs.talis.com/nodalities/2009/05/reza-malekzadeh-talks-about-vmware-and-the-cloud.php http://blogs.talis.com/nodalities/2009/05/reza-malekzadeh-talks-about-vmware-and-the-cloud.php#comments Fri, 08 May 2009 15:15:58 +0000 Paul Miller http://blogs.talis.com/nodalities/?p=2114 In my latest podcast I talk with Reza Malekzadeh, Senior Director of Products & Marketing at VMware.

We talk about virtualisation in general and VMware specifically, and explore the implications of last month’s announcement of vSphere 4; “the industry’s first operating system for building the internal Cloud.”

During the conversation, we refer to the following resources;

This conversation was recorded on Thursday 7 May, 2009.

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]]> http://blogs.talis.com/nodalities/2009/05/reza-malekzadeh-talks-about-vmware-and-the-cloud.php/feed 2 29:49 In my latest podcast I talk with Reza Malekzadeh, Senior Director of Products #38; Marketing at VMware. We talk about virtualisation in general and VMware specifically, ... In my latest podcast I talk with Reza Malekzadeh, Senior Director of Products #38; Marketing at VMware. We talk about virtualisation in general and VMware specifically, and explore the implications of last month's announcement of vSphere 4; "the industry's first operating system for building the internal Cloud." During the conversation, we refer to the following resources; 3Tera Appistry Cisco Citrix Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) EMC Hypervisor Microsoft NetApp Parallels VMware VMware Fusion VMware vCenter VMware vMotion VMware vSphere Xen This conversation was recorded on Thursday 7 May, 2009. For other podcasts in this Nodalities series, see here. To subscribe to updates from all of Talis' podcast series, see here. CloudCast,,Podcast richard.wallis@talis.com no No Chander Kant talks about Backup and the Cloud http://blogs.talis.com/nodalities/2009/05/chander-kant-talks-about-backup-and-the-cloud.php http://blogs.talis.com/nodalities/2009/05/chander-kant-talks-about-backup-and-the-cloud.php#comments Thu, 07 May 2009 12:38:06 +0000 Paul Miller http://blogs.talis.com/nodalities/?p=2099 In my latest podcast I talk with Chander Kant, Founder and CEO of Zmanda.

We talk about Zmanda’s use of Cloud storage in their Open Source backup solution, and consider the practicality of backing up data already stored in the Cloud.

During the conversation, we refer to the following resources;

This conversation was recorded on Wednesday 6 May, 2009.

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]]> http://blogs.talis.com/nodalities/2009/05/chander-kant-talks-about-backup-and-the-cloud.php/feed 2 31:46 In my latest podcast I talk with Chander Kant, Founder and CEO of Zmanda. We talk about Zmanda's use of Cloud storage in their Open Source ... In my latest podcast I talk with Chander Kant, Founder and CEO of Zmanda. We talk about Zmanda's use of Cloud storage in their Open Source backup solution, and consider the practicality of backing up data already stored in the Cloud. During the conversation, we refer to the following resources; Amanda Enterprise Amazon EC2 Amazon S3 JungleDisk Microsoft Azure Mobile Me Mozy MySQL Oracle Rackspace RAID Red Hat Sun Cloud Storage Service Sun Compute Cloud SUSE Symantec Veritas NetBackup Ubuntu Zmanda Zmanda Cloud Backup This conversation was recorded on Wednesday 6 May, 2009. For other podcasts in this Nodalities series, see here. To subscribe to updates from all of Talis' podcast series, see here. CloudCast,,Podcast richard.wallis@talis.com no No Kristof Kloeckner talks about IBM and the Cloud http://blogs.talis.com/nodalities/2009/05/kristof-kloeckner-talks-about-ibm-and-the-cloud.php http://blogs.talis.com/nodalities/2009/05/kristof-kloeckner-talks-about-ibm-and-the-cloud.php#comments Wed, 06 May 2009 16:28:54 +0000 Paul Miller http://blogs.talis.com/nodalities/?p=2087 In my latest podcast I talk with Dr. Kristof Kloeckner, CTO and VP Cloud Computing Platforms at IBM.

We talk about IBM’s perspective on the Cloud, and discuss open standards, interoperability, and the Open Cloud Manifesto.

During the conversation, we refer to the following resources;

This conversation was recorded on Thursday 23 April, 2009.

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]]> http://blogs.talis.com/nodalities/2009/05/kristof-kloeckner-talks-about-ibm-and-the-cloud.php/feed 1 49:35 In my latest podcast I talk with Dr. Kristof Kloeckner, CTO and VP Cloud Computing Platforms at IBM. We talk about IBM's perspective on the Cloud, ... In my latest podcast I talk with Dr. Kristof Kloeckner, CTO and VP Cloud Computing Platforms at IBM. We talk about IBM's perspective on the Cloud, and discuss open standards, interoperability, and the Open Cloud Manifesto. During the conversation, we refer to the following resources; Amazon EC2 Running IBM Amazon Web Services Business Process Execution Language (BPEL) Hadoop IBM Blue Cloud Initiative Advances Enterprise Cloud Computing IBM Cloud Computing IBM Hursley IBM Yorktown Lotus Live MapReduce Open Cloud Manifesto and my podcast with Reuven Cohen Smarter Planet Initiative Tivoli WebSphere This conversation was recorded on Thursday 23 April, 2009. For other podcasts in this Nodalities series, see here. To subscribe to updates from all of Talis' podcast series, see here. CloudCast,,Podcast richard.wallis@talis.com no No Juan Carlos Soto talks about Sun Microsystems and Cloud Computing http://blogs.talis.com/nodalities/2009/04/juan-carlos-soto-talks-about-sun-microsystems-and-cloud-computing.php http://blogs.talis.com/nodalities/2009/04/juan-carlos-soto-talks-about-sun-microsystems-and-cloud-computing.php#comments Mon, 27 Apr 2009 13:35:38 +0000 Paul Miller http://blogs.talis.com/nodalities/?p=2030 In my latest podcast I talk with Juan Carlos Soto, Vice President for Cloud Computing Marketing at Sun Microsystems.

We talk about Sun’s recently disclosed vision for Cloud Computing, and discuss the timetable by which various services will become available to customers.

During the conversation, we refer to the following resources;

This conversation was recorded on Friday 24 April, 2009.

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]]> http://blogs.talis.com/nodalities/2009/04/juan-carlos-soto-talks-about-sun-microsystems-and-cloud-computing.php/feed 1 42:13 In my latest podcast I talk with Juan Carlos Soto, Vice President for Cloud Computing Marketing at Sun Microsystems. We talk about Sun's recently disclosed vision ... In my latest podcast I talk with Juan Carlos Soto, Vice President for Cloud Computing Marketing at Sun Microsystems. We talk about Sun's recently disclosed vision for Cloud Computing, and discuss the timetable by which various services will become available to customers. During the conversation, we refer to the following resources; 3D Desktop Amazon Web Services Apache CommunityOne Michael Crandell (and my recent podcast with Michael) EUCALYPTUS Java Mediawiki MySQL Network.com Rackspace RightScale 'Slashdotted' Juan Carlos Soto Squid Sun Cloud API VirtualBox Rich Wolski (and my recent podcast with Rich) Zmanda This conversation was recorded on Friday 24 April, 2009. For other podcasts in this Nodalities series, see here. To subscribe to updates from all of Talis' podcast series, see here. CloudCast,,Podcast richard.wallis@talis.com no No Simon Wardley talks about Ubuntu, Eucalyptus, and Cloud Computing http://blogs.talis.com/nodalities/2009/04/simon-wardley-talks-about-ubuntu-eucalyptus-and-cloud-computing.php http://blogs.talis.com/nodalities/2009/04/simon-wardley-talks-about-ubuntu-eucalyptus-and-cloud-computing.php#comments Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:33:12 +0000 Paul Miller http://blogs.talis.com/nodalities/?p=1991 Ahead of Ubuntu’s release later this week my latest podcast conversation is with Simon Wardley of the Linux distribution’s commercial sponsor, Canonical.

We discuss Ubuntu Server’s much-anticipated inclusion of the EUCALYPTUS-powered ‘Enterprise Cloud,’ consider the increasingly strong position of Amazon’s EC2 API as a de facto standard in the Cloud, and look at some of the steps still required to persuade Enterprise customers to wholeheartedly embrace Cloud Computing.

During the conversation, we refer to the following resources;

This conversation was recorded on Tuesday 21 April, 2009.

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]]> http://blogs.talis.com/nodalities/2009/04/simon-wardley-talks-about-ubuntu-eucalyptus-and-cloud-computing.php/feed 1 37:29 Ahead of Ubuntu's release later this week my latest podcast conversation is with Simon Wardley of the Linux distribution's commercial sponsor, Canonical. We discuss Ubuntu Server's ... Ahead of Ubuntu's release later this week my latest podcast conversation is with Simon Wardley of the Linux distribution's commercial sponsor, Canonical. We discuss Ubuntu Server's much-anticipated inclusion of the EUCALYPTUS-powered 'Enterprise Cloud,' consider the increasingly strong position of Amazon's EC2 API as a de facto standard in the Cloud, and look at some of the steps still required to persuade Enterprise customers to wholeheartedly embrace Cloud Computing. During the conversation, we refer to the following resources; Amazon EC2 Amazon S3 Amazon Web Services Canonical CohesiveFT Does IT Matter? and my podcast with Nick Carr EUCALYPTUS, and my podcast with Rich Wolski Google App Engine IETF Microsoft Azure, and my podcast with Amitabh Srivastava Open Cloud Manifesto, and my podcast with Reuven Cohen OSCon Oracle announces intention to buy Sun Microsystems Red Queen Hypothesis RightScale, and my podcast with Michael Crandell Ubuntu Zimki on The Register This conversation was recorded on Tuesday 21 April, 2009. For other podcasts in this Nodalities series, see here. To subscribe to updates from all of Talis' podcast series, see here. CloudCast,,Podcast richard.wallis@talis.com no No Bert Armijo talks about 3Tera and Cloud Computing http://blogs.talis.com/nodalities/2009/04/bert-armijo-talks-about-3tera-and-cloud-computing.php http://blogs.talis.com/nodalities/2009/04/bert-armijo-talks-about-3tera-and-cloud-computing.php#comments Thu, 16 Apr 2009 19:00:13 +0000 Paul Miller http://blogs.talis.com/nodalities/?p=1961 In my latest podcast I talk with Bert Armijo, co-founder and Senior Vice President for Sales, Marketing & Product Management at 3Tera.

We discuss 3Tera’s AppLogic solution, consider the different roles for ‘public,’ ‘private,’ and ‘internal’ Clouds, and explore the rationale behind the company’s ambitious Service Level Agreement (SLA).

During the conversation, we refer to the following resources;

This conversation was recorded on Wednesday 15 April, 2009.

For other podcasts in this Nodalities series, see here. To subscribe to updates from all of Talis’ podcast series, see here.

]]> http://blogs.talis.com/nodalities/2009/04/bert-armijo-talks-about-3tera-and-cloud-computing.php/feed 1 53:24 In my latest podcast I talk with Bert Armijo, co-founder and Senior Vice President for Sales, Marketing #38; Product Management at 3Tera. We discuss 3Tera's AppLogic ... In my latest podcast I talk with Bert Armijo, co-founder and Senior Vice President for Sales, Marketing #38; Product Management at 3Tera. We discuss 3Tera's AppLogic solution, consider the different roles for 'public,' 'private,' and 'internal' Clouds, and explore the rationale behind the company's ambitious Service Level Agreement (SLA). During the conversation, we refer to the following resources; 3Tera 3Tera SLA, and my coverage Agathon Group AppLogic Cisco Clearing the air on Cloud Computing [pdf] McKinsey report Layered Technologies LAMP Barry Lynn MySQL Peter Nickolov Nortel SilkFair TopSpin Communications Wells Fargo This conversation was recorded on Wednesday 15 April, 2009. For other podcasts in this Nodalities series, see here. To subscribe to updates from all of Talis' podcast series, see here. CloudCast,,Podcast richard.wallis@talis.com no No Amitabh Srivastava talks about Microsoft’s plans for Windows Azure http://blogs.talis.com/nodalities/2009/03/amitabh-srivastava-talks-about-microsofts-plans-for-windows-azure.php http://blogs.talis.com/nodalities/2009/03/amitabh-srivastava-talks-about-microsofts-plans-for-windows-azure.php#comments Fri, 27 Mar 2009 11:56:31 +0000 Paul Miller http://blogs.talis.com/nodalities/?p=1781 In my latest podcast I talk with Amitabh Srivastava, Corporate Vice President with responsibility for Windows Azure at Microsoft.

We discuss Microsoft’s embracing of Cloud Computing with their Azure platform, and consider some of the ways in which Microsoft will enable their more conservative Enterprise customers to realise the benefits of the Cloud.

During the conversation, we refer to the following resources;

This conversation was recorded on Wednesday 25 March, 2009.

For other Talis podcasts in this Nodalities series, see here. To subscribe to updates from all of Talis’ podcast series, see here.

]]> http://blogs.talis.com/nodalities/2009/03/amitabh-srivastava-talks-about-microsofts-plans-for-windows-azure.php/feed 0 38:20 In my latest podcast I talk with Amitabh Srivastava, Corporate Vice President with responsibility for Windows Azure at Microsoft. We discuss Microsoft's embracing of Cloud Computing ... In my latest podcast I talk with Amitabh Srivastava, Corporate Vice President with responsibility for Windows Azure at Microsoft. We discuss Microsoft's embracing of Cloud Computing with their Azure platform, and consider some of the ways in which Microsoft will enable their more conservative Enterprise customers to realise the benefits of the Cloud. During the conversation, we refer to the following resources; Amazon EC2 Amazon Web Services Steve Ballmer Digital Equipment Corporation Google Google Apps Microsoft Microsoft .Net Microsoft Professional Developers Conference (PDC) Microsoft Office Microsoft Research Microsoft Windows Microsoft Windows 7 Microsoft Windows Azure Microsoft Windows Server MIX Ray Ozzie REST Texas Instruments XML Zoho This conversation was recorded on Wednesday 25 March, 2009. For other Talis podcasts in this Nodalities series, see here. To subscribe to updates from all of Talis' podcast series, see here. CloudCast,,Podcast richard.wallis@talis.com no No Adam Gross talks about Salesforce.com http://blogs.talis.com/nodalities/2009/03/adam-gross-talks-about-salesforcecom.php http://blogs.talis.com/nodalities/2009/03/adam-gross-talks-about-salesforcecom.php#comments Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:06:26 +0000 Paul Miller http://blogs.talis.com/nodalities/?p=1751 In my latest podcast I talk with Adam Gross, VP for Developer Marketing at Salesforce.com. We discuss the rise of this SaaS innovator, explore ways in which the company can maintain its edge as the competition hots up, and consider the balance between offering a rich and evolving application and supporting a Platform ecosystem.

During the conversation, we refer to the following resources;

This conversation was recorded on Friday 20 March, 2009.

For other Talis podcasts in this Nodalities series, see here. To subscribe to updates from all of Talis’ podcast series, see here.

]]> http://blogs.talis.com/nodalities/2009/03/adam-gross-talks-about-salesforcecom.php/feed 2 45:50 In my latest podcast I talk with Adam Gross, VP for Developer Marketing at Salesforce.com. We discuss the rise of this SaaS innovator, explore ways ... In my latest podcast I talk with Adam Gross, VP for Developer Marketing at Salesforce.com. We discuss the rise of this SaaS innovator, explore ways in which the company can maintain its edge as the competition hots up, and consider the balance between offering a rich and evolving application and supporting a Platform ecosystem. During the conversation, we refer to the following resources; Marc Benioff developer.salesforce.com Force.com Grand Central Personify Salesforce App Exchange Jonathan Schwartz Sun Cloud trust.salesforce.com This conversation was recorded on Friday 20 March, 2009. For other Talis podcasts in this Nodalities series, see here. To subscribe to updates from all of Talis' podcast series, see here. CloudCast,,Podcast richard.wallis@talis.com no No