Cloudonomics Journal

#F5 does #VDI, and it does it better. There are three core vendors and protocols supporting VDI today. Microsoft with RDP, Citrix with ICA, and VMware with PCoIP. For most organizations a single vendor approach has been necessary, primarily because the costs associated with the supporting network and application delivery network infrastructure required to deliver VDI with the appropriate levels of security while meeting performance expectations of users and the need to maintain high availability. It’s a tall order that’s getting taller with every mobile client introduced, especially when you toss in a liberal dose of enforcing policies regarding access to virtual desktops. Most folks are well aware of F5’s long history of deep integration with its partners Microsoft and VMware. Whether it’s integrating with management systems or designing, testing, and documenting ... (more)

This Week in Cloud, February 16, 2012: Google Drive, Telcos vs. AWS, Forecast AWS charges mid-month, New cloud security approaches. And more…

Download our iPhone app New: Download the This Week in Cloud iPhone app. Now it’s even easier to get your weekly cloud news and perspectives. Cloud News Google is reportedly close to introducing a cloud-storage service called Drive, which will be similar to Dropbox. This PC World article points out that the service offering could potentially turn Google partners into rivals. Are telcos poised to disrupt Amazon’s enterprise cloud? This Information Week article makes the case that they are, citing speakers from the Cloud Carrier Forum held at the Cloud Connect conference. One point ... (more)

Why 6fusion’s Cloud Resource Meter Launch Matters

By the time this blog post hits the airwaves, 6fusion will have launched it’s second major software product in the first 45 days of 2012. For those of you that run start up software companies, you know what kind of pace it means. To be perfectly transparent, things are, well, nucking futs inside our little company. The product we launched simultaneously at VMworld Partner Exchange in Las Vegas and Cloud Connect in Santa Clara is called 6fusion Cloud Resource Meter (for VMware vSphere) – more on the vSphere part later. I wanted to take a few written words to explain a few things a... (more)

Working with One of Top Ten Women in the Cloud

Our colleague, Lori MacVittie, has been honored with the CloudNOW Top Ten Women in Cloud Award for her contributions, accomplishments, and thought leadership.  Now you might think it would be cool working with such a cloud know-it-all: she writes the best blogs/articles, she corrects you when you’re mistaken, she knows network/infrastructure/security/applications inside out, she’s not too fond of Mondays, she’s gluten-free, has a wicked sense of humor and she’s fairly feisty.  Yeah, it’s fun. I first met Lori a few years back when she started at F5 and joined the Technical Marke... (more)

Global Leaders to Discuss Manufacturing's Future

more)NEW YORK, Feb. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- While U.S. and other world economies struggle with productivity, C-suite executives in manufacturing worldwide will gather at the 8th annual Manufacturing Leadership Summit (https://www.mlsummit.com) to discuss "The Future Manufacturer: Change the Rules, Rule the Future."  (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120119/NY38756LOGO) The Summit, hosted by the Manufacturing Leadership Council (http://manufacturingleadershipcouncil.com), the exclusive executive manufacturing network, will take place April 29-May 2 at The Breakers in Palm B... (