Comments on: Three questions that need answers before enterprises will go to the Cloud

By: Chuck Tatham

Chuck Tatham — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:31:46 +0000

Sorry, should clarify…I am with CiRBA.
Chuck Tatham
VP Marketing and Business Development

By: Chuck Tatham

Chuck Tatham — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:31:03 +0000

John

Thanks for the mention. FYI, CiRBA does support analyzing onto cloud targets and has Amazon end points supported out of the box. With cloud analysis CiRBA will not only determine what workloads are good candidates for cloud, it will also solve for the smallest possible “container” on the cloud so that you size correctly. This is very different from virtualization analysis which is solving for optimal combinations on a single host.

By: setandbma

setandbma — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 07:38:16 +0000

Your question prompted me to write the post – http://setandbma.wordpress.com/2009/09/03/cloud-strategy/

It is an indirect and more generalized answer to your query. Please tell be what you think about it.

By: John Gannon

John Gannon — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 03:39:10 +0000

Thanks for the comment. It seems like you’ve really thought through some of the issues in the post you referenced in your comment. I would be interested in your thoughts related to VMware’s recent acquisition of SpringSource, if you’d be willing to share them.

By: setandbma

setandbma — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 03:26:23 +0000

Programming on the cloud may not be business as it is. We may be heading for a scenario where we have to rethink how we write our applications – http://setandbma.wordpress.com/2009/08/24/does-cloud-require-change-in-programming-mindset/

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By: jgannonwp

jgannonwp — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:58:11 +0000

Mark – thanks for reading. The Lanamark product works for VMware environments but its not going to be helpful in customers who are planning to move servers from local hosting to Amazon S3, correct?

By: Mark Angelo

Mark Angelo — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 22:24:21 +0000

John, there is also a new capacity planning product from Lanamark that has just been released. It enables solution providers to deliver virtualization and IT assessments. Here is where you can learn more:

http://www.lanamark.com/Product/Overview