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Customizing virtual images with IBM SmartCloud Provisioning
I’m a big fan of standardization. I’m a big fan of using non-persistent images too. They just make my life so much easier. The only issue I see with them, anyway, is the need to provide to the user...
View ArticleSecurity patch management in the cloud
Abstract One often contracted and therefore most important IT security process is about global security patch management. Because the cloud computing offering is about automation, standardization, and...
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Lessons learned: Usage and accounting for cloud
Because most customers want to know how much they will be charged for using a cloud service prior to actually purchasing a cloud offering, taking advantage of Tivoli Service Automation Usage and...
View ArticleThe software defined datacenter
It went through the press recently: “VMware to acquire Nicira, a network infrastructure company.” But why should a virtualization company buy a network specialist, especially as VMware maintains a...
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Image personalities: How to reduce the amount of master images
In this new post I would like to introduce a new function added in Image Construction and Composition Tool (ICCT) 1.2; it is the capability to extend a base image available in IBM Smart Cloud...
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Why the cloud means you have to stop making excuses for lousy software
When I started working in the software industry, software testing was non-existent in many companies and, in other companies, often only rudimentary testing was undertaken by the software developers...
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Composing complex topologies using virtual patterns
Wikipedia defines software design pattern as a general reusable solution to a commonly occurring problem within a given context in software design. Over the last two decades, there has been a lot of...
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Is cloud the only way?
Recently I was talking with my wife, who works in the veterinary medicine field, about the cloud. This conversation started because her company uses a piece of software about once a month to help price...
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A storage cloud ahead of its time
These days we hear a lot about public storage clouds and, more specifically, consumer-oriented storage services like Dropbox, Google Drive or Apple iCloud. However, corporate IT environments more often...
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Traditional ISVs’ road to SaaS: Building “Company 2.0” – Part 1
I recently returned from visiting an independent software vendor (ISV) selling traditional on-premise Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software. They want to offer it as software as a service (SaaS)...
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Benefits of a self-service environment in the cloud
One of my team’s critical missions is the collection and management of business requirements from IBM Services Business Units in the growth markets. My team has used spreadsheets and a lot of...
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One development team’s journey into DevOps (Part 1)
I wanted to write a few blog posts about our experiences in “drinking our own champagne” – how we applied DevOps to change the way we develop and deliver our software. Why did we decide to do this? A...
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One development team’s journey into DevOps (Part 2)
In my last post, we talked about the first principle in continuous delivery: building a good safety net. We started with a fast and reliable rollback system so we could quickly get healthy again when...
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Social media analytics: SaaS or on-premises?
On June 4, 2013, IBM launched the software as a service (SaaS) version of IBM Social Media Analytics to enable new customers to take advantage of the power of sentiment analysis, demographics and...
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Why you need application testing in the cloud
Twenty years ago, when I was a programmer, the majority of applications were running on client/server architecture. The data was tightly coupled with applications in a client/server model. When I...
View ArticleTop five advantages of software as a service (SaaS)
Software as a service (SaaS) is an alternative to the standard software installation in the business environment (traditional model) where a user has to build the server, install the application and...
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IBM SaaS: Six things we do for you
When you buy a software as a service (SaaS) solution, such as IBM Social Media Analytics Software as a Service, you are making a very wise investment. Beyond what the software can provide you and your...
View ArticleManaging software licenses in cloud – Part 1
Cloud is coming to China. I have been involved in some large enterprises in China, and cloud is not only a new concept but also is a way to reshape IT operations for customers. Although customers are...
View ArticleTop five advantages of software as a service (SaaS)
Note: We are currently posting the top 10 posts of 2013 today through Jan. 3. This post is #4 on the list and was originally published Sept. 18, 2013. Software as a service (SaaS) is an alternative to...
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DevOps and Software Defined Environments: Cloud twins
Cloud computing gave rise to a variety of new technologies that are needed for efficient cloud deployments. DevOps and Software Defined Environments (SDE) are among those. These two technologies are...
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