The System Center VMM PowerShell module is very rich and contains more than 400 cmdlets, but it is missing some trivial cmdlets IMO that will help determine if a specific user has enough resources to deploy a new virtual machine or a new service template. Initially it sounds like an easy task, just get the […]
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Code in the Cloud with Cloud9 IDE
One of my favourite cloud innovations has been a Cloud IDE. I always found that setting up for development was a chore. I had to sit down, open all my apps, load all my work, and get my windows setup the way I need them. It sounds trivial yet the task is so tedious. It […]
Automated Anomaly Detection and Optimization in Cloud Computing
There is an evolution happening in how organizations of all shapes and sizes consume business services. More and more, business services are being consumed from either public or private “clouds”. But as Kirill Sheynkman points out in “21 Experts Define Cloud Computing”: “The ‘cloud’ model initially has focused on making the hardware layer consumable as […]
Availability and Performance Monitoring: A Cloud Hosting Primer
It is always surprising to me the lack of attention that is paid to monitoring when customers purchase cloud hosting services. Mostly, I think it is because the business owners and many system administrators don’t really understand the complexities of properly “instrumenting” even a moderately complex application (web or otherwise) and take it for granted. […]
Milliseconds are Money: How Much Performance Matters in the Cloud
In the cloud … faster is better! But how much faster equals how much better? If your site loads even one second faster, will your audience grow? Will you have more sales? If so, by how much? Would you believe it takes only half a second to lose 1/5th of your visitors?