10 Things I Learned Shipping an Ancient Data Center to AWS (Part 1)

10 Things I Learned Shipping an Ancient Data Center to AWS (Part 1)

By John Fahl, IOD Expert
When we got to the consulting gig, they told us they wanted to do DevOps. They said they wanted to be like <insert “awesome streaming video provider” here>. What they had was several data centers filled with several servers using OSs older than 10 years (some even 20+ years old).
They also relied on some real relics like NIS (yup…this is still a thing …), had deep vendor lock-in, massive old, stagnant clusters, manually built applications (most having been created a decade earlier), and armies of contractors overseeing it all.
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Will You Still Run Your Data Center in 2020? Yup!

Will You Still Run Your Data Center in 2020? Yup!

By Trevor Pott, IOD Expert
What will the data center of 2020 look like? In all likelihood, it will look much the same as today’s data center does, but more …cloudy. The data centers of 2020 will blur the lines between public and private cloud and hybrid cloud will be the new normal.
The cloud in this context doesn’t refer to the public cloud exclusively. Though public cloud adoption is steadily increasing, it does not look set to kill off the private datacenter any time soon.
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The Cloud in HP Cloud

Last week I was invited to the HP Tech Day in HP’s campus in Houston to learn and hear more about the giant’s cloud offering. I appreciate HP and Ivy very much for the invitation and for a great event where I was able to learn more and see these clouds in real. I had the privilege to meet savvy and professional guys. It is always great to see people who are enthusiastic on their jobs and are proud of their company. Let me share with you HP’s cloud from my point of view.
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