VMware lends credibility to Cloud Essentials training

Even though VMware has a big educational program itself, it has aligned with the Cloud Credential Council on a number of vendor neutral cloud courses. The independent certification of skills sets is cited as a distinct advantage.

Certified cloud courses… Continue reading

If only your own data warehouse was this secure

Dr. Werner Vogels, CTO of Amazon (not just Amazon Web Services), unveils some interesting information on RedShift, Amazon’s service for data-warehouses on demand. Its petabyte performance envelop and on-demand pricing are awesome enough, but here I would like to… Continue reading

6 signs of cloudwashing

I only refer to other blogs occasionally, in particular if they have a commercial goal.

But this one is interesting enough: an infographic showing you 6 signs of cloudwashing.

See http://blog.workbooks.com/blog/bid/286046/watch-out-for-fake-cloud-infographic (at the end there is a… Continue reading

Cloud vendors fixation on price is costing them business

Cloud computing is cheap, right?

No, not really. Obviously it can be if you are a small user, and your capital outlay will off course be lower. But in a  lot of cases I see, the total run… Continue reading

Why I focus on cloud providers and brokers

About two years ago I decided to focus on cloud computing training. Having developed the content for CompTIA Cloud Essentials, it only seemed natural to deliver the training too. It also allowed me to address a bigger audience with… Continue reading