Tag Archives: Hybrid Cloud

Overcoming Cloudbursting Challenges

One of the key benefits of cloud computing is that it gives you the ability to launch resources as needed to meet application demands. Some organizations that run their own private clouds are interested in leveraging cloudbursting, traditionally defined as an … Continue reading

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The Most Important IT Metric: Quality of Experience

Today’s guest post comes from Ephraim Baron, an IT operations expert at Equinix, a global platform of high-performance data centers housing many of the world’s largest public clouds and a RightScale partner. Application performance and end-user quality of experience (QoE) … Continue reading

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Identifying Workloads for the Cloud

Identifying workloads to move to the cloud can be tricky. You have dozens or hundreds of apps running in your organization, and now that you’ve seen the operational efficiencies and agility available to you in the cloud, you’re tempted to … Continue reading

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RightScale Conference: Talk to the Experts About Cloud

Cloud is here and cloud is now. RightScale has led the way in cloud management, with more than 4 million servers launched in the cloud to date. We know that cloud is a strategy, not just a tactical solution. It’s … Continue reading

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Private and Hybrid Clouds: Like Sex in High School

RightScale CEO Michael Crandell recently explained to a journalist at The Register  that “the hybrid cloud is a little bit like sex in high school  — everybody is talking about it, but not everybody is doing it.” While that may … Continue reading

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