I’ve had a lot of people ping me lately asking where the heck I’ve been. My last post was back in July and wasn’t very cloudy then either. The truth of the matter is I’ve been working completely on cloud. The market has taken off and everyone wants to launch something ASAP and thankfully VMware has been the centerpiece for every single cloud out there (except Microsoft, Google, and Amazon).
I was recently just at an all day cloud track at TMForum where most of the major telcos, service providers, and enterprise cloud players from around the world had all gathered together. It was interesting to sit there and listen to every single one get up and talk about what they were doing with VMware to launch their cloud. So many exciting things that I really wish I could blog about but NDAs and a complete lack of time have prevented me from doing so.
So here we are at the end of the year and some people are going into change control freeze so I’m starting to get a little more time to catch up and sleep. 7 months with only 4-5 hours sleep each night can really drain you. So what do I do with this new found time? Well, for one I’m going to start blogging about all of the great stuff that’s happening in cloud from the eyes of someone that’s been out there launching customers. For another thing I’m working with our strategic partners out there to develop our joint cloud story so I’ll write about what we’re doing there. The main point is that I need to write and get all of these thoughts out of my head and onto paper.
My first set of topics is going to be all about the vCloud API – what it is, how to use it, etc. I’ve been the main guy behind a real-world implementation of the vCloud API so people can actually consume it. I’m also writing the self-paced lab for the vCloud API and the VI Java API at VMware Partner Exchange 2010. This will help me get some of those ideas out and talked about before they go into the lab.
Well, that’s it. I just wanted to let everyone know that I am around and kicking. A lot of hard work later and some 190,000 air miles and this market is really moving forward. So look for more posts from me very soon. Until then…
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Brian Atkinson
