WTF is Private Elastic Cloud?

by Sean Tario | Dec 28, 2012 | From our Newsletter, Tao of Infrastructure

Because having some kind of “cloud” related service you could market and sell was SOOOOOO 2 months ago, I’m now seeing nearly every service provider in the market trying to convince me that they are suddenly capable of selling some new flavor of...

Intelligent Forecasting for Public Cloud

by Sean Tario | Dec 28, 2012 | From our Newsletter, People We Like, Tao of Infrastructure

Generally I try not to promote the same service provider in two consecutive newsletters… After meeting with Hassan Hosseini, Marketing and Product Manager for PlanforCloud.com down at the RightScale HQ in Santa Barbara 2 weeks back however, I would seriously be...

Architecting Scalable Applications for the Cloud

by Sean Tario | Nov 27, 2012 | From our Newsletter, People We Like, Tao of Infrastructure, What We're Reading

RightScale, one of the hidden high value partners that many of the clients, service providers and partners we work with leverage on a day to day basis, has put forward a brilliant treatise on how to architect scalable applications in the cloud. We have featured this...

What Does Cloud Mean to You?

by Sean Tario | Nov 27, 2012 | From our Newsletter, Tao of Infrastructure

When people ask us “Do you guys sell the cloud?”, we take a deep breath, center ourselves, smile and kindly respond with the question, “Yes, but tell me what does Cloud mean to you?” We’ve been asking our twitter stream this same question for some time, and not...

Have a Virtual Conversation with OSI’s CEO, Sean Patrick Tario

by Sean Tario | Nov 27, 2012 | Business is Personal, From our Newsletter

After fighting it for so long, I finally gave up and became one with the "cloud"… literally… well ok, virtually… but no joke, I have joined the clouding cloudification of the cloud and can be anywhere at any time! So how have I cloudified...

Integrity and Accountability are Industry Agnostic

by Sean Tario | Oct 29, 2012 | Business is Personal, From our Newsletter

Along my professional journey I have been inspired and encouraged by others who believe the statement in the header to be true. When this occurs, an instant connection is made and we help hold one another accountable to their achievement through our continued open and...