PlayStation Network and Cloud Security
Pundits around the industry are using the repeated – and successful -- attacks on Sony’s Playstation Network as proof clouds aren't secure. But what's "cloudy" about PSN? It is the antithesis of the cloud: a closed architecture, which happens to use the internet to connect locked-down clients (PS3s) to a closed, proprietary server (PSN). Read more
Microsoft is the New "Open"
The last few weeks have seen some amazing revelations from Redmond. From what I can glean, gone are the days when they fought tooth-and-nail to lock developers in to every element of their stack. They've apparently seen the light, and decided that the way to make more money in is to be more ... open. Huh? Read more
Cloud Drives Server Prices ... Up?
Conventional wisdom says that clouds are built on inexpensive commodity servers. Scale out, reliability through redundancy, cheap hardware, server interchangeability – through all these factors, the cloud drives the cost of servers down. So I find it interesting that the leading server vendors have been investing in high-end server platforms targeting large cloud deployments. Read more
Why SaaS Will Win
Network World has a great article today on the pricing of Software-as-a-Service. One of the key points it makes is that SaaS is getting expensive, because vendors are convincing customers to buy more capacity than they need.
Shame on those who sign these agreements. Because nowhere are the cloud economic benefits more compelling than with SaaS. Read more
Naysayers, get over yourselves. The cloud is secure.
If you listen to the arguments about security in the cloud they sound compelling, and generally fall into two categories: technical risks, and policy issues. Read more
- About Open Atmosphere
Scott Crenshaw leads Red Hat's Cloud Business Unit, responsible for Red Hat's Cloud Computing and virtualization businesses. In addition, Scott leads the company's drive to integrate marketing across all business units. Prior to this position, Scott was the Vice President leading the company's Platform Business Unit, during which the company's flagship RHEL business grew nearly 300%. Before joining Red Hat, Scott was Chief Executive Officer of NTRU, a leading innovator in embedded security technology whose investors included Greylock, Lehman Brothers, Sony, and Texas Instruments. Scott held a number of executive positions at enterprise software vendor Datawatch, including Vice President of Business Development and Vice President of Product Development. Earlier, he held engineering roles at IBM and start-ups. Scott was a Sloan Fellow at the MIT Sloan School of Management. He received an MBA from MIT, and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from North Carolina State University's School of Engineering.
The opinions expressed in this blog are solely Scott's, and not necessarily shared by his employer.
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