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		<title>Artificial Data Gravity</title>
		<link>http://blog.mccrory.me/2012/02/20/artificial-data-gravity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 19:33:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having covered Data Gravity several times on this blog, I thought that it would be time to cover a derivative topic: Artificial Data Gravity. Recall that Data Gravity is the attractive force created by Data amassing and the needs of Apps and Services to leverage low latency and high bandwidth. Artificial Data Gravity is the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.mccrory.me&amp;blog=13035658&amp;post=454&amp;subd=mccroryme&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>PaaS Element Types</title>
		<link>http://blog.mccrory.me/2011/12/08/paas-element-types/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 18:30:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>@mccrory</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[as a Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clouds]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.mccrory.me/?p=442</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Please Note : This post builds directly on the previous post &#8220;A viable PaaS Model&#8220; What are PaaS Element Types? PaaS Element Types are the constructs required to build a PaaS.  Each PaaS Element Type builds upon the previous, I’m not the first to come up with the overall concept of Types building upon one [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.mccrory.me&amp;blog=13035658&amp;post=442&amp;subd=mccroryme&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A viable PaaS Model</title>
		<link>http://blog.mccrory.me/2011/12/07/a-viable-paas-model/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.mccrory.me/2011/12/07/a-viable-paas-model/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:31:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>@mccrory</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Clouds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PaaS - Platform as a Service]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.mccrory.me/?p=430</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What makes a PaaS a PaaS? I’ve seen many discussions on blogs and twitter around this topic, so much so that many people are tired of talking about it because it always leads to cyclical discussions.  I for one haven’t been satisfied with any of the answers that I have seen.  Some people try to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.mccrory.me&amp;blog=13035658&amp;post=430&amp;subd=mccroryme&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Defying Data Gravity</title>
		<link>http://blog.mccrory.me/2011/04/02/defying-data-gravity/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.mccrory.me/2011/04/02/defying-data-gravity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Apr 2011 20:19:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>@mccrory</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Clouds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IaaS - Infrastructure as a Service]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.mccrory.me/?p=410</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[How to Defy Data Gravity Since I have changed companies, I have been incredibly busy as of late and my blog has had the appearance of neglect.  At a minimum I was trying to do a post or two per week.  The tempo will be changing soon to move closer to this…. As a first [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.mccrory.me&amp;blog=13035658&amp;post=410&amp;subd=mccroryme&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>IaaS and SaaS lead to PaaS</title>
		<link>http://blog.mccrory.me/2011/02/13/iaas-and-saas-lead-to-paas/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.mccrory.me/2011/02/13/iaas-and-saas-lead-to-paas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Feb 2011 16:30:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>@mccrory</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[PaaS - Platform as a Service]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.mccrory.me/?p=402</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Most people currently portray the Public Clouds as a stack consisting of IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS.  Worse still, they try to define Private Clouds in the same way. In a discussion I had with Christofer Hoff &#8211; @Beaker he accurately pointed out that this isn&#8217;t entirely the case, that they are all really Integrations.  This blog [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.mccrory.me&amp;blog=13035658&amp;post=402&amp;subd=mccroryme&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Service Energy &#8211; Complimenting Data Gravity</title>
		<link>http://blog.mccrory.me/2011/02/02/service-energy-complimenting-data-gravity/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.mccrory.me/2011/02/02/service-energy-complimenting-data-gravity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 22:33:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>@mccrory</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.mccrory.me/?p=392</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It has been a while since I posted anything referring to Data Gravity.  While Data Gravity is interesting and can explain many motivations of Cloud Companies and their Data Services, there are other influential forces at work. Service Energy What am I referring to as a Service in this case?  Any code or logic that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.mccrory.me&amp;blog=13035658&amp;post=392&amp;subd=mccroryme&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Future of PaaS in the Enterprise &#8211; The Service Oriented Platform</title>
		<link>http://blog.mccrory.me/2011/01/26/the-future-of-paas-in-the-enterprise-the-service-oriented-platform/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.mccrory.me/2011/01/26/the-future-of-paas-in-the-enterprise-the-service-oriented-platform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 14:26:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>@mccrory</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Clouds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PaaS - Platform as a Service]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.mccrory.me/?p=387</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Anyone who followed Cloud Computing last year watched several changes occur throughout the space.  These changes were happening in the view of what Public, Private, and Hybrid Clouds were defined as, the interest in IaaS solutions in the Enterprise and within Service Providers, and finally a renewed interest in the potential of PaaS. Currently Public [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.mccrory.me&amp;blog=13035658&amp;post=387&amp;subd=mccroryme&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Current PaaS Patterns &#8211; Types of PaaS</title>
		<link>http://blog.mccrory.me/2011/01/23/current-paas-patterns-types-of-paas/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.mccrory.me/2011/01/23/current-paas-patterns-types-of-paas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Jan 2011 18:34:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>@mccrory</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Clouds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PaaS - Platform as a Service]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.mccrory.me/?p=357</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There are many definititions of PaaS that I have run across, the most succinct of which is &#8220;A Service where Code is uploaded and executed&#8221;.  While succinct, this leaves a lot of &#8220;wiggle room&#8221; for what PaaS really is.  The secret is PaaS isn&#8217;t one thing, it is a broad array of things that can [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.mccrory.me&amp;blog=13035658&amp;post=357&amp;subd=mccroryme&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hyper9 is acquired by SolarWinds</title>
		<link>http://blog.mccrory.me/2011/01/19/hyper9-is-acquired-by-solarwinds/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.mccrory.me/2011/01/19/hyper9-is-acquired-by-solarwinds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2011 21:54:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>@mccrory</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Clouds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web Tech and Tools]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.mccrory.me/?p=351</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The company I founded a few years ago has been acquired by SolarWinds Inc.  I&#8217;m pleased with the outcome and proud of all of those involved in the hard work it has taken to get here. Details can be found here Filed under: Clouds, Web Tech and Tools<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.mccrory.me&amp;blog=13035658&amp;post=351&amp;subd=mccroryme&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>CLASH &#8211; CLoud Admin SHell</title>
		<link>http://blog.mccrory.me/2011/01/11/clash-cloud-admin-shell/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.mccrory.me/2011/01/11/clash-cloud-admin-shell/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 17:55:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>@mccrory</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[IaaS - Infrastructure as a Service]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.mccrory.me/?p=331</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It has been several weeks since I have posted to this blog.  I would blame this on the holidays, but that would be inaccurate as it has been something far more insidious! What is CLASH? CLASH is a universal shell.  What is a universal shell?  First, by universal I mean that it is intended to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.mccrory.me&amp;blog=13035658&amp;post=331&amp;subd=mccroryme&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cloud Escape Velocity &#8211; Switching Cloud Providers</title>
		<link>http://blog.mccrory.me/2010/12/18/cloud-escape-velocity-switching-cloud-providers/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.mccrory.me/2010/12/18/cloud-escape-velocity-switching-cloud-providers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Dec 2010 18:35:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>@mccrory</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.mccrory.me/?p=325</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The term Escape Velocity is the speed needed to &#8220;break free&#8221; from a gravitational field without further propulsion according to Wikipedia.org.  Data Gravity as explained in THIS previous post is what attracts and builds more Data, Applications, and Services on Clouds.  Data Gravity also is what creates a high level of Escape Velocity to move to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.mccrory.me&amp;blog=13035658&amp;post=325&amp;subd=mccroryme&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Microsoft Azure Cloud &#8211; Top 20 Lessons Learned about MSFT&#8217;s PaaS</title>
		<link>http://blog.mccrory.me/2010/12/13/microsoft-azure-cloud-top-20-lessons-learned-about-msfts-paas/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.mccrory.me/2010/12/13/microsoft-azure-cloud-top-20-lessons-learned-about-msfts-paas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 16:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>@mccrory</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.mccrory.me/?p=316</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Two weeks ago, Rob Hirschfeld (@Zehicle) and I (@McCrory) had the benefit of intensive Azure training at Microsoft HQ to support Dell&#8217;s Azure Stamp. We&#8217;ve assembled a top 20 list of things to know about programming for Azure (and really any PaaS leaning cloud): If you want performance, optimize to reduce fees. Azure (and any [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.mccrory.me&amp;blog=13035658&amp;post=316&amp;subd=mccroryme&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Data Gravity &#8211; in the Clouds</title>
		<link>http://blog.mccrory.me/2010/12/07/data-gravity-in-the-clouds/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.mccrory.me/2010/12/07/data-gravity-in-the-clouds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 20:24:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>@mccrory</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.mccrory.me/?p=301</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today Salesforce.com announced Database.com at Dreamforce.  I realized that many could be wondering why they decided to do this and more so, why now? The answer is Data Gravity. Consider Data as if it were a Planet or other object with sufficient mass.  As Data accumulates (builds mass) there is a greater likelihood that additional [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.mccrory.me&amp;blog=13035658&amp;post=301&amp;subd=mccroryme&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Public Cloud Comparison and Calculator v2</title>
		<link>http://blog.mccrory.me/2010/12/05/public-cloud-comparison-and-calculator-v2/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.mccrory.me/2010/12/05/public-cloud-comparison-and-calculator-v2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Dec 2010 14:29:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>@mccrory</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.mccrory.me/?p=291</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After some time away from the Public Cloud Compute Comparison that I did a couple of months ago (which got X hits), I decided to update it based on feedback and new ideas.  What follows is a brief walkthrough with instructions on how to use the Calculator. Before I go any further, a brief disclaimer: [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.mccrory.me&amp;blog=13035658&amp;post=291&amp;subd=mccroryme&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>An Administrator&#8217;s view of Open PaaS and VMforce</title>
		<link>http://blog.mccrory.me/2010/11/23/an-administrators-view-of-open-paas-and-vmforce/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.mccrory.me/2010/11/23/an-administrators-view-of-open-paas-and-vmforce/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 16:04:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>@mccrory</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.mccrory.me/?p=270</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After posting about How Development works on Open PaaS and VMforce, I felt it was time to provide an equivalent view from an Administrator&#8217;s perspective. Before going deep, I thought I would provide a comparison of what things look like between the Developer&#8217;s view of things vs. the Administrator&#8217;s. Please note that this is derived [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.mccrory.me&amp;blog=13035658&amp;post=270&amp;subd=mccroryme&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>AppCloud appears to be VMware Open PaaS Cloud backend name</title>
		<link>http://blog.mccrory.me/2010/11/20/appcloud-appears-to-be-vmware-open-paas-cloud-backend-name/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.mccrory.me/2010/11/20/appcloud-appears-to-be-vmware-open-paas-cloud-backend-name/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Nov 2010 21:27:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>@mccrory</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.mccrory.me/?p=252</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As I continue to go through VMC related code, I have come across a few code entries talking about AppCloud.  At first I thought this might be a reference to EngineYard&#8217;s AppCloud solution. This brought to mind the rumors I mentioned in previous posts, but after further digging and reading the following code and code [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.mccrory.me&amp;blog=13035658&amp;post=252&amp;subd=mccroryme&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How Development works on Open PaaS &amp; VMforce</title>
		<link>http://blog.mccrory.me/2010/11/14/how-development-works-on-open-paas-vmforce/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.mccrory.me/2010/11/14/how-development-works-on-open-paas-vmforce/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Nov 2010 23:23:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>@mccrory</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.mccrory.me/?p=233</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After having gone through the materials available (both the easy to find and the difficult to find) I have created what should be an accurate view of what the environments inside a VMware Open PaaS and VMforce world should look like.  In this post is a series of diagrams that I have created based on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.mccrory.me&amp;blog=13035658&amp;post=233&amp;subd=mccroryme&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Diagram of Open PaaS - VMforce</media:title>
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		<title>Walk-through of the VMforce / Cloud OS / OpenPaaS Demo</title>
		<link>http://blog.mccrory.me/2010/11/13/walk-through-of-the-vmforce-cloud-os-openpaas-demo/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.mccrory.me/2010/11/13/walk-through-of-the-vmforce-cloud-os-openpaas-demo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Nov 2010 19:35:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>@mccrory</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.mccrory.me/?p=222</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This post attempts to walk-through the demo that was shown at the Ruby Conference.  I was not actually at the conference, but I am reconstructing what happened based on materials and information that was tweeted and the presentation materials. The walk-through above shows a sophisticated PaaS layer (reminding me of the Google AppEngine PaaS) where [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.mccrory.me&amp;blog=13035658&amp;post=222&amp;subd=mccroryme&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Diagram of VMware Cloud OS - PaaS - VMforce Demo CLI Walk-through</media:title>
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		<title>VMware quietly shows Cloud OS, OpenPaaS, and VMforce at Ruby Conference</title>
		<link>http://blog.mccrory.me/2010/11/13/vmware-quietly-shows-cloud-os-openpaas-and-vmforce-at-ruby-conference/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.mccrory.me/2010/11/13/vmware-quietly-shows-cloud-os-openpaas-and-vmforce-at-ruby-conference/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Nov 2010 17:46:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>@mccrory</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.mccrory.me/?p=210</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, VMware previewed the first concrete evidence that they are moving forward on the OpenPaaS initiative, the VMware Cloud OS, and VMforce at the 2010 Ruby Conference in New Orleans. At the conference Derek Collison demonstrated an early preview of the VMware Cloud OS via. a command line interface that he and Ezra Zygmuntowicz created. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.mccrory.me&amp;blog=13035658&amp;post=210&amp;subd=mccroryme&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Where most Enterprise IT Architectures are today</title>
		<link>http://blog.mccrory.me/2010/11/04/where-most-enterprise-it-architectures-are-today/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.mccrory.me/2010/11/04/where-most-enterprise-it-architectures-are-today/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2010 16:16:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>@mccrory</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.mccrory.me/?p=174</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Most Enterprises are architecturally in a rigid and fragile state.  This has been caused by years of legacy practices in support of poor code, design patterns, underpowered hardware (which focused on increasing MHz not parallelism/multi-cores).  What follows is a brief review of what has led us here and is needed background for the follow-on post [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.mccrory.me&amp;blog=13035658&amp;post=174&amp;subd=mccroryme&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>CAP Theorem and Clouds</title>
		<link>http://blog.mccrory.me/2010/11/03/cap-theorem-and-the-clouds/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.mccrory.me/2010/11/03/cap-theorem-and-the-clouds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 19:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A background on CAP Theorem: CAP Theorem is firmly anchored in the SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) movement and is showing promise as a way of classifying different types of Cloud Solution Architectures.  What follows is an explanation about CAP Theorem, how it works, and why it is so relevant to anyone looking at Clouds (Public, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.mccrory.me&amp;blog=13035658&amp;post=151&amp;subd=mccroryme&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Real Path to Clouds</title>
		<link>http://blog.mccrory.me/2010/11/02/the-real-path-to-clouds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 13:35:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve been spending a great deal of time as of late researching the background and roots of Cloud Computing in an effort to fully understand it. The goal behind this was to understand what Cloud computing is at all levels, and is quite a tall order. I think I have it figured out and am [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.mccrory.me&amp;blog=13035658&amp;post=132&amp;subd=mccroryme&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is it me or is it EngineYard ? Updated &#8211; (The Answer is BOTH)</title>
		<link>http://blog.mccrory.me/2010/10/30/is-it-me-or-is-it-engineyard/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.mccrory.me/2010/10/30/is-it-me-or-is-it-engineyard/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Oct 2010 17:28:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[UPDATED: So after doing some additional reading at the suggestion of @drnic, I read what @tmornini said about the changes occurring.  What is the stated view of events?  EngineYard is growing up.  I can believe this as a plausible explanation, I state this because I have personally gone through this type of change at several of the startups [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.mccrory.me&amp;blog=13035658&amp;post=112&amp;subd=mccroryme&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Public Cloud Hourly Cost Comparison</title>
		<link>http://blog.mccrory.me/2010/10/30/public-cloud-hourly-cost-comparison/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Oct 2010 11:14:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After receiving feedback from several readers and the desire to see the results, I have updated and reformatted my previous Cloud Cost Comparison. I have included comparisons between Microsoft Windows Azure, Amazon EC2, Rackspace Cloud Servers, and Joyent SmartMachines in this spreadsheet. This spreadsheet includes normalized data across CPU, Memory, Disk Storage, Disk Throughput, and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.mccrory.me&amp;blog=13035658&amp;post=100&amp;subd=mccroryme&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Microsoft Azure vs. Amazon EC2 &#8211; Instance Comparison</title>
		<link>http://blog.mccrory.me/2010/10/28/microsoft-azure-vs-amazon-aws-instance-comparison/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.mccrory.me/2010/10/28/microsoft-azure-vs-amazon-aws-instance-comparison/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 20:26:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I decided to do this based on today&#8217;s PDC 2010 announcement of the Microsoft Extra Small Instance.  I wanted to compare and contrast Amazon&#8217;s EC2 Instances with Microsoft Azure&#8217;s Instances.  I came across what I believe to be an error on Microsoft&#8217;s website (both Medium and Large Instances currently show as $0.48/CPU hour. &#160; Below [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.mccrory.me&amp;blog=13035658&amp;post=93&amp;subd=mccroryme&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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