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There is no Root Cause, Only Contributing Factors

I participated a week or two ago in the DevOpsJRS meetup in Cisco Jerusalem. Our guest speaker was Avishai Ish-Shalom. I always enjoy Avishai’s talks, he is a great speaker, a down to earth guy, …

  • Agile
  • Miscellaneous
  • DevOps
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Hybrid vs. Public - Google Joins OpenStack

This was a big piece of news last week. There are some that even are suggesting (but not really) that the Google stock jumped drastically as a result of this announcement, I personally find that just …

  • OpenStack
  • Miscellaneous
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Why I Decided to Run for the OpenStack Technical Committee

As of late I have been thinking long and hard about if I can in some way contribute in a more efficient way into the OpenStack community. Almost all of my focus today is on OpenStack, on its …

  • OpenStack
  • Miscellaneous
  • Communities
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The Chef’s Special and Trusted Solutions

It is funny where one gets the idea for a blog post from. I was sitting in a restaurant last month in San Jose, one of the only two kosher ones in the area, and I ordered the chef’s special. So it was …

  • Virtualization
  • Management
  • Miscellaneous
  • Cloud
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The OpenStack Elections - Another Look

The Board of directors and the bylaws were approved. Summary posts can be found here (2015 Individual Director Election results) and here (Bylaws amendments approved). Individual Directors Tim Bell …

  • OpenStack
  • Miscellaneous
  • Communities
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How Did 2014 Turn Out For You?

60 Blog posts in a 2014 – sometimes I don’t understand how that happens. Is that a lot? A little? I have always said that I do not blog for the sake of blogging, but to share information and my …

  • Blogger
  • Miscellaneous
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Keeping up to date with OpenStack Blueprints

OpenStack is a living product – and because it is community driven - changes are being proposed almost constantly. So how do you keep up with all of these proposed changes? And even more so why would …

  • OpenStack
  • Architecture
  • Miscellaneous
  • Administration
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Landing your first OpenStack Contribution

In my previous post I showed you how to get your OpenStack git environment up and running by using a container. In this post we will go through the steps needed to actually contribute code. This will …

  • Automation
  • OpenStack
  • Miscellaneous
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Introducing VIRL Personal Edition

This is an internal Cisco tool which is so useful – that I am really pleased that it is finally available for public consumption. VIRL Stands for Virtual Internet Routing Lab What Is VIRL? VIRL is …

  • Automation
  • Tools
  • OpenStack
  • Miscellaneous