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When it comes to your cloud infrastructure, networking is more important than many people realize.  Good networking increases efficiencies and cuts down troubleshooting time. Bad networking, or poorly planned networking, however, will cost you time, money and productivity.

When you’re beginning to architect your cloud network there are a several questions you have to ask yourself according to Bluelock Client Services Engineer Charlie Tavernier.  By answering these questions not just for your...

Networking is an often-overlooked aspect of cloud IaaS.  Good networking will increase efficiencies.  Bad networking costs time and money, particularly if an issue arises with your configuration.

When working with enterprises our team speaks to a number of different people at different technical skill levels.  Here are some of the most frequently asked questions regarding vCloud networking.

What’s the difference between organization-level networking and vApp networking in vCloud director?

This is...

Cloud security is always the first concern for the Fortune 500 clients looking at Bluelock as their public cloud provider (and rightfully so). Public cloud, in general, has gotten a bad rap on the security front. Some simply use the concern as a way to discount the idea of public cloud infrastructure as a service as a viable option for their organization.

However, security professionals in any size organization are pleasantly surprised when I tell them about the security options in their Virtual...

There is not a New-CIUser cmdlet *yet*, but I’ll show you the way you can do it now!

We’ll need 3 things: A username, a password, and a role.

To get the role we want to assign the user, we’ll need to use Search-Cloud:

This will give us a list of roles. Pick a role name. As an example, I want to add an Org admin, so I am going to run this:

The previous line queried for the role, retrieved...

Bluelock is proud to announce we’ve been ranked #91 on the Lead 411’s Technology 200 List for 2012.

In its third year, the Tech 200 list ranks tech companies with the highest percent of revenue growth from 2009 to 2011. Lead411 calculates revenue growth by percentages vs. dollar growth.

All companies must be privately held within the United States and have earned over a million in revenue in the 2011. Bluelock is recognized as 'one of the fastest growing tech companies in the United States.' As an...

Enterprise companies don't just change on a dime. Much like a cruise ship, it takes planning, teamwork and a good amount of elbow-grease to turn that ship in a new direction. The same analogy holds true when changing the direction of your enterprise IT department and beginning to invite cloud, or public cloud, into your course of action.

As 2012 comes to a close you could be sitting in any number of states. Maybe you already have a private cloud or use SaaS but think you can leverage public cloud...

I have the distinct privilege to present with Alan Renouf and Eric Williams this year at VMworld.

The session is entitled Automating Bare Metal to the Cloud and Beyond.

In this session, Eric will demonstrate the use of PowerCLI and UCS PowerTool to quickly deploy your own cloud infrastructure with a single script. (Amazing!)

After the cloud is built, I will share how real world examples of how Bluelock uses PowerCLI from a provider standpoint. From on-boarding new clients to gathering performance...

Private cloud.

Public cloud.

Hybrid Cloud.

PaaS. IaaS. Enterprise Cloud.

vCloud. VDC. SaaS. Security.  vCloud Director.


All this cloud talk have your head spinning?

Unlock your journey with the key of knowledge.

Beyond it is another dimension of agility, control and flexibility.

You've just crossed over into... The Bluelock Zone.


When you're thinking about migrating your workload to the cloud, it can feel a lot like you're entering The Twilight Zone. 

It can be confusing and hard for you to...

It’s hard to believe VMworld 2012 opens its doors only ten days from today.  We’ve packed up our boxes, finalized our giveaways and we can’t wait to meet you in person in San Francisco. 

There will be a lot going on at VMworld and a lot of options for how you can spend your time.  Here are the top five reasons why Bluelock Booth #629 should be a top stop on your list of must-dos while you’re attending VMworld 2012.

5) Giveaway Item

The fez hats were such a hit last year, it was hard to come up...

VMware’s OVFtool is a command line tool that allows you to convert VMware Virtual Machines to Open Virtualization Format, or OVF. In the latest version, it can also upload VMs to vCloud Director for you as well!

To do this, OVFtool simply requires a source (VMX or OVF), and a destination (a vCloud Locator).

The vCloud locator looks something like this: