Blog posts written by Tytus Kurek

Tytus Kurek
26 May 2025

OpenStack with Sunbeam for medium-scale cloud infrastructure

Article Cloud and server

The rapid growth in OpenStack installation and orchestration tools that we have seen in recent years has effectively established OpenStack as the world’s leading open source cloud platform. Projects like Sunbeam or Kolla Ansible, for example, are effectively transforming OpenStack into yet another user application. By...

Tytus Kurek
26 May 2025

Tytus Kurek
20 May 2024

Cloudify your data centre – A guide to VMware infrastructure transformation

Cloud Cloud and server

You know what’s going on. You’ve been monitoring the situation around VMware for at least a year now. There is no need to convince you that whatever comes next, you have to prepare for a big change. You and your team are already well prepared. You have a budget, timeline and necessary resources. However, one

Tytus Kurek
20 May 2024

Tytus Kurek
3 April 2024

OpenStack with Sunbeam as an on-prem extension of the OpenStack public cloud

Article Cloud and server

One of the biggest challenges that cloud service providers (CSPs) face these days is to deliver an extension of the public cloud they host to a small-scale piece of infrastructure that runs on customers’ premises. While the world’s tech giants, such as Amazon or Azure, have developed their own solutions for this...

Tytus Kurek
3 April 2024

Tytus Kurek
12 January 2024

Cloud-native infrastructure – When the future meets the present

Article Cloud and server

We’ve all heard about cloud-native applications in recent years, but what about cloud-native infrastructure? Is there any reason why the infrastructure couldn’t be cloud-native, too? Or maybe it’s already cloud-native, but you’ve never had a chance to dive deep into the stack to check it out? What does the term...

Tytus Kurek
12 January 2024

Tytus Kurek
10 January 2024

What is sovereign cloud?

Article Cloud and server

In the ever-evolving landscape of cloud computing, the concept of a sovereign cloud has recently emerged in response to data management challenges. As governments increasingly recognise the importance of safeguarding their data, ensuring compliance with local regulations, and asserting digital autonomy, sovereign cloud...

Tytus Kurek
10 January 2024

Tytus Kurek
2 January 2024

OpenStack with Sunbeam for small-scale cloud infrastructure

Article Cloud and server

Whenever it comes to a small-scale private cloud infrastructure project roll-out, organisations usually face a serious dilemma. The implementation process often seems complex due to a lack of knowledge, tricky migrations and an immediate need from management to run various extensions, such as Kubernetes, on top. The...

Tytus Kurek
2 January 2024

Tytus Kurek
8 September 2023

How telcos are building carrier-grade infrastructure using open source

Article Cloud and server

Telco cloud implementation with Canonical and HPE Service providers need cloud infrastructure everywhere, from modern 5G and 6G network functions running in the network core to sophisticated AI/ML jobs running on the edge. Given the sensitivity of those workloads to any interruptions, outages or performance...

Tytus Kurek
8 September 2023

Tytus Kurek
21 August 2023

What is a hypervisor? A beginner’s guide

Article Cloud and server

In the realm of virtualisation and cloud computing, the hypervisor is a critical component that enables the seamless operation of multiple virtual machines (VMs) on a single host. While virtualisation is a technology, the hypervisor is its actual implementation. In this beginner’s guide, we will explore the fundamentals...

Tytus Kurek
21 August 2023

Tytus Kurek
9 August 2023

What is virtualization? A beginner’s guide

Article Cloud and server

While information technology continues to evolve rapidly, virtualization remains a cornerstone of modern computing, enabling businesses to maximise resource utilisation, enhance flexibility, and reduce the total cost of ownership (TCO). It is a key building block of the cloud computing paradigm, and millions of...

Tytus Kurek
9 August 2023

Tytus Kurek
10 May 2023

OpenInfra Summit Vancouver 2023 is coming

Article Cloud and server

Heads up! The OpenInfra Summit Vancouver 2023 is coming!!! After the successful resurrection of the event in Berlin last year, the OpenInfra Summit is back as an in-person event again. The conference will take place in Vancouver, Canada, on June 13-15. As usual, Canonical will be there to share the latest news about...

Tytus Kurek
10 May 2023

Tytus Kurek
26 April 2023

ChatGPT uncertain about the future of cloud computing

Article Cloud and server

ChatGPT has been the talk of the town for more than four months now. As the first ever artificial intelligence (AI) -powered chatbot, it has quickly gained immense popularity, helping students, engineers and even executives generate content, write and debug code and run market analyses. But could ChatGPT be used for...

Tytus Kurek
26 April 2023

Tytus Kurek
17 March 2023

What is cloud repatriation?

Article Cloud and server

Cloud repatriation is undoubtedly one of the hottest trends in the cloud infrastructure space as of 2023. It enables organisations to regain control of their cloud spend, workloads and data. According to a report on cloud repatriation by 451 Research group, 48% of IT decision makers confirmed that they had moved their...

Tytus Kurek
17 March 2023

Tytus Kurek
16 March 2023

Kubernetes vs OpenStack: which one to choose?

Article Cloud and server

Kubernetes vs OpenStack is a common dilemma that organisations face when considering the modernisation of their IT infrastructure. Both are well-established open-source technologies for building cloud infrastructure, and both bring tangible benefits, especially when used in combination. Yet, they differ significantly...

Tytus Kurek
16 March 2023

Tytus Kurek
27 February 2023

VMware alternatives: discover open source

Article Cloud and server

Are you looking for VMware alternatives? Think open source – the world’s leading software portfolio. Open-source software enables you to build fully functional virtualisation and cloud infrastructure while ensuring total cost of ownership (TCO) reduction and business continuity. In this blog, we will walk you through...

Tytus Kurek
27 February 2023