The new open source cloud orchestration platform called OpenStack is the promise of flexible network virtualization, and network overlays are looking closer than ever. The vision of this platform is to enable the on-demand creation of many distinct networks on top of one underlying physical infrastructure in the cloud environment. The platform will support automated provisioning and management of large groups of virtual machines or compute resources, including extensive monitoring in the cloud.| By CloudCommons 2012 | Article Rating: |
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Cloud News
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Research In Motion (RIM) has sold NewBay, its cloud services company, to Synchronoss Technologies for $55.5 million, according to this Talkin’ Cloud article. The acquisition will expand the global presence of Synchronoss and add the major mobile operators in Europe to its customer list.
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Amazon Web Services experienced an outage which left Netflix customers without service on Christmas Eve, according to this New York Times article. Amazon traced the outage to an issue with its load balancing service.
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A recent IDC report predicts that 7 million jobs will be created by cloud computing over the next three years, according to this InformationWeek article. The report, which was sponsored by Microsoft, also claims that there are currently 1.7 million cloud-related job openings worldwide.
Featured Content
Smart Enterprise Magazine: Identity as the New Perimeter
The cloud-based mobile enterprise needs special protection. Centralized identity management is the best solution, says John Hawley of CA Technologies. Read “Identity as the New Perimeter,” in the new issue of Smart Enterprise magazine Fearless: How IT Security Empowers Business. Download the free iPad app or read the online edition today.
Feature Article
Capacity Management on the Journey to Cloud
By Jeremy Rossbach, CA Technologies
Cloud initiatives are at the top of many our customers’ to-do lists nowadays. Whether they are looking to migrate applications to the cloud or just choose the appropriate cloud provider to host a business service during peak utilization periods, capacity management is at the heart of these difficult business decisions. A capacity management solution can provide answers to questions like "How will my workloads affect the performance of the cloud provider's hosted platforms I consume?" and "How can I be sure my application's performance will not suffer when migrating to the cloud?" Read the full article.
Cloud Views
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Can your cloud provider pull the plug on your service? In this InfoWorld blog, Simon Phipps examines the terms of use from some of the leading cloud providers and reveals that cloud providers maintain the right to suspend your service.
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What are your cloud computing resolutions for 2013? In this InfoWorld blog, David Linthicum shares his suggestions for 2013, including: I resolve not to cloud-wash, not to use cloud computing for everything, to always consider management, performance, and service governance, and not to question cloud security before I understand the technology.
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Are you looking for a wide variety of cloud and IT predictions for 2013? On VMblog.com, David Marshall shares the 2013 predictions of numerous cloud companies, including Dell, HP, CA Technologies and Rackspace.
Trend Watch
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What can CIOs do to drive innovation? In this Smart Enterprise blog, Denise Dubie recaps a recent Talking Innovation podcast with Jacob Lamm, executive VP of Strategy and Corporate Development at CA Technologies, where he discusses how the CIO’s role needs to change in order to embrace and drive innovation across the organization.
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Are vendors rebranding their products to ride the hype of big data? In this Forbes blog, Edd Dumbill discusses the imprecision of the term ‘big data’ and how some vendors are capitalizing on the trend.
Upcoming Cloud Events
- Virtualization and Cloud Summit 2013: January 7-14, Anaheim, CA
- International Conference on Computing: January 28-31, San Diego, CA
- Cloud Expo Europe: January 29-30, Olympia, London
- International Conference on Cloud Computing and Service Science: January 30-31, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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The new open source cloud orchestration platform called OpenStack is the promise of flexible network virtualization, and network overlays are looking closer than ever. The vision of this platform is to enable the on-demand creation of many distinct networks on top of one underlying physical infrastructure in the cloud environment. The platform will support automated provisioning and management of large groups of virtual machines or compute resources, including extensive monitoring in the cloud.May. 23, 2013 06:30 AM EDT Reads: 2,825 |
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In his session at the 12th International Cloud Expo, Wayne Walls, OpenStack Developer Advocate at Rackspace Hosting, will discuss nova cells and how it is changing the way you design your cloud applications and infrastructure. He will explain how OpenStack ...May. 23, 2013 01:15 AM EDT Reads: 2,095 |
By Jeremy Geelan "Since Cloud Expo is running the week of June 10, we thought it'd be a great idea to schedule our Meetup this week. That way, if you have colleagues, friends, or family in town that week for the Expo, you can invite them to join you!" With those words, the OpenStack New York Meetup Group's organizer's launched a landing page this week where anyone interested can register for the June 12 evening event.May. 22, 2013 01:45 PM EDT Reads: 849 |
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Everyone is virtualizing, but are they realizing any of the promised savings? This overview of IBM's new virtualization optimization solutions will show you how integrated Cloud Solutions like SmartCloud Provisioning and SmartCloud Monitoring can deliver the savings virtualization promises.
Organizations are using intelligent management and analytics to provide the insight needed to optimize their virtualized infrastructure and dramatically improve availability, reduce data storage footprint...
One of the most compelling promises of the cloud is that you can pull out a credit card and be working in minutes. No purchase orders to fill out, no equipment to wait for on the loading dock. Just instant access to the resources you need, when you need them. But accessibility comes at a price, and an unintentional consequence may be that you create yet another orphaned identity silo. Enterprise IT has spent years consolidating its mishmash of directories, only to discover that cloud now threate...
Cloud computing is transforming the way businesses think about and leverage technology. As a result, the general understanding of cloud computing has come a long way in a short time. However, there are still many misconceptions about what cloud computing is and what it can do for businesses that adopt this game-changing computing model.
In his General Session at the 12th International Cloud Expo, Gene Eun, Senior Director, Oracle Cloud at Oracle, will discuss and dispel some of the common myth...
OpenStack Cells is one of the most anticipated features in Grizzly, the seventh release of the open source software that offers more block storage options and scalability. It has been running in production at Rackspace for more than a year.
In his session at the 12th International Cloud Expo, Wayne Walls, OpenStack Developer Advocate at Rackspace Hosting, will discuss nova cells and how it is changing the way you design your cloud applications and infrastructure. He will explain how OpenStack ...
"Since Cloud Expo is running the week of June 10, we thought it'd be a great idea to schedule our Meetup this week. That way, if you have colleagues, friends, or family in town that week for the Expo, you can invite them to join you!" With those words, the OpenStack New York Meetup Group's organizer's launched a landing page this week where anyone interested can register for the June 12 evening event.
“Open source has always provided a number of benefits, including easing adoption costs, propagating a better understanding of the technology, and allowing for faster evolution and commercialization of products and services based on it,” noted Terry Woloszyn, Founder & CEO, Leeward Security Ltd., in this exclusive Q&A with Cloud Expo Conference Chair Jeremy Geelan. “This is clearly evident with the OpenStack and CloudStack,” Woloszyn continued, “and others that have been quickly commercialized as...
SYS-CON Events announced today that OpenStack will exhibit at SYS-CON's 12th International Cloud Expo, which will take place on June 10–13, 2013, at the Javits Center in New York City, New York. OpenStack software controls large pools of compute, storage, and networking resources throughout a datacenter, all managed by a dashboard that gives administrators control while empowering their users to provision resources through a web interface.
OpenStack powers some of the most widely-used SaaS app...
SYS-CON Events announced today that BUMI (Backup My Info!), the premium provider of managed online backup and recovery solutions for small to mid-sized businesses, will exhibit at SYS-CON's 12th International Cloud Expo, which will take place on June 10–13, 2013, at the Javits Center in New York City, New York.
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