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Boundary Delivers Monitoring in the Cloud

Startup aims to deliver monitoring as a service in real-time.


Tags: Cloud, server, Service Cloud, monitoring tools, monitoring

ActiveState Expands Platform-as-a-Service Cloud Tech for Perl

Perl cloud vendor run by a 15 year old entrepreneur gets snapped up.
Tags: perl, cloud computing, ActiveState, Cloud

Grid vs. Cloud: What's the Difference?

Cisco's CTO for the cloud explains why 'cloud' isn't just another name for grid.
Tags: Cisco, Cisco UCS, cloud computing, grid computing, Cloud

Rackspace Looks to Bring Order to 'Cloud Chaos'

The purchase of Cloudkick means Rackspace Hosting can offer what it calls a cockpit for navigating complex environments.
Tags: cloud computing, Cloud, OpenStack Community, Rackspace

CloudShare Program Encourages Surgient Customers to Switch

The company is offering a risk-free migration program for Surgient customers.
Tags: Cloud, cloud services, cloud computing, migration

GoGrid Continues Open Source Cloud Push With Partner Program

A new partnership program is expected to help the company deliver open-source cloud computing to the masses.
Tags: open source, cloud computing, SaaS, Cloud

NetApp Integrates with Microsoft for SMB Cloud Services

The Toolkit provides code and guidance for building cloud services powered by Windows Server 2008 R2 with Hyper-V.
Tags: Dynamic Data Center, Cloud, NetApp, SMB, Microsoft

Is There a Place for Windows Small Business Server in the Cloud?

There is a buzz about Windows Small Business Server gaining new cloud computing capabilities.
Tags: Windows Small Business Server, Cloud

The Planet Server Cloud for Channel Partners

The Planet is offering channel partners the ability to sell cloud-based virtual server architectures.
Tags: server, The Planet, Cloud

Virtual Cloud Management Challenges

The cloud presents a whole new set of virtual management challenges.
Tags: Virtual Cloud Management, Cloud

Tilera Launches 512-Core Cloud Server

The company claims its S2Q design specifically tackles today’s cloud computing workloads.
Tags: Cloud server, Cloud

Opscode Announces Commercial Open-Source Platform

The Opscode Platform beta release of the Opscode Platform is a hosted configuration management service.
Tags: Opscode, hosted, open-source, server management, Cloud

Eucalyptus Enterprise Edition Supports Microsoft VM

Eucalyptus Enterprise Edition (EE) 2.0 includes support for Windows virtual machines.
Tags: virtual machine, VM, Eucalyptus, Cloud

Telecom Suppliers Embrace Virtualization Technologies

Equipment suppliers are offering solutions that leverage virtualization technologies.
Tags: virtualization technologies, Cloud, telecom, server equipment

The Difference Between Virtualization and a Private Cloud

Cloud computing does not center on any one technology - virtualization is simply one element of cloud computing.
Tags: virtualization, Cloud, Cloud server

WSO2 Enters Open-Source Cloud-Based Middleware Market

Using WSO2 Stratos, enterprise applications can be created or migrated on-premise, to a private or public cloud for deployment.
Tags: open source, Cloud, cloud computing

Server Admins Shift to Cloud Support

Cloud computing raises questions about performance, security, management and IT staffing.
Tags: server support, Cloud

Microsoft CEO Says Cloud Computing will Change Enterprise IT

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer suggests that cloud computing will make hardware that does not look like a server.
Tags: Enterprise IT, Cloud

ZettaGrid Launches Cloud Service using VMware vSphere

The company has launched an on-demand cloud service using VMware vSphere for the Australian market.
Tags: cloud computing, VMware vSphere, Cloud, on-demand

Microsoft Claims it 'Gets' The Cloud

Chief Executive Steve Ballmer believes Microsoft is now firing on all cylinders having been late to the cloud.
Tags: cloud computing, BizTalk, Cloud, Microsoft

Move Virtualized Server Applications Across Data Centers

AppZero 4.5 lets groups of virtualized server applications to be 'scooped and moved' across the data center and cloud.
Tags: data center, Cloud, Enterprise, Server Applications, Virtualized Server

AppSense to Demo Cloud Virtualization Technologies

The Company plans to show virtualization technologies that easily integrate with Citrix and Microsoft solutions at Citrix Synergy 2010.
Tags: virtualization technologies, Citris, Cloud, Xen

CloudStack Lets Anyone be a Cloud Sever Provider

The open source CloudStack software makes it easy for anyone to get into the cloud business.
Tags: Cloud, Cloud server, server, web server, open-source

Microsoft's Cloud Plan Includes Azure and Apps

Microsoft's cloud plans include popular software-as-a-service offerings in addition to the company's platform as a service, Azure.
Tags: Cloud, Azure, Microsoft, service

Virtualization Challenges Current Licensing Models

Virtualization and cloud computing environments stress many licensing and pricing models.
Tags: Cloud, software, virtualization, licensing

Microsoft Cloud-based Exchange Online Detailed

Exchange Online Standard is a true cloud offering.
Tags: cloud computing, business, Microsoft Exchange, Cloud

Japanese Telco to Use Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization

NTT Communications plans to build its cloud and Web hosting facilities using RHEV.
Tags: Cloud, Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization, Open-source Server, RHEV

ScienceLogic Offers Cloud Integration Server

The company's new EM7 G3 Integration Server lets providers customize and automate private and hybrid cloud monitoring.
Tags: Cloud server, Cloud, cloud management

Ubuntu LTS: An Open-Source Server For The Cloud

The Ubuntu 10.04 LTS release will include an attractive enterprise cloud tool-set.
Tags: Cloud, Ubuntu, LTS, Open-source Server

Microsoft , Oracle Share Enterprise Cloud Views

At the Cloud Computing Expo, Microsoft and Oracle Execs shared different enterprise cloud visions.
Tags: Cloud, cloud computing, Microsoft, Oracle, Enterprise

Linux KVM for Virtualized Cloud Services

Will KVM will be the open source hypervisor of choice in the long term?
Tags: Cloud, Linux, open-source, KVM, hypervisor

Extreme Virtualization for Data Center Management

Extreme Networks announces its new dynamic virtualization lifecycle data center management solution.
Tags: virtualization, dynamic, data center, data center management, Cloud

Is Microsoft Cloud Strategy Worth Evangelizing?

The cloud strategy laid out by CEO Steve Ballmer in March is still the focus of Microsoft discussion.
Tags: data, Microsoft, server, Cloud, cloud computing

Hybrid Cloud Architecture Defined

Hybrid cloud computing models makes more sense for adoptees of cloud computing.
Tags: Cloud, hybrid cloud, cloud computing, Cloud server

DOD Looks for E-mail in the Cloud

The Army's new enterprise messaging and collaboration plan includes cloud computing model.
Tags: Cloud, e-Mail, E-mail server, Enterprise, DoD

Eleven2 Beta Tests Cloud Web Servers

The new hosting strategy offers customers unlimited access to their server.
Tags: uptime, Cloud server, Cloud, web server

Testing Enterprise Public Clouds

The benefits of public clouds are obvious, but what about the pitfalls?
Tags: Cloud, security, server, public cloud, Enterprise

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5 Spans Physical, Virtual and Clouds

Red Hat announces release of Enterprise Linux 5.5.
Tags: KVM, enterprise linux, Cloud, Red Hat, physical

The Push for Open-source Clouds

Several companies have joined to form the Free Cloud Alliance which will push open source products.
Tags: Cloud, open-source, virtual, storage cloud

Cloudkick Spans Cloud and Physical Servers

The Cloudkick Server manager lets you manage cloud and physical servers.
Tags: physical server, server, Cloud server, Cloud

Abiquo Offers VMware-to-Hyper-V Conversion

Start-up Abiquo combines open-source software with cloud computing expertise.
Tags: Abiquo, virtualization, Cloud, VMware, Hyper-V

Rackspace Cloud 'Drizzles' Into Open-Source Software

Rackspace is now a leading sponsor of MySQL spin-off Drizzle with a plan to help the open-source software project get in shape for cloud-based deployments.
Tags: MySQL, Cloud, Drizzle, open-source software, Rackspace

Former MySQL CEO moves to the Cloud

Marten Mick moves to Eucalyptus Systems, providers of the open-source Eucalyptus cloud framework.
Tags: Cloud, Open-source Server, Eucalyptus, Cloud server

GigaSpaces Helps Transition to the Cloud as SaaS

The company's eXtreme Application Platform helps software vendors transition their products to the cloud.
Tags: application server, SaaS, XAP, Cloud

Data Center Cloud Disaster Recovery

Dealing with disaster recovery in a data center cloud environment.
Tags: Cloud, cloud computing, data center, recovery

Microsoft Elaborates on Long-Term Cloud Computing Play

In a presentation to financial analysts, Microsoft's head of server and tools, Bob Muglia, admits the Azure computing cloud initiative is still years from making a profit.
Tags: cloud computing, Azure, Windows Server, Microsoft, Cloud

The Challenges of Standardizing Cloud Computing

What happens when businesses begin outsourcing the technology that has been defined by their processes?
Tags: security, cloud computing, standards, Cloud

Cloud Computing Perceptions and Conflict

Existing processes and organizational structures need to change to support a new era of automated management.
Tags: Cloud, cloud computing, provisioning

Enterprises Support Private Clouds

Enterprises are not ready to tap in to public clouds, but many are experimenting with private cloud computing.
Tags: Enterprise, private cloud, Cloud, security

Cloudcat Makes Apache Tomcat Web App Server Cloud-based

Cloudcat is available on the the Amazon Web Services and GoGrid cloud platforms.
Tags: server, Tomcat, Web, Cloud

Challenges and Security Concerns of Public Clouds

When it comes to the cloud there are obvious benefits and a few challenges too.
Tags: security, Cloud, public cloud, network

CommVault Builds Bridge to the Cloud

Virtually Speaking: CommVault's latest offering aims to bring storage into the cloud. Will it be a bridge to nowhere or the connection enterprises crave?
Tags: Amazon S3, Cloud, Cloud Storage, CommVault, virtualization

Why Apple's iPad and Microsoft's Cloud Say, 'Supersize Me'

OS Roundup: Supersizing is out of style in the restaurant world, but Apple's iPad announcement last week and Microsoft's commercial launch of its cloud platform Azure yesterday prove it is very much alive in the tech industry.
Tags: Apple, Cloud, iPad, Azure, Microsoft

Private Cloud, Defined

'Private cloud' is a term heard often these days. What does it actually mean?
Tags: security, private cloud, cloud computing, Cloud

VMware Takes Aim at Microsoft and Shoots for the Cloud

Virtually Speaking: VMware's purchase of Zimbra further solidifies its cloud strategy and puts it in direct competition with Microsoft.
Tags: Cloud, VMware, virtualization, Google, Microsoft

Grow Your Own Cloud Servers With Ubuntu

Looking to experiment with cloud computing? With Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud, it's easy to turn ordinary servers into cloud servers and build a private cloud.
Tags: cloud computing, Cloud, Ubuntu

It's Official: Yahoo Deals Zimbra to VMware

After some speculation, the deal is now public, continuing VMware's flight to the cloud.
Tags: Zimbra, Yahoo, VMware, e-Mail, Cloud

Google vs. Microsoft -- You Say You Want a Revolution

OS Roundup: Google might paint itself as benevolent market leader, but make no mistake, it's following the playbook written in Redmond. And Microsoft's not about to give up so easily. With the hype for Chrome OS growing, expect things to get ugly -- fast.
Tags: Windows, Google, OS, Microsoft, Cloud

Rumor: VMware to Purchase Zimbra

Virtually Speaking: The rumor mill is in hyperdrive over speculation that VMware is buying Zimbra. What would the virtualization company want with a collaboration server vendor?
Tags: Cloud, Yahoo, VMware, virtualization, Zimbra

Microsoft and NetApp Collaborate on Virtualization and Cloud Computing

NetApp and Microsoft have signed up for a three-year agreement that will extend joint sales, product collaboration and technical integration.
Tags: virtualization, Cloud, NetApp, Microsoft

A How-to Guide for Dumping That Pesky Exchange Server

Is your Exchange Server driving you around the bend? Fear not, from hosted Exchange services to cloud-based Outlook-compatible email services, options abound.
Tags: email, Exchange, Microsoft, Google, Cloud

Cloud Computing Reshaping IT

Like mainframes and PCs before it, cloud computing is the next significant advancement of computing.
Tags: Cloud, cloud services, cloud computing

Are Blue Skies Ahead for Microsoft Azure?

OS Roundup: Microsoft is heading for the cloud, but its mission will not be without turbulence.
Tags: cloud computing, Azure, operating system, Cloud, Microsoft

Supercomputing Heads for the Cloud

Virtually Speaking: Vendors are gearing up to aggregate computing power in the cloud.
Tags: virtualization, cloud computing, Cloud, ScaleMP, supercomputing

Intel, EMC Partner on Cloud Storage

The two companies have teamed up to improve the performance-per-watt of EMC's cloud-based storage system.
Tags: Intel, EMC, Cloud Storage, Cloud, cloud computing

Aruba Moves Wireless Management to the Cloud

The whole point of having a wireless enterprise infrastructure is to increase mobility and reduce cables. A new effort from Aruba Networks aims to help cut the cord everywhere in a network.
Tags: Cloud, Aruba, virtualization, network, wireless

Cloud Computing Management Options Starting to Solidify

Virtually Speaking: Two companies announced products this week to bridge the cloud to the virtualized data center divide. Cloud is growing up fast.
Tags: Cloud, monitor, cloud computing, virtualization

Recent Foibles Expose Dark Side of Cloud Computing

OS Roundup: The operating system isn't nearly as important as the data, yet neither Microsoft nor Apple seems to realize this. When it comes to protecting your data, you're your own best defense.
Tags: snow leopard, Cloud, Cloud Storage, Microsoft, cloud computing

Canonical Expands Ubuntu Linux Landscape

Linux system management comes in from the cloud, but it's still not entirely open source.
Tags: Ubuntu, cloud computing, Cloud, OS, Canonical

Cloud to Transform Data Center Roles

In the future, the job of the system administrator may be to monitor software and services, leaving the hardware for others to worry about.
Tags: Cloud, system administrator, Cloud Storage

Cloud, Virtualization Finding Way Into IT Niches

Specialist software firms are nimble enough to find the small, potentially lucrative areas in the enterprise software market that the big players can't quite get to.
Tags: cloud computing, Cloud, virtualization

Cloud Computing Outlook Far From Sunny

Despite the buzz, cloud computing is for the birds, and not just for migratory reasons.
Tags: Cloud Storage, Cloud, cloud computing

Connecting Clouds to Enterprise Servers

In this extremely competitive market, cloud middleware connects the old software companies require to the SaaS and cloud services they've just added.
Tags: cloud computing, Cloud Storage, Cloud, server management, servers