Monthly Archives: April 2012

Piston Cloud To Develop Interface Betwen OpenStack And Cloud Foundry As IaaS Converges With PaaS

Posted on April 30, 2012 by

Piston Cloud Computing announced a new engineering initiative to develop an interface between OpenStack and VMware’s Cloud Foundry. Piston proposes to develop the interface and incorporate it into a subsequent release of its flagship product pentOS™. The interface will be … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud Foundry, Piston Cloud Computing, VMware | 1 Comment

IaaS Startup SingleHop Closes $27.5 Million In Funding From Battery Ventures

Posted on April 26, 2012 by

Just when it seemed that Amazon Web Services had swallowed all hope for startup IaaS companies, IaaS vendor SingleHop, Inc. announced the finalization of a $27.5 million round of funding led by Battery Ventures with participation from the American Chartered … Continue reading →

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Linux Foundation Announces CloudOpen, Technical Conference On Open Source Cloud Computing And Big Data

Posted on April 25, 2012 by

The Linux Foundation recently announced CloudOpen, a technical conference dedicated to open source cloud computing and big data. The conference is intended to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas about the use of open source cloud and big … Continue reading →

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Citrix Continues To Invest In OpenStack, For XenServer

Posted on April 24, 2012 by

A Citrix blog post by senior software engineer John Garbutt points out that Citrix has far from walked away from OpenStack. According to Garbutt’s post, Citrix still has two dedicated resources working on OpenStack and is looking for a third. … Continue reading →

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Amazon Web Services Launches Online Marketplace For Cloud Software

Posted on April 22, 2012 by

Just when OpenStack appeared to be grabbing the tech blogosphere’s attention with vendor endorsements revealed in conjunction with its Design Summit in San Francisco, Amazon Web Services reminded the cloud computing world of its market share dominance and technological leadership … Continue reading →

Posted in Amazon Web Services, Platform as a Service, Splunk | 2 Comments

ActiveState Produces Video On Migration To Cloud And Private PaaS Stackato

Posted on April 18, 2012 by

ActiveState recently released a short video highlighting some of the challenges organizations encounter while migrating applications to the cloud, with a corresponding emphasis on the “efficiency, control and security” of private PaaS Stackato. The clip is highly recommended for its … Continue reading →

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Puppet Labs Releases Configuration Modules For Enterprise OpenStack Installations

Posted on April 17, 2012 by

IT automation leader Puppet Labs today announced the release of configuration modules for OpenStack built specifically for enterprise-grade OpenStack implementations. Through partnerships with Cisco, Red Hat, Morphlabs and eNovance, Puppet Labs developed modules that streamline IT automation for enterprise OpenStack … Continue reading →

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Rackspace Launches OpenStack-based Cloud

Posted on April 16, 2012 by

Today, Rackspace announced the launch of an OpenStack-based cloud that draws a “line in the sand against proprietary cloud providers,” according to Rackspace CEO Lanham Napier. Rackspace’s OpenStack-based cloud will come loaded with the company’s famed “fanatical support” and venerable … Continue reading →

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