The Rise of the Cloud-Specific Data Platform

Grazed from IT Business Edge. Author: Arthur Cole.

Consensus is building that the cloud will subsume traditional data center infrastructure within the next decade. This is not to say that local resources will go the way of the dinosaur, but that whatever remains in the data center will be cloud-based. This means that both the hardware and software platforms that hope to support future data architectures will have to cater more toward cloud functionality than traditional data center constructs.

And yet, it seems that only recently have we seen anything that can be described as cloud-specific enterprise systems in the channel. HP took the wraps off of its Cloudline server this week, aimed specifically at helping cloud service providers gain an edge on competitors by offering not just lower costs, but advanced functionality as well…

This includes open management capabilities that enable a broad range of third-party solutions, as well as broad ties to the OpenStack format through HP’s Helion platform. This should give providers a wedge in crafting hybrid cloud solutions for enterprises that convert their legacy architectures to OpenStack-based clouds. At the same time, Cloudline supports the HP Altoline open network switch, which itself supports the Cumulus Networks Linux networking distribution aimed at building web-facing hyperscale infrastructure…

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