NASA touts Nebula, faults the public cloud
Nebula, the open-source infrastructure-as-a-service platform NASA began developing in 2009, has exceeded its initial goal of discouraging agency web developers from building rogue computing sites, according to an Aug. 16 whitepaper (.pdf) written by James Williams, chief information officer at NASA Ames Research Center.
"During its short tenure, Nebula helped agency scientists and administrators realize cloud computing potential for processing data more quickly, storing it more efficiently, and sharing it with colleagues and the public more effectively," writes Williams…
Hosting.com Attains VMware vCloud Powered Validation
Hosting.com, a leading provider of enterprise-class cloud-based application availability and recovery solutions, today announced that its Cloud Enterprise public cloud service has achieved VMware vCloud® Powered status. This achievement illustrates to customers that the company’s cloud services are underpinned by VMware’s leading virtualization and cloud computing technology, namely VMware vSphere® and VMware vCloud Director. A member of the VMware Service Provider Program (VSPP), Hosting.com’s VMware vCloud Powered service delivers a set of cloud computing services across a common platform, supporting the largest set of existing applications and offering distinctive application mobility uniquely available from VMware…
Model Metrics Identifies Top Five Enterprise Cloud Computing Priorities
Model Metrics, the leader in cloud computing services for the enterprise, today identified the top five enterprise cloud computing priorities for 2011, based on more than 150+ enterprise customer projects completed so far this year. As one of the earliest cloud services companies, Model Metrics has a unique vantage point from its role advising enterprises on how to successfully transform their businesses using the cloud. As a result, Model Metrics identified the top trends the company is seeing across customers implementing new cloud initiatives in 2011…
DynamicOps Extends Cloud Automation and Management Platform
Grazed from PR NewsWire. Author: PR Announcment.
DynamicOps, the only provider of the Operations Virtualization™ platform enabling unified cloud automation and management, today announced significant enhancements to the award-winning DynamicOps Cloud Automation Center. The company unveiled new support for Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), and expanded support for the physical and virtual resources comprising a cloud infrastructure — including Cisco UCS, Dell and HP Servers, Citrix XenDesktop 5 and VMware vSphere 5…
The race to cloud standards gets crowded
Grazed from Computer World. Author: Patrick Thibodeau.
The rise of cloud computing has led to a strong push from IT leaders at many major companies to develop standards that address issues such as security and data portability in the cloud.
But the early push for standards is beginning to resemble a NASCAR race — everyone is driving on the same track but sitting in different cars.
Multiple organizations are in pursuit of the same checkered flag: a set of standards that will facilitate the adoption of cloud computing technologies…
Things To Consider When Choosing A Cloud Storage Provider
Cloud computing is one of the fastest growing technology sectors. Cloud storage is a big part of this new and emerging market. Currently there are numerous cloud storage providers and more and more companies enter the market including a lot of the big players like Google and Amazon. Cloud storage is usually defined as a type of storage where data are stored in a network of virtual servers managed by a third party…
Ubuntu joins VMware Cloud Foundry
VMware is working with Dell and the Ubuntu Linux operating system to spur adoption of its cloud computing software; driving competition against Microsoft, reports Bloomberg.
Dell’s services arm will help install VMware’s Cloud Foundry programme, while Ubuntu will begin including parts of the software, says Jerry Chen, VMware VP. EnStratus Networks, which lets companies manage cloud computing software, will also support Cloud Foundry…
Cloud Compensation Confounds Channel
If you believe the hype about cloud computing, the sky is literally the limit in opportunities and profits.
That’s the hype. It’s not the reality.
Cloud computing presents many technical and operational challenges to channel partners – telephony and IT, alike. Chief among those challenges is compensation – or what to pay people for selling clouds and how much channel partners should make from the sale of cloud products and services…
Books & Media Move to the Clouds; Apple, Amazon, and Walmart Fight for Market Share
In the past 2 weeks, we have seen major announcements from Walmart and Amazon targeted at opening up the market for ebooks and mobile apps from the control of mobile device manufacturers, especially Apple. These events and actions have the potential to change the current distribution systems dramatically for both apps and ebooks.
Apple has established a distribution system for Apple iOS-platform apps that actively filters all developer app submissions, selecting the ones it wishes to sponsor on its site. It only sells those programs that work under the Apple iOS format (iPhone, iPod and iPad), freezing out anyone who doesn’t have an Apple device. Other mobile device makers have similar systems for the sales and distribution of apps and content for their systems. Apple, however, adds another layer, which is at the heart of the current controversy…
Federal Push for ‘Cloud’ Technology Faces Skepticism
WASHINGTON — Before cost-cutting became fashionable in Washington, Vivek Kundra, the White House’s chief information officer, was working to shrink the federal government’s enormous budget for information technology.
But even as Mr. Kundra returns to academia after a two-and-a-half-year run, his vision for a leaner and more Internet-centric future for government is being met with caution by at least a few of the technology chiefs at the federal agencies that now have to carry it out…