Big data analytics Software as a Service crowdsources cloud management
September 20, 2012
Grazed from TechTarget. Author: Beth Pariseau.
When it comes to managing on-premise systems, virtualization and cloud computing shops want quick answers to complex queries — without dealing with the underlying infrastructure. Some of those shops have taken a leap of faith and adopted emerging products that offer such big data analytics features, delivered via Software as a Service (SaaS).
"They can simplify views of very complex information into a webpage that anyone can look at," said Nathan Smith, senior engineer at Centered Networks, a San Francisco-based Desktop as a Service provider…
Smith has experimented with CloudPhysics, a cloud-based beta offering that aggregates data using big data techniques. It aims to compare data from different customers to provide deeper insights into virtual and cloud infrastructures, and it draws from VMware Inc.’s vCenter statistics rather than machine logs. "You don’t need to be an expert … because it’s broken down in [a] very simple, tabulated format," Smith said…
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