IBM Improves Private Cloud Control With SmartCloud 3.1
June 17, 2013
Grazed from IT Jungle. Author: Alex Woodie.
IBM i shops and managed service providers that adopt the latest release of IBM’s SmartCloud Entry for Power software will gain several new points of control over their private cloud environments, including the capability to start and stop workloads at any time, and the capability to deploy multiple copies of an image simultaneously. IBM also divulged pricing details with the SmartCloud Entry for Power version 3.1 announcements, and made a statement of direction regarding "adopting a common technology base" rooted in open standards for SmartCloud Entry.
SmartCloud Entry for Power is a lightweight (for IBM anyway), AIX-based software product that allows organizations to turn their Power Systems servers into an infrastructure as a service (IaaS) private cloud environment. The software lets administrators create, modify, and delete virtualized slices of their server over a Web interface. It also delivers self-service provisioning for end users; provides security, auditing, and authentication capabilities; and includes basic activity monitoring and billing functions…
IBM also sells SmartCloud Entry for Power bundle that includes Systems Director products. With SmartCloud Entry for Power version 3.1–the first release of the software since IBM added the capability to run IBM i workloads with version 2.4 last October–IBM added a slew of new capabilities that give administrators even more fine-grained control over their Power cloud environments…
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