Intel: Cloud must be more federated and automated

Grazed from ComputerWeekly. Author: Archana Venkatraman.

Cloud computing services must become more federated and automated to help enterprise IT use them to deliver more for less, according to Intel.

“At a time when IT budgets are tight and when the IT teams are expected to deliver more for less, they need cloud computing services that are more flexible and responsive,” said Alan Priestley, Intel’s strategic marketing manager involved in the Cloud Builders programme – a cross-industry initiative aimed to help users build and operate cloud infrastructure more easily…

Software and hardware companies have to together make cloud more “workable” for users, Alan Priestley added. If cloud services become more federated, it becomes easier for users to deploy the right applications on the right platforms…

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