Analysis: CloudStack Goes To Apache Foundation And Embraces AWS APIs
Citrix (previous CloudAve coverage) today announced that they are releasing CloudStack (previous CloudAve coverage) under Apache 2 License and it will now be part of the Apache Foundation. The project is supported by 30 ecosystem partners including NTT, Juniper Networks, Tata Communications, etc.. They also announced that they are embracing AWS API for interoperability. Already, […]
Citrix Releases CloudStack 3
Citrix (previous CloudAve coverage) today announced the release of CloudStack 3, the open source cloud platform which will let enterprises and service providers roll out Amazon like cloud services. This is the first major release after they acquired Cloud.com last year. First they made an open core product into open source and now the new […]
enStratus On A Roll
enStratus (previous CloudAve coverage), the Minneapolis based company focussing on cloud governance, has raised $3.5 Million according to this MarketBrief from SEC filing. Enstratus Networks, Inc reported today in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission it had raised $3.5M of a $4M private offering. Companies file this special form with the U.S. Securities and Exchange […]
Citrix Acquires Cloud.com: An Analysis
Citrix (previous CloudAve coverage), the virtualization player who is gaining some decent traction recently, today announced the acquisition of Cloud.com (previous CloudAve coverage), the open source cloud platform player with considerable traction on the side of Telcos, Service providers and even enterprises. Initially, Citrix will push the Cloud.com product lines and Citrix branded versions will […]
Cloud.com Scores A Big Win With GoDaddy
GoDaddy, the domain registrar, yesterday unveiled their cloud plans with a goal to eat into the public cloud pie. They are calling their service Data Center On Demand and it is currently in limited release phase. It is generally expected to be available in July. Unlike Amazon Web Services, GoDaddy’s plans requires customers to have […]
Survey Says Scalability And Costs Are Driving Cloud Adoption
A survey done by vendors, Bitnami, Cloud.com and Zenoss, shows that the user adoption of cloud computing is driven largely by needs for scalability and cost savings. The survey was conducted by these companies in the communities around their open source projects. The survey polled 500 IT professionals, 40 percent of whom were CTOs, architects and […]
Eucalyptus Highlights Momentum As They Counter OpenStack Buzz
Ever since OpenStack (previous CloudAve coverage) was launched during last year’s OSCON, they are garnering too much buzz in the tech media. When Canonical announced last week that they will be using OpenStack as the foundational technology in Ubuntu, there was considerable buzz in the tech blogosphere about how it will affect Eucalyptus (previous CloudAve […]
Cloud.com Releases New Version And Gains Momentum
Cloud.com (see previous CloudAve coverage), the open source cloud platform provider formerly known as VMOps, recently announced the new version of their cloud platform, CloudStack 2.2, with some cool features. They have also showcases some of their customers and have promised to showcase more in the coming weeks and months. I have been following Cloud.com […]
Eucalyptus Targets Asia
Image via CrunchBase Eucalyptus Systems (see previous CloudAve coverage), the academic project turned commercial vendors that helps enterprises build private clouds, is now focussing on the Asian markets. In 2010, Eucalyptus focussed on releasing their new version and strengthening their partnerships with companies like Redhat, rPath and newScale. They are turning their attention in 2011 […]
Cloud.com Supports RHEL 6
Cloud.com (see previous CloudAve coverage), the open source cloud provider for enterprise and service providers, last week announced that they are supporting RedHat Enterprise Linux 6. This will allow enterprises and service providers to immediately take advantage of the new features available in the newly released RHEL 6 and extend it into cloud using their […]
Cloud.com Brokers OpenStack-Microsoft Marriage
Cloud.com (see previous CloudAve coverage), the company that helped Korean Telecom and few other Asian telecom providers establish public clouds, today announced that they have brokered a partnership between Microsoft and OpenStack. Open source purists may not like this idea of Microsoft coming into the OpenStack picture but I think this is a shot in […]
Cloud.com Offers Support For VMware
Cloud.com, formerly VMOps and the company offering a seamless way to deploy and manage hybrid cloud infrastructure for both enterprises and service providers, has announced support for VMware vSphere 4.1 and vCenter server today. During VMworld, they will be demoing their Cloud Stack platform on top of vSphere showcasing their interoperable open source cloud platform. […]
VMOps Reboots As Cloud.com
Image via CrunchBase Regular readers of CloudAve know that I am a sucker of federated clouds and I have been pushing the idea of regional clouds hard. In this context, I have been talking about enablers like VMOps and regional cloud providers like Reliacloud and Scaleup Technologies . Today, VMOps announced that they are rebranding as […]
The Fate Of Small Web Hosts
Image via Wikipedia Recently, there was a discussion on Twitter about the fate of small webhosts. I thought I will expand my thoughts here in this post. Traditional web hosting ecosystems are huge spanning big hosts offering enterprise level managed hosting to a college kid having a reseller account to sell hosting space to […]
