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Weekly Cloud Review: OpenStack and Hyperscale
It’s been an action-packed week in the cloud ecosystem, with several big-name vendors putting their weight behind OpenStack and upping the ante in the open source race to zero. Linux distributor Canonical set itself apart from the pack by forging an alliance with Pivotal to accelerate the convergence of IaaS and PaaS. As part of ...
RightScale complements management platform with multi-Cloud cost analytics
RightScale is tackling cloud sprawl in multi-provider environments with a new service that integrates with its flagship management platform to let IT organizations take action before the charges start piling up. Dubbed Cloud Analytics, the offering can track and visualize usage trends across a wide range of public and private clouds, including AWS, Azure and ...
Canonical jumps into open cloud ecosystem with OpenStack + Cloud Foundry
Seeking a bigger slice of the public cloud pie, Canonical has joined forces with Pivotal to reposition Ubuntu at the center of the open PaaS ecosystem. Under the partnership, the Linux distributor will integrate an OpenStack-based version of Cloud Foundry into the next major release of its operating system to let customers consolidate their infrastructure- ...
Zadara brings NetApp FAS hardware to the Cloud
Block storage vendor Zadara is taking aim at the hybrid cloud with a new pay-as-you-go solution for NetApp customers. The offering enables users to plug their fabric-attached storage (FAS) infrastructure into AWS using a private network and dedicated drives and vServers. Zadara is best known for its Virtual Private Storage Array, an OpenStack-based platform that ...
OpenStack Summit highlights: SDN, Cloud and everything in between
The OpenStack ecosystem gets bigger with every meetup. This week’s OpenStack Summit in Hong Kong attracted a crowd of 3,000, along with dozens of vendors that leaped at the opportunity to show off their latest solutions. Arista Networks led the charge with the new 7000 X Series of programmable 10 GbE and 40 GbE switches. ...
Broadcom delivers unified management platform for enterprise Clouds
Further expanding its reach into the software-defined data center, semiconductor maker Broadcom has announced a new Gigabit Ethernet Controller that extends network programmability to storage and server infrastructure. The Broadcom BCM5725 is a high-performance controller that packs an array of advanced system functions, including automatic device and software discovery, update management and a set of ...
Aerospike and Internap take NoSQL to the Cloud for faster insights
The raw performance of flash storage has made the technology a popular option for real time analytics, a fast-growing Big Data use case driven by increasing demand for actionable insights. For businesses seeking to quickly analyze large volumes of data without having to make a large upfront capital investment, Aerospike and Internap are rolling out ...
IBM bolsters analytics lineup with cognitive computing capabilities
IBM promises to bring the power of Watson to the enterprise with a set of cutting edge solutions for collecting and analyzing information at scale. Announced this week during the company’s annual Information on Demand Forum, the new offerings aim to “help companies more easily predict and respond to opportunities and challenges hidden in data.” ...
GE jumps on crowdfunding bandwagon with OurCrowd
Generic Electric’s tech ambitions go beyond the realm of networked machinery and embedded sensors. GE Ventures, the conglomerate’s newly established investment arm, recently entered a co-investment agreement with Israel’s OurCrowd to back early-stage technology companies. Founded in October 2012 by serial entrepreneur Jon Medved, OurCrowd operates an equity-based crowdsourcing platform that lowers the barrier of ...
Top vendors flex Cloud muscle at OpenStack Summit
In three short years, OpenStack transformed from an IaaS experiment into a multi-purpose cloud solution for the enterprise, complete with a burgeoning partner ecosystem and production-grade capabilities. The open source platform has emerged as a threat to traditional data center vendors, boasting over 100 customers worldwide according to a newly released user survey. Dozens of ...