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I previously wrote a review of the Microsoft Azure public cloud and
included a comparison between Azure and AWS (Amazon Web Services) and will
now compare OpenStack and VMware vCloud. For a review of IaaS (Infrastructure
as a Service) see my blog post and video.
This table provides a simple and high level comparison of OpenStack and
vCloud.
Feature OpenStack VMware vCloud Virtualization layer Type 2 virtualization -
Libvirt layered on top of Linux. Supports various hypervisors: XEN, KVM,
HyperV... Type 1 virtualization - bare metal; vSphere hypervisor only.
Management Open API, Command line, Web console, Orchestration tools.
Distributed components: storage, networks, compute,,, Web console, API;
(requires vCenter to centrally manage resource pools, hosts and storage.)
Storage Not traditional filesystem, Object or block storage, vertical or
horizontal scale out, u... (more)
PROVO, UT -- (Marketwired) -- 06/19/13 -- InsideSales.com, the leading
provider of cloud-based sales automation technology for inside sales
professionals, is creating a seismic shift in best practices for trade shows
and seminars. Tomorrow the company will host the Inside Sales Virtual Summit
from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. MDT with 62 presenters, including keynotes from Guy
Kawasaki, Jeffrey Gitomer, Matt Dixon and Josh James. There is no cost for
registration.
"We did our research and decided to go for the opportunity to create value
for the inside sales world," said Ken Krogue, Founder ... (more)
In recognition of National Internet Safety Month, Time Warner Cable today
unveiled a new campaign to help parents teach their children to safely use
the Internet and other technologies. Held in partnership with Common Sense
Media, the campaign includes the availability of the new Digital PassportTM
mobile app and supporting materials that help parents address key issues that
their children face online, including safety and security, cyber bullying,
privacy, responsible cell phone use and respecting creative work.
Time Warner Cable has committed $1 million of in-kind donations to p... (more)
LOS ANGELES, CA -- (Marketwired) -- 06/19/13 -- POPSUGAR Inc., a global media
and technology company at the intersection of content and commerce, today
announced the release of POPSUGAR's new app for Android smartphones. Free
from the Google Play and Samsung stores, the POPSUGAR app allows Android
users to access their daily dose of everything they love, all in one place,
at anytime. In addition, POPSUGAR is also available for download on iTunes,
Roku, Hulu, and in the Amazon App Store.
POPSUGAR has steadily expanded its mobile capabilities and functions to
provide users endless... (more)
SANTA MONICA, Calif., June 19, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Consumer
Watchdog today praised Mozilla as the nonprofit foundation announced it would
move forward with addition of a setting in its popular Firefox browser to
block the most intrusive tracking "cookies" by default.
Cookies are little bits of computer code that can be placed on a browser so
that your activity can be tracked as you surf across the web. The most
invasive tracking is done by sites the user hasn't even visited -- so-called
3rd-party sites, Consumer Watchdog said.
"Most people don't want to be spied on... (more)
Best Recent Articles on Cloud Computing & Big Data Topics  By Jeremy Geelan The Arlington, Virginia-based National Science Foundation has just released its "Report on Support for Cloud Computing" - in response to the America Competes Reauthorization Act of 2010, Section 524.
It is an absolute must-read for all concerned with current and future research projects in Cloud Computing. Reads: 9,001  By Jeremy Geelan "The volume of data we're generating now from machines pales in comparison to the volume of data we'll soon generate from our own bodies," says data security expert Dave Asprey. Writing in a Trend Micro blog, Asprey - who is one of the leaders in the emerging Quantified Self movement - explains his vision of a world in which personal biometrical data is shared via the cloud. Reads: 15,270  By Wolfram Jost Cloud computing has caught the attention of business leaders around the world in every
industry because of its enormous transformative potential. Visionary companies know that
the value of the cloud is far greater than the current focus solely on technology and operating
costs: when combined with a collaborative approach to designing processes, cloud computing
will change how we do business.
Reads: 21,816  By Elizabeth White Want to make sense of the hottest new concept in Enterprise IT?
Want to understand in just hours what experts have spent many hundreds of days deciphering?
Cloud computing is a technology that has rapidly evolving peppered with a lot of hype along the way. Customers find it hard to navigate through this and make sense of what aspects of this technology will give them real business benefit.
Cloud Computing Bootcamp, led by our 2013 Bootcamp Instructor Larry Carvalho, is a great way to get a practical understanding of this technology. We offer multiple days of actionable insight into what vendor offerings are currently available and help you comprehend their strategy.
The ever-popular Bootcamp, which is now held regularly around the world, is being held in conjunction with the 12th Cloud Expo, June 10-13, 2013, at the Javits Center, New York, NY. Reads: 11,051  By Larry Bettino Did you know that ninety percent of the data in the world has been created in the last two years? Every day, we create 2.5 quintillion (or 2.518) bytes of data, according to IBM.
As corporations across all industries globally are struggling with how to retain, aggregate and analyze this mounting volume of what the industry refers to as Big Data, it also provides a unique opportunity for innovative startups that recognize the business prospects Big Data presents. Big Data is not just unlocking new information but new sources of economic and business value.
Interactivity is driving Big Data, with people and machines both consuming and creating it. Digital companies focused on becoming good at aggregating and analyzing the data created by the end users of their product, who then provide their customers with solid insights taken from that data are at a distinct competitive advantage over others in the marketplace. Reads: 8,917  By Elizabeth White Industry-specific clouds are those PaaS, IaaS, and PaaS services that are tailored for a specific vertical, such as transportation, retail, finance, and health care. IDC sees a $65 billion market in these industry solutions for 2013, rising to $100 billion in 2016.
The value of industry-specific clouds is that businesses within a vertical can connect to applications, processes, and databases that are pre-defined for that vertical within a public or private cloud. They can extend processes and databases into the business domain, versus defining the data and processes within a generic cloud-based platform.
So, are industry specific clouds right for your business? What options are out there? How do you figure out the ROI? Reads: 7,058  By Pat Romanski SYS-CON Events announced today that Rackspace Hosting, the open cloud company, has been named "Platinum Plus Sponsor" of SYS-CON's 12th International Cloud Expo, which will take place on June 10-13, 2013, at the Javits Center in New York City, New York.
Rackspace® Hosting (NYSE: RAX) is the open cloud company, delivering open technologies and powering more than 205,000 customers worldwide. Rackspace provides its renowned Fanatical Support® across a broad portfolio of IT products, including Public Cloud, Private Cloud, Hybrid Hosting and Dedicated Hosting. Rackspace has been recognized by Bloomberg BusinessWeek as a Top 100 Performing Technology Company, is featured on Fortune's list of 100 Best Companies to Work For and is included on the Dow Jones Sustainability Index. Rackspace was positioned in the Leaders Quadrant by Gartner Inc. in the "2011 Magic Quadrant for Managed Hosting." Rackspace is headquartered in San Antonio with offices and data centers around the world.  By Liz McMillan 10th International Cloud Expo, held on June 11-14, 2012 at the Javits Center in New York City, featured four content-packed days with a rich array of sessions about the business and technical value of cloud computing led by exceptional speakers from every sector of the cloud computing ecosystem.
The Cloud Expo series is the fastest-growing Enterprise IT event in the past 10 years, devoted to every aspect of delivering massively scalable enterprise IT as a service.
We invite you to enjoy our photo album of the show - we'll be adding new images all week. Reads: 9,566  By Carmen Gonzalez Ulitzer.com announced "the World's 30 most influential Cloud bloggers," who collectively generated more than 24 million Ulitzer page views. Ulitzer's annual "most influential Cloud bloggers" list was announced at Cloud Expo, which drew more delegates than all other Cloud-related events put together worldwide. "The world's 50 most influential Cloud bloggers 2010" list will be announced at the Cloud Expo 2010 East, which will take place April 19-21, 2010, at the Jacob Javitz Convention Center, in New York City, with more than 5,000 expected to attend. Reads: 47,474  By Kevin Hartig Cloud computing is becoming one of the next industry buzz words. It joins the ranks of terms including: grid computing, utility computing, virtualization, clustering, etc.
Cloud computing overlaps some of the concepts of distributed, grid and utility computing, however it does have its own meaning if contextually used correctly. The conceptual overlap is partly due to technology changes, usages and implementations over the years.
Trends in usage of the terms from Google searches shows Cloud Computing is a relatively new term introduced in the past year. There has also been a decline in general interest of Grid, Utility and Distributed computing.
Likely they will be around in usage for quit a while to come. But Cloud computing has become the new buzz word driven largely by marketing and service offerings from big corporate players like Google, IBM and Amazon. Reads: 200,673  By Elizabeth White SYS-CON Events announced today that Dell Inc. has been named "Silver Sponsor" of SYS-CON's 12th International Cloud Expo, which will take place on June 10-13, 2013, at the Javits Center in New York City, New York.
For more than 28 years, Dell has empowered countries, communities, customers and people everywhere to use technology to realize their dreams. Customers trust Dell to deliver technology solutions that help them do and achieve more, whether they're at home, work, school or anywhere in their world. Learn more about Dell's story, purpose and people behind its customer-centric approach. Reads: 3,203  By Liz McMillan One of the most compelling promises of the cloud is that you can pull out a credit card and be working in minutes. No purchase orders to fill out, no equipment to wait for on the loading dock. Just instant access to the resources you need, when you need them. But accessibility comes at a price, and an unintentional consequence may be that you create yet another orphaned identity silo. Enterprise IT has spent years consolidating its mishmash of directories, only to discover that cloud now threatens to turn back their hard-won victories.
In his session at the 12th International Cloud Expo, Scott Morrison, CTO and Chief Architect at Layer 7 Technologies, will look at strategies to incorporate identity into cloud applications. Enterprise identity or social login can both be a part of your go-to-cloud strategy, but you must plan for this upfront, rather than try to retrofit identity and access control at a later date. Reads: 3,659 By Roger Strukhoff Cloud Expo, Cloud Expo East, Cloud Expo West, Cloud Expo Silicon Valley, Cloud Expo Europe, Cloud Expo Tokyo, Cloud Expo Prague, Cloud Expo Hong Kong, Cloud Expo Sao Paolo are trademarks and /or registered trademarks (USPTO serial number 85009040) of Cloud Expo, Inc. Reads: 17,583 |
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