Virtustream, a fast-growing enteprise cloud provider, is buying cloud-computing pioneer Enomaly for an undisclosed amount. Enomaly, which launched in 2003, sells one of the first private-cloud management products, Elastic Computing Platform, and in the last year launched an infrastructure resource exchange called SpotCloud. Read more »
Two markets stand out above all else when looking at the first quarter of 2011: infrastructure as a service (IaaS) — the epitome of cloud computing — and big data. Amazon Web Services continues to lead the IaaS space in terms of customers and innovation, while Rackspace, buoyed by momentum around OpenStack, will be its primary competitor for mainstream customers. In the big data space, there are so many players and terms floating about it’s difficult for outsiders to get a handle on who’s who and what’s what, though such activity validates the technologies. Other developments this quarter included HP’s impending presence in the cloud computing and big data spaces and the realization that Intel won’t be left to die if low-power servers based on x86 processors catch on like the buzz late last year suggests they will. Additional companies mentioned in this report include VMware, Microsoft, Cloudera, SeaMicro and Facebook. For a full list of companies, and to read the full report, sign up for a free trial. Read more at GigaOM Pro »
Enomaly’s SpotCloud cloud-computing brokerage is now available for public beta, and Enomaly Founder and CTO Reuven Cohen thinks it can be for cloud computing what Google AdSense is for web sites. In fact, he says AdSense was the inspiration for SpotCloud. Read more »
Enomaly has managed to cobble together between 10,000 and 25,000 servers available on any given day for its SpotCloud market, said CEO Ruven Cohen, and today will open its beta program to more sellers. Next month, it will open the market up to all buyers. Read more »
