James Urquhart examines the different technology concerns between developers and traditional IT buyers and how that affects their cloud-buying behavior. While VMware has a strong position right now, he argues, it might not last.…
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Red Hat open sources its take on Hadoop storage
Red Hat is the latest company offering an alternative to the Hadoop Distributed File System, only this one is open source and ties into Red Hat's bigger vision of hybrid cloud computing.…
Read MoreTake that, vCloud: Microsoft opens Windows Azure to web hosts
It looks like Microsoft is serious about becoming the operating system for cloud computing. At its Worldwide Partner Conference on Tuesday, the company announced what amounts to a white-label version of its Windows Azure cloud platform targeting current Windows Server-based web hosts.…
Read MoreEnStratus raises $3.5M for hybrid cloud management
Minneapolis-based cloud computing startup enStratus has raised $3.5 million in Series A funding to grow its business of managing all types of clouds across a common interface. EnStratus' technology provides a secure platform for managing and monitoring numerous cloud offerings through a single interface.…
Read MoreHow VMware wants to be the OS for the cloud
VMware on Tuesday morning launched the latest version of its vSphere virtualization management software, as well as a suite of integrated products for managing cloud computing environments. There isn't much new aside from the capabilities in vSphere 5, but VMware's timing was ideal.…
Read MoreEnterprise clouds stay hot as Virtustream raises $10M
Virtustream, a cloud computing provider focused on hosting enterprise applications, has raised $10 million in a Series B round. The round was funded by existing investors Intel Capital, Columbia Capital, Noro-Moseley Partners, and TDFunds, which invested $49 million in Virtustream's Series A round last year.…
Read MoreZynga S-1 highlights cloud as competitive advantage
When done right, cloud computing actually can be a source of significant competitive advantage. So says Zynga, at least, which highlighted its unique cloud infrastructure, as well as its advanced analytics efforts, as part of its core strengths in the S-1 statement it filed this morning.…
Read MoreForget public; private clouds: The future is hybrids!
Cloud services have a rosy future, but a long build-out industry cycle is expected as businesses are slow to adopt and accept virtual datacenters. Instead of determining to use a public or a private cloud, enterprises should consider a hybrid, best-of-both-worlds approach.…
Read MoreThe final piece of Zynga’s Z Cloud revealed
Zynga has been releasing details about its innovative hybrid cloud deployment, called Z Cloud, over the past year, and it has finally revealed the final piece of the puzzle. Namely, that the private cloud component of its infrastructure was built using Cloud.com's CloudStack software.…
Read MoreHP wants to challenge Amazon for cloud developers
Systems giant HP today announced a slew of new enterprise cloud products and services, but it won't be until later this summer -- when it unveils its public cloud services -- that we'll see just how big a role HP will play in the cloud computing space.…
Read MoreMicrosoft Finally Enables Hybrid Azure Clouds
At long last, Microsoft has taken a big step forward in its cloud computing fight against VMware by letting customers manage hybrid on-premise and Windows Azure environments from within Microsoft's System Center systems management software.…
Read MoreVMware Soups Up vCloud, Still Has PaaS Plans
VMware's announced that the first three vCloud Datacenter partners are now online and that a new tool for managing hybrid VMware clouds is available. These types of capabilities will bring enterprise users into the cloud fold, perhaps leading to even cloudier ambitions in the future.…
Read MoreMorphlabs Tries to Reinvent Private Cloud Pricing
Los Angeles-based startup Morphlabs is rolling out two new features designed to bolster sales of its mCloud line of cloud computing offerings in a crowded field of management platforms. In doing so, however, it might actually be helping show the future model for internal-cloud software pricing.…
Read MoreDell’s Boomi Buy: Here’s What It Means
Dell made a left turn in its cloud computing acquisition strategy today by acquiring SaaS integration startup Boomi. Most of Dell’s cloud purchases and partnerships have been on the infrastructure front – Scalent, DynamicOps, Joyent, Egenera, 3PAR (attempted) – but Boomi is a straight-up application play.…
Read MoreVMworld Met Expectations, But Is That Enough?
VMware used the past couple VMworld events to push visionary cloud strategies, but this year, the virtualization giant merely lived up to expectations — and possibly narrowed the competition gap.…
Read MoreStructure 2010: Is There a Hybrid Cloud in Your Future?
There are public clouds like Amazon's EC2, and private clouds run behind firewalls, but some networking experts believe the big opportunity for infrastructure companies and service providers in the future will be finding ways of blending the private and public, or creating bridges between the two.…
Read MoreForecast for 2010: The Rise of Hybrid Clouds
For companies protective of their IT operations and data, wholesale public cloud computing adoption can be a difficult pill to swallow. Enter the hybrid cloud--a panacea of sorts, letting companies maintain a mix of on-premise and off-premise cloud computing resources, managed through common frameworks.…
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