Daily Cloud Feed – Oct 8, 2012

Daily aggregation of cloud news from @cloud_aware, cloudaware.net.

  • CloudStack 4.0 test procedure
  • To setup an environment for CloudStack, usually it will take a while, e.g … we’ll use DevCloud(http://wiki.cloudstack.org/display/COMM/DevCloud) to simplify the … (more)

  • CLOUDSTACK-282 – Apache.org – The Apache Software Foundation!
  • When using SNAT Networking, I have a VM with a Static NAT IP Assinged in Cloudstack. The Centos 6.2 VM has dhcp defined as the network protocol, and gets … (more)

  • Verizon Creates Comprehensive Solution to Better Manage and Secure …
  • Sacramento Bee Now, companies can leverage a single user-based management platform to outfit a global workforce to successfully navigate the changing business landscape for greater productivity.” Unlike other offerings … The advanced cloud-based management … (more)

  • Cloud computing co. seeds contest finalists
  • Boston Herald A Cambridge cloud computing company is providing MassChallenge’s 125 finalists with four months of free access to its computers. ProfitBricks’ partnership with the $1.1 million startup competition and accelerator will enable each company to receive new … (more)

  • Top 10 cloud related job titles
  • Network World If you visit the popular tech-focused job site Dice.com and search for cloud computing related jobs, you’ll get more than 3,800 hits. According to Alice Hill, managing director of Dice.com, that’s up 72% over last year. Basically, cloud is a segment of … (more)

  • Which freaking PaaS should I use?
  • InfoWorld (blog) Companies that want to focus on writing their code and not have to think about application servers at all are now looking to platform as a service (PaaS). A PaaS is a virtual instance running an application server with some management and deployment … (more)

  • SmartJog launches Cloud4Media
  • Broadband TV News Cloud4Media is a Software as a Service platform that centralises the management, storage and delivery of digital media content. Incorporated directly within customer environments, Cloud4Media streamlines workflows, accelerates and simplifies exchanges … (more)

  • Oracle Reinforces Cloud Strategy
  • CIOZone Many CIOs and other senior IT pros actively seek and often see true value in the deployment of Cloud Computing initiatives for their organizations. Many however are cautious in adoption because of several ongoing Cloud challenges such as lingering … (more)

  • The State of Cloud Computing Around the World: South Africa
  • CloudTimes (blog) south africa flag 300×225 The State of Cloud Computing Around the World: South Africa Africa, despite being home to billions of people who don’t even own a computer, much less an internet connection, may ironically be one of the places that will … (more)

  • Federal Agencies Build A Business Case For The Cloud
  • InformationWeek The Office of Management and Budget introduced the Federal Cloud Computing Strategy in February 2011, putting federal agencies at the beginning of the cloud adoption curve. Since then, federal IT teams have been evaluating, planning, and implementing … (more)

  • Hybrid Applications: Hybrid Cloud in the Real World
  • Data Center Knowledge It is highly unlikely to find anyone today that doesn’t see cloud computing having an incredibly bright future given the significant cost, agility, and operational advantages it provides to organizations of almost every size and industry. But believing … (more)

  • 3 Tips To Find A Reliable Cloud Service Provider | Business …
  • By Kevin Tea
    Cloud computing is a new technology that is gaining immense popularity among all types of business entities. It is an IT based data backup service that provides hardware and software which can be used to access your personal or business … (more)

  • Oracle To Launch Its Own IaaS, Challenges Amazon Web Service
  • Trefis Oracle already has Fusion Applications and PaaS (Platform as a Service) which are supported on its cloud. The move will make Oracle the only … Presently Amazon provides both IaaS and SaaS (Software as a Service). The retailer has been expanding its … (more)

  • KANA Introduces Lagan Express Cloud Computing CRM Solution to Meet the …
  • U.S. Politics Today … Lagan Express, a knowledge-centric multi-channel cloud customer service solution delivered via the Software as a Service (SaaS) model to meet the constituent service needs of mid-market public sector organizations, here at the 98th Annual … (more)

  • St. John Selects Compuware – Analyst Blog
  • NASDAQ Compuware’s key objective is to provide most user-friendly, technologically advanced services to its clients in IT organizations through its improved software as a service (SaaS), professional and application services platform. Compuware operates in an … (more)

  • Spanish startup Besol wants a slice of the cloud-broker pie
  • GigaOM Now, he has a Software-as-a-Service platform for letting users configure, deploy, manage and monitor cloud resources across nine different clouds including Amazon Web Services, Rackspace, GoGrid, Joyent and IBM. All told, Tapp covers about 90 percent … (more)

  • VMware vCloud 5.1 Networking for dummies part 3 Gabes Virtual World
  • How to publish a website and RDP from a vCloud vApp Network to the outside external network. (more)

  • An ugly duckling no more Why PlatformasaService is poised for huge …
  • The cloud features four main layers according to Gartner InfrastructureasaService PlatformasaService SoftwareasaService and Business ProcessasaServiceIaaS … (more)

  • VMware vCloud 5.1 Networking for dummies Part 3
  • DABCC.com I hope you enjoyed part 1 and part 2 of my VMware vCloud networking series. At least I learned a lot from writing these posts and I have now much more confidence in being able to deploy a vCloud environment. In this part I’m going to explain how to … (more)

  • Citrix takes the battle to VMware with launch of XenServer 6.1
  • InfoWorld (blog) XenServer 6.1 is an enhanced version of the Citrix server virtualization platform that moves further up the stack by offering tighter integration with the Apache CloudStack and Citrix CloudPlatform. New cloud-related capabilities will help users easily … (more)

  • OpenWorld: Oracle’s Twist on Cloud Services
  • PC Magazine In Ellison’s telling, Software as a Service (Saas) started with NetSuite, which he funded, starting back in 1998. This gave rise to Platform as a Service (PaaS) services and then in 2006, Amazon started its Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), which birthed … (more)

  • NetSuite an ‘accident of architecture’, says CEO Zach Nelson
  • The Australian NetSuite began its life as a cloud software provider way back in 1998 at a time PC based solutions were flourishing, the word “cloud” had nothing to do with computing, and the concept software-as-a-service non-existent. Mr Nelson is in Australia this … (more)

  • Virtual Network Overlay Technology Developer vCider Acquired by Cisco
  • for … Greatresponder.com Greatresponder.com on Oct. 08, 2012: For strengthening the ongoing efforts of Cisco Systems towards OpenStack cloud hosting environment, it acquired virtual network overlay technology developer vCider Company. This was announced by the management … (more)

  • Citrix Forums : CloudStack 3.0.5 and XenServer 6.1 … – the Citrix
  • Community My best knowledge is that XS 6.1 is not supported by any version of CloudStack yet, simply it looks like this KB is wrong. Let me follow up internally on this KB … (more)

  • CloudSand Project – CloudStack OS Templates Repo
  • I’ve launched a CloudSand Project to aid emerging cloudstack community with OS Templates. The plan is to create a site www.cloudsand.com and continuously … (more)

  • AWS Developer Forums: AWS Cloud Stack Formation …
  • Hi I have subscribed to the AWS Flash Serivce.. Am trying to stream a video through Cloudfront and while creating the stack, am not able to set the parameters … (more)