[Panel] All Together Now: OSS Cross-Collaboration For a Network-Enabled Cloud

Several key open source projects have emerged in the virtualization space in the past few years — OpenDaylight, OpenStack, Open vSwitch, OPNFV — and the communities have been working together to integrate their respective pieces. Panelists represent each of these projects and discuss how they collaborate to enable a network-based cloud. Colin Dixon, OpenDaylight; David… Continue reading [Panel] All Together Now: OSS Cross-Collaboration For a Network-Enabled Cloud

Fedora 17 Provides Potent Virtualization, Cloud Features

The Fedora Project, a Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT) sponsored and community-supported open source collaboration, today announced the availability of Fedora 17, the latest version of its free open source operating system distribution. The Fedora operating system is free of cost to download and includes free and open source software for users to enjoy and… Continue reading Fedora 17 Provides Potent Virtualization, Cloud Features

Live@edu Provides LA Comm College with Cloud Communication Tools

Microsoft Corp. today announced that Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) is rolling out Microsoft Live@edu to provide anytime, anywhere* communication services to its students, faculty and alumni. Live@edu will allow LACCD to provide everyone on campus with easy-to-use cloud communication and collaboration tools while saving administrative and IT staff time. After evaluating both Live@edu… Continue reading Live@edu Provides LA Comm College with Cloud Communication Tools

Lack of Communication and Cross-Domain Tools Impede Collaboration Needed for VM Deployments

Research Analyst firm Enterprise Management Associates® (EMA™) and Infoblox Inc. today announced results of a recent survey assessing the impact of cross-team collaboration on virtual machine (VM) deployments. The survey results reveal that VM deployments require significant involvement across multiple IT departments, not just the server virtualization team, including datacenter/systems administration (physical infrastructure), networking operations,… Continue reading Lack of Communication and Cross-Domain Tools Impede Collaboration Needed for VM Deployments