VMware Extends Unified Hybrid Cloud Platform

Today at VMworld® 2015, VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW) announced new innovations for the company’s unified hybrid cloud platform. These new public cloud services and software-defined solutions will enable customers to build applications faster, improve IT security, rapidly recover from disasters and drive meaningful business value. “Digital business transformation is creating new opportunities and new risks… Continue reading VMware Extends Unified Hybrid Cloud Platform

Deploying a Hybrid Cloud with OpenStack: Dynamic Service Automation

Hybrid cloud represents the next evolution in enterprise cloud architecture and enables businesses to enjoy the best of both worlds: infrastructure resource elasticity with the flexibility of a public cloud, and the security, control and regulatory compliance of a private cloud. As ideal as hybrid cloud may sound, it still can face challenges from both… Continue reading Deploying a Hybrid Cloud with OpenStack: Dynamic Service Automation

Network Connectivity in a Hybrid OpenStack Cloud

This session will discuss considerations for setting up and using a site-to-site (network-to-network) VPN connection from your on-premise datacenter that is running OpenStack Juno to an off-premise private cloud environment, running on OpenStack Icehouse. Also we’ll describe the openstack control plane network traffic and discuss the traffic that flows across the VPN connection. We’ll also… Continue reading Network Connectivity in a Hybrid OpenStack Cloud

EMC To Acquire Virtustream

Hopkinton, MA: EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held Virtustream. When the transaction closes, Virtustream will form EMC’s new managed cloud services business. The acquisition represents a transformational element of EMC’s strategy to help customers move all applications to cloud-based IT environments. With the addition of… Continue reading EMC To Acquire Virtustream

Introducing VMware vSphere 6 – The Foundation for Hybrid Cloud

VMware, Inc. today announced VMware vSphere 6, the newest edition of the industry-defining virtualization solution for the hybrid cloud and foundation for the software-defined data center. With more than 650 new features and innovations, VMware vSphere 6 will provide customers with a highly available, resilient, on-demand cloud infrastructure to run, protect and manage any application.… Continue reading Introducing VMware vSphere 6 – The Foundation for Hybrid Cloud

Red Hat Upgrades Hybrid Cloud Management Platform, Releases Red Hat CloudForms 3.1

Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, today announced Red Hat CloudForms 3.1, the next version of its open hybrid cloud management solution, available in September 2014. Red Hat CloudForms 3.1 extends enterprise-grade cloud management across private, public and hybrid clouds with additional management features, capabilities and enhancements for… Continue reading Red Hat Upgrades Hybrid Cloud Management Platform, Releases Red Hat CloudForms 3.1

Cirba Announces Automation of Routing and Operational Control for Hybrid Cloud, Support AWS, SoftLayer

VMworld US 2014 Cirba Inc., the leading provider of software-defined infrastructure control solutions, today announced support for Amazon Web Services (AWS) and IBM’s Softlayer. These new capabilities will enable organizations to determine the best execution venue for applications whether on internal or external infrastructure, while also providing management control and visibility across all enterprise workloads.… Continue reading Cirba Announces Automation of Routing and Operational Control for Hybrid Cloud, Support AWS, SoftLayer