New Veeam Availability Console Now Available

Veeam Software, the Availability for the Always-On Enterprise™ innovator, today announced the immediate availability of the NEW Veeam Availability Console™, a free management console for service providers delivering Veeam-powered services, such as Backup as a Service (BaaS) and Disaster Recovery as a service (DRaaS), to more efficiently manage, track and invoice for these services. In… Continue reading New Veeam Availability Console Now Available

Microsoft announces Azure Databricks powered by Apache Spark, new AI, IoT and machine learning tools

Wednesday at Connect(); 2017, Microsoft Corp.’s annual event for professional developers, Executive Vice President Scott Guthrie announced new Microsoft data platform technologies and cross-platform developer tools. Guthrie outlined the company’s vision and shared what’s next for developers across a broad range of Microsoft and open source technologies, and how Microsoft is helping them get more… Continue reading Microsoft announces Azure Databricks powered by Apache Spark, new AI, IoT and machine learning tools

New Cassandra API for Azure Cosmos DB

An introduction to the new Cassandra API for Azure Cosmos DB from Principal Engineering Manager for Azure Cosmos DB, Kirill Gavrylyuk. This new API allows you to move your existing Cassandra applications to Azure Cosmos DB without modifying a single line of code. Watch and learn how you can take advantage of this fully managed… Continue reading New Cassandra API for Azure Cosmos DB

OpenStack: Transitioning from Legacy Ceilometer to Gnocchi

OpenStack Sydney: Ceilometer is a service for collecting usage metrics and event data in an OpenStack cloud and has recently gone through significant changes to enhance its scalability. In the past Ceilometer served as an API, data store, alerting agent and more. Ceilometer has spawned entirely new projects for handling the metrics storage (Gnocchi) and another… Continue reading OpenStack: Transitioning from Legacy Ceilometer to Gnocchi

OpenStack: Container-as-a-Service using Kubernetes and VMware Integrated OpenStack

OpenStack Sydney: The new VMware Integrated OpenStack includes a Kubernetes-as-a-Service solution that seamlessly integrates with the VMware SDDC, including NSX vSphere and NSX-T. In this session we will cover how to configure and consume this new solution and the specific integration points included in the architecture. Learns how to provision, secure and consume your containerized… Continue reading OpenStack: Container-as-a-Service using Kubernetes and VMware Integrated OpenStack

OpenStack: Glance Image Import is here … now its time to start using it!

OpenStack Sydney: The long-awaited Image Import Refactor has been delivered in Pike, and there has been much rejoicing! The delivery is a Minimal Viable Product that enables development for a lot of popular use cases, and sets the stage for more to come in Queens. We want to tell you what’s currently available to you,… Continue reading OpenStack: Glance Image Import is here … now its time to start using it!

OpenStack: IAG, OpenStack and the Launch of Open Source Data Pipeline-

OpenStack Sydney: Insurance Australia Group (IAG) has sold insurance for 160+ years, so it has earned the title “legacy company” in the sense of heritage and longevity. But don’t make the mistake of applying that description to its IT approach, because IAG’s data team (a Superuser Awards nominee) has transformed IAG into a rapid-prototype, rapid… Continue reading OpenStack: IAG, OpenStack and the Launch of Open Source Data Pipeline-