Citrix CloudStack 3 Brings the Power of Amazon-Style Clouds to Customers of All Sizes

Today at Cloud Connect 2012, Citrix announced the general availability of Citrix CloudStack™ 3, the first release of the market leading open source cloud platform under the Citrix brand. CloudStack is already the world’s most successful platform for public clouds, powering over $1B in revenue for more than 85 large scale production clouds, including some… Continue reading Citrix CloudStack 3 Brings the Power of Amazon-Style Clouds to Customers of All Sizes

Red Hat Introduces Virtual Storage Appliance for Amazon Web Services

Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, today announced the availability of the Red Hat Virtual Storage Appliance for Amazon Web Services (AWS) that is built on the former Gluster technology that the company acquired in October 2011. As the leading enterprise-ready scale-out NAS offering for the public cloud… Continue reading Red Hat Introduces Virtual Storage Appliance for Amazon Web Services

Personal Cloud Desktop on Amazon Kindle Fire with AlwaysOnPC App Launch

Xform Computing, Inc. announces its AlwaysOnPC mobile app for Android is available in the Amazon Apps Store, with editions for Kindle Fire and other Android Tablets. Xform Computing’s AlwaysOnPC App has raised the bar for Cloud-powered mobile apps, and is well aligned with Amazon’s Cloud Computing strategy. Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablet already includes the Silk… Continue reading Personal Cloud Desktop on Amazon Kindle Fire with AlwaysOnPC App Launch

Amazon Announces AWS Storage Gateway to Connect Enterprise Data with the Cloud

Amazon Web Services LLC (AWS), an Amazon.com company (NASDAQ:AMZN), today announced the AWS Storage Gateway, a service that provides enterprises with a new option to securely upload data to the AWS cloud for scalable, reliable, cost-effective storage. The AWS Storage Gateway connects an on-premises software appliance with cloud-based storage for seamless integration between on-premises IT… Continue reading Amazon Announces AWS Storage Gateway to Connect Enterprise Data with the Cloud

Amazon Web Services and Equinix Bring AWS Direct Connect to Asia-Pacific

Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), a provider of global data center services, today announced the availability of Amazon Web Services (AWS) Direct Connect in Equinix International Business Exchange™ (IBX®) data centers in Tokyo and Singapore. The expansion to Asia-Pacific addresses growing customer demand for a direct connection into the AWS cloud. With AWS Direct Connect, customers… Continue reading Amazon Web Services and Equinix Bring AWS Direct Connect to Asia-Pacific

Survey of Library Use of Cloud Computing

This report examines closely how academic, public and special libraries are using cloud computing services. It looks at use of specific services from Amazon, Google, Rackspace, DuraCloud, DropBox and many others, as well as more general questions regarding the use of cloud services, such as security issues, overall cost, impact on IT staff, data reliability… Continue reading Survey of Library Use of Cloud Computing

First Scale-Out NAS Virtual Appliances for VMware and AWS

New appliances allow users to deploy scale-out storage in virtual and cloud environments as easily as deploying virtual servers Gluster, a leading provider of scale-out, open source storage solutions, today announced Gluster Virtual Storage Appliances specifically designed for virtual machine (VM) and cloud environments. The new appliances give enterprises the ability to treat physical storage… Continue reading First Scale-Out NAS Virtual Appliances for VMware and AWS