Distributed Messaging System for OpenStack at Scale

Currently, OpenStack heavily relies on central broker for message distribution, like RabbitMQ. Theoretically it cannot scale-out very well due to restrictions of central messaging cluster. As a result, nova-cell has been proposed to improve its scalability, but other projects cannot benefit from this feature and moreover, this nova-only feature is still not production-ready. According to… Continue reading Distributed Messaging System for OpenStack at Scale

Interactive Intelligence Presents Cloud-based Communications as a Service

Interactive Intelligence, global provider of collaboration, communications and customer engagement software services, is deploying OpenStack with PLUMgrid SDN to build their cloud-based CaaS. Join Alex Smelik, Chief Architect of CaaS, for a deep dive on how they were able to accelerate onboarding of customers while streamlining workflow and operations for agility and efficiency.…Full session details… Continue reading Interactive Intelligence Presents Cloud-based Communications as a Service

Twilio Announces Expansion to Five European Countries

Twilio, the cloud communications company, has today announced the expansion into five European countries. The San Francisco based startup is launching phone numbers for Austria, Denmark, France, Ireland, and Poland for use with the Twilio Voice API which is used to make and receive telephone calls programmatically. In addition, Twilio is announcing the availability of… Continue reading Twilio Announces Expansion to Five European Countries