Orchestration across multiple cloud platforms using HEAT

Heat allows the user to set up HOT templates that describe the dependencies and the flow of the infrastructure resources that should be deployed to meet specific use case requirements. The Heat engine understands the order it needs to orchestrate the execution of the flow defined in the template. Apart from Orchestrating the template execution… Continue reading Orchestration across multiple cloud platforms using HEAT

Telco NFV Management in a Distributed, Heterogeneous Cloud Infrastructure

Ericsson Cloud Manager (ECM) functions as NFV Orchestrator and VNF life cycle manager . It enables uniform handling of VNF/Virtualized Application orchestration in a heterogeneous cloud environment consisting of different virtualization management systems such as OpenStack, VMware vCenter or Microsoft Azure. To achieve such uniformity it uses catalog driven workflow orchestration and a flexible adaptation… Continue reading Telco NFV Management in a Distributed, Heterogeneous Cloud Infrastructure

Ahead of the NFV Curve through truly scale-out Network Function Cloudification

Promising to increase service agility and scalability, NFV is developing at an unprecedented pace. Virtualized network function vendors are scrambling to move their software from running on special purpose appliances to running on virtual machines. But by simply porting the code, the VNFs still can’t take full advantages of the cloud infrastructure to achieve scale-out… Continue reading Ahead of the NFV Curve through truly scale-out Network Function Cloudification

Platform as a Service (Kubernetes/Mesos + Openstack)

Openstack provides a really good and robust infrastructure as a service however doing Platform as a Service is the next challenge on the cloud architecture. Apache Mesos is a highly available resource management software for datacenters which can run on top of any cloud, physical server or container. Google Kubernetes is a cluster containter management… Continue reading Platform as a Service (Kubernetes/Mesos + Openstack)

VMware Announces General Availability of VMware vCloud Government Service

Enterprise-Class Hybrid Cloud Service for U.S. Public Sector

VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW), the global leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure, today announced that VMware vCloud® Government Service™ provided by Carpathia has achieved the Provisional Authority to Operate (ATO) through the U.S. Government’s Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP). FedRAMP ATO is mandatory for any cloud service provider serving the Federal government, and… Continue reading VMware Announces General Availability of VMware vCloud Government Service

6fusion Releases API for IT Infrastructure Consumption Standard

6fusion, the company standardizing the economic measurement of IT infrastructure and cloud services, today announced the release of its first public Application Programing Interface (API). The new API enables seamless integration with the 6fusion UC6 Platform creating new product and service opportunities for ecosystem partners based on the Workload Allocation Cube (WAC), the patented unit… Continue reading 6fusion Releases API for IT Infrastructure Consumption Standard

SimpliVity’s Hyperconverged Infrastructure to Support VMware vSphere 6

SimpliVity announced today at the VMware Partner Exchange (PEX) conference in San Francisco that its hyperconverged infrastructure will support VMware vSphere 6. The company also announced coming support for the Intel Haswell processor, bringing enhanced performance to its OmniCube hyperconverged infrastructure system, and adding the SimpliVity OmniStack Integrated Solution with Cisco UCS C240 M4 Rack… Continue reading SimpliVity’s Hyperconverged Infrastructure to Support VMware vSphere 6

KHD Simplifies Data Center Management with SimpliVity’s Hyperconverged Infrastructure

SimpliVity, a leader in hyperconverged infrastructure for the software-defined data center, announced today that KHD Humboldt Wedag International AG, a global leader in cement plant technology, equipment and services, has selected SimpliVity’s OmniCube Data Virtualization Platform to streamline the management of its global data centers. SimpliVity’s hyperconverged infrastructure allows KHD to keep its IT resources… Continue reading KHD Simplifies Data Center Management with SimpliVity’s Hyperconverged Infrastructure