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

Building the Enterprise Cloud with Openstack, Docker, Kubernetes, and CoreOS

Openstack, Docker, Kubernetes, and CoreOS can provide a foundation for infrastructure provisioning and application deployment in the enterprise. Openstack as a private cloud IaaS solution, is successfully driving infrastructure automation, and maximizing the utilization of compute, network and storage systems. Enterprises are also starting to use containers to manage their application lifecycle. Containers make applications… Continue reading Building the Enterprise Cloud with Openstack, Docker, Kubernetes, and CoreOS

Public or Private Cloud, Amazon Web Services or OpenStack

Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides an easy on-ramp, simple swipe a credit card and you can start building clouds and cloud applications. OpenStack appears more complex: download, install, configure, manage, upgrade. So which do you use and when? In this session you will learn: What’s the difference between public, private, managed and hybrid clouds? Do… Continue reading Public or Private Cloud, Amazon Web Services or OpenStack

Private Cloud POC with RHEL OpenStack Platform on FlexPod

Private Cloud POC with RHEL OpenStack Platform on FlexPod Intended audience: OpenStack Summit attendees from organizations interested in developing and deploying OpenStack based solutions internally but lacking the experience, expertise and the infrastructure to get started. Private Cloud POC with RHEL OpenStack Platform on FlexPod Intended audience: OpenStack Summit attendees from organizations interested in developing… Continue reading Private Cloud POC with RHEL OpenStack Platform on FlexPod

OpenStack A-Z: Planning, building , supporting, operating and expanding your Private Cloud

At Comcast, we thrive on well-designed architecture and engineering solutions. In this panel discussion, we will talk about how to plan, build, support, operate and expand a private cloud within your organization. We will discuss what has worked for us at Comcast and what obstacles and challenges we face. We will talk about the planning… Continue reading OpenStack A-Z: Planning, building , supporting, operating and expanding your Private Cloud

The Road to rolling upgrade of Intel IT private cloud

We started our production from OpenStack Havana while it’s time for Kilo. There will be a new OpenStack release with lots of bugfix and new features every 6 months. It’s really a challenge for Enterprise IT to define its upgrade strategy and perform a successful upgrade. In this session, we will introduce our upgrade strategy… Continue reading The Road to rolling upgrade of Intel IT private cloud

Lenovo Simplifies IT Infrastructure Deployments With EMC VSPEX

EMC VSPEX

Lenovo (SEHK:0992) (Pink Sheets:LNVGY) today announced that Lenovo’s Flex System can now be used to power EMC® VSPEX™ reference architectures for private cloud and virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI). These two EMC-validated solutions – EMC VSPEX by Flex System for Private Cloud and EMC VSPEX by Flex System for VDI – are solutions that address enterprise… Continue reading Lenovo Simplifies IT Infrastructure Deployments With EMC VSPEX

Infoblox Introduces Scalable Network Control for Private Cloud Deployments

Infoblox Network Automation

Infoblox Inc. (NYSE:BLOX), the network control company, today introduced Infoblox Cloud Network Automation, bringing scalable network control to the next generation of private cloud deployments. Enterprises are increasingly turning to private clouds in search of cost savings and greater agility than are possible with traditional client-server architectures and public cloud services. IT departments generally go… Continue reading Infoblox Introduces Scalable Network Control for Private Cloud Deployments