Posts Tagged ‘Open-Source Cloud’

Open-Source Cloud Hosting

Tuesday, July 20th, 2010

We all know Rackspace right?  They are one of the largest  hosting companies and a cloud computing service provider on the planet.  They are the 2nd largest cloud hosting company out there.  They are gambeling that big customers will prefer an open, free roaming cloud to one with a proprietary wrapper. On Monday, the company heralded the launch of OpenStack, an open-source take on the underlying technology behind cloud computing services.

Large organizations Dell, Intel, Advanced Micro Devices and NASA have signed on to back the OpenStack idea and think that it will change the future.  Companies like Amazon.com, Microsoft, Google, VMware and I.B.M. often hold discussions around building standards in the cloud computing arena. And  various programs are under way to make it easier to move data from one cloud service to another, so that customers feel as if they have real choice in this market.

Do you think open source cloud hosting is the answer?

My thoughts on open source cloud hosting:
It will help standardize the arena.  I don’t know if a company like Rackspace should be behind it, but I do believe that it will help. Open source software is critical to the growth of both software-as-a-service and cloud computing, and cloud-based computing in turn is making it easier for open source vendors to lower costs.

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WSO2 Stratos Now with Open-Source Cloud Products

Thursday, June 3rd, 2010

WSO2 earlier today announced the debut of WSO2 Stratos, an open-source middleware platform for cloud-based enterprise applications.

The on-demand or on-premises Stratos platform fosters building and deploying applications and services specifically for platform as a service (PaaS)-type deployments. Stratos goes beyond plain vanilla PaaS, however, by automating provisioning of enterprise servers, including the portal, enterprise service bus (ESB), and application servers. [Disclosure: WSO2 is a sponsor of BriefingsDirect podcasts.]

“At a time when IT developers can create a new application in one month, taking months to provision and deploy servers and systems no longer makes strategic or economic sense,” said Dr. Sanjiva Weerawarana, WSO2 founder and CEO. “WSO2 Stratos provides a complete middleware platform for delivering robust applications on private clouds, as well as migrating between and integrating with public clouds and on-premise systems—and there’s never cloud lock-in.”

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