Cloud Expo Silicon Valley Event Recap
November 18, 2010 | 3:03 pm
The 7th annual International Cloud Computing Conference and Expo was held on November 1-4, 2010 at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. The Cloud Computing Expo is regarded as the world’s top Cloud computing conference and featured more than 5,000 delegates and over 100 sponsors and exhibitors.
Abiquo CEO Pete Malcolm delivered two keynotes on breakthrough cloud management technology innovations (Business Policy and Virtual Enterprise) at the Cloud Expo Silicon Valley 2010. The event attendees saw the first public demonstration of Abiquo at Booth 200 on the show floor. This fourth major version of the Abiquo solution, announced on November 1, provides industry leading Business Policy support that enables IT Cloud Administrators to set, edit and manage utilization, compliance, security, energy and cost savings-related business policies from a single, centralized policy editor to automatically ensure cloud governance.
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Cloud Management Guide Features Abiquo
November 18, 2010 | 2:56 pm
Vertical Strategy published a New Cloud Management Guide by Carlos Escapa, Managing Director of Qumotech and former Director, VMware. The guide is a MUST ready for anyone interested in the cloud management landscape.
Excerpt
“As organizations push more data into the Cloud, managing these new infrastructures is becoming the major challenge for IT. This guide provides the latest information on the Cloud computing management market and tips on how to compare the key Cloud management vendors and their offerings.”
Purpose of this Cloud Management White Paper:
The purpose of this paper is to describe what cloud management is, how it came into existence, what problems it solves and why it is needed. In addition, this paper describes the top cloud management software providers and provides a detailed comparison between them.
Target Audience for this Cloud Management Paper:
This paper is ideal for anyone who is planning to implement or has implemented a private or hybrid cloud including IT leaders within Enterprises as well as Service Providers. This paper provides a clear description of the state of the cloud management market and provides an in-depth comparison of the top cloud management solutions available today.
Key Topics in this Cloud Management Guide:
- Executive Summary
- First Came Virtualization
- Enter Cloud Computing and Cloud Management
- Cloud Management Software Benefits
- Cloud Management in Context with Other Cloud Computing Enabling Technologies
- Description and Comparison of Top Cloud Management Software Providers
- Recommendations and Conclusion
About the Author of this Cloud Management White Paper:
Carlos Escapa is Managing Director of Qumotech, a strategic IT consultancy in the areas of virtualization and Cloud computing. Prior to Qumotech, Carlos Escapa was Senior Regional Director, Southern Europe at VMware, where he managed VMware’s field operations in France, Portugal, Spain, Italy and Greece and grew the business to include 4500 customers and 300 certified channel partners including IBM, HP, Dell and Accenture. Before joining VMware, Escapa held several senior positions at CA Technologies, Sterling Software, Wall Data and VM Software. Escapa holds degrees in Computer Science from Virginia Tech and Illinois State University.
To download the white paper for free, go to http://www.virtual-strategy.com/white-papers/
Abiquo and Forrester Consulting Find Smarter, Business Policy-Driven Automation is Needed to Fuel Cloud Computing Evolution
November 2, 2010 | 5:57 am
Market profile conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Abiquo, entitled Smarter Automation Fuels Cloud Computing Evolution is now available. This groundbreaking profile of U.S. and UK cloud adopters reiterates the idea that automation is a key enabler of cloud computing and that a lack of smart, business policy-driven automation may inhibit success with cloud computing. Although 93% of organizations surveyed were interested in one or more types of automation, 65% had no automation for their private clouds and 28% had only basic automation. Only 7% could seamlessly move workloads using automation.
“As enterprises build private clouds, the need for smarter, more business-oriented automation is becoming clear,” concluded the Forrester Consulting study. “Our profile revealed varying degrees of automation maturity, which threaten to inhibit many from attaining the desired outcomes of business flexibility and low operational cost. Those with limited automation must evolve beyond their automated provisioning and migration to attain true cloud computing. Their developmental and operational processes must be strong and additional automation technologies that analyze behaviors and also business and regulatory policies will be necessary in order to adapt when deviations are detected.”
Summary of Key Findings
- Preference for private clouds (45%) followed by hybrid clouds (21%)
- 93% interested in some form of cloud automation
- 65% have no automation for their private clouds
- 28% have basic automation (automated provisioning of VMs) for their private clouds
- 40% interested in smarter, business-driven automation (policy engines and the decision triggers of automation)
- Only 7% have advanced automation including the ability to seamlessly move workloads using smart automation
For more information about Abiquo’s Business Policy and smart automation keynote and other sessions at Cloud Expo Silicon Valley 2010, visit http://Cloudcomputingexpo.com/event/schedule. To see live demonstrations of Business Policy and smart automation, visit the Abiquo booth (#200).
