Abiquo employs server-side technology to manage, store and handle all the information and events that the cloud nodes will create. Users (tenants) have a controlled self-service access to the libraries of virtual machine templates to deploy their virtual machines within the resource limits set by the administrators.
The Abiquo open architecture can integrate your infrastructure with other business critical services needed to develop an end to end Cloud service, such as 3rd party monitoring, billing/invoice systems, CMDBs and backup solutions via an extensive, powerful API and event stream.
Abiquo’s Cadmium UI allows cloud consumers to interact with the resource clouds through the Abiquo platform servers. The following components may each be installed on one or more appliances in a production environment or on fewer appliances in a test environment.
For more information about the Abiquo Architecture visit Abiquo’s wiki