open source

Red Hat announces PaaS strategy and roadmap
Open source solutions provider Red Hat announced its platform-as-a-service strategy OpenShift, an open cloud application platform that is said to provide a consistent environment for both public cloud and on-premise data center usage.
by: Asia Cloud Forum editors 10-May-2012

Rackspace predicts: More biz to distribute apps on cloud by 2014

Last year, Rackspace and NASA-founded brainchild OpenStack project grew to involve over 115 user groups. In November, it released the Rackspace Cloud: Private Edition to aid OpenStack deployment. Read on to find out Rackspace's three key lessons learnt and the predictions for 2012.
by: Carol Ko 13-Jan-2012

Dell predicts: "Openness" to turn legacy data center into cloud

In 2011, Dell committed a US$1 billion investment in solutions and services including cloud computing, and set up Dell Solution Centers worldwide. Read on to find out Dell's cloud deployment for CITIC Telecom CPC, the latest developments about open cloud, and three cloud trends to watch for.
by: Carol Ko 11-Jan-2012

SK Telecom reviews: Public cloud yet to become cash cow

Following the opening of a new cloud data center in Seoul for public cloud services delivery last January, SK Telecom's CIO Han Nam-Seuk says the public cloud market is yet to mature to become "a cash cow" for the company. Read on to find out the their key cloud deployments last year.
by: Carol Ko 04-Jan-2012

IBM reviews: Cloud generates growth, extends business reach

Under the "IBM SmartCloud" portfolio, Big Blue has invested in over US$3 billion in 10 key cloud acquisitions since 2003 and forecasts US$7 billion in cloud revenue by 2015. Read on to learn about IBM's key cloud deployments in China, India, Vietnam, South Korea and Australia in 2011.
by: Carol Ko 29-Dec-2011

NTT Com reviews: Catch up with mobility, big data trends

As a result of the US$1.41 billion R&D investment NTT Corporation makes each year, NTT Com Asia in 2011 launched in hybrid hosting infrastructure service, which combines traditional dedicated hosting with public and private cloud solutions, including global Tier 1 IP connectivity.
by: Carol Ko 28-Dec-2011
Red Hat to acquire Gluster for open source storage
Gluster's speciality is simplifying storage using open source software and commodity hardware. Its GlusterFS is a software-only, scale-out storage system. It allows enterprises to combine large numbers of commodity storage and compute resources into a high-performance, centrally-managed and globally-accessible storage pool.
by: Asia Cloud Forum staff 02-Nov-2011
Open Cloud Initiative forms to drive open cloud standards
A not-for-profit organization was launched recently to define "Open Cloud" by way of community consensus and advocates for universal adoption of open standard formats and interfaces.
by: Asia Cloud Forum staff 30-Jul-2011
Citrix acquires Cloud.com to offer public cloud deployments
Citrix plans to continue to market the newly acquired Cloud.com's CloudStack IaaS software to create large scale public cloud deployments for internal enterprise use, or as a basis of cloud computing services.
by: Joab Jackson, IDG News Service (New York Bureau) 13-Jul-2011

Open cloud frees vendor lock-in, levels playing field

An open cloud provides the interoperability that frees companies from being locked in to a single cloud vendor. This allows companies to select the vendor whose SLA matches most with their requirements.
by: Carol Ko 30-Jun-2011