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CloudStack is open source software for creating, deploying and managing infrastructure cloud services. It started out as a proprietary project at a company called Cloud.com. Kangaroot visited them in April 2011, just before they were acquired by Citrix. Citrix then released it as a 100% open source project in 2012, when it became an Apache project. CloudStack 4 was released in November 2012. Citrix also releases an officially supported product based on CloudStack, called CloudPlatform.
It's a fully featured solution designed to manage a cloud through an easy-to-use web interface, command line tools and/or a RESTful API. CloudStack is also compatible with Amazon's EC2 and S3, for those who wish to deploy hybrid clouds. While there are several cloud management solutions, CloudStack is basically the only one that is ready for production as well as based on open standards.
Posted on 07.03.2013 - 15:47
In a short interview, Jim Whitehurst, CEO of Red Hat, talks about the changing role of the CIO. Real innovation happens with big data and cloud APIs based on open source. At the same time, the expectations of the CIO and the IT department are defined by big companies such as Apple, Google and Facebook, while the CIO has to migrate from expensive legacy infrastructure systems.
Posted on 02.11.2012 - 14:13
For the first time since its re-start as a separate company, SUSE organized their own conference last week in Orlando, USA. Since we are a long standing SUSE partner and the most active one on the Belgian market, we could not afford to miss this. And it must be said: 500 attendees for a first edition is not bad at all.
During the keynotes and our talks with SUSE management, one thing became very clear: SUSE is back, happy to be on its own feet again and ready to build great products and grow. That growth was 18% in the past twelve months and is accelerating.
Posted on 08.10.2012 - 16:03
Zimbra started out as an open source project back in 2006, focusing on improving email collaboration. Zimbra is the collaboration and communication engine behind 85 million commercial mailboxes across 250 000 organisations worldwide, which makes it the number three email application behind Exchange and Gmail. Since 13 September 2013, Zimbra 8 is available to the public. Based on feedback from customers, VMware has invested lots of effort into unified communications, cloud integration and easier mobile user experience. We upgraded to Zimbra 8, read on for our opinion. Or ask us to show you a demo through a web conference.
Posted on 25.03.2013 - 11:53