The software-defined datacentre represents the current phase in the evolution of IT delivery to the business. It is an approach largely driven by virtualisation and the rise of VMware -- and to a ...

While hyperscalers and HPC centers like the bleeding edge – their very existence commands that they be on it – enterprises are a more conservative lot. No IT supplier ever went broke counting on ...

The problem with both the open source OpenStack cloud controller and its analog in the VMware world, formerly known as vCloud and now known as vRealize, is that neither of these tools have the look ...

One year ago VMware announced VMware Integrated OpenStack (VIO), designed to use OpenStack to bolster VMware — and vice versa. Now VIO 2.0 has arrived, with the same mission: It lets users with VMware ...

What’s best: managed bare metal, VMs via OpenStack, or containers? Piston’s answer: Why not all three? Piston, known for its OpenStack solution, is rolling out a new version of its CloudOS product ...

This paper explores migrating to an open source cloud computing platform – OpenStack – and comparing it with vRealize – the proprietary virtualisation platform from VMware. Moreover, this paper ...

OpenStack is getting bigger than ever. It now powers more than 75 public cloud data centers and thousands of private clouds at a scale of more than 10 million compute cores. But it's always been hard ...