Web Host BroadCloud Adds Piston Private Cloud OS to its Managed Services
BroadCloud is using Piston Cloud Computing's pentOS for its customers private cloud Managed web hosting provider BroadCloud announced on Friday that it will offer Piston Cloud Computing‘s Piston Enterprise OS as part of its managed services. This comes a day after Piston talked about its use of Ceph for block storage in its Piston Enterprise OS product. BroadCloud says its customers will be provided with a hosted data center, infrastructure management and server and network equipment
EU-Funded Open Source Project OPTIMIS to Release Service Provider Cloud Toolkit
The EU-backed OPTIMIS project will launch its cloud toolkit in June The European Union-funded open source project OPTIMIS will release its first version on June 1, 2012. European service providers can download the toolkit to help build and run applications in the cloud. According to the announcement on Monday, the software toolkit will enable service providers to build service policies and virtual machines, as well as make deployment and infrastructure decisions based on trust, risk,
StillSecure Launches Managed Security Service Suite for Public Cloud
StillSecure's managed security services are now available for public cloud Managed network security solutions provider StillSecure announced on Wednesday that its suite of managed security services can now be embedded within a public cloud infrastructure. According to the press release, StillSecure’s network security appliance, Cloud Network Security Appliance, can protect customer cloud servers at most public cloud providers. StillSecure says that prior to its launch infrastructure
Ubuntu Linux 12.04 Supports OpenStack, Adds Cloud Features
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS release will be supported until 2017 Canonical released its long term support server Ubuntu 12.04, codenamed Precise Pangolin, on Thursday. Ubuntu 12.04 is the fourth LTS release and introduces several new features over the previous release, 10.04 LTS, particularly around cloud, a report by ServerWatch says. According to the report, Ubuntu 12.04 includes the OpenStack Essex release, and since it is a LTS release and Canonical will support it for five years, it plans to
Web Hosting Company VPS.NET Launches Cloud Applications Store
Cloud hosting company VPS.NET has launched its new cloud application marketplace, which includes 100 open-source and commercial applications. Cloud hosting company VPS.NET announced on Friday it has launched its new cloud application marketplace, which includes 100 open-source and commercial applications. The cloud app store model is a great way for web hosting companies that develop their own technology to sell value-added services and products to their clientele, while further increasing
New ScaleXtreme Tools Combine Cloud Cost Monitoring with Server Launch Control
ScaleXtreme allows IT administrators to control cloud budgets based on user, or role Server and cloud management solutions provider ScaleXtreme announced on Tuesday that it has released a new set of tools for end-users to gain visibility into cloud costs. The new toolset allows IT professionals to gain insight into cloud provider costs, establish role-based budgets and prevent the launch of unauthorized cloud machines, according to the press release. This news comes a few months after
Cloud Firm Zunicore Plans GPU Hybrid Cloud Solution
April 25, 2012 -- Cloud computing provider Zunicore announced at Internet World on Wednesday that it is developing a GPU hybrid cloud solution for customers to deploy physical hardware seamlessly alongside virtual servers via secured network hardware.
ServInt Becomes First US Web Host to Offer Jelastic Java Cloud Hosting Platform
Web hosting company ServInt is officially offering Jelastic, a software stack-agnostic cloud hosting platform for Java applications. Web hosting company ServInt announced on Wednesday it is officially offering Jelastic, a software stack-agnostic cloud hosting platform for Java applications. The partnership is certainly a great opportunity for ServInt. As the exclusive provider of Jelastic cloud hosting services in the United States, and the first service provider to offer Jelastic
Fortinet Launches DDoS Protection Products for Cloud Hosts, Web Hosts
April 24, 2012 -- DDoS protection solutions provider Fortinet announced on Tuesday it has launched the FortiDDoS product family for enterprises, web hosting and cloud service providers.