What you Must know about the Storage Services Needed for an Infrastructure-as-a-Service Cloud

Storage is one of the three key resources in any cloud. However there are considerations – do you need persistent storage? Is Block storage the right choice? How about Object storage? In this final of four episodes on enabling an Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) cloud services, Robert Starmer, CTO of Kumulus Technologies, …

What you Must know about Network Service Needed for an Infrastructure-as-a-Service Cloud

The Network Service is one of the three key resources in any cloud. Exactly how to approach compute has been rapidly evolving in recent years. The Virtual Machine is no longer “The” answer. Bare metal is increasingly important, especially in compute-intensive environments used for Big Data analytics. In the world …

What you Must know about Compute Services Needed for an Infrastructure-as-a-Service Cloud

The Compute Service is one of the three key resources in any cloud. Exactly how to approach compute has been rapidly evolving in recent years. The Virtual Machine is no longer “The” answer. Bare metal is increasingly important, especially in compute-intensive environments used for Big Data analytics. In the world …

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Video: The Cloud Value Proposition: Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) for Enterprise Users

Enterprise applications cannot be ported to a Cloud environment with out spending time and money on the transition- a lot of time and money. End of story? Underneath much of the datacenter functionality provided by ‘cloud’ is infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) or the ability to create and delete, rapidly and on-demand- virtual …