Datacenter Services choose Apache CloudStack to deliver enterprise grade public IaaS cloud
Datacenter Services choose Apache CloudStack for seamless IaaS deployment. ShapeBlue’s expertise ensures a smooth transition to open-source technology, delivering security, scalability, and 100% uptime.
CloudStack and the new XenServer licensing model
Citrix have announced that as of XenServer 7.3, the free version (including the ‘opensource’ version packaged by Citrix) will no longer have feature parity with the paid-for Standard version. Of the features which are restricted in the free version, a maximum pool size of 3 hosts and the removal of Xen Storage Motion are going to make the use of free XenServer to run production clouds pretty much untenable.
Taxi for Citrix, now time for CloudStack to shine
Today, Citrix announced that it was selling off two product lines: Citrix CloudPlatform and Citrix CloudPortal. For once, many Cloud commentators are right: this absolutely IS Citrix picking up its ball and going home. They’ve thrown this business line over the fence to Accelerite from Persistent Systems. However the sale tells us more about Citrix […]
CloudStack and OpenStack – Chalk and Cheese?
At lot of advertising and commentators often say; that when comparing the open source cloud orchestration platforms CloudStack and OpenStack that they’re like chalk and cheese, but have you ever tried writing on a blackboard with cheese? CloudStack or OpenStack -Which one should you pick To give my view on the difference I’m going to […]
Using CloudStack? – then give the project your feedback
The CloudStack community recently launched a CloudStack user adoption survey. As many of you will know, CloudStack is great, production grade, software in widespread use in both service providers and enterprises. However, one thing we haven’t done well to date is communicating this to the outside world. CloudStack is “the best kept secret in the […]
Are these people really all using CloudStack?
Apache CloudStack is a powerful, widely adopted open-source IaaS platform, yet its market awareness and perception remain underestimated. Here’s a list of significant organisations using CloudStack, showcasing its robust adoption and capabilities.
CloudStack becomes a Top-Level Apache Project – why all the fuss ?
Giles Sirett, CEO of ShapeBlue the Cloud specialists, gives his opinion on the recent news that Apache CloudStack has graduated to a Top level Apache project. You can read the full the full story, here, but in summary, the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) today released this : The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), the all-volunteer developers, […]
Apache CloudStack 4.0 – a first review
Giles Sirett, Managing Consultant of ShapeBlue, the cloud specialists, takes a first look at Apache CloudStack 4.0. The Apache software foundation yesterday announced their first release of the CloudStack Cloud Management platform. This is the first release from the Apache community since Citrix’s donation of the technology to them in April of this year. The […]
