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The unbelievable benefits of the USG CIO’s bottomless bucket of bandwidth

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Our private cloud configuration allows our CIOs the luxury of not focusing on bandwidth because it always works. We’ve been able to layer value-added services on top of it — more traditional services like bandwidth as a service, software as a service, backup as a service, and virtual data centers as a service. Our institutions now can focus on students and the value they add to our schools, not on IT as a standalone commodity.

via The unbelievable benefits of the USG CIO’s bottomless bucket of bandwidth | The Enterprisers Project.

Cloud infrastructure pricing is absurd

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The top key finding of the 451 Research report: “Cloud computing once promised simple, usage-based charging for resources, similar to other utilities such as electricity; unfortunately, the current reality is far from this ideal.”

The vendors further muddy the water by not being out front about their pricing; 451 Research found that only 64 percent of providers publish their pricing online.

via Confirmed: Cloud infrastructure pricing is absurd | ITworld.

Open Source IaaS Software offering a real alternative to commercial clouds

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With commercial cloud systems, there is no investment in hardware required. This enables start-up businesses to easily test out a new business idea. Whilst commercial cloud services are popular, they charge for CPU usage by the hour, storage, and bandwidth consumed. In a large organization, where many users need to be served, it may be cheaper to purchase hardware to create a private cloud. This article showcases the finest open source projects that provide a key alternative for those who wish to avoid using a commercially provided cloud.

via Open Source IaaS Software offering a real alternative to commercial clouds – Linux Links – The Linux Portal Site.

VMware targets rival “bookseller” Amazon with its own public cloud

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The public cloud confirmed today by VMware marks the first time the company will become an IaaS provider itself, analysts said. Unlike platform-as-a-service, which puts the focus on providing simplified tools to application developers, IaaS clouds let customers (or require them to) manage the underlying infrastructure such as the operating system and virtualization tools.

via VMware targets rival “bookseller” Amazon with its own public cloud | Ars Technica.

APAC’s Telcos Take SDN for a Spin

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NTT Com says its infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) offering, called Enterprise Cloud, launched in June, utilized the OpenFlow SDN protocol that enables remote controllers to modify the behaviour of network devices and was the world’s first to use network virtualization technology.

Developed using OpenFlow-enabled devices from NEC Corp., it enables users to add and control virtual appliances such as firewalls and load balancers to their networks as and when they need them, according to the operator.

via APAC’s Telcos Take SDN for a Spin – 4G/LTE – Telecom News Analysis – Light Reading Service Provider IT.

Google pledges computing without limits in Compute Engine cloud platform

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With its Google Compute Engine launched Thursday, Google is offering an IaaS (infrastructure as a service) cloud for running Linux virtual machines on the same infrastructure that powers the company itself.

via Google pledges computing without limits in Compute Engine cloud platform | Cloud Computing – InfoWorld.

From:  Where Google Computing Engine fits in

But how will customers decide whether to use Google Compute Engine, Rackspace Cloud, Windows Azure, HP Cloud, or another IaaS provider? For an informed answer to that question, InfoWorld turned to Michael Crandell, CEO and founder of RightScale, the cloud-management services company that helps customers work with everything from Amazon EC2 to Microsoft Azure.