Building a Private Cloud with Intel Xeon processors and VMware vCloud Director
This is a good video from Intel and VMware on how to setup your own Private Cloud with Intel Xeon hardware and the VMware product stack. Long gone are the days where provisioning servers for a new project take weeks or months. Now you can automate many of the mundane tasks of deployment and offer higher levels of service to your internal 'customers.' IT as a Service is big in todays largest businesses and VMware is enabling large enterprise, small and medium businesses to offer the same service stacks to their users. Check out the video below and leave some comments on what you think about the combination of these two products.
Ubuntu 11.10 – Oneiric Ocelot – Released
Ubuntu has just announced the release of the newest version of their Linux Distribution: Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot. With this release comes a myriad of updates and bug fixes along with further development of the Unity UI. The server version aims to take hold of the Cloud with a plethora of built-in cloud tools. A brief excerpt from the official release letter is below. You can download the newest version at http://www.ubuntu.com/download/ubuntu/download
"There is nothing like a dream to create the future." - Victor Hugo
The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce Ubuntu 11.10, code-named
"Oneiric Ocelot". 11.10 continues Ubuntu's proud tradition of
integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies
into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution.For PC users, Ubuntu 11.10 supports laptops, desktops and netbooks
with a unified look and feel based on an updated version of the
desktop shell called "Unity", which introduces specialized "Lenses".
Finding and installing software using the Ubuntu Software Centre is
now easier thanks to improvements in speed, search functionality
enhancements, and usability improvements. Aside from updates
on the performance side, it's also more aesthetically appealing.Ubuntu Server 11.10 has made it much easier to provision, deploy,
host, manage, and orchestrate enterprise data centre infrastructure
services with the introduction of "Orchestra". The Juju technical
preview allows service developers to describe the deployment and
scaling requirements of their applications, in order to simplify
and enhance the dialogue between developers and operations teams.
For those working on the ARM architecture, a technical preview is
also provided for the ARM server.Read more about the new features of Ubuntu 11.10 in the following
press releases:http://www.canonical.com/
content/transforming-home-pc- ubuntu-1110
http://www.canonical.com/content/client-cloud-ubuntu- 1110-sets-pace-business-it
The end of an era: Iconic Apple founder Steve Jobs dies.
As the news spread like wildfire yesterday through the various popular social media channels, I was struck by the appropriateness that I heard the news about Steve Jobs passing on my iPhone. The iconic founder of Apple computers had been battling a long bout of pancreatic cancer that proved to be terminal. While most of us in the tech world knew Steve was sick and that he would not live forever, it seemed far too abrupt to lose a great innovator and inspirational figure such as Jobs. You can certainly read about the history of Jobs himself and Apple all over the internet today, just as you could have two days ago. The diference is the finality. While Apple will continue as a company, many are concerned that the company may not have the internal talent to innovate and push the envelope of design as well as Steve Jobs did. This is purely speculation, however, as I am sure that Apple has much talent on hand within the company. Only time will tell if the company can continue to succeed without its greatest leader. I am certainly rooting for Apple and Tim Cook because I believe that the spirit of Steve lives on in the company and that even if it takes two or three people to fill Steve's shoes, Apple will make it happen.
Steve, you were an inspiration to generations of people around the world, especially here in the US. May you find peace and strength on your next journey. I will miss you and the world will miss you as well. The world is truly better because of you. Thank you Steve.
My Twitter Stream
- Takin it back to the old days...cosmic bowling. http://t.co/KUo7CJZk 1 hour ago
- “@rackerhacker: I'm not sure what's more difficult: swimming with sharks while covered in raw beef or installing Spacewalk with Oracle."nice 5 hours ago
- haha... http://t.co/5TvhNSCD 5 hours ago
- “@Scobleizer: FAVORITE QUOTE OF THE DAY: "Any good product leads to porn," by @shl https://t.co/ZQYnNb3w” wow that's a stretch...lol 5 hours ago
- Its interesting how most of my discussions around #Private #Cloud are now centered around SCALE. Its about time. Next stop: #Hybrid Cloud. 8 hours ago