Cloud Computing Strategies for the CIO
Ingram Micro teams up with cloud providers
$29 billion monster tech distributor Ingram Micro (IM) has partnered
with cloud providers Salesforce.com, Amazon and Rackspace to make it
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easy for the MSPs and VARs
that piggyback on Ingram's distribution system to get
cloud to their customers. The new lineup is called the Cloud Conduit and IM says it wants a
piece of the pie as distributed, pay-as-you-go services take off.
"Cloud computing introduces a new playing field for solution providers and managed service providers. With the advent of cloud computing comes tremendous opportunity for our channel partners to add high value managed solutions and services from the cloud into their services portfolio and ultimately earn more business," said IM in a press release.
In a jolly mix-up of marketing messaging, Rackspace Cloud earned a spot in IM's Seismic Services Division, so partners can apparently sell clouds from underground or something.
Abiquo hits 1.6, to be all things to all clouds
Cloud platform software Abiquo has hit a new release that adds to its "kid in a virtual candy
store" approach to cloud computing. New features include expanded virtual networking, like multiple
NICs per virtual machine
(VM) and policy-manageable VLANs, and added support for its drag-and-drop VM converter for
XenServer. Now a user can swap a virtual image between VMware, Citrix, Xen, Hyper-V and KVM at
will, thus "ending vendor lock-in"…although you still have to buy Abiquo to do that.
Abiquo CEO Pete Malcolm stressed the advanced capabilities of Abiquo over virtualization management solutions promised but not delivered by the likes of VMware.
"We'd like people to know that what [VMware] is promising tomorrow, we can do today," he said. "We have been doing for some time."
Microsoft Office Online goes online
Microsoft has quietly opened the doors on its
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