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Cloud management and monitoring

  • sharding

    Sharding is a type of database partitioning that is used to separate very large databases the into smaller, faster, more easily managed pieces called data shards. 

  • cloud computing

    A cloud service has three distinct characteristics that differentiate it from traditional hosting. It is sold on demand, typically by the minute or the hour; it is elastic -- a user can have as much or as little of a service as they want at any given... 

  • ScaleXtreme CEO discusses systems management for the cloud

    Existing systems management software from CA, BMC, IBM, HP and others have their fair share of problems, namely that they are unable to manage both private and public cloud-based servers. 

  • Microsoft unveils new cloud project

    Microsoft unveiled Project Concero, a new cloud-based System Center feature, at its Management Summit 2011. 

  • Abiquo, Nasuni get cash; Eucalyptus gets nada

    Abiquo, Nasuni get funding while RightScale VP of marketing Betsy Zikakis jumps ship to Soasta. CloudKick gets snapped up by Rackspace, and Eucalyptus has few paying customers. 

  • Cloud computing management overview

    Learn about the essentials of cloud computing management in this podcast with Andi Mann, vice president of research with Enterprise Management Associates. 

  • Cloud management pricing and licensing

    Learn about the pricing details and licensing structures associated with cloud management tools in part two of our podcast with Andi Mann, vice president of research with Enterprise Management Associates. 

  • Liquid Web opens 'cloud'-enabling data center

    A Web hoster will run Storm, it own cloud computing platform. at its new data center in Michigan. Storm will compete with Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud and other offerings. 

About Cloud management and monitoring

To ensure adequate service levels and to avoid being overcharged for cloud services, there are tools to monitor and manage cloud usage. Get the latest news and technical advice on cloud management and monitoring. This topic also covers Hyperic, bandwidth monitoring, service-level agreement (SLA) management, GigaSpaces Cloud Desktop, Amazon S3 Firefox Organizer, FireFox ElasticFox, managed hosting providers and Ganglia.