Virtualization and so called "Private Clouds"

An interesting comment from RedHat during the acquisition of ManageIQ this week:

http://www.serverwatch.com/server-news/red-hat-linux-grows-top-deals-as-private-cloud-management-enters-batting-practice.html

"A lot of people will say they have a private cloud because they have a bunch of virtualized servers, but truly when you think about managing an application portfolio or an elastic infrastructure, that is still quite nascent," Whitehurst said.

"So that's a very large opportunity, we believe, in the future," Whitehurst continued, "but we are, again, we're in batting practice. We haven't even started the first inning."

Here is an interview that I gave to Cloudstory.in

Enterprises today are finding it extremely challenging to manage the assets running across physical, virtual, Private Cloud and Public Cloud. They are looking for tools that helps them take control of the infrastructure through a single, unified environment. There is a huge opportunity that exists in the multi-cloud management tools market. Cloud360 from Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTS) is one of the leading Cloud management platforms for enterprises.

I got a chance to interview Mr. Ramesh Panuganty, the founder and MD for Cloud360. Ramesh shares his views about the Cloud adoption in enterprises, the challenges they face and how their product addresses them.

http://cloudstory.in/2012/12/cloud-conversations-interview-with-ramesh-panuganty-md-cloud360-at-cognizant-technology-solutions/

Recorded session: Enterprise Application Operations in the Cloud Powered by Cloud360 & AWS

AWS and Cognizant invite you to learn more about Cloud360, an enterprise IT management solution that enables enterprise application migration and operations on AWS. Cloud360 provides a comprehensive portfolio of services for provisioning, deploying, monitoring, managing and securing enterprise applications running on AWS. Learn more: https://aws.amazon.com/solution-providers/si/cognizant

Possible spin off of vFabric line of products from VMware

Finally the news seems to be coming out...
 
VMware plans to turn over SpringSource, Cloud Foundry, GemStone and other non-core technologies over to a new EMC-owned subsidiary, GigaOM has learned. The move helps separate the money-making, enterprise-focused VMware business from the future CloudFoundry unit that will compete against Amazon and Microsoft Azure.

VMware is finally getting ready to spin off most of its non-core products to an EMC-run subsidiary, GigaOM has learned. If everything goes according to plan, the move will be announced next week, according to several sources familiar with the effort.

http://gigaom.com/cloud/remember-that-vmware-spin-off-its-baaa-aack/