Rodney Rogers, chairman and CEO of Virtustream shares his thoughts in TechCrunch on the state of cloud computing within the large enterprise. The post discusses cloud solutions and their adoption (or not) in the voice of a large enterprise.
Read the full article: http://techcrunch.com/2012/10/06/the-enterprise-im-not-sexy-and-i-know-it/
The cloud battle between VMware and Citrix is a metaphor for two highly trained MMA fighters stepping into the ring after a two-year training camp. In this GigaOM blog post, Virtustream CEO Rodney Rogers discusses his love for the mixed martial arts sport and how it resembles entrepreneurship in the battle for Cloud Service Provider supremacy.
Read the full article: http://gigaom.com/cloud/the-cloud-is-like-mma-vmware-citrix-in-main-event/
A focus on disruptive trends in technology. Regardless of whether cloud is or isn’t exciting for some, it’s become pervasive. In his blog, Ruv Cohen essentially sums it up: “It’s no longer a question of whether a company should deploy to the cloud, but instead how and when.”
Read the full article: http://www.forbes.com/sites/reuvencohen/2012/06/22/a-unstructured-future-for-cloud-computing/
Ruv Cohen, a self-promoted digital provocateur, describes how a new group of companies is emerging in an attempt to address the problem of real-time application performance testing. These companies are using the global supply of regional cloud providers and tapping into their almost limitless capacity to solve some of the toughest challenges in tech.
Read the full article: http://www.forbes.com/sites/reuvencohen/2012/08/17/success-through-failure-the-testing-market-heads-for-the-cloud/
Recently there has been an increased use of software companies attempting to position themselves using Linux as an analogy within a particular software vertical. In this Forbes blog post, Ruv Cohen describes how, essentially, reputable companies like VMware and Rackspace are measuring their success, contribution, involvement, and participation by claiming to be “The Linux of an industry.”
Read the full article: http://www.forbes.com/sites/reuvencohen/2012/08/16/the-battle-to-become-the-linux-of-the-cloud/
IBM has offered up a variety of cloud computing options for its customers in recent years. Simon Aspinall, chief of vertical markets, strategy, and marketing at Virtustream, speaks with E-Commerce Times reporter Richard Adhikari about how the latest option brings a security element to the mix. “AT&T and IBM have both been making efforts in cloud services, but haven’t yet established a strong marketing position,” says Aspinall.
Read the full article: http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/76358.html
Maureen O’Gara’s blog covers the story of Veyance, the exclusive manufacturer and marketer of Goodyear engineered products worldwide, who recently signed a contract with Virtustream to move its global SAP environment to Virtustream’s xStream cloud platform. Virtustream’s xStream cloud platform delivers an innovative approach to private, virtual private, and hybrid clouds.
Read the full article: http://maureenogara.sys-con.com/node/2349094
Even though social media and various forms of social networking have exploded over last several years, there seems to be a particular group of users who are greatly under-represented within this. This is beginning to change, though. Virtustream CEO Rodney Rogers elaborates on the importance and business advantages in participating in all social media outlets.
Read the full article: http://www.forbes.com/sites/reuvencohen/2012/08/23/twitter-and-the-social-entrepreneur/
Domino Sugar (part of Domino Foods, Inc.) is using Virtustream’s xStream hybrid cloud platform to integrate the critical applications that came with its acquisition of Tate & Lyle Sugars. In this Idevnews article, reporter Vance McCarthy discusses how Domino Sugar is using the xStream hybrid cloud platform to integrate critical applications to run the newly combined business.
Read the full article: http://www.idevnews.com/stories/5420/Domino-Sugar-Finds-Virtusteams-Hybrid-Cloud-a-Sweet-Solution-for-Trans-Atlantic-MA-Integration
The discussion has shifted from a question of what is or isn’t cloud computing, to one of what can be done with cloud computing. Forbes contributor, Ruv Cohen, sets to find his answers at CloudCamp, as well to define whether or not cloud computer is cheaper than other options.
Read the full article: http://www.forbes.com/sites/reuvencohen/2012/08/03/is-cloud-computing-really-cheaper/
Guest post by Pete Nicoletti, CISSP, CISA, CCSK, FCSE, CCSE
Virtustream’s Director of Security and Solutions
Virtustream has been working very closely with Intel and their partners over the last year on integrating TxT “Trusted Platform” information into our xStream 2.0 cloud orchestration software. We have been performing a number of private trials for significant prospects, and now for the first time ever we have showcased Trust information from our Public Cloud at a Live Event! At the McAfee FOCUS Tradeshow last week,Trapezoid showcased the use of their Trust Control Suite to provide visibility into the trust level of our cloud infrastructure platform. This solution allows, for the first time ever, enterprises to see the level of hardware trust across their own managed infrastructure as well as that of their cloud provider.
This solution features:
Our development group is pretty fired up that we are able to demonstrate this security functionality and look forward to pushing it out to our customers as part of our xStream 2.0 release! We are strong believers in building solutions that integrate as much as possible into existing security and compliance requirements. We think using verifiable root of trust via Intel TxT is a critical step forward for cloud providers and look forward to sharing more in the very near future.
Stay tuned for more news!
Evaluation Based on Completeness
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SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.—October 25, 2012—Virtustream, Inc., the leading enterprise class cloud solutions provider, today announced it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the “Visionaries” quadrant of the “Magic Quadrant for Cloud Infrastructure as a Service,”[i] which examined 15 vendors whose cloud compute solutions address scale-out cloud hosting, virtual lab environment, self-managed Virtual Data Center (VDC) and turnkey VDC.
According to Gartner, “Service providers are increasingly using dynamic physical and logical isolation mechanisms to create ‘private’ infrastructure within a shared, multitenant capacity pool. This allows economies of scale while enabling customers to meet a broader range of security and compliance requirements.”
“Our xStream cloud solution allows enterprises to move mission-critical legacy and web-scale applications to the cloud. We’re very proud to be recognized in the ‘Visionaries’ quadrant of Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Cloud IAAS, for our enterprise-class cloud solution,” said Rodney Rogers, chairman and chief executive officer of Virtustream. “We continue our innovative solution development providing our customers with an enterprise-class cloud solution – for private clouds, virtual private/public clouds and hybrid clouds.”
Gartner reports that, “Initially, most businesses choose use cases that are peripheral to their organization’s IT needs, but over time, adopt cloud IaaS for mainstream business applications as well, including mission-critical applications, mirroring the past decade’s adoption pattern of virtualization in the data center. Many businesses, especially in the midmarket, will eventually migrate away from running their own data centers in favor of relying primarily on infrastructure in the cloud.”
Virtustream’s xStream cloud platform is covered in more detail in the report. xStream delivers an innovative approach to private, virtual private and hybrid clouds, enabling customers to deploy mission-critical applications in the cloud, backed by application SLAs. Powered by Virtustream µVMTM (micro-VM) technology, xStream delivers enterprise-grade security and compliance, multi-tenant efficiency, application performance SLAs and consumption based charging for mission-critical legacy and web-scale applications.
To request a copy of the report, please visit: http://www.virtustream.com/cloudmq.
iGartner “Magic Quadrant for Cloud Infrastructure as a Service” by Lydia Leong, Douglas Toombs, Bob Gill, Gregor Petri and Tiny Haynes, October 18, 2012
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About Virtustream
Virtustream is a leading cloud innovator offering enterprise class cloud solutions for enterprises, governments and service providers. Virtustream simplifies moving complex IT to the cloud – whether private, public or hybrid – while delivering the full economic and business benefits of the cloud. Virtustream offers xStream: a secure, high availability, enterprise class hybrid cloud solution, delivering application level SLAs for mission critical applications (SAP, Oracle, Microsoft and thousands more). xStream is available as software for existing data centers and as a managed service from Virtustream’s cloud – all backed by professional services to design, migrate, and manage clouds. Virtustream offers xStream worldwide; owns data centers in the U.S. and EMEA; operates an international Cloud Exchange; has offices in San Francisco, New York, London, Washington D.C., Atlanta, Toronto and Dublin and has partners in Asia and China.
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