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Tag: cloudplatform
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Cloudy in Anaheim: Cloud Partners at Citrix Synergy 2013
Heading to Citrix Synergy Los Angeles this week? Dust off those mouse ears--Synergy is at the Anaheim Convention Center, just a block or two from Disneyland. And make sure to swing by the Synergy Solutions Expo area and see what’s new with the Citrix Cloud partners. There are quite a few partners demonstrating solutions that integrate with or are based on Citrix CloudPlatform and Citrix CloudPortal ...
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Down to brass tacks. What kind of clouds are enterprises actually building?
Nobody denies that cloud computing is just about everywhere these days. You read about it in analyst reports, whitepapers, blogs and industry website like TechTarget. It seems like you can’t go to an IT conference without going to at least one cloud focused breakout session, let alone the plethora of new dedicated cloud events like Cloud Expo and Cloud Connect that have emerged. And of ...
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CloudPlatform Advanced Networking survival guide
This post is based on my own experience and understanding of CloudPlatform, it originally started as a document I created after I was tasked to install an Advanced CloudPlatform environment. I am in no way an expert on CloudPlatform but hopefully this guide will be able to help people to come to grips with the fundamentals. This guide has been designed to help people who are ...
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Get hands-on with Excalibur, XenMobile MDM & more
Most activities at Synergy are scheduled for a specific date and time. But in the spirit of flexible workstyles, we’ve also provided an on-demand learning choice so you can train when you’ve got some free time – on Wednesday evening, for example, or early Thursday morning. Synergy Self-paced Learning Labs are even available during the day and evening on Tuesday, May 21, so people arriving ...
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Top 5 Questions from the CloudPlatform Master Class
We’re back after another incredible Cloud Master Class looking at how to install and configure CloudPlatform in less than one and a half hours. The one complaint on the webinar was that people didn't know it was happening or couldn't stay on for the entire time so they missed something they were hoping to see. As always, we recorded the class so you can watch it on your own time. ...
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Connectors to vend any (XaaS) service through CloudPortal Business Manager 2.0
My colleague Tom talked earlier about When is a cloud a cloud? The importance of self-service, leading to the release of CloudPortal Business Manager (CPBM) 2.0. Refer Scott Lindars’s post for a high-level introduction of the new features in CPBM 2.0. For those of you who I have had the opportunity to have prior conversations with, CPBM 2.0 is the fruits of our Project Danube that has ...
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Introducing Citrix CloudPortal Business Manager 2.0
Today at Citrix we are excited to announce the availability of Citrix CloudPortal Business Manager 2.0. This release changes not only how we think about CloudPortal Business Manager, but more importantly how organizations will use it and the types of cloud services they can now deliver with it. Previously, CloudPortal has been the BSS/OSS (business support system, operations support system) platform for delivering Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) ...
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When is a cloud a cloud? The importance of self-service
In working with hundreds of customers around the globe on private and public cloud projects, I can safely say that the true measure of a cloud is now largely understood… Elastic Pooled Resources Self-Service Measured/Metered I don’t want to bore you with a cloud history lesson and I don’t expect that to shock anyone but I do think it’s an important reminder for some about what our customers are building. ...
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Reflections on Apache CloudStack Graduation
The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) just announced the graduation of Apache CloudStack to a Top Level Project. In this blog post I'd like to share my thoughts on what I've learned participating in this transition and what I see for the project going forward. In early 2012, before the move to the ASF, we were discussing options for the project's home going forward. At the time ...
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You Already Live in the Clouds
Whether you realize it, want it, or requested it, you already live in the clouds every day. It’s an interesting fact of life that often escapes us, and we don’t know much about. The reason for it is that it has existed for years. Even though “Cloud” seems like a new idea brought on by technology, it really is more about abstraction, process and service. ...