How VMware IT Reduced Provisioning Time by 80% Using vFabric Application Director and More

In 2011, VMware IT embarked on an effort to transform their processes for application deployment. Similar to most IT shops, VMware IT regularly prioritizes projects to a) enhance business value and b) lower operating (efficiency, effectiveness, etc.) and capital expenditures.  For VMware IT, there is also the opportunity to showcase how VMware technology can impact VMware customers.  For example, VMware’s own hardware consolidation from virtualization has resulted in an infrastructure that is 97% virtualized and a significant cost savings.  With VMware’s products for cloud infrastructure and application management, the IT team saw an opportunity to automate cloud provisioning.

The Business Case for Automated Cloud Provisioning and detailed story here

CloudStack: An OpenSource for Developing Cloud Computing systems

CloudStack | Open Source Cloud Computing via kwout

CloudStack is open source software written in java that is designed to deploy and manage large networks of virtual machines, as a highly available, scalable cloud computing platform. CloudStack current supports the most popular hypervisors VMware, Oracle VM, KVM, XenServer and Xen Cloud Platform. CloudStack offers three ways to manage cloud computing environments: a easy-to-use web interface, command line and a full-featured RESTful API. More details can be seen here

The Advantages of Using Cloud Computing as seen 2011

A recent survey carried out by PEER 1 Network Enterprises found that of the 88% of key decision-makers that do not use cloud computing, 39% said it was because they don't know enough about it. So, for those who are still in the dark, what is cloud computing anyway?
Cloud computing enables users to store files and software remotely, rather than on a hard drive or server at their office. The fact is many people may already be using cloud computing without realizing it, whether through work or personal use. Examples include web-based email like Gmail and Hotmail, communication tools like Skype, video sites like YouTube and Vimeo and music-sharing sites such as SoundCloud. more details here

Six Benefits of Cloud Computing- as seen in 2008

Despite its possible security and privacy risks, Cloud Computing - according to a magazine article due to be published later this Fall - has six main benefits that the public sector and government IT organizations are certain to want to take advantage of. In very brief summary form they are as follows: Here is the full story

Developer Cloud Computing: An Introduction

Cloud Computing represents a newest of opportunities for developers. Developers can harness the power and potential of cloud computing reach and richness of its resources for developing innovative applications and services.

2. Cloud Computing Foundations- - a 60 minutes presentation covering the fundamental concepts of cloud computing-models and more....

Cloud Applications- a 60 minute presentation on a new genera of cloud applications- what are they, examples, resources to build them and an array of illuminating examples of cloud applications developed by my and other students

4. Cloud Programming Platforms- a 60 minute presentation to introduce the different cloud platform options available for engineering students, developers.

Research Directions in Cloud Computing - 60 minute presentation on recent research trends in cloud computing

WORK SHOPS:

1. Building Cloud Application Using Google App Engine- One day workshop on how to develop a cloud application using Google App Engine- a Platform as a Service ( PaaS) offering by Google

2.

Building Private Cloud Using Open Source- One day workshop on setting up a private cloud. Intended for- developers, students and system administrators