Yahoo! needed an IaaS (infrastructure as a service) platform that was separate from its internal platform for its BtoB cloud service. Initially the company was aiming for an in-house implementation, but in 2013, the major version of the Ceph distributed storage platform was not capable of the scale necessary for their BtoB cloud service. Moreover, ...

This paper explores migrating to an open source cloud computing platform – OpenStack – and comparing it with vRealize – the proprietary virtualisation platform from VMware. Moreover, this paper provides an analysis of and organisation with a medium-sized estate of VMs and physical machines, detailing how migrating from VMware to OpenStack can result in up ...

The question of whether cloud computing is an advantageous way for businesses to optimise costs and become more agile is no longer up for debate. Yet leveraging the cloud to the greatest effect, and maximising return on investment, is more complicated than merely making the decision to opt into cloud computing. The cloud can take ...

Lime Micro and Canonical believe in the commoditisation of network hardware, and that the future lies in shifting the value center of connectivity towards software, running on commodity hardware. A CrowdCell based on SDR and GPPs helps operators take this kind of control.

Aiming to give its scientists greater flexibility, the Sanger Institute recently implemented an OpenStack private cloud to complement its existing batch computing infrastructure. The Institute initially opted for self-maintained Ceph storage, but as the service evolved, the Institute turned to Canonical for high-level support. With Canonical’s help, the Sanger Institute has successfully scaled tonover 20 ...

Operators must find ways to drive down costs wherever possible, and a progressive way to do that is through the commoditisation and democratisation of wireless network infrastructure. For a long time the telecoms industry has been dominated by proprietary business and operating models, but with pressure on to find innovative ways forward, operators must find ...