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Cloudtweaks VMWorld 2010 Updates and Agenda Report
Sep 1st
VMWorld 2010 Update By Malick
If you are not connected with the cloud, your individual mind would be a dumb terminal. Welcome to the VMWorld 2010!
VIRTUAL ROADS. ACTUAL CLOUDS: The statement ends as: Together we’ll travel from Virtual Roads to Actual Roads. Come engage. Leave enlightened. A true global event! 85 Countries represented in the audience. 17000 Attendees! And VMware announcing their Hybrid Cloud Computing Data Center! And claiming that already 4000 VMs (Virtual Machines) are created every hour! It is no secret that virtualization is the underlying driver of cloud computing. There is no cloud computing without virtualization! Well, one may say that virtualization is not the only enabler of cloud computing, but still, it is the key enabler. And VMWare is the pioneer in Virtualization. In the evolution of Information Technology, virtualization is a disrupting force.
Way back in 2004 itself, Gartner predicted that virtualisation will be the most disruptive technology in a decade
And this disruptive technology made cloud computing a reality. And cloud computing is promising a better IT environment today.
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Eucalyptus 2.0 Major New Version of its Open Source Private Cloud Platform
Aug 25th
Delivers High Scalability and Flexibility for Private Cloud Computing
Santa Barbara, Calif. (PRWEB) August 25, 2010
Eucalyptus Systems, Inc., creators of the leading open source private cloud platform, today announced a major update of the open source Eucalyptus software. Eucalyptus 2.0 features increased scalability to support massive private and hybrid clouds as well as enhanced performance tuning and 
flexibility in deploying Eucalyptus without modification on existing IT infrastructure. Eucalyptus 2.0 is available immediately under the open source GPL license and can be downloaded at http://open.eucalyptus.com.
“Eucalyptus software is evolving rapidly to support private and hybrid clouds in a range of sizes and configurations,” said Marten Mickos, Eucalyptus Systems CEO. “Along with many new usability enhancements, Eucalyptus 2.0 today meets the scaling requirements of enterprise data centers and cloud service providers. We continue to benefit from our early lead in the market as we work closely with the open source community, customers and partners in perfecting our offering.”
Eucalyptus is infrastructure software that enables organizations to deploy scalable private and hybrid cloud computing environments within a secure IT infrastructure. With Eucalyptus, customers can make more efficient use of their computing resources, increase productivity, and deploy new applications faster, while protecting sensitive data and reducing capital expenditures. Eucalyptus supports the same application programming interfaces (APIs) as public clouds, and today Eucalyptus is fully compatible with the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud infrastructure.
Eucalyptus 2.0 Delivers High Scalability, Flexibility & Performance Tuning
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10 Cloud Computing Startups that you may or may not have heard of…
Aug 24th
10 Cloud Computing Startups that you may or may not have heard of…
Tap In Systems
They offer Management of Your Cloud Services. This gives you control over your virtual infrastructure, automating the deployment of cloud services around 
your IT policies. Keep your applications running smoothly by monitoring all your cloud services with a single management system that is integrated with your operational processes.
WolfNetworks
WOLF is a browser based On Demand Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) for rapidly designing and delivering database driven multi-tenant Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications.
CloudLab
Offers Cloud Services, Hybrid and Dedicated Clouds. They make it possible for your business to benefit from cloud hosting even if security, regulatory or technical requirements have previously prevented it.
CloudSilicon
Intends to become the utility of choice for a multitude of small and medium sized businesses, delivering enterprise grade IT systems from the cloud, effectively, securely and economically.
Morphlabs’ mCloud
MorphLabs series enables the rapid deployment of the most sophisticated Cloud Delivery platforms for MSPs and Enterprise data centers. Built on industry-leading cloud standards facilitating the hybrid implementation of both public and private virtual resources, the mCloud™ series virtualizes commodity hardware while simplifying system administration and application management.
iSpaces
iSpaces provides a multi-desktop cloud operating system that is simple to you use, incredibly fast, constantly persistent and universally accessible. The beta release of iSpaces is coming out on September 15th.
8KMiles
Is an internet company that is focused on building solutions around cloud computing. 8KMiles is an Amazon System Integration partner and AWS Solution Developer. 8KMiles’ Cloud Solutions group offers cloud consulting, engineering and migration services to help companies leverage the power of cloud computing.
CloudLinux
Is innovative software company dedicated to serving the needs of hosting service providers, is the recipient of the 2010 Best Start-Up Award by the The Cloud Computing World Forum in the “World Series” Innovation competition. Cloud Linux received the award for its new innovation on how to “crash proof” servers as hosting providers migrate to a cloud based services model.
CloudSleuth
CloudSleuth delivers a test lab that brings real-time views of cloud performance to the forefront. For those members shopping around for a cloud service provider, the CloudSleuth platform delivers visualization and performance benchmarks that give them the power to compare the response times and availability of the top cloud service providers.
Lookout
Is a mobile security company dedicated to making the mobile experience safe for everyone. Today, with users across 400 mobile networks in 170 countries, Lookout is a world leader in smartphone protection which will be big in the cloud computing market..
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Nimbula raises $15M to expand cloud service
Aug 24th
Reuters Press Release
Nimbula, a provider of cloud-computing services, raised an additional $15 million in venture capital funding in a second round led by Accel Partners on Monday. It plans to use the money to promote market adoption of its on-demand computing service.
Accel Partners snagged a spot on the company’s board of directors, which will be filled by the Accel partner Ping Li, a cloud-computing specialist who has also backed Cloudera and BitTorrent, among others.
The company bills itself as a provider of a more private and customizable version of online retailer Amazon.com’s on-demand service, which charges users hourly rates to rent computing resources via the Internet. Amazon.com’s service, called the Elastic Compute Cloud or EC2, was also developed by Nimbula cofounders Chris Pinkham and Willem van Bijon.
Nimbula’s launch was formally unveiled at Structure, a cloud-computing conference held in San Francisco, in June after it raised $5.75 million from Sequoia Capital. Sequoia also participated in Nimbula’s second round.
The cloud service provider joins several others that have also secured venture capital funding recently, including Eucalyptus and Makara.
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Amazon Web Services “Start-Up Challenge” Begins Today
Aug 19th
Fourth Annual Amazon Web Services “Start-Up Challenge” Begins Today
SEATTLE, Aug 18, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Amazon Web Services LLC (AWS), an Amazon.com company /quotes/comstock/15*!amzn/quotes/nls/amzn 
(AMZN 129.65, +0.79, +0.61%) , today announced the call for entries to the fourth annual AWS Start-Up Challenge, a contest to recognize innovative start-ups that are built on the AWS cloud computing platform. For the first time, AWS will choose regional award winners in the Americas, Asia Pacific and Europe. Regional semi-finalists will receive $2,500US in AWS service credits. Global finalists will receive $10,000US in AWS service credits and a trip to Palo Alto, CA., USA for the final judging and awards ceremony. The global grand prize winner will be awarded $50,000US cash, $50,000US in AWS service credits, premium support services and technical mentorship from Amazon Web Services for one year, as well as a possible investment offer from Amazon. All qualified contestants will receive $25US in AWS service credits to kick-start the process of building their businesses on AWS. To learn more about the AWS Start-Up Challenge, visit http://aws.amazon.com/startupchallenge.
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Cloud Linux Named “Best Start-Up” In 2010 For The Cloud Computing World Series
Jul 9th
Award recognizes LVE innovation that can “crash proof” servers in shared hosting environments
Princeton, NJ, July 8, 2010 – Cloud Linux Inc., an innovative software company dedicated to serving the needs of hosting service providers, is the recipient of the 2010 Best Start-Up Award by the The Cloud Computing World Forum in the “World Series” Innovation competition. Cloud Linux received the award for its new innovation on how to “crash proof” servers as hosting providers migrate to a cloud based services model.
CloudLinux was launched in early 2010 and is a new commercially supported operating system proven to increase server density, stability and performance, helping customers realize reduced operating costs and increased profitability. Cloud Linux invented the Lightweight Virtual Environment™ a kernel-level technology that isolates specific hardware resources in a lightweight environment and prevents one tenant on a shared server from affecting others – especially due to a sudden peak load from a single tenant. The technology is designed to eliminate the risks of unstable servers that can undermine businesses’ operations and profitability.
“Seamless migration to a cloud based business model requires a solid infrastructure that can be managed to be made rock solid reliable while optimizing infrastructure assets,” states Igor Seletskiy, CEO and Founder of Cloud Linux Inc. “We built CloudLinux to protect customers from outages often caused because of a lack of control over individual tenants. The last six months have been a great success for us – signing on many partners, including one of the largest shared hosting companies, UK2Group. This award is a rewarding validation of the work we are doing and the team is greatly honored to be receiving the award.” CloudLinux has signed on eighteen datacenter partners, and is installed on more then five hundred servers. It is compatible with all major hosting control panels, including Plesk, cPanel, ISPManager and InterWorx control panel products, as well as with Apache and LiteSpeed web servers. It is also used as a base for Parallels next generation H2E hosting platform. The company’s vision is to design a simple and elegant solution that helps companies improve server security, efficiency, density and performance as they migrate to Cloud-based services.
The Cloud Computing World Forum is sponsoring the Cloud Computing World Series Awards. Winners of the Cloud Computing World Series Awards were announced on June 29th at an award ceremony held at the Olympia Conference Center in London.
For more information about CloudLinux, please visit www.cloudlinux.com
About CloudLinux, Inc.
Founded in Princeton, NJ, CloudLinux is a privately funded company that combines unique expertise in the service provider business with in-depth technical knowledge of hosting, kernel development and open source.
CloudLinux provides hosting companies and datacenters with the only commercially supported Linux operating system (OS) optimized for their needs. The new technology behind CloudLinux has been proven to increase density, stability and performance, helping customers realize reduced operating costs and increased profitability.
To join online discussions and receive news updates you can find CloudLinux on: Twitter and LinkedIn. For more information, please visit http://www.cloudlinux.com.
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Sentrigo Wins 2010 Cloud Computing World Series Award
Jul 6th
Hedgehog Enterprise for Database Security and Compliance Recognized in the ‘Best Security Solution’ Category
Santa Clara, CA (PRWEB) July 6, 2010 — Sentrigo, Inc., the innovator in database security software, today announced that Hedgehog Enterprise was selected as a winner in the 2010 Cloud Computing World Series Awards. The leading database security and compliance solution was honored in the ‘Best Security Solution’ category, recognizing Hedgehog Enterprise’s superior technology in helping organizations mitigate risk and improve their overall security and compliance posture for cloud-based applications.
The Cloud Computing World Series Awards ceremony took place on June 29, 2010 during The Cloud Computing World Forum in London. The winners were selected in 10 categories from companies identified as providing industry-leading cloud-based products or services.
“It’s a great honor to be selected as best security solution in the Cloud Computing World Series Awards, especially given the growing level of interest in this area and therefore the highly competitive nature of this award,” said Andy Feit, vice president of marketing for Sentrigo. “The reality is that the cloud renders most traditional approaches to security obsolete, as perimeter protection and network monitoring techniques are not relevant. We believe that the Hedgehog architecture is best positioned to protect sensitive data in the cloud, and this award demonstrates that the market recognizes our unique approach. Organizations looking to adopt a cloud computing architecture can now ensure their data is secure and protected from a serious breach, and most importantly, can provide the necessary information to prove that to their compliance auditors.”
For more information about Sentrigo’s best-in-breed database security solutions for virtualization and cloud computing environments, please visit: http://www.sentrigo.com/cloud-security
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About Sentrigo
Sentrigo is a recognized innovator in database security solutions, offering a full suite of products for vulnerability assessment, virtual patching and database monitoring/auditing. The company’s flagship product, Hedgehog Enterprise, provides Database Activity Monitoring (DAM) and real-time Intrusion Prevention, protecting sensitive data from external threats and misuse by privileged insiders. Hedgehog can be quickly and easily deployed at small and midsize organizations, and scales to handle the largest enterprises, providing full visibility into all database activity and allowing enterprises to enforce security policy and comply with regulatory requirements, such as PCI DSS, Sarbanes-Oxley, and HIPAA. The company has won wide acclaim for its technology leadership from publications such as Network World and SC Magazine, and recently received the 2010 Global Product Excellence Award for Database Security from Info Security Products Guide. For additional information and to download Hedgehog, visit www.sentrigo.com.
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Skytap Wins 2010 Red Herring 100 North America Award
Jul 1st
Leading Provider of Self-Service Cloud Automation Solutions Recognized for Cloud Computing Innovation, Financial Health, Management Strength and Customer Acquisition
SEATTLE, WA–(Marketwire – July 1, 2010) – Skytap, Inc., the leading provider of self-service cloud automation solutions, today announced that the company has been selected as a winner of Red Herring’s North America 100 award, a prestigious list honoring the year’s most promising private technology ventures from the North American business region. This is the second time Skytap has been recognized for its leadership and innovation in cloud computing over the last month. In early June, Skytap was named to the 2010 SD Times 100 list alongside Amazon, Google and Salesforce.com.
Red Herring’s Top 100 North America list has become a mark of distinction for identifying promising new companies and entrepreneurs. The Red Herring 100 are evaluated on both quantitative and qualitative criteria — such as financial performance, technology innovation, quality of management, execution of strategy, and integration into their respective industries. This unique assessment of potential is complemented by a review of the actual track record and standing of a company, which allows Red Herring to make the list an invaluable instrument for discovering and advocating the greatest business opportunities in the industry. Skytap joins past award winners including Facebook, Twitter, Google, Yahoo!, Skype, Salesforce.com, YouTube, and eBay.
“Skytap has exceeded its revenue goals over the last few years and recognition as a Red Herring 100 winner pays tribute to our exceptional team and their ability to execute on our long-term vision,” said Scott Roza, CEO of Skytap. “Skytap will continue to build upon its heritage in cloud automation and lead the charge in providing customers with a self-service solution for running enterprise applications in the cloud.”
Skytap provides cloud automation solutions for enterprises and software vendors to develop, test, migrate, evaluate, demo, and train on new and existing applications in the cloud. Skytap empowers users to create multi-machine virtual data centers with point-and-click ease, while enabling IT users to gain visibility and control, and reduce costs by 70% or more. Businesses of all sizes can deploy Skytap in a day and accelerate their transformation to the cloud.
“Choosing the companies with the strongest potential was by no means a small feat,” said Alex Vieux, publisher and CEO of Red Herring. “After rigorous contemplation and discussion, we narrowed our list down from hundreds of candidates from across North America to the Top 100 Winners. We believe Skytap embodies the vision, drive and innovation that define a successful entrepreneurial venture. Skytap should be proud of its accomplishment, as the competition was very strong.”
The Top 100 winners were announced at a special awards ceremony on June 24 at the Red Herring North America Conference in San Diego. The full list of winners is available at: http://www.herring100.com/RHNA2010/2010winners/2010winners.html.
About Skytap, Inc.
Skytap is the leading provider of self-service cloud automation solutions for dynamic workloads. Skytap enables users to run enterprise applications unchanged in the cloud, collaborate securely with global teams, and gain unparalleled business productivity. Additionally, IT organizations can gain visibility and control over cloud projects, align capacity with demand, and reduce costs by 70% or more. Enterprises can securely connect Skytap to their data centers and create virtual private clouds. Skytap is ideal for any dynamic workload including application development, testing, virtual training, ERP migration and sales demonstration projects. To buy or learn more, visit www.skytap.com.
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OpSource Recognized as a Top Ten Cloud Computing “Leader to Watch”
Jun 29th
Company Chosen for Market Leadership, Customer Traction and Ability to Innovate
SANTA CLARA, CA–(Marketwire – June 29, 2010) – OpSource, Inc., the leader in enterprise cloud and managed hosting, today announced that Datamation.com recently recognized the company as one of the top ten cloud computing “leaders to watch“ in a list which also included IBM, AT&T, and Cisco. Leaders were chosen based on objective criteria, including customer traction, experience and market cap or financing, as well as subjective criteria, such as ability to innovate, ease of use, and how well cloud offerings integrate with the company’s broader portfolio.
With hundreds of customers such as Adobe, SAP, Taleo and Xactly, OpSource was recognized as a leader because of its unique position as the “go-to ‘cloud operations’ provider.” Offering more than traditional hosting services, OpSource provides Application Operations, which includes database management, compliance management, change management, performance management and application optimization. In 2009, the company introduced OpSource Cloud, a cloud service for companies requiring pay-as-you-go flexibility and 100% availability as well as high security and control.
OpSource was also chosen for its vision and solution-oriented strategy. The company predicts a near future where the cloud marketplace is built around an ecosystem of developers, integrators, telcos and VARs. OpSource believes in this ecosystem because enterprise customers buy solutions, and they increasingly see cloud hosting and managed hosting services as a component to an overall solution. To this end, OpSource has already inked a partnership with NTT America this May, under which NTT America will deliver enterprise cloud services built on OpSource Cloud.
“We believe that more than half of Infrastructure-as-a-Service will eventually be sold through channels and solution providers,” said Treb Ryan, CEO, OpSource. “We are gratified that a leading publication like Datamation.com has confidence in our vision for this future, and we thank them for this recognition.”
About OpSource
OpSource provides cloud and managed hosting solutions that enable businesses of all sizes to accelerate growth and scale operations while controlling costs and reducing IT infrastructure support risks. More than four hundred Software-as-a-Service ISVs, cloud platform providers, carriers and enterprises rely on OpSource’s expertise, experience and agility to operate high-availability, business-critical hosting environments. Our industry-leading Application Operations service goes beyond traditional hosting by providing application management, change management, performance management and application optimization. OpSource Cloud™ is the first cloud to bring together the flexibility, availability and community of the public cloud with the security, performance and control the enterprise demands. Founded in 2002, OpSource is SAS 70 Type II, PCI DSS Level 1 and European Safe Harbor certified and has operations in California, Virginia, UK, Ireland, and India. For more information, please visit www.opsource.net.
OpSource, OpSource Cloud, OpSource On-Demand, and the OpSource logo are trademarks of OpSource, Inc. All other trademarks and company names mentioned are protected by their respective owners.
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uTest Wins a Spot on AlwaysOn’s East List of Top 100 Companies
Jun 22nd
Crowdsourced Testing Leader Recognized as Emerging Private Company & On-Demand Pioneer on the East Coast
BOSTON, MA–(Marketwire – June 22, 2010) – uTest, the world’s largest software testing marketplace, today announced that it has been selected as an ‘AlwaysOn East Top 100′ winner. The AO East 100 list is comprised of leading East Coast companies pioneering in cloud computing and SaaS, digital media, and green tech. These companies were selected based on their track-record of creating new business opportunities in high-growth markets, establishing significant market traction, and demonstrating leadership amongst its peers.
“After examining the companies that are on the AO East 100 list, it’s obvious that innovation is not only alive and well on the East Coast, it’s accelerating in economic power and scope,” said Tony Perkins, founder and editor of AlwaysOn. “The companies certainly represent some of the highest-growth opportunities in the private company marketplace.”
The AlwaysOn editors will honor uTest and the AO Top 100 companies at opening night of Venture Summit East on June 21st, 2010 at Harvard Business School in Boston, MA. Matt Johnston, uTest’s VP of Marketing & Community, will also be presenting at Venture Summit East as part of a select group of top executives showcasing their technologies in the “SaaS and Enterprise” track on June 23, 2010 at 1:30pm (Burden Hall).
“uTest’s on-demand model is transforming the software testing industry,” said Matt Johnston, uTest VP of Marketing and Community. “uTest enables companies of all sizes to launch higher quality web and mobile apps, to get to market faster, and to lower their total cost of testing. We are honored to be recognized in AlwaysOn’s elite group of SaaS leaders.”
About uTest, Inc.
uTest is the world’s largest marketplace for software testing services. The company provides real-world testing services through its community of 25,000+ professional testers from 165 countries around the world. More than 1,000 companies — from startups to global software enterprises — have joined the uTest marketplace to get their web, desktop and mobile applications tested. More information can be found at www.utest.com or the company’s Software Testing Blog at blog.utest.com.
