Dell Expands Cloud Computing
Dell is moving beyond the box, offering two cloud computing solutions.
Recently Dell made several announcements regarding solutions for the virtual era. It was actually a big day for the company, marking its initial journey away from the box and into the world of cloud computing and services. Apparently the new cloud-based attack will come on two fronts: Dell's Cloud Solution for web applications, and a Cloud Partner Program for existing systems.
"This web application platform as a service (PaaS) solution is designed to address the key issues around web application development and deployment: unpredictable traffic, the fear of under-provisioning and migration from development to production," the company stated in this press release regarding the Cloud Solution. "The solution will combine Dell cloud-optimized servers and services with fully-integrated Web application cloud software from Joyent, a leader in cloud computing."
Dell's Cloud Partner program will take a different route by expanding options available for customers looking to build and deploy public and private clouds. The company has called on three cloud ISV partners to help create the virtual space: Aster Data, Greenplum, and Canonical. All three will offer cloud blueprints for data analytics, self-service data warehousing, and an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) cloud capability.
In addition to these two solutions, Dell is also extending its PowerEdge server family with the new "C" models. The C1100 is a cluster-optimized compute node server, packing high memory. The C2100 is a cloud compute platform and cloud storage server, providing high performance for data analytics. The third addition, Dell's PowerEdge C6100, is a 4-node cloud and cluster optimized shared infrastructure server.
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JohnnyLucky The more I read about cloud computing the more it sounds like it is a variation of outsourcing to a third party.Reply -
CanadianPothead cloud computing is a concept over used by different company, each of them defining it into something different.Reply
Cloud computing = uncertain concept = attracting consumers = money -
Blessedman All they are doing is adding another layer of bottlenecks. We are just now getting to the point of getting rid of all the bottlenecks in local machines, now the powers that be want to put a huge burden on a bottleneck that isn't in anyone's immediate hands. The offset doesn't seem worth it at this point, maybe in 20 years when Tb connections are the norm it will. Maybe though, I am missing the point.Reply -
killerclick My dad was mugged once and lost his laptop and all his data. Other time his hard drive failed and he again he lost all his data. He thinks online storage is an excellent idea.Reply -
wongster and ive never been mugged nor have i had my hard drive fail. i dont have a use for online storageReply -
pojih killerclickMy dad was mugged once and lost his laptop and all his data. Other time his hard drive failed and he again he lost all his data. He thinks online storage is an excellent idea.Reply
sounds like he should be more careful.
I don't to store my 'precious' data online.. anywhere, I'll back it up myself thanks
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calmstateofmind killerclickMy dad was mugged once and lost his laptop and all his data. Other time his hard drive failed and he again he lost all his data. He thinks online storage is an excellent idea.Reply
sounds to me like he just needs an external at home...