Selecting your IaaS provider is not an easy job.
Below some information and links about IaaS products and providers that may be useful when selecting your provider,
http://www.softlater.com IBM company
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gscUrEL3IT8
http://sldn.softlayer.com/reference/services/SoftLayer_Hardware_Server
http://cloudpundit.com/2013/11/12/ibm-softlayer-versus-amazon-or-versus-rackspace/
http://searchcloudcomputing.techtarget.com/feature/Will-bare-metal-cloud-IBM-backing-push-
SoftLayer-to-next-level
Key components of IaaS
Orchestration and Hybrid cloud
Building Private IaaS
Change your master password and enable 2-factor authentication immediately
http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/06/hack-of-cloud-based-lastpass-
exposes-encrypted-master-passwords/
Amazon Web Services announces next generation EC2 instances
– Custom 2.4 GHz Intel Xeon E5-2676 Haswell processors
– Lower network latency and jitter
– Dedicated bandwidth to Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)
http://www.cloudcomputing-news.net/news/2015/jun/15/amazon-web-
services-announces-next-generation-ec2-instances/
Dropbox opens up on enterprise cloud strategy with security and integration updates
– Two-step verification
– Tiered administrative controls
– Extension to Dropbox for Business API with new capabilities for shared folders
http://www.cloudcomputing-news.net/news/2015/jun/04/dropbox-
opens-enterprise-cloud-strategy-security-and-integration-updates/
http://www.breqwatr.com
http://www.mirantis.com
http://www.pistoncloud.com
http://www.openstack.com
http://www.cloudstack.com
http://www.eucalyptus.com
http://www.netapp.com
http://www.nutanix.com
http://www.vce.com/products/converged/vblock/system-700
Converged cloud solutions and hyperconverged appliances.
“Hyperconvergence: the Next Tidal Wave in IT Infrastructure – Breaking
Analysis” –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOdk4agk67g
Building a Hyperconverged Infrastructure in the Data Center –
Nutanix: “What is web-scale IT?” –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGpGG_6l38k
Simplivity: “Hyperconvergence- Convergence 1,2,3” –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tntAbv0d_3k
“Atlantis Computing and their USX – hyperconverged software
platform.” –
Recommended Reading:
http://www.techrepublic.com/article/hyper-converged-systems-
what-you-need-to-know-about-this-hot-virtualization-topic/
Securing & optimizing Public IaaS
Certificate of cloud security knowledge.
Online web-based examination
www.cloudsecurityalliance.org/certifyme
www.hytrust.com
www.evident.io
www.adallom.com
www.ciphercloud.com
www.whitehat.com
www.lockpath.com
www.skyhigh.com
example of Innovation in security using hyprvisors.
Www.bromium.com
Assesing and comparing PaaS providers
www.paasify.it
www.beanstalk.com
www.cloudfoundry.com
www.openshift.com
www.heroku.com
www.docker.com
www.appharbor.com
www.github.com
Demo about using Cloud Foundry including portability to other cloud
“What is Cloud Foundry?”
“Get Started on Cloud Foundry – Demo”:
“5 minute wonders: From zero to hero with AppHarbor”:
Applications Delivery Networs – ADN and cloud
Video: The Application Delivery Network –
Video: What is a CDN and How Does It Work? –
Video: Content Delivery Network (CDN) Basics –
Video: Introducing Software-Defined Application Delivery –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPuCjdTRLGU
Recommended Reading:
https://www.opennetworking.org/sdn-resources/sdn-definition
Future look
“55% of enterprises predict cloud computing will enable new
business models in three years”: http://www.cloudcomputing-
news.net/news/2015/jun/29/55-of-enterprises-predict-cloud-computing-will-enable-new-
business-models-in-three-years/
“‘Airbnb for cloud’: How the sharing economy will end the mega-
hosters’ monopoly”: http://www.cloudcomputing-
news.net/news/2015/jun/24/airbnb-cloud-how-sharing-economy-will-end-mega-
hosters-monopoly/
“Gartner: How Cloud Brokers Will Differentiate”:
Required Reading:
• http://www.cio.com/article/2462417/cloud-computing/cloud-computing-
whats-a-cloud-services-broker-and-why-do-you-need-one.html
• http://www.infoworld.com/article/2903436/cloud-computing/make-sense-
of-cloud-service-brokers.html
• http://searchcloudprovider.techtarget.com/feature/Cloud-brokerage-Are-
cloud-brokers-tomorrows-system-integrators