One question, In what sense cloud computing can benefit home users.
On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 10:52 AM, Mohd Fazli Azran Abd Malek <[email protected]> wrote: > > IELO, Mandriva, and Nexedi this week joined forces and formed the Free Cloud > Alliance, which will work to push open source products for cloud computing. > > The Free Cloud Alliance was formed to show that companies can build a > cloud-based infrastructure using open source products, according to > Jean-Paul Smets, CEO at Nexedi. The members also want to work toward cloud > services that provide the same operational benefits offered by, for example, > Amazon, but at the same time give users access to the source code and their > data in its native form, Smets said. > > "If you have access to the source code and your data in its native form you > don't run the risk of being locked in to one vendor," said Smets. > > The products offered by the Free Cloud Alliance include the NiftyName > Virtual Datacenter and Block Storage Server from IELO; Xtreem Storage Server > from Mandriva; Neo Storage Server and SLAP Cloud Engine from Nexedi; and the > OEM Platform from TioLive, a Nexedi subsidiary. All the products are "free > as in beer and free as in freedom," according to the Free Cloud Alliance Web > site. Users get access to the source code and pay for enterprise support, if > they need it. > > NiftyName Virtual Datacenter provides a platform for anyone who wants to > offer infrastructure as a service. Site setup is provided for €4,000 > (US$5,400) and enterprise support costs €500 per node and year. The SLAP > (Simple Languages for Accounting and Provisioning) Cloud Engine is used to > automatically share and manage server resources, which can be available on > either virtual or physical servers. Enterprise support costs from €50 per > year and server. > > TioLive's OEM Platform can be used by companies that want to create an ERP > (enterprise resource planning) or CRM (customer resource management) > application and offer it as a service. Enterprise support is available at > €5,000 per seat and year. The Alliance is looking for more open source > software publishers that want to become members. To join they will need a > strong belief in software freedom, just like the current members, said > Smets. > > Regards, > Mohd Fazli Azran > _______________________________________________ > Owasp-Malaysia mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.owasp.org/mailman/listinfo/owasp-malaysia > > OWASP Malaysia Wiki > http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Malaysia > > OWASP Malaysia Wiki Facebook > http://www.facebook.com/pages/OWASP-Malaysia-Local-Chapter/295989208420 > _______________________________________________ Owasp-Malaysia mailing list [email protected] https://lists.owasp.org/mailman/listinfo/owasp-malaysia OWASP Malaysia Wiki http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Malaysia OWASP Malaysia Wiki Facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/OWASP-Malaysia-Local-Chapter/295989208420
