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Another year of blog

24 July 2013
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vInfrastructure BlogJust two year ago this blog has started its life (see the first official post: Blog goes live). Compared to the previous year (see the related post: One year of blog) blog has grow, expecially in the number of visitors (and recurring visitors) and in its popularity.

Keep in two languages is quite difficult and time expensive, but I would like to try to still maintain the double version for the next year (although Italian visitor are become less, from a percentage prospective).

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IaaS vs. PaaS vs. SaaS

23 July 2013
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One of the several interesting topics discussed in the recent event Cloud Communities Day, held on Monday 22 in Milan and with the presence of various communities, as well as analysts and academics, was which could be the most interesting type of cloud.
If we limiting to the three basic types: Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS) or Software as a service (SaaS)… Which one could be the more interesting? As often “it depends” could be the answer, but paradoxically, many have very clear opinions about it (though it is not said that all fit together …).

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Opvizor 2.0 released

19 July 2013
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opvizorThe opvizor® software is a monitoring tools (cloud-based) for a virtual systems that works smoothly and securely and automatically tests your VMware base line as well as your system configurations, and security settings against state of the art rules and best practices.

On 17 July they have announce the next major version 2.0 with a lots of new features:

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Cloud related FAQ

17 July 2013
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What is virtualization and how it’s related to cloud?

There are different types of virtualization levels (system, applications, networking, storage, …). But basically it’s an abstraction useful to created different contexts.

Virtualization could be used as an abstraction level of a cloud computing solutions, but virtualization does not imply cloud.

What is cloud (computing)?

According with the NIST Definition of Cloud Computing, a cloud has those essential characteristics:

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VMware vCloud Hybrid Service

16 July 2013
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Some month ago (on May 21st) VMware has launched its vCloud Hybrid Service, that is a customized version of a vCloud based IaaS solution targeted for hybrid cloud scenarios.

Some days ago vCloud Hybrid Service achieves ISO 27001 certification for its information security management system supporting this kind of service. ISO/IEC 27001 certification is a globally recognized standard for the establishment and certification of an information security management system (ISMS). The standard maintains the requirements for implementing an ISMS, which include a detailed risk assessment, internal audit, and continuous monitoring of the controls supporting the vCloud Hybrid Service.

On July 16th there will be a technical session (through Google+ Hangout) with more information about the VMware vCloud Hybrid Service:

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NAKIVO announce Backup & Replication v3.2

15 July 2013
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After some month from the previous release (see the announce of the v3.0), NAKIVO Inc. has announced (on 15 July 2013) the new release NAKIVO Backup & Replication v3.2 that introduce some new features and several optiminization to the existing core features of v3.0.

The product remain still based on a web 2.0 (here some screenshoots) almost clear and usable also from small device. But it’s not (yet) integrable with the VMware vSphere Web Client (a web based interface does not directly mean that could be integrated with the vSphere Web Client, that it’s based on Flash).

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Ten years of VMworld

12 July 2013
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vmworld-2013As you probably already know this year there will be the 10th edition of VMworld US, and will probably another good reason to attend at this event (and for the VMworld EU there are still a couple of day for the early bird).

There is a nice post on the VMworld’s blog with several interesting data across all the editions:VMworld 2013 Blog Series: Breakout Sessions.

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