Close
  • Latest News
  • Big Data and Analytics
  • Cloud
  • Networking
  • Cybersecurity
  • Applications
  • IT Management
  • Storage
  • Sponsored
  • Mobile
  • Small Business
  • Development
  • Database
  • Servers
  • Android
  • Apple
  • Innovation
  • Blogs
  • PC Hardware
  • Reviews
  • Search Engines
  • Virtualization
Read Down
Sign in
Close
Welcome!Log into your account
Forgot your password?
Read Down
Password recovery
Recover your password
Close
Search
Logo
Logo
  • Latest News
  • Big Data and Analytics
  • Cloud
  • Networking
  • Cybersecurity
  • Applications
  • IT Management
  • Storage
  • Sponsored
  • Mobile
  • Small Business
  • Development
  • Database
  • Servers
  • Android
  • Apple
  • Innovation
  • Blogs
  • PC Hardware
  • Reviews
  • Search Engines
  • Virtualization
More
    Home Cloud
    • Cloud
    • Networking
    • Servers
    • Storage

    Red Hat Announces Long List of Storage, Cloud-Related Software

    By
    Chris Preimesberger
    -
    June 29, 2012
    Share
    Facebook
    Twitter
    Linkedin

      Red Hat is at the center of many IT systems with its widely deployed Enterprise Linux stack, but the company with the instantly recognizable red fedora logo isn’t often mentioned in the same context when enterprises look to update data storage.

      After all, companies such as EMC, NetApp, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Oracle and Dell rule the roost when it comes to storage, which now accounts for about 40 percent of all annual data center costs.

      However, with numerous research studies pointing out that hybrid clouds–cloud systems that combine public subscription services and make them available within a fire-walled private cloud and attach to local storage–are the favored way to go at this point, Red Hat now can have more conversations with storage admins.

      At its annual Red Hat Summit and JBoss World conference in Boston June 29, the North Carolina-based company unveiled a gaggle of new software products that allow enterprises to deploy and manage open-source-based hybrid clouds.

      The primary new release is Red Hat Storage Server 2.0 for commodity-type x86 machines. This is optimized to manage unstructured data, such as documents, spread sheets, video, audio and other non-databased content.

      Bundle, Bundle and More Bundles

      Red Hat also has conjoined its virtualization and cloud-management tools by bundling its enterprise virtualization toolset with its CloudForms management kit.

      Overall, Red Hat was busy in the data center controls sector at the conference, announcing a new infrastructure as a service (IaaS) platform that integrates the aforementioned Cloud Forms, Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization.

      This all adds up to centralized control of the data, something we at eWEEK have been emphasizing for months as the catchphrase for how an efficient data center is now run.

      This control happens whether it is in a physical machine (server or storage array), a virtual machine, or in someone else’s cloud to which the enterprise–or a department thereof–subscribes.

      Using these Red Hat tools, enterprises will need fewer specialists to deploy and maintain these systems. Instead, companies with large IT systems will have less routine grunge work to do, which allows administrators more time for power-efficiency implementation, return on investment (ROI) improvements, system and disaster recovery testing, and other high-level duties that often get overlooked due to lack of personnel time.

      New Platform as a Service Offering

      Also at the summit conference, Red Hat unveiled its OpenShift Enterprise PaaS Solution, which integrates Red Hat CloudForms, RHEL, RH virtualization tools and JBoss Enterprise Middleware into a platform as a service (PaaS) for open and hybrid clouds.

      Red Hat also said it wants to grow this platform into a sort of software development kit for PaaS environments that would be compatible with OpenShift.com’s Public PaaS.

      Finally, Red Hat said that all these new cloud and virtualization software packages will become available in several weeks.

      Chris Preimesberger
      https://www.eweek.com/author/cpreimesberger/
      Chris J. Preimesberger is Editor Emeritus of eWEEK. In his 16 years and more than 5,000 articles at eWEEK, he distinguished himself in reporting and analysis of the business use of new-gen IT in a variety of sectors, including cloud computing, data center systems, storage, edge systems, security and others. In February 2017 and September 2018, Chris was named among the 250 most influential business journalists in the world (https://richtopia.com/inspirational-people/top-250-business-journalists/) by Richtopia, a UK research firm that used analytics to compile the ranking. He has won several national and regional awards for his work, including a 2011 Folio Award for a profile (https://www.eweek.com/cloud/marc-benioff-trend-seer-and-business-socialist/) of Salesforce founder/CEO Marc Benioff--the only time he has entered the competition. Previously, Chris was a founding editor of both IT Manager's Journal and DevX.com and was managing editor of Software Development magazine. He has been a stringer for the Associated Press since 1983 and resides in Silicon Valley.

      MOST POPULAR ARTICLES

      Cybersecurity

      Visa’s Michael Jabbara on Cybersecurity and Digital...

      James Maguire - May 17, 2022 0
      I spoke with Michael Jabbara, VP and Global Head of Fraud Services at Visa, about the cybersecurity technology used to ensure the safe transfer...
      Read more
      Big Data and Analytics

      Alteryx’s Suresh Vittal on the Democratization of...

      James Maguire - May 31, 2022 0
      I spoke with Suresh Vittal, Chief Product Officer at Alteryx, about the industry mega-shift toward making data analytics tools accessible to a company’s complete...
      Read more
      Big Data and Analytics

      GoodData CEO Roman Stanek on Business Intelligence...

      James Maguire - May 4, 2022 0
      I spoke with Roman Stanek, CEO of GoodData, about business intelligence, data as a service, and the frustration that many executives have with data...
      Read more
      Applications

      Cisco’s Thimaya Subaiya on Customer Experience in...

      James Maguire - May 10, 2022 0
      I spoke with Thimaya Subaiya, SVP and GM of Global Customer Experience at Cisco, about the factors that create good customer experience – and...
      Read more
      Cloud

      Yotascale CEO Asim Razzaq on Controlling Multicloud...

      James Maguire - May 5, 2022 0
      Asim Razzaq, CEO of Yotascale, provides guidance on understanding—and containing—the complex cost structure of multicloud computing. Among the topics we covered:  As you survey the...
      Read more
      Logo

      eWeek has the latest technology news and analysis, buying guides, and product reviews for IT professionals and technology buyers. The site’s focus is on innovative solutions and covering in-depth technical content. eWeek stays on the cutting edge of technology news and IT trends through interviews and expert analysis. Gain insight from top innovators and thought leaders in the fields of IT, business, enterprise software, startups, and more.

      Facebook
      Linkedin
      RSS
      Twitter
      Youtube

      Advertisers

      Advertise with TechnologyAdvice on eWeek and our other IT-focused platforms.

      Advertise with Us

      Menu

      • About eWeek
      • Subscribe to our Newsletter
      • Latest News

      Our Brands

      • Privacy Policy
      • Terms
      • About
      • Contact
      • Advertise
      • Sitemap
      • California – Do Not Sell My Information

      Property of TechnologyAdvice.
      © 2021 TechnologyAdvice. All Rights Reserved

      Advertiser Disclosure: Some of the products that appear on this site are from companies from which TechnologyAdvice receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site including, for example, the order in which they appear. TechnologyAdvice does not include all companies or all types of products available in the marketplace.

      ×