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Apache CloudStack Becomes a Top-level Project

Posted by Unknown on from the one-size-fits-all dept.

ke4qqq writes with an excerpt from an ASF press release: "The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), the all-volunteer developers, stewards, and incubators of nearly 150 Open Source projects and initiatives, today announced that Apache CloudStack has graduated from the Apache Incubator to become a Top-Level Project (TLP), signifying that the Project's community and products have been well-governed under the ASF's meritocratic process and principles."

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  1. Nonsense by neonmonk · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "CloudStack provides an open and flexible cloud orchestration platform to deliver reliable and scalable private and public clouds."

    When I go to an "About" page, I expect to be told exactly what x thing is all about.

    As it stands, I have no idea what CloudStack is or does, apart from nonsensical "cloud" mumbo jumbo.

    1. Re:Nonsense by girlinatrainingbra · · Score: 3, Funny

      the real details and answer about what "Apache Cloudstack" really is available at http://cloudstack.apache.org/cloudstack-faq.html
      .
      Maybe apache is trying to make sure that the managers and bosses can be sure to play buzzword bingo and win when they choose Apache Cloudstack. I completely agree with you that an "about" page really ought to tell you what the software is really about. It's frustrating to have to go to the FAQ page and still see a lot of buzzword baloney (bologna / baloney, it's still compressed meat either way).

    2. Re:Nonsense by Spy+Handler · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Cloud is all the rage. So is Mobile. Yep, definitely mobile. And Apps.

      Call it Apache Mobile App Cloudstack and pointy haired bosses will have an orgygasm.

  2. Re:Infrastructure-as-a-Service by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    SaaS (Software as a Service): bring your own data.
    PaaS: (Platform as a Service): bring your own applications and data.
    IaaS: (Infrastructure as a Service): bring your own OS, applications and data.

  3. Decoder Ring for You Out-of-date Nerds by Traiano · · Score: 5, Informative

    Since the three highest modded posts at this moment don't understand cloud, I wanted to post one perspective in hopes the rest would care.

    For a couple years now the world has settled on a definition for cloud. It's three service models. (1) Delivering an application through a web interface (SaaS), delivering an OS in a virtual machine for arbitrary applications (Iaas), delivering a development platform to simplify the creation of a new generation of applications (PaaS).

    Controlling the lifecycle of these resources is non-trivial. It requires hooks at virtual machine creation, security for access, limits for resource consumption, and time tables for reclamation. In the industry we call this orchestration.

    Finally, these models in highly-controlled on-premis environments is called "private cloud". Running them in fully shared datacenters is called "public cloud". Giving customers the ability to federate services across these two environments is called "hybrid cloud".

    Here endeth the lesson. Just because you don't understand a word doesn't make it a buzzword.