Cloud Foundry

BMC to Deliver BMC Helix on Microsoft Azure

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Thursday, November 8, 2018
Cloud computing, Computing, Cloud infrastructure, IT infrastructure, OpenStack, Cloud Foundry

Enterprisescan now run BMC Helix on their cloud of choice, including Azure, AWS, and BMC Cloud.

Key Points: 
  • Enterprisescan now run BMC Helix on their cloud of choice, including Azure, AWS, and BMC Cloud.
  • Expanding the availability of the BMC Helix offering introduced in June 2018, BMC today also announced the availability of BMC Helix Discovery as a cloud service, which helps businesses discover assets and services across on-premise and multi-cloud environments including Azure, AWS, OpenStack, Cloud Foundry, Google Cloud, and more.
  • "The power of containers enables BMC Helix to run on the customers' cloud of choice and significantly improves the operational efficiencies to deliver speed, scale, and cost savings," said Nayaki Nayyar, President, Digital Services Management at BMC.
  • We are taking our collaboration to the next level with this new capability to run Helix on Microsoft Azure."

Cloud Foundry Closes 2018 European Summit in Switzerland

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Friday, October 12, 2018
Cloud computing, Computing, World Wide Web, Web services, Cloud infrastructure, Cloud storage, File hosting, Network file systems, Cloud Foundry, BOSH

BASEL, Switzerland, Oct. 12, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Cloud Foundry Foundation , home of a family of open source projects including Cloud Foundry Application Runtime, Cloud Foundry Container Runtime and Cloud Foundry BOSH, closed its record-setting 2018 European Cloud Foundry Summit in Basel, Switzerland today.

Key Points: 
  • BASEL, Switzerland, Oct. 12, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Cloud Foundry Foundation , home of a family of open source projects including Cloud Foundry Application Runtime, Cloud Foundry Container Runtime and Cloud Foundry BOSH, closed its record-setting 2018 European Cloud Foundry Summit in Basel, Switzerland today.
  • Additionally, Cloud Foundry announced its upcoming 2019 European Summit will take place on September 11-12, 2019 in The Hague, Netherlands.
  • Attendees will also gain first-hand access to Cloud Foundry roadmaps, training and tutorials, and see how others are using Cloud Foundry to support continuous innovation and application portability.
  • The Cloud Foundry Foundation is an independent non-profit organization formed to sustain the development, promotion and adoption of Cloud Foundry as the industry standard platform for cloud applications.

Hundreds of Leading Global Enterprises Deploy IBM Cloud Private

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Thursday, October 11, 2018
Computing, Cloud computing, Cloud infrastructure, IT infrastructure, Web services, Cloud storage, IBM, Cloud Foundry, IBM cloud computing, Oracle Cloud

Building on this momentum, IBM is announcing a slate of new advanced features for the on-premises private cloud platform, including the integration of powerful AI capabilities such as IBM Watson Assistant and IBM Watson Speech-to-Text , as well as support for additional public clouds, including the IBM Cloud .

Key Points: 
  • Building on this momentum, IBM is announcing a slate of new advanced features for the on-premises private cloud platform, including the integration of powerful AI capabilities such as IBM Watson Assistant and IBM Watson Speech-to-Text , as well as support for additional public clouds, including the IBM Cloud .
  • Today IBM is advancing IBM Cloud Private even further, announcing major enhancements to the platform, ranging from AI capabilities to additional public cloud support.
  • IBM also announced today that IBM Cloud Private is now available on the IBM Public Cloud, to help clients to easily move their enterprise workloads from on-premises systems to the public cloud in order to create hybrid cloud environments.
  • Built on open source frameworks Docker containers and Cloud Foundry, and managed with the Kubernetes container architecture, IBM Cloud Private enables organizations to develop cloud-native applications and also modernize on-premises applications in order to deploy them in either private cloud settings or the public cloud of their choice.

Hundreds of Leading Global Enterprises Deploy IBM Cloud Private

Retrieved on: 
Thursday, October 11, 2018
Computing, Cloud computing, Cloud infrastructure, IT infrastructure, Web services, Cloud storage, IBM, Cloud Foundry, IBM cloud computing, Oracle Cloud

Building on this momentum, IBM is announcing a slate of new advanced features for the on-premises private cloud platform, including the integration of powerful AI capabilities such as IBM Watson Assistant and IBM Watson Speech-to-Text , as well as support for additional public clouds, including the IBM Cloud .

Key Points: 
  • Building on this momentum, IBM is announcing a slate of new advanced features for the on-premises private cloud platform, including the integration of powerful AI capabilities such as IBM Watson Assistant and IBM Watson Speech-to-Text , as well as support for additional public clouds, including the IBM Cloud .
  • Today IBM is advancing IBM Cloud Private even further, announcing major enhancements to the platform, ranging from AI capabilities to additional public cloud support.
  • IBM also announced today that IBM Cloud Private is now available on the IBM Public Cloud, to help clients to easily move their enterprise workloads from on-premises systems to the public cloud in order to create hybrid cloud environments.
  • Built on open source frameworks Docker containers and Cloud Foundry, and managed with the Kubernetes container architecture, IBM Cloud Private enables organizations to develop cloud-native applications and also modernize on-premises applications in order to deploy them in either private cloud settings or the public cloud of their choice.

SUSE Operates Across Communities to Deliver Kubernetes and Cloud Foundry Innovation to the Enterprise

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Wednesday, October 10, 2018
Cloud computing, Computing, Cloud infrastructure, IT infrastructure, Kubernetes, Cloud Foundry, SUSE

Today, that means bringing the unsurpassed productivity of the Cloud Foundry model together with modern Kubernetes infrastructure in SUSE Cloud Application Platform.

Key Points: 
  • Today, that means bringing the unsurpassed productivity of the Cloud Foundry model together with modern Kubernetes infrastructure in SUSE Cloud Application Platform.
  • SUSE began to integrate Kubernetes and Cloud Foundry in 2017 by containerizing Cloud Foundry and running it in Kubernetes.
  • Replacing Cloud Foundry's internal scheduler with Kubernetes is the next step, providing a top-to-bottom Kubernetes-native implementation of Cloud Foundry and further simplifying SUSE Cloud Application Platform for Kubernetes users.
  • Chip Childers, CTO of the Cloud Foundry Foundation , said, "The Cloud Foundry Foundation is excited to see SUSE's contributions to the Cloud Foundry community's efforts around the Kubernetes platform.

Huawei Cloud Becomes a Cloud Foundry Infrastructure Provider

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Wednesday, October 10, 2018
Computing, Cloud computing, Information and communications technology, Web services, Cloud storage, File hosting, Network file systems, Web hosting, Cloud Foundry, BOSH, Huawei

SHANGHAI, Oct. 10, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Cloud Foundry Foundation , home of a family of open source projects including Cloud Foundry Application Runtime, Cloud Foundry Container Runtime and Cloud Foundry BOSH, today announced at the 2018 European Cloud Foundry Summit in Basel, Switzerland, that Huawei Cloud has become one of Cloud Foundry's infrastructure providers.

Key Points: 
  • SHANGHAI, Oct. 10, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Cloud Foundry Foundation , home of a family of open source projects including Cloud Foundry Application Runtime, Cloud Foundry Container Runtime and Cloud Foundry BOSH, today announced at the 2018 European Cloud Foundry Summit in Basel, Switzerland, that Huawei Cloud has become one of Cloud Foundry's infrastructure providers.
  • Since then, Huawei has become an active participant in the Cloud Foundry BOSH, CPI and Open Service Broker API (OSBAPI) communities.
  • Huawei has also enabled a seamless, one-button deployment of Cloud Foundry on Huawei Cloud.
  • The Cloud Foundry Foundation is an independent non-profit organization formed to sustain the development, promotion and adoption of Cloud Foundry as the industry standard platform for cloud applications.

Cloud Foundry Focus on Interoperability Continues with Two New Projects Integrating Kubernetes

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Wednesday, October 10, 2018
Cloud computing, Computing, Cloud infrastructure, Web services, Cloud storage, File hosting, Web hosting, Cloud Foundry, BOSH, Kubernetes

BASEL, Switzerland, Oct. 10, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Cloud Foundry Foundation , home of a family of open source projects including Cloud Foundry Application Runtime, Cloud Foundry Container Runtime, and Cloud Foundry BOSH, announced two new projects have been accepted by the Project Management Committees in order to further integrate Kubernetes with Cloud Foundry technologies.

Key Points: 
  • BASEL, Switzerland, Oct. 10, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Cloud Foundry Foundation , home of a family of open source projects including Cloud Foundry Application Runtime, Cloud Foundry Container Runtime, and Cloud Foundry BOSH, announced two new projects have been accepted by the Project Management Committees in order to further integrate Kubernetes with Cloud Foundry technologies.
  • Announced at last year's European Summit, Cloud Foundry Container Runtime (CFCR) is housed in the Extensions PMC and also takes advantage of Kubernetes.
  • "Eirini and CF Containerization are the latest examples of the Cloud Foundry community's approach to continuously exploring future evolutionary directions for the platform," said Chip Childers, CTO, Cloud Foundry Foundation.
  • The Cloud Foundry Foundation is an independent non-profit organization formed to sustain the development, promotion and adoption of Cloud Foundry as the industry standard platform for cloud applications.

Cloud Foundry 2018 European Summit Begins in Switzerland, Launches Certified Systems Integrator Program

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Wednesday, October 10, 2018
Computing, Cloud computing, Information and communications technology, Cloud storage, Web services, Cloud infrastructure, Network file systems, Web hosting, Cloud Foundry, BOSH, Swisscom

BASEL, Switzerland, Oct. 10, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Cloud Foundry Foundation , home of a family of open source projects including Cloud Foundry Application Runtime, Cloud Foundry Container Runtime and Cloud Foundry BOSH, opened its European Cloud Foundry Summit in Basel, Switzerland today, with news from organizations including CGI, evoila, Grape Up, Huawei, IBM, ITQ, Pivotal, Snyk, Stark & Wayne, SUSE and Swisscom in addition to the Foundation's official launch of its Certified Systems Integrator Program .

Key Points: 
  • BASEL, Switzerland, Oct. 10, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Cloud Foundry Foundation , home of a family of open source projects including Cloud Foundry Application Runtime, Cloud Foundry Container Runtime and Cloud Foundry BOSH, opened its European Cloud Foundry Summit in Basel, Switzerland today, with news from organizations including CGI, evoila, Grape Up, Huawei, IBM, ITQ, Pivotal, Snyk, Stark & Wayne, SUSE and Swisscom in addition to the Foundation's official launch of its Certified Systems Integrator Program .
  • The Foundation announced the Cloud Foundry Certified Systems Integrator program, designed to help Systems Integrators (SIs), consultancies and professional services organizations highlight their expertise working with the Cloud Foundry family of technologies.
  • Pivotal announced it is incorporating the Cloud Foundry Foundation's Cloud Foundry for Developers course and the Cloud Foundry Certified Developer certification program into its professional training and certification programs.
  • The Cloud Foundry Foundation is an independent non-profit organization formed to sustain the development, promotion and adoption of Cloud Foundry as the industry standard platform for cloud applications.

Aqua Security and Pivotal Team Up to Bring New Application Security Solution to the Enterprise

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Tuesday, October 9, 2018
Computing, Cloud computing, Web services, Cloud infrastructure, Cloud storage, Web hosting, DevOps, Aqua, Cloud Foundry

Users can integrate Aqua Security with their existing CI/CD tools for security testing as part of the build, with Active Directory/LDAP for user authentication, and with SIEM/analytics to output audit and alert data.

Key Points: 
  • Users can integrate Aqua Security with their existing CI/CD tools for security testing as part of the build, with Active Directory/LDAP for user authentication, and with SIEM/analytics to output audit and alert data.
  • "We are extremely excited to extend Aqua's security capabilities to Pivotal Cloud Foundry users," said Upesh Patel, Vice President of Business Development for Aqua Security.
  • Aqua Security enables enterprises to secure their container and cloud-native applications from development to production, accelerating application deployment and bridging the gap between DevOps and IT security.
  • Integrated with container lifecycle and orchestration tools, the Aqua platform provides transparent, automated security while helping to enforce policy and simplify regulatory compliance.

Magenic Named Breakthrough Partner of the Year by Pivotal Software

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Monday, September 24, 2018
Computing, Cloud computing, World Wide Web, Cloud storage, File hosting, Network file systems, Web hosting, Web services, Pivotal Software, Cloud Foundry, PCF, Pivotal

MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 24, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Magenic , a Minneapolis-based digital technology consulting firm, has been named 2018 Breakthrough Partner of the Year by Pivotal Software, Inc., a leading cloud-native platform provider.

Key Points: 
  • MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 24, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Magenic , a Minneapolis-based digital technology consulting firm, has been named 2018 Breakthrough Partner of the Year by Pivotal Software, Inc., a leading cloud-native platform provider.
  • The award recognizes Magenic's collaboration with Pivotal to help clients design, develop, and modernize .NET applications on the Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF) platform.
  • "I am delighted to announce that Magenic has received the Systems Integrator Breakthrough Partner of the Year award," said Nick Cayou, Vice President of Global Ecosystem, Pivotal Software.
  • The Pivotal Partner Awards honor partners who have contributed most meaningfully to the Pivotal community.