The flexibility and economic benefits of cloud computing have generated a tremendous amount of interest. As developers work with this technology, an obvious concern is vendor lock-in. Writing an application
Self-service access and customization capability are key themes when using WebSphere CloudBurst. Multiple users can create and provision their own unique middleware application environments by using a range of customization
Until recently, many corporations considered the cloud simply as a way to accommodate their virtualized servers — a way to reduce bandwidth constraints within their data centers, while moving some
Virtualization has become the industry standard for server consolidation; however, introducing virtualization in a cloud computing environment can lead to complex management problems. IBM Systems Director VMControl is a cross-platform,
Managing complex applications and workloads in the cloud requires timely infrastructure reconfiguration automation. Application-centric management — in which your management efforts are focused on controlling all required resources as a
In a virtual data center the deployment and the dismissal of complex appliances require that multiple configuration steps be executed. Reconfiguration requirements include establishing and removing communication between different components