Cloud computing is simultaneously an area of confusion, excitement, growth, value and skepticism. Recent months have shown a continued increase in new cloud-based solutions, tools and services entering the market. Even the definition of cloud computing has been expanding in order to keep up with the latest approaches and technologies.
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Carpathia Hosting just announced it has teamed up with Citrix® Systems, Inc. to launch the second generation of its enterprise cloud offering, Carpathia InstantOn™. The announcement looks exciting for at least a couple reasons. First, Carpathia is communicating a focus on Citrix XenServer™ rather than VMware or other hypervisors. Of course Carpathia will remain hypervisor agnostic to some degree, allowing customers freedom of choice. Still, this is a big win for Citrix. The second big news is the launch of the second generation InstantOn cloud computing solution from Carpathia.
Background
Earlier posts have discussed some of the strategies that can be followed by infrastructure as a service (IaaS) providers. At a high level, IaaS strategies are typically based on some mix of low price (offering lowest prices per unit of value), high differentiation (offering unique capabilities), and focus (selling to a more narrow group of customers).
When I heard Mark Hurd (HP CEO) and Steve Ballmer (Microsoft CEO) were to speak on a teleconference last week announcing a major partnership between the two companies – involving cloud computing no less – I jumped right on the call. After all, Microsoft is doing some exciting work with its Windows Azure platform. And, conversely, HP has been lacking major strategic announcements in the cloud realm. So I figured an alignment between these two industry giants had the potential to be very significant.