{"id":20908,"date":"2016-03-03T17:17:06","date_gmt":"2016-03-03T17:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businesscloudnews.com\/?p=246032"},"modified":"2016-03-03T17:17:06","modified_gmt":"2016-03-03T17:17:06","slug":"suse-targets-simplification-with-openstack-cloud-6-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/suse-targets-simplification-with-openstack-cloud-6-release\/","title":{"rendered":"SUSE targets simplification with OpenStack Cloud 6 release"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Public<\/a>German open source vendor SUSE claims its new OpenStack Cloud 6 is designed to overcome the fear of commitment that is putting IT buyers off engagement with the cloud. SUSE claims its new private cloud offering is a solution to the buying objections that potential customers have outlined.<\/p>\n

According to SUSE\u2019s own feedback, many companies want the cloud but think it\u2019s too much hassle to install applications and can\u2019t risk the disruption to their business. A recent study commissioned by SUSE found that more than 90% of large companies say they\u2019ve already got at least one private cloud within their business, can see the advantages and would, in theory, use cloud computing for more business-critical workloads. But in practise they are not going to. Their worst fears are over installation challenges, possible vendor lock-in and a lack of OpenStack skills in the market.<\/p>\n

SUSE claims it can address these fears and aims to convince potential clients that they won\u2019t be subject to IT project creep. In response it is offering non-disruptive upgrades and a more business-friendly release cycle with longer support duration. This combination, it claims, will compensate for the limited skilled resources by requiring fewer upgrades and minimising disruption to production environments.<\/p>\n

In addition, SUSE aims to offer more training to boost the available skills base with a new OpenStack training and certification scheme. SUSE is introducing the SUSE Certified Administrator-OpenStack \u00a0(SCA-OpenStack) certification along with a new training course on how to install and administer SUSE OpenStack Cloud. This is intended as a complement to, not a replacement for, existing SUSE OpenStack Cloud training. The training was developed in collaboration with the OpenStack Foundation exam development team.<\/p>\n

A new course will specifically prepare students to take both the OpenStack Foundation Certified OpenStack Administrator (COA) exam as well as the SCA-OpenStack exam. The new course will be held unveiled at an OpenStack Summit in Texas on April the 25th.<\/p>\n

The Cloud 6 is based on the OpenStack release Liberty, has Docker and IBM z Systems mainframe support designed to make it easier to move applications and data to the cloud. Cloud 6 also supports Xen, KVM, Hyper-V and VMware hypervisor options and the OpenStack Manila shared file system service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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