Ubuntu Linux Adds Cloud to Ubuntu 9.10 Server
Canonical the business arm beyond Ubuntu Linux us hitting private cloud capabilities in an upgrade to its Ubuntu Linux OS being announced. Available for free download by October 29 2009, Ubuntu 9.10 Server Edition introduces UEC (Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud), an open source cloud computing environment based on the same APIs as Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud). Businesses can take advantage of private clouds, Canonical said. Ubuntu 9.10 BETA is available h3r3 "Essentially, what this release is doing is targeting cloud computing, in particular," said Steve George, director of support and services for Canonical. With version 9.10, users can take core ideas of cloud computing, including agility, resource pooling, and actualization, in deploying clouds on their own hardware, George said. Users can set up 10 to 15 private servers and use the same APIs as in Amazon EC2, thus leveraging the same capabilities they would use with Amazon, George said. Applications can be taken off the Ama...