Scalent release V/OE 2.0
Today, Scalent announced Scalent Virtual Operating Environment(TM) (V/OE) version 2.0.
With Scalent V/OE, infrastructure repurposing becomes nearly instantaneous. Changing system function and topology doesn't require touching physical cables or machines. Instead of spending hours or days reloading software, changing configurations and even moving machines and cables, IT teams can rack once, cable once, then reconfigure repeatedly, in minutes, effortlessly. Failover is automatic, and data center functionality matches the data center schematic -- what you see is what you get.
One issue with that approach is that datacenters are heavily silo'ed : the network is administered by a group different from the group managing the storage, or the servers. In the worst case scenario, these functions are even outsourced, either traditionally or leveraging technologies like Amazon S3. Is that something that Scalent is addressing ?
More and more, managing servers, and services, will become a business integration problem, using concepts usually reserved to e-commerce, implementing change management best practices, and leveraging business process automation tools.
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