VMware/EMC big data spin-off Pivotal gets a big investment as it unveils a next-generation PaaS-- colossal conglomerate General Electric (GE) coughs up $105 million for a 10% stake in the venture. 

Following the investment, EMC owns 62%, VMware 28% and GE 10% of Pivotal, a company making first steps as stand-alone entity by announcing Pivotal One, a PaaS offering supposedly "bringing consumer-grade capabilities to the enterprise." 

According to the company Pivotal One integrates new data fabrics, modern programming frameworks, cloud portability and legacy system support within a Cloud Foundry-based platform deeply integrated with Pivotal HD an own version of Hadoop. The PaaS also includes messaging and application frameworks, allows enterprises to launch apps into either commodity hardware or clouds and wires apps into live analytics.  Read more...

SUSE announces the Dell SUSE Cloud Solution-- an OpenStack-powered enterprise-class private cloud solution combining Dell hardware and services with SUSE software. 

The solution uses SUSE Cloud as cloud management reference platform and runs on Dell PowerEdge servers. The OS of choice is OpenStack, while Dell Crowbar handles software installation. 

“As a part of our ongoing commitment to build solutions on open standards, we are proud to have partnered with SUSE, one of Dell’s Emerging Solutions Ecosystem Partners, to create an enterprise-ready priv Read more...

HP announces the OpenStack cloud support of 3PAR StoreServ and StoreVirtual storage technologies across iSCSI and Fibre Channel protocols at the OpenStack Summit 2013. 

"Channel partners can use our APIs to provide different customization capabilities to customers that can only be done using open source," HP storage VP of marketing Craig Nunes says. 

OpenStack technology is also integrated into HP CloudSystem 7.2, providing further functionality for customers and partners building enterprise-grade private, public and hybrid clouds. 

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The Haivision Video Cloud simplifies the complexity of live and on-demand video workflows by providing an end-to-end media platform. This online video platform provides lets companies engage their audiences with dynamic media content, regardless of network or device.

The Haivision Video Cloud integrates on-premise source encoding, file-based and live transcoding, media management, microsite builder, automated publishing and feed management and viewer-based real-time analytics. With the Haivision Video Cloud, organizations can implement an end-to-end system they can rely on to deliver both live and on-demand media experiences to any connected device.

The Haivision Video Cloud features the ability to automate the delivery of content to websites, mobile devices and tablets, along with social media syndication. Read more...