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Red Hat Shares — September 2016: Cloud infrastructure

October 5, 2016Red Hat Shares team

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Bringing in an integrated suite of cloud infrastructure and other technology platforms at the same time leads to simplified operation for your IT team and incremental adoption.

Red Hat® Shares, Red Hat's monthly corporate newsletter, features our take on technology trends, open source software, and recent industry news to help you navigate the complex world of IT. Subscribe to receive Red Hat Shares by email.

In this issue: Cloud infrastructure

  • Cloud infrastructure: Open source is where it's at
  • FEATURED Why the future of the cloud is open
  • Survey says: How are IT teams coping with public and private cloud?
  • Customer spotlight: Cloud solution helps boost U.S. rail safety
  • More to learn: Modernizing virtualization | What's the TCO for an OpenStack cloud? | Build a private or hybrid cloud with the end user in mind
  • Recommended | Red Hat news and more | Related events

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From the editor

Cloud infrastructure: Open source is where it's at

When we say "cloud infrastructure" we're talking about everything we need to build a cloud environment. That includes physical servers, public or private cloud software, software-defined storage, and virtualization software. Your infrastructure for cloud applications needs to match the speed, governance, and budget requirements from your business. That's where open source projects can help.

But it's not just about open source code. Working within developer communities (like OpenStack) can align their new ideas with your needs. Bringing in an integrated suite of cloud infrastructure and other technology platforms at the same time leads to simplified operation for your IT team and incremental adoption—not a wholesale rip-and-replace. Keep reading to learn about open source cloud infrastructure and how it’s being used in the wild.

Featured story

Why the future of the cloud is open

How you build your cloud determines how competitive, flexible, and cost-effective your business can be for the next 10 years. Done right, a cloud can redirect resources from maintaining the status quo to supporting new ideas. Migrating to the cloud helps, but only an open hybrid cloud approach delivers the full business value promised by cloud computing.

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Survey says

How are IT teams coping with public and private cloud?

  • 70% of respondents say cost reduction is the top motivation for moving workloads to the public cloud.
  • 73% say the main goal in moving their business into cloud services is workloads running more smoothly, with fewer disruptions.
  • 58% say data security is the most vexing challenge in moving to cloud technologies.
  • 10-29% is the number of apps most companies are placing in the cloud. That number is expected to grow to 70% or more in the next 2 years.
Source: Imperative for hybrid IT: Cloud and innovation in the modern era by 451 Research, June 2016

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Customer spotlight

Cloud solution helps boost U.S. rail safety

Positive train control (PTC) technology automatically stops trains before certain types of accidents occur. PTC is required in the U.S., but implementing it is beyond the financial means and expertise of many railroads.

Herzog Technologies, a rail signal and communications company, worked with Red Hat to develop an innovative cloud solution that lets railroads of all sizes adopt PTC technology—at a fraction of the cost of in-house PTC deployment—helping make rail transportation safer and more efficient.

Related

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More to learn

Blog series: Modernizing virtualization

Find out how modernizing virtualization can help you get work done faster, save money, and stay safer and in control.

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Blog post: What's the TCO for an OpenStack cloud?

We calculated the cost to run an OpenStack®-based private cloud. Check out the results and lessons learned.

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Webinar: Build a private or hybrid cloud with the end user in mind

Learn about identifying the needs of your end user, building your cloud incrementally, and more when defining your cloud experience.

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New offerings and releases

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Recommended

Red Hat news and more

Related events

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