Suse plans OpenStack private cloud

Attachmate's Suse division plans to offer software based on the OpenStack platform for enterprises to build private clouds, PCWorld reports.

The software is compatible with hypervisors from Microsoft and VMware as well as the Xen and KVM hypervisors. It runs on the Suse Linux Enterprise server and can be used with Suse Studio, for building and deploying cloud applications, and the Suse Manager server administration tools.

According to CBR Online, Suse president and GM Nils Brauckmann says Suse has successfully commercialised enterprise-quality open source software for 20 years.

“What we have done with Suse Linux Enterprise, we will now do for OpenStack-powered cloud infrastructure," he adds.

OpenStack is an Apache-licensed project whose mission is to create an open source cloud-computing platform that can meet the needs of both public and private clouds, regardless of size, while also being highly scalable and easy to implement, The H reveals.

The cloud software has already gained backing from more than 110 companies, including Dell, Citrix, AMD, Intel, HP and Ubuntu sponsor Canonical.