Initially HP Cloud was offering a non Open Stack private cloud infrastructure as a service called Matrix. There are lots of customers of HP Cloud who are happily enjoying the service. But now they have introduced Helion now which is a Open Stack distribution. Is OpenStack beneficial for a private cloud than non Open Stack?

We all know the facts about HP Cloud’s delivery options with competitive price and importance of Open Stack. But how does the Open Stack exactly differ from the Development Platform? Does anyone know the difference between Helion’s OpenStack and Helion’s Development Platform? Either is it targeted at IT ops or developers?

Helion being the brand name of the cloud product of HP Cloud is built giving more importance to Open Stack. According to Bill Hilf, Senior Vice President of HP Cloud, this cloud infrastructure will be consistent across different environments. My only doubt is can Helion be deployed in private, public and hosted cloud environments?

What is a dedicated hosting service? Given that it's way too expensive then a shared service, why is it used anyway? What kind of websites would use this kind of service? What is server management and what services does it consist of? What are the types of server management available? What is a hybrid hosting solution?

What is Network Basic Input Output System (NETBIOS)? What is its function with regard to communication in a Local Area Network (LAN)? What does NetBIOS extend User Interface do? What is its role in the context of a LAN? How are the two terms different in what they do? Given that both help in communication which one is better and why?

What is the difference between trivial file transfer protocol (TFTP) and File transfer protocol (FTP) from the security point of view? What are the advantages and disadvantages of using TFTP? What are the added steps to be taken with regard to increasing the security of when implementing TFTP for data file transfer?

Message Oriented Middleware increases the interoperability and flexibility of a system. How does a MOM achieve this objective? What are the primary reasons for developers to use MOM to work over multiple operating systems and network platforms? What is the role of Asynchronicity in the functioning of MOM? What are the disadvantages of using MOM?

We all know very well that the two big public clouds Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services to receive direct links from Equinix. Now I heard that Google’s public cloud has also joined the exchange to receive private direct links which offers a high performance, secure connection that bypasses the public Internet. Is Equinix really offering private direct links to Google Compute Platform?

 I heard that automatic scaling available to everyone on Google Cloud Platform. Even though automatic scaling isn’t new to the cloud world, it is new to the masses on Google’s Cloud Platform. It is said that this service is now in Beta, which is Google-speak for widely available. Does anyone know more about this? Please update….

I heard that Siaras, a new company targets on integrating clouds with Wide Area Networks (WANs). Siaras cloudscape platform is focused at service providers who would like to sell WAN on demand as a service. This is similar to cloud services. Has Siaras launched WAN for connecting Clouds and what is your opinion on this new venture?