Building a hosted Private Cloud with openQRM

Cloud analyst Rene Buest published a comprehensive guide howto setup a hosted private Cloud with openQRM. His howto provides insights of why companies decide to go with private Cloud and points out the advantages of a fully automated IT infrastructure combined with a self-service. It includes step-by-step instructions paired with lots of screenshots and describes best practices for building your own private Cloud.

Here a teaser of his work:

Companies have recognized the benefits of the flexibility of their IT infrastructure. However, the recent past has reinforced the concern to avoid the path to the public cloud for reasons of data protection and information security. Therefore alternatives need to be evaluated. With a private cloud one is found, if this would not end in high up-front investments in own hardware and software. The middle way is to use a hosted private cloud. This type of cloud is already offered by some providers. However, there is also the possibility to build it up and run themselves. This INSIGHTS report shows how this is possible with the open source cloud computing infrastructure solution openQRM.

Please find URLs for this howto in english and german lanuguage below:

EN: Building a hosted Private Cloud with the Open Source Cloud Computing infrastructure solution openQRM - http://clouduser.de/en/insights-en/building-a-hosted-private...

DE: Aufbau einer Hosted Private Cloud mit der Open-Source Cloud Computing Infrastrukturlösung openQRM - http://clouduser.de/insights/aufbau-einer-hosted-private-clo...

Many thanks and thumbs up to Rene Buest for this detailed openQRM Use-case and documentation!

Full Story