Building on Cloudbase Solutions' OpenStack integration with Microsoft Hyper-V, SUSE has announced its association with Dell and Microsoft to contribute to the Dell-initiated Crowbar open-source project and simplify, standardize and automate the set-up of mixed hypervisor Clouds. Additionally, SUSE announced offering Cloud 2.0 with fill support for Microsoft Hyper-V.
Now, SUSE Cloud 2.0 support for compute nodes running Microsoft Hyper-V can help customers create private Clouds that include multiple hypervisors, providing increased flexibility and workload optimization. We are pleased to take this next step in our long-standing efforts with SUSE, said Mike Schutz, GM Product Marketing, Microsoft.
Michael Miller, VP of Global Alliances and Marketing, SUSE, said, Mixed hypervisor cloud environments give enterprises a new level of flexibility to maximize their existing technology investments. Our collaboration with Microsoft, Dell and Cloudbase Solutions demonstrates the value of open-source development in ensuring customers get maximum performance from a best-of-breed cloud solution, while mitigating the risk of vendor lock-in and technology obsolescence.
Dell’s VP of Worldwide Servers, Forrest Norrod, said that Dell has been an active sponsor of the OpenStack community for more than three years, and it is a critical component to the Dell Cloud strategy. With SUSE Cloud 2.0, the company has further collaborated with SUSE on the Crowbar project to reduce installation complexity and accelerate time to value for its customers.
