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Abiquo Gives CIOs More Control Over Cloud Computing: Page 2 of 2

Abiquo, which bills itself as an enterprise cloud management software company, has released version 1.7 of its flagship software for a company to set IT business policy and apply that policy to physical or virtual data centers and even to third party hosting providers. Abiquo 1.7 overcomes some of the major impediments to wider adoption of cloud computing, which is the inability of a company to decide what IT resources are available to them, said Peter Malcolm, CEO of Abiquo.
November 15, 2010

Besides capacity utilization, version 1.7 of the software also sets business policies related to security, compliance, governance and other concerns. Because Abiquo is an open source software company, it offers a free community edition of the business policies software and a commercial enterprise edition, subscription pricing for which begins at around $1,000 per physical server per year, Malcolm said. The new product should be available in about 30 days.

According to a study commissioned by Abiquo and conducted by Forrester Consulting, while automation of cloud environments -- that is, being able to set business policies -- is a key enabler of cloud computing, companies surveyed found varying degrees of automation maturity in the market. Specifically, while 93 percent of organizations surveyed were interested in one or more types of automation, 28 percent had only basic automation options available to them.

Because of limited automation, companies had a harder time attaining the business flexibility and cost savings needed to make cloud computing worthwhile, the study stated.

"As cloud computing is more a business model than a technology, true cloud deployments will need to focus more directly on business needs," said Forrester.

The survey was conducted of 60 organizations adopting cloud computing in the U.S. and U.K.

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