Open source cloud computing software company Cloud.com recently announced that Appcore, a global business information systems provider, is using the company’s flagship product, CloudStack, for its private cloud computing platform.
Appcore technology includes such a platform, the global Appcore Cloud Network, Appcore Second Site for disaster recovery, and Appcore Cloud Onsite, which allows enterprises to run the platform behind its firewall or in any of Appcore’s global clouds.
One of the key reasons Appcore is using Cloud.com CloudStack is due to its open source model and therefore Appcore’s ability to see the code prior to making its selection. In addition to the benefits of open source that CloudStack delivers, Appcore has gained an easy-to-use user interface for customer self-service administration that can decrease operating costs by freeing up