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178 blog posts:

Mobile Enterprise: Fixmo and Joyent Partner on Secure BYOD Management in the Cloud
Jun 22, 2012
By Jessica Binns, Contributing Editor Mobile risk company Fixmo is working with Joyent, a cloud computing provider, to deliver cloud-based mobile security and corporate data protection solutions to enable secure, managed and compliant BYOD deployments in a scalable cloud environment. The companies will jointly offer Fixmo’s defense-grade mobile solutions for BYOD security, device management, data loss prevention (DLP) and… Read more ›
Fixmo and Joyent Bring BYOD Security, Management and Compliance to the Cloud
Jun 22, 2012
Partnership Enables Organizations to Secure, Manage and Monitor BYOD Deployments using Public, Private and Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure  GigaOM STRUCTURE, SAN FRANCISCO—June 20, 2012—Fixmo, the mobile risk management (MRM) company, and Joyent, the cloud infrastructure performance company, today unveiled a partnership to deliver cloud-based mobile security and corporate data protection solutions to enable secure, managed and compliant… Read more ›
Webinar: SmartDataCenter: The Nuts and Bolts of Joyent’s Private Cloud Software
May 18, 2012
Join us for an overview of SmartDataCenter, the cloud software that runs the Joyent public cloud and is used to build and operate private, hybrid and public clouds around the world. James Duncan, CTO of Customer Engagement at Joyent, will give an overview of SmartDataCenter and cover the following topics: What SmartDataCenter is Where SmartDataCenter… Read more ›
ChefConf 2012
May 08, 2012
Opscode is hosting the inaugural user conference in Burlingame, CA at the SF Airport Mariott Waterfront. ChefConf will be three days of insightful demonstrations, interactive workshops, and presentations designed to help you harness the power of cloud infrastructure automation for your business. Joyent is sponsoring and Ben Rockwood, Joyent Director of Systems Engineer, is presenting the… Read more ›
MongoNYC 2012
May 08, 2012
MongoNYC is an annual one-day conference being held at the Pennsylvania Hotel in New York City. The conference is dedicated to the open source, non-relational database MongoDB and will feature over 40 sessions from MongoDB developers at 10gen, MongoDB users from the community, and technology partners, with presentations for both the novice and expert. One of… Read more ›
CloudPro: How cloud computing is set to change the face of media forever
Apr 29, 2012
The media have been quick to embrace the potential of the cloud and it’s a market that will look very different in the future. As cloud computing now passes from what we might perhaps call its adolescence into full adulthood, the industry as a whole is starting to refine its messages with regard to specific… Read more ›
Cloud Angle: Three Open Source-Based Cloud Alternatives to OpenStack
Apr 24, 2012
Maybe you’re waiting for OpenStack to mature. Maybe you’re testing OpenStack internally but want to see what else is out there. Or maybe you’re just curious. Regardless, now that we’ve taken a look at what OpenStack is up against when it comes to Amazon Web Services and VMware, here’s a look at how a few other… Read more ›
Webinar: Make Your Apps Run Faster on the Joyent Cloud with New Relic Application Tools
Apr 19, 2012
Please join us Wednesday, April 25 2012 at 10:00AM PT / 1:00PM ET for a webinar demonstration of how to use the New Relic application performance tool on the Joyent Cloud. New Relic Standard Edition is free to all Joyent Cloud customers. It is an all-in-one Web application performance tool that lets developers and operations… Read more ›
Joyent Unveils Joyent Cloud Europe to Meet Customer Demand and Deliver Superior Value and Performance to European Businesses
Apr 19, 2012
Amsterdam-based service offers Joyent Cloud innovation that includes superior real-time performance and unmatched analytics and reliability. Amsterdam and San Francisco – April 19, 2012— Joyent, a global provider of cloud computing software and services, today unveiled Joyent Cloud Europe, an extension of the US-based Joyent Cloud that will provide high-performance real-time Infrastructure-as-a-Service in Europe, located… Read more ›
ZDNet UK: Joyent infrastructure cloud touches down in Europe
Apr 19, 2012
Joyent has brought its cloud to Europe to meet demand from local companies, using a Dutch datacentre to cut latency on services previously provided by its US facilities. The European expansion, launched on Thursday, comes after the San Francisco-based company closed a £54m round of funding to give it the resources to expand globally and take on… Read more ›
Under the Radar
Apr 19, 2012
Learn about the latest IT innovations and meet leading enterprise executives for a day of discovery, networking and deal flow. A handful of the industry’s most compelling emerging startups that provide cutting edge solutions, have been selected for this gathering.  Under the Radar has been recognized as the most important showcase of innovation and deal-making… Read more ›
The Next Web Conference 2012
Apr 19, 2012
Please join Steve Tuck, EVP and General Manager of Joyent Cloud and team at the The Next Web Conference in Amsterdam 4/25-4/27. Joyent Cloud will be hosting the CxO Summit Champagne Reception, Kings of Code Hack Battle, and the TNW Business Meeting Lounge so we can get the word out about our new Amsterdam service… Read more ›
Computerworld UK: Joyent launches public cloud in Europe
Apr 19, 2012
Joyent, a cloud provider that counts LinkedIn among its customers, is launching its services in Europe today. The launch of Joyent Cloud Europe is driven by demand from the company’s North American customers looking to grow their European business, it said. “Many of our Joyent Cloud customers have experienced significant growth based on the superior… Read more ›
DevCon5
Apr 11, 2012
Find out the latest and greatest in the world of HTML5. DevCon5 provides you with the information and tools you need to exploit the capabilities of this revolutionary technology. DevCon5 is an HTML5 Developer and Mobile Applications Conference will take place at The Network Meeting Center, April 25-26, 2012. This conference is for web developers, designers, architects… Read more ›
Cloudant Data Layer as a Service Adds Support for Joyent Cloud
Apr 11, 2012
Cloudant and Joyent partnership provides scalable platform for big data application developers San Francisco and Boston – April 11, 2012 – Joyent Cloud, the public cloud designed for real-time, high-performance applications, and Cloudant, provider of a scalable Data Layer as a Service for data-driven web and mobile applications, today announced a partnership to provide developers… Read more ›
Nodejitsu and Joyent Cloud Join Forces to Deliver Node.js Infrastructure and Orchestration Tools to Fast Growing Developer Base
Apr 02, 2012
SAN FRANCISCO, CA and NEW YORK, NY–Joyent Cloud, the public cloud designed for real-time, high-performance applications, and Nodejitsu, provider of cloud management software and enterprise development tools for Node.js, today announced a partnership to deliver best-of-breed infrastructure and platform services and software to the growing ranks of enterprise and public cloud users developing and deploying… Read more ›
dtrace.conf
Mar 27, 2012
The original (and only) dtrace.conf in 2008 was a smash hit– even the analysts were raving! In pace with the Olympiad, it’s time once again to bring the community together for dtrace.conf 2012! This Joyent-sponsored community event will be held at the Children’s Creativity Museum, 4th and Howard (entrance behind the carousel) in downtown San Francisco. As with… Read more ›
Joyent Meetup: Making Quizlet Run Really Fast: Rapid Root-Cause Analysis with Monitoring and Analytics Tools
Mar 27, 2012
Join us for a presentation from Andrew Sutherland, the Founder and CTO of Quizlet: “Making Quizlet Run Really Fast: Rapid Root-Cause Analysis with Monitoring and Analytics Tools” Andrew will discuss how Quizlet – the largest independent study site in the U.S. uses application monitoring and performance tools New Relic and Joyent Cloud Analytics (with DTrace) in combination to monitor… Read more ›
MongoSF 2012
Mar 27, 2012
Joyent will be sponsoring MongoSF 2012, an annual one-day conference in San Francisco dedicated to the open source, non-relational database MongoDB. The conference will feature over 40 sessions from MongoDB developers at 10gen, MongoDB users from the community, and technology partners, with presentations for both the novice and expert. Past conferences have sold out so… Read more ›
MySQL Percona Live
Mar 27, 2012
MySQL Percona Live, formerly the O’Reilly MySQL Conferences, will be held in Santa Clara, CA. We will be sponsoring and exhibiting at this popular open-source community event. It is a meeting ground for the most dynamic exchange of knowledge and information about MySQL and closely related technologies. Sign up here
Basho Bash West 2012
Mar 27, 2012
A party hosted by the Riak team and co-sponsored by Joyent Cloud at ROE SF. We are celebrating the number of Riak users that are making this community thrive and be a continued success in 2012. Various members of the Basho and Joyent teams will be in attendance, along with hundreds of developers, executives, and… Read more ›
InfoQ: Operating Node.js in Production, with Bryan Cantrill
Mar 08, 2012
Summary Bryan talks about the challenges of operating Node.js in real production environments and the experiences he had working with it at Joyent. He also talks about DTrace, SmartOS, V8 and compares with other platforms. Bio Bryan Cantrill is VP of Engineering at Joyent, where he has led development of Joyent’s SmartOS and SmartDataCenter products.… Read more ›
InfoTech Spotlight: Joyent Extends Real-Time Public Cloud Offering to Asia
Mar 06, 2012
Joyent will extend its real-time public cloud offering to Asia in the second quarter of 2012. This move is made to help Joyent customers expand their businesses into the two regions. The extension will also aid its partners like Telefonica (News – Alert) who have to deliver real-time infrastructure that can handle the increasing need… Read more ›
CIO: How Cloud Computing Is Forcing IT Evolution
Mar 02, 2012
I had the privilege of chairing the infrastructure track at last week’s Cloud Connect conference. Three of the presentations were particularly interesting, offering a good perspective on just how dramatic an effect cloud computing is having on IT. Summed up, the capability and agility of cloud computing is forcing an extremely rapid evolution. In a… Read more ›
Joyent & Light Reading Webinar: Cloud Economics: Putting the Operational Principles of the Cloud to Work for You
Feb 29, 2012
Joyent and Heavy Reading Senior Analyst Ari Banerjee are teaming up to provide a timely and informative webinar highlighting the need and the opportunity to use cloud based technology and resources to deliver much more to enterprises than can currently be provided. Demands on enterprise IT and infrastructure resources are rapidly accelerating. It is imperative that technology organizations find… Read more ›
CloudTweaks: What’s Special about the Joyent Funding Round?
Feb 27, 2012
There is nothing special about small companies or startups getting funding, other than the obvious vindication of the opportunities in cloud computing. In fact, such funding stories have been the focus of several articles here (See the latest one: Cloud Computing Startups Raise Big Money: UPDATE 8). However, there’s something different, and in my opinion,… Read more ›
Joyent Cloud Partners with enStratus to Deliver Comprehensive Cloud Management Capabilities for Security, Governance, and Resource Control
Feb 22, 2012
Alliance enables enterprise customers to use enStratus’ cloud automation and orchestration tools to manage Joyent Cloud architectures or as part of multi-cloud automation and management solutions San Francisco and Minneapolis, February 22, 2012— Joyent Cloud, the public compute cloud designed for real-time applications, and enStratus, the leading provider of cloud infrastructure automation and management solutions,… Read more ›
Joyent Cloud Partners With Amplify to Deliver Free Cloud Resources for Media and Gaming Startups
Feb 16, 2012
Accelerator Program’s Portfolio Companies Receive High-Performance Cloud Computing Services to Power Innovative Real-Time Applications SAN FRANCISCO, CA and LOS ANGELES, CA–(February 16, 2012)– Joyent Cloud, the highest performance public cloud, and Amplify, a startup accelerator focused on supporting innovative media and entertainment Internet startups, have announced a partnership to supply free cloud computing resources and… Read more ›
Game Developers Conference 2012 in San Francisco
Feb 06, 2012
Visit Joyent Cloud in Booth #405 at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco. Learn about how leading game companies and game infrastructure providers are leveraging Joyent Cloud for high-performance gaming applications. Talk to our technology partners and to our customers about the Joyent Cloud technology edge. GDC is the largest game developer conference… Read more ›
VentureBeat: How a teen-founded company won the Node Jam
Jan 28, 2012
January 28, 2012 — Five years ago, a fifteen-year-old student built a website; this week, the same website won the Node Jam at Node Summit, the conference focusing on all things Node.js. Quizlet is a site you might never have heard of unless you were a teen or an educator, yourself. The flashcard-focused site helps millions of students who… Read more ›
ITworld: The Grand /usr-fication of Linux
Jan 27, 2012
January 27, 2012 — The Fedora Project is currently mounting a concerted effort to merge Linux filesystem directories into a more organized structure, an effort known as /usr merge. This is not really new news: I covered this back in November. But a new posting on FreeDesktop.org from systemd developer Lennart Poettering is seeking to dispel many of the… Read more ›
Mobile World Congress Feb 27- March 1 in Barcelona
Jan 27, 2012
Come by the Cloud Pavilion at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and learn how Joyent can provide mobile app developers and businesses with the most powerful, scalable cloud. See you there! Mobile World Congress is the global epicenter of this mobile redefinition as our participants enable, lead and accelerate it. No longer limited only to… Read more ›
Webinar: How to Monitor Public Cloud Infrastructure to Maximize Service Performance
Jan 27, 2012
Please join Joyent CTO Jason Hoffman and Circonus CEO Theo Schlossnagle for a webinar on monitoring cloud infrastructure as a part of organization-wide service monitoring on Wednesday, February 8 at 10:00AM PT / 1:00PM ET. Running production applications and critical business processes in a public cloud requires sophisticated monitoring and correlation capabilities to ensure that… Read more ›
ICOS and Joyent Announce Strategic Partnership to Deliver Joyent’s Cloud Infrastructure Solution to Channel Partners and Service Providers
Jan 24, 2012
SAN FRANCISCO, CA and GENEVA and FERRARA, ITALY—January 24, 2012—Joyent, the global provider of cloud computing software and services, and ICOS, leading Italian distributor of IT enterprise infrastructure solutions, today announced a strategic agreement to provide SmartDataCenter software to local channel partners and service providers. SmartDataCenter is a cloud infrastructure software platform developed by Joyent… Read more ›
Joyent Secures $85M in Venture Funding to Fuel Global Growth and Continued Innovation
Jan 23, 2012
Capital infusion supports Joyent’s provision of global cloud services to enterprises and service providers San Francisco—January 23, 2012—Joyent, a global provider of cloud computing software and services, today announced it has completed an $85 million funding round, with European group Weather Investment II providing the majority of the round. Weather II was advised by Accelero… Read more ›
The Wall Street Journal: The Daily Start-Up: Home Depot Buys Red Beacon In Newest Project
Jan 23, 2012
January 23, 2012 — In its first acquisition since 2006, Home Depot has acquired home services specialist Red Beacon, which has a software platform that lets pre-screened home service professionals–plumbers, painters, house cleaners and so on–bid for jobs. Home Depot will use Red Beacon to connect its own customers, which include both consumers and professionals. The race to… Read more ›
Portfolio.com: Joyent Shoots for “Star Alliance” of the Cloud
Jan 23, 2012
January 23, 2012 — David Young plans to use $85 million to build his cloud computing company into a global force. A San Francisco company that provides cloud computing power for businesses has pulled in $85 million in funding and a partnership with one of the world’s largest telecommunications company. “You need to think of this as almost… Read more ›
CNN Money: Venture capital deals
Jan 23, 2012
January 23, 2012 — Joyent, a San Francisco-based provider of cloud computing software and services, has raised $85 million in new VC funding. Weather Investment II led the round, and was joined by Telefonica Digital and return backers El Dorado Ventures, Epic Ventures, Greycroft Partners, Intel Capital, and Liberty Global. The company previously raised over $27 million. Read… Read more ›
Business Insider: This Company Just Raised $85 Million To Beat Back Amazon
Jan 23, 2012
January 23, 2012 — Amazon Web Services isn’t the only cloud computing game in town, and one of its competitors just got a lot stronger: Joyent has rasied $85 million from a surprising source — Spanish phone company Telefonica. European private equity firm Weather Investment II also participated. Joyent actually began offering its public cloud service a… Read more ›
GigaOM: Cloud provider Joyent gets $85 million for global expansion
Jan 23, 2012
January 23, 2012 — Updated: Joyent has netted $85 million in new venture funding to fuel a global expansion of its cloud services. Most of the new money comes from Weather Investment II Group and Accelero Capital, but Telefonica Digital is also investing. Existing Joyent backers include Intel Capital, Epic Ventures, Liberty Global, Greycroft Partners and El Dorado Ventures.… Read more ›
Wired: Google’s Chrome Browser Sprouts Programming Kit of The Future
Jan 23, 2012
January 23, 2012 — Chito Manansala is the reason you and about 2 billion other people can instantly pay with a Visa card in shops across the planet. As chief system architect at Visa, Manansala designed the communications system at the heart ofVisaNet — a worldwide network of shops, ATMs, banks, and websites that handles 130 million… Read more ›
TechCrunch: Cloud Computing Software Company Joyent Raises $85 Million To Pursue Global Growth
Jan 23, 2012
January 23, 2012 — Cloud computing software and service provider Joyent has secured an $85 million round of new funding, the company is announcing today. The round was led by European group Weather Investment II. It also included Telefónica Digital, the growth arm of global telecom giant Telefónica, which participated as a strategic investor. Weather II is a strategic shareholder in telecommunications… Read more ›
VentureBeat: Joyent grabs $85M from Weather Investment II, Telefonica to take on Amazon in cloud computing
Jan 23, 2012
January 23, 2012 — Cloud computing startup Joyent has raised a humongous $85 million round of funding, which will help the company with its plan of out-innovating Amazon in cloud computing technology. Joyent provides infrastructure cloud computing services for customers like LinkedIn, THQ, Gilt Groupe and Kabam. The company’s core offering will now be enhanced with a wide-ranging partnership with… Read more ›
Joyent Cloud Partners with NodeFly to Deliver First Node.js Application Monitoring Tool in the Cloud
Jan 19, 2012
NodeFly integrates analytics data via Joyent Cloud Analytics API to help companies monitor and optimize performance of Node.js apps in real-time San Francisco and Vancouver—January 19, 2011—Joyent Cloud, the highest performance public cloud, and NodeFly, an innovative provider of cloud application and infrastructure monitoring services, today announced a partnership to offer Node.js analytics services to… Read more ›
Node.js Selected by InfoWorld for 2012 Technology of the Year Award
Jan 11, 2012
San Francisco, January 11, 2012 – Joyent, a global provider of cloud computing software and services, today announced that Node.js, an open source platform for easily building fast, scalable real time applications, has been chosen by InfoWorld for the Technology of the Year Award. Joyent is the corporate sponsor and key driver of Node.js and offers an… Read more ›
Webinar: How NodeFly Uses the Joyent Cloud API and DTrace to Monitor Node.js Applications
Jan 09, 2012
Please join NodeFly CTO Eugene Kaydalov and Joyent Engineer and DTrace contributor Dave Pacheco, for a webinar on Wednesday, January 18 at 10:00AM PT. They will be discussing the technical details of how NodeFly has integrated Joyent Cloud Analytics, the Joyent Cloud API, and DTrace as part of its unique cloud application and services monitoring… Read more ›
2012 International CES: The Impact on Entertainment Industries of Cloud Computing
Jan 09, 2012
With more than four decades of success, the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) reaches across global markets, connects the industry and enables CE innovations to grow and thrive. Joyent’s Jonathan King, SVP Business Development, will be on the panel for the session, “The Impact on Entertainment Industries of Cloud Computing,” taking place on Wednesday, January 11 at… Read more ›
Southern California Linux Expo 2012
Jan 04, 2012
SCALE is an annual Linux, Open-Source, and Free Software conference and is being held January 20-22 in Los Angeles, CA. Presentations by Joyent engineers Rober Mustacchi, “Using SmartOS as a Hypervisor” and Brendan Gregg, “Performance Analysis: new tools and concepts from the cloud.” Sign up here
MongoDB Los Angeles
Jan 04, 2012
MongoLA is on January 19, 2012 in Los Angeles, CA. It is an annual one-day conference dedicated to the open source non-relational database MongoDB. Jason Hoffman, CTO of Joyent, will be there to discuss the topic “N2M: Node.js and MongoDB as the modern stack for the real-time web.” Sign up here
Free Beer with Ryan Dahl, Creator of Node.js, at the ThirstyBear in SF
Dec 30, 2011
Free beer? Talk with Ryan? Interested? Joyent is sponsoring a night of free beer at this popular microbrewery on January 23, 2012. Developers and business leaders interested in learning more about Node.js are welcome. Space is limited. Sign up here.
Services Angle: 5 Open Source Startups to Watch in 2012 # 3: Joyent
Dec 28, 2011
December 28, 2011 — This year we picked five startups commercializing open source projects that look especially strong going into 2012. The list is in no particular order. Joyent is an IaaS provider and sponsor of Node.js, the open source server side JavaScript system. It also offers a Node.js platform-as-a-service, its private cloud stack SmartDataCenter and its… Read more ›
GigaOM: What the HDD shortage means for cloud computing
Dec 27, 2011
December 27, 2011 — While the rest of the IT world is reeling from the hard drive shortage, users of cloud computing services should have a relatively painless experience — even if their providers don’t. I recently spoke with Steve Tuck, general manager of Joyent Cloud, about how Joyent has been dealing with the hard drive crisis and how it… Read more ›
The Register: Nekkid Tech – Vendors don’t respond to how we use tech
Dec 21, 2011
December 21, 2011 — Podcast Last week, Nekkid Tech host Greg Knieriemen chatted with Greg Schulz of StorageIO and Dell storage evangelist Gina Minks on various topics including the Infosmack mashup mess, how to pitch an ebook and what to do about those pesky IT admins… This week, Greg talks to guests Ed Saipetch, senior technical director… Read more ›
Wired: Mystery Men Forge Servers For Giants of Internet
Dec 19, 2011
December 19, 2011 — If you drive down highway 880 from Oakland, California, take an exit about 30 miles south, and snake past a long line of car dealerships, you’ll find an ordinary office building that belongs to a company you’ve never heard of. And if you’re allowed to walk inside — past the receptionist and… Read more ›
Joyent Announces Academic Program for Educators, Researchers and Students
Dec 15, 2011
Joyent connects the academic community with open source system software and support to run modern compute centers that enable richer research and development San Francisco — December 15, 2011 —Joyent, the global provider of cloud computing software and services, today announced the launch of its Academic Program, giving academic and research organizations free access to… Read more ›
Joyent Announces SmartMachine Appliance for MongoDB
Dec 09, 2011
Purpose-Built Cloud Server for Rapid Deployment of Highly-Scalable Database Makes It Push-Button Simple to Service Massive Mobile, Gaming and Social Apps San Francisco — December 9, 2011 — Joyent, the global provider of cloud computing software and services, today is launching its SmartMachine Appliance for MongoDB to serve the fast growing market for MongoDB products in… Read more ›
CIO Magazine: Cloud computing disrupts the vendor landscape
Dec 05, 2011
December 5, 2011 — If you think cloud computing is a disruptive force within the enterprise, just imagine what the cloud is doing to the vendor landscape. The sheer number of cloud players – or companies that claim to be cloud players — is staggering. By some estimates there are more than 2,000 software as a… Read more ›
Node Summit: The first event dedicated to the business of Node.js
Dec 02, 2011
If you are interested in how your business will be affected by a new world made up of a distributed system of devices and elements – from phones to data centers – you should attend Node Summit. Business leaders and technologists at this event will explore how Node.js informs their strategy for supporting next-generation applications. Joyent’s… Read more ›
GigaOM: More proof that enterprises love Node.js
Dec 01, 2011
December 1, 2011 — Node.js is following on Ruby on Rails and NoSQL footsteps to become the next hacker technology to be fully embraced by the enterprise. Just ask Flotype, a year-old startup which built its NowJS architecture atop Node.js, a server-based, event-driven JavaScript framework. Flotype, a 2010 Y-combinator startup, is hiring techies to help it build infrastructure for creating… Read more ›
Joyent Webinar: The Top Four Cloud Use Cases on SmartDataCenter
Nov 30, 2011
Please join us for a webinar discussing The Top Four Cloud Use Cases on SmartDataCenter on Thursday December 8, 2011 at 10:00AM PT. Learn how SmartDataCenter enables revenue generating services like machine-to-machine clouds, collaborative developer clouds, and private clouds for new enterprise applications, in addition to the most common use case, cloud for infrastructure as a service. Sign up… Read more ›
Wired: Telcos Promise Business-Class Flight Through the Clouds
Nov 28, 2011
November 28, 2011 — The telco carriers want to put you in business class when you fly through the clouds. Coach may be fine for your digital vacation memories, the argument goes, but enterprise applications need the performance, security, and guarantees of the telco carriers. In short, the carriers say, turn to us for business-class cloud… Read more ›
Italian Internet Portal and service Provider Libero Launches Public Cloud Using Joyent SmartDataCenter Software
Nov 25, 2011
Dell cloud infrastructure supports the most modern, efficient cloud available. Milan and San Francisco — November 25, 2011 — Libero, Italy’s most popular portal and Internet service provider, is using Joyent’s SmartDataCenter cloud computing software and services to launch the country’s largest on-demand public cloud offering.  Libero’s public cloud will give businesses and developers access to… Read more ›
Web Host Industry Review: Italian ISP Libero Runs New Public Cloud on Joyent Cloud Platform
Nov 25, 2011
November 25, 2011 — Italian Internet service provider Libero announced on Friday that it has launched its public cloud based on Joyent’s SmartDataCenter cloud platform. This news comes a few months after Joyent launched its revamped public cloud platform. According to the press release, the public cloud offering will offer businesses and developers access to real time infrastructure resources… Read more ›
LISA ’11: 25th Large Installation System Administration Conference
Nov 21, 2011
Joyent will be at LISA ’11 Conference in Boston, MA December 4-9, 2011. Director of Systems Engineering Ben Rockwood and VP of Engineering Bryan Cantrill will be speaking. Large Installation System Administration Conference is the meeting place of choice for system and network administrators and engineers. Learn more here
MongoSV 2011 – Santa Clara, CA
Nov 18, 2011
Joyent is sponsoring and speaking at MogoSV 2011 on December 9, 2011 in Santa Clara, CA. CTO and Founder Jason Hoffman will be discussing “The Importance of Accessibility and Open Source in Developer Adoption.” MongoSV is an annual one-day conference in Silicon Valley dedicated to the open source, non-relational database MongoDB. The comprehensive agenda includes 50+… Read more ›
Gartner Data Center Conference – Las Vegas, NV
Nov 18, 2011
Joyent will be exhibiting at the Gartner Data Center Conference on December 5-8, 2011 in Las Vegas, NV. Come hear from the top data center professionals and I&O execs on hot topics such as virtualization and the data center network, private and public cloud computing, storage growth, obtaining real value from ITIL and fabric computing.… Read more ›
TMCNet – Joyent, Telx, Cirracore and Canvas Systems Jointly to Provide All-in-One Private Cloud Solution
Nov 10, 2011
November 10, 2011 — Joyent, a global provider of cloud computing software and services, has partnered with Telx, Cirracore, and Canvas Systems (News - Alert) to release a private cloud solution to evaluate private cloud deployment options easily. In a press release, Dr. Jason Hoffman (News - Alert), founder and CTO of Joyent, said, “Companies considering a private cloud solution have been… Read more ›
Wired – Oracle Pitches Solaris as ‘First Cloud OS’
Nov 10, 2011
November 10, 2011 — Oracle introduced the biggest update to its Solaris operating system in nearly a decade Wednesday. By all accounts it was a classy event, held at Gotham Hall in New York. We can’t tell you much about the launch though because the press was not invited. The truth is that no Oracle bigwigs… Read more ›
TechTarget: Providers in emerging markets seek carrier-grade cloud solutions
Nov 10, 2011
November 10, 2011 — As the gravitational pull between telecom providers and cloud services grows stronger, 2012 may be the year that carriers determine which cloud solutions are going to help them shake off their transport-only roots and become fierce competitors in the cloud market. Whereas Tier 1 providers like Verizon and CenturyLink may have deep… Read more ›
Joyent, Telx, Cirracore and Canvas Systems Join Forces to Provide All-In-One Private Cloud Solution
Nov 09, 2011
Complete cloud solution that includes Joyent’s SmartDataCenter makes private cloud evaluation simple and affordable San Francisco— November 8, 2011 — Joyent, the global provider of cloud computing software and services, together with Telx, Cirracore, and Canvas Systems, today announced availability of a private cloud solution that gives enterprise customers the technology they need to easily evaluate private… Read more ›
eMoney Daily: Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) Makes Javascript Leap
Nov 09, 2011
November 9, 2011 — Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) and Joyent have delivered the ‘first stable build’ of Node.js on Windows. Microsoft and Joyent have launched the ‘first stable build’ milestone of their native Windows port of Node.js. Node.js a command line tool that lets developers run JavaScript programs by typing ‘node my_app.js’. Node provides a JavaScript application… Read more ›
The Register – Oracle dubs Solaris 11 world’s ‘first cloud OS’
Nov 09, 2011
November 9, 2011 — Oracle has duly and at last announced the Solaris 11 Unix system, developed under the code-name “Nevada” at the former Sun Microsystems and representing the foundation of the future Sparc systems business that Oracle hopes to rebuild. Solaris 11 is perhaps a little later coming to market than planned because of the… Read more ›
ZDNet: Microsoft, Joyent deliver ‘first stable build’ of Node.js on Windows
Nov 08, 2011
November 8, 2011 — Microsoft and Joyent have hit the ‘first stable build’ milestone of their native Windows port of Node.js. Meanwhile, Microsoft is adding Python language support to its Kinect development kit. Microsoft and Joyent announced in June they were working together to create a native Windows port of node.js. On November 7, via a… Read more ›
Cloud Computing Expo 2011
Nov 07, 2011
Joyent will be at the Cloud Computing Expo 2011 in Santa Clara, CA. Come see us at the Telx booth November 7 – 10, 2011. Through an intensive four-day schedule of keynotes, general and breakout sessions, and our bustling Expo Floor – attending delegates will leave with abundant resources, ideas and examples they can apply immediately… Read more ›
How Your iPhone Chip Will Reinvent the Internet Data Center
Nov 01, 2011
November 1, 2011 — Intel believes that these extreme-low-energy systems represent only about six to 10 percent of the server market, but this kind of cloud-based computing is growing really fast — too fast to be ignored. With so many new moving parts — new chips, new compilers, new versions of Linux — these emerging ARM… Read more ›
Joyent Webinar: What a Node.js SmartMachine Can Do For You
Oct 26, 2011
Please join Tom Hughes-Croucher, Chief Evangelist at Joyent, for a webinar inroducing the Joyent Node.js SmartMachine on Tuesday November 1, 2011 at 10:00am PT / 1:00PM ET. Tom will compare and contrast of the No.de service and the newer Joyent Cloud Node.js Smartmachine, and what types of development they’re suited to. He will also discuss how using a… Read more ›
Joyent Extends Global Reach and Gains Momentum Through Addition of SmartDataCenter Customers Around the World
Oct 25, 2011
Wide adoption of Joyent’s cloud software hits quick stride San Francisco— October 25, 2011 — Joyent, the global provider of cloud computing software and services, today announced that top service providers and systems integrators in Europe, Asia, the Middle East and North America have adopted and deployed the recently released SmartDataCenter 6.5 (SDC) cloud infrastructure and management… Read more ›
OpenStorage Summit 2011
Oct 25, 2011
Joyent, a global cloud computing software and service provider that offers an integrated technology suite designed for service providers, enterprises, and developers, will be presenting keynote speaker Jason Hoffman at this year’s OpenStorage Summit in San Jose on October 26-27. The company will also demonstrate its SmartOS and SmartDataCenter software products in real time at… Read more ›
Joyent to Keynote and Demo SmartOS, the Modern Operating System, at OpenStorage 2011
Oct 24, 2011
Jason Hoffman to Deliver Keynote Address on the Future of Cloud Infrastructure San Francisco— October 24, 2011 — Joyent, a global cloud computing software and service provider that offers an integrated technology suite designed for service providers, enterprises, and developers, will be presenting keynote speaker Jason Hoffman at this year’s OpenStorage Summit in San Jose… Read more ›
NGT MENA Summit 2011: Next Generation Telecoms Summit
Oct 20, 2011
Founder and CTO Jason Hoffman and EMEA President Philippe Weppe will attend the Next Generation Telecom MENA Summit in Dubai from October 31st through November 2nd. This annual  summit is an arena for senior level executives to meet with like minded peers from around the world and participate in workshops and roundtables on the topics… Read more ›
Cloud Computing Expo 2011 West
Oct 20, 2011
Cloud computing is steadily becoming an integral part of the enterprise computing environment. Cloud Expo was announced on February 24, 2007, the day the term “cloud computing” was coined. That same year, the first Cloud Expo took place in New York City with 450 delegates. This coming November 7-10, 2011, Cloud Expo is returning to… Read more ›
Joyent Webinar: The Business Benefits of Joyent Cloud Analytics
Oct 12, 2011
Please join this webinar highlighting The Business Benefits of Joyent Cloud Analytics. Joyent Cloud Analytics is a powerful tool that measures latency anywhere in a compute stack and dramatically reduces the overhead involved in troubleshooting and fixing the problem. Cloud operators and customers alike can quickly determine the specific cause of slowdowns in any application… Read more ›
Joyent and NavLink Announce Strategic Partnership to Deliver Joyent’s SmartDataCenter Cloud Infrastructure Platform to Service Providers and Cloud Services to End Users
Oct 11, 2011
San Francisco and Dubai— October 11, 2011 —Joyent, the global provider of cloud computing software and services, and NavLink, a provider and enabler of managed Information Communication Technology (ICT), enterprise networking and cloud services in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), today announced a two-pronged partnership: NavLink will deliver cloud services based on SmartDataCenter… Read more ›
GigaOM: The Internet of Things and the cloud
Oct 09, 2011
October 9, 2011 — We are in the early stages of the Internet of Things, the much anticipated era when all manner of devices can talk to each other and to intermediary services. But for this era to achieve its full potential, operators must fundamentally change the way they build and run clouds. Why? Machine-to-machine (M2M)… Read more ›
GigaOM: 5 ways to protect against vendor lock-in in the cloud
Sep 24, 2011
September 24, 2011 — Two weeks ago, Google announced a significant price increase for use of its App Engine Platform-as-a-Service. The increase itself was not a huge surprise. Google had been making noises that something like this was in the offing for a number of months. But the size of the increase shocked the Web… Read more ›
SearchServerVirtualization.com: Open Virtualization Alliance adds members: News in brief
Sep 23, 2011
September 23, 2011 — Open Virtualization Alliance adds members. The Open Virtualization Alliance said this week that it has added 134 new members since June. The group, which promotes the open source Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM), has doubled its membership since it was first launched in June to a total of more than 200 companies.… Read more ›
Joyent goes open source to help service providers take on AWS
Sep 23, 2011
Analyst: Jason Verge, William Fellows Date: 22 Sep 2011 451 Report Folder: File report Go to original article In August, Joyent open-sourced its SmartOS cloud operating system, a strategically important bid to increase its appeal to service providers seeking to take on Amazon, as well as enterprises. Open source cloud enablement is gathering pace –… Read more ›
FT Tech Hub: MiTAC, Joyent bring public cloud to Taiwan
Sep 21, 2011
September 21, 2011 — MiTAC, Joyent bring public cloud to Taiwan
Joyent and MiTAC Announce MiCloud, Taiwan’s First Public Cloud for End Users and Cloud Solution for Enterprises and Service Providers
Sep 19, 2011
San Francisco and Taipei— September 19, 2011 —Joyent, the global provider of cloud computing software and services, and MiTAC Information Technology Corp. (MiTAC), a worldwide systems integrator, today launched MiCloud, Taiwan’s first true public cloud service and a cloud solution bundle for enterprises and service providers. MiCloud is a fully integrated hardware and software solution… Read more ›
Technology Review: Companies Promise a Cloud that Won’t Crash
Sep 16, 2011
September 16, 2011 — Some say that recent high-profile cloud outages are just a matter of bad design. Whenever Amazon’s cloud service goes down, the sites and services that rely on it, including Reddit, Quora, and Foursquare, go with it. After a couple of major outages early this year, competitors are aiming for the jugular… Read more ›
Data Center Knowledge: Joyent – Our New Public Cloud is Faster
Sep 15, 2011
September 15, 2011 — Pricing will always be a key factor in selecting a public cloud. But performance is an increasingly important criteria in the fast-growing market for cloud computing, as reflected in Joyent’s introduction today of a new public cloud platform. Joyent has focused on superior application speed as a key selling point. The… Read more ›
Web Host Industry Review: Joyent Launches Revamped Public Cloud Platform
Sep 15, 2011
September 15, 2011 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Cloud computing software provider Joyent announced on Thursday it has launched a new public cloud computing platform that delivers a powerful combination of superior application speed, 100 percent data resiliency, and granular analytics. The new release comes a month after Joyent began offering its SmartOS cloud… Read more ›
CIO Magazine: Joyent Takes Aim at Amazon With Public Cloud Upgrade
Sep 15, 2011
September 15, 2011 — IDG News Service — Joyent is upgrading its public cloud service with better analytics and the ability to run Linux and Windows, as it hopes to persuade CIOs to move more applications to the company’s cloud, it said on Thursday. So far, enterprises that want to run their applications on Joyent’s… Read more ›
GigaOM: Joyent Cloud takes on kingpin Amazon
Sep 15, 2011
September 15, 2011 — Joyent is pitching its Joyent Cloud as a faster, cheaper platform that will give customers more insight into their cloud-based operations than the incumbent leader Amazon. The new-and-improved Joyent Cloud, announced Thursday, builds atop the company’s rethought SmartDataCenter 6 management technology and adds more business analytics to help corporate customers get… Read more ›
Joyent Validates TYAN Servers for Use in SmartDataCenter
Sep 14, 2011
Only the most performant servers are used in SmartDataCenter Cloud Computing Platform. San Francisco — September 13, 2011 —Joyent, the global provider of cloud computing software and services, and TYAN, an industry-leading server platform provider and subsidiary of MiTAC International Corp., today announced that Joyent has validated two of TYAN’s high density and high performance… Read more ›
Joyent Webinar: The Modern Operating System, SmartOS
Aug 17, 2011
Join Joyent VP of Engineering Bryan Cantrill on Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at 10:00am PT / 1:00pm ET, for a discussion about what makes a modern operating system. Bryan will give a quick overview of the history of virtualization as a backdrop to his talk, and then describe Joyent’s process of porting KVM to SmartOS,… Read more ›
Node.js Knockout 2011
Aug 17, 2011
Node.js Knockout 2011 is here! Join us for this 48-hour worldwide virtual hackathon featuring node.js. Coding takes place from August 27th to August 29th, 2011. Judging and public voting will take place the following week. Contestants can compete from anywhere in the world but Joyent will be hosting Knockout, for the second year in a… Read more ›
The Register: Son of Solaris raids Linux for KVM hypervisor
Aug 16, 2011
Joyent erects ‘first major hypervisor’ in half decade August 15, 2011 — In the summer of 2008, Google flipped the switch on its App Engine, letting outside developers build applications atop its state-of-the-art online infrastructure – and it soon got a lecture from Jason Hoffman. Hoffman – the founder and chief technology officer of Joyent,… Read more ›
VentureBeat: Exclusive – How LinkedIn used Node.js and HTML5 to build a better, faster app
Aug 16, 2011
August 15, 2011 — This morning, LinkedIn launched its gorgeously overhauled mobile app. We’ve already told you all about the new features, but for developers, the most exciting part is what’s going on under the hood. The app is two to 10 times faster on the client side than its predecessor, and on the server… Read more ›
Silicon Angle: Joyent Opens up SmartOS in the Cloud
Aug 16, 2011
August 16 — Cloud software developer Joyent announced that its SmartOS platform, which was once only a component of its SmartDataCenter and public cloud offerings, is now available under an open-source license.  Joyent CTO Jason Hoffmann refered to the server platform as the ““only modern OS” developed in the past decade during an interview with GigaOM. “Joyent SmartOS… Read more ›
Joyent Announces SmartOS With KVM: An Open Source, Modern Operating System
Aug 15, 2011
KVM on SmartOS provides entrepreneurs and enterprises highest performance and profit potential through best of breed cloud technologies San Francisco — August 15, 2011 —Joyent, the global provider of cloud computing software and services, today announced that it has ported KVM to its operating system, SmartOS. SmartOS turns any server into a highly efficient, multi-tenant… Read more ›
KVM Forum Monday Aug 15: Joyent Engineering VP Bryan Cantrill Gives Talk on Joyent SmartOS and KVM
Aug 15, 2011
Be sure to say hello to Joyent VP of Engineering Bryan Cantrill at KVM Forum on Monday at the Hyatt Regency Vancouver in Vancouver, Canada. Bryan will speak on “Experiences porting KVM to SmartOS.” You can see event information and the agenda here.
Node Knockout SF Drinkup
Aug 15, 2011
Join us for the first ever Knockout drinkup! Beer and snacks will be on us at Pete’s Tavern (128 King St) following the Node.js Meetup at ngmoco:). If you don’t already have a team for Node Knockout, come find one! Great chance to meet and greet other participants and get excited for Node KO. If… Read more ›
Data Center Knowledge: Joyent Open Sources SmartOS for the Cloud
Aug 15, 2011
August 15, 2011 — Having open-sourced Node.js and seen the positive reception to Facebook’s Open Compute platform, Joyent is continuing in the open source tradition and releasing the source code of SmartOS, the operating system behind its cloud computing offerings. Joyent developed SmartOS as a new complete cloud software stack. Today, it has ported KVM… Read more ›
ReadWrite Enterprise: Joyent Brings KVM to SmartOS for DIRTY Environments
Aug 15, 2011
August 15, 2011 — Joyent, a company well-known to RWW readers for its backing of Node.js is announcing a step in a different direction today: the company has ported Linux KVM to its SmartOS offering and is making SmartOS available as a ready to install distribution and putting all the source on GitHub. SmartOS is… Read more ›
GigaOM: Joyent launches a new OS for the cloud
Aug 15, 2011
August 15, 2011 — Joyent, the company behind private cloud software and the Node.js event-driven programming language, has open-sourced its cloud operating system. Called SmartOS and already utilized in Joyent’s public cloud and SmartDataCenter private-cloud software, it will be available via an open-source license much like the Joyent-led Node.js effort is, says Joyent CTO Jason… Read more ›
GigaOM PRO – Infrastructure Q2: Big data and PaaS gain more mementum
Jul 19, 2011
Summary Big data and Platform-as-a-Service offerings highlighted the second quarter, suggesting that we can expect to see a shift in enterprise IT practices around application development and analytics very soon. On the PaaS front, we saw new projects like DotCloud and Cloud Foundry gain incredible momentum in just a few short months. The big-data activity… Read more ›
Joyent Webinar: Node.js in the Cloud – A discussion with Joyent and Cloud9 IDE
Jul 14, 2011
Please join Joyent Chief Evangelist Tom Hughes-Croucher and Cloud9 IDE CTO Rik Arends for a webinar discussion about the companies’ partnership providing web application developers with a one-stop Node.js cloud development and deployment platform. Tom and Rik will walk through some of the current and future product features and will also demonstrate pushing to Joyent… Read more ›
Business Times – Anise Asia taps demand for cloud computing
Jul 14, 2011
July 14, 2011 — KUALA LUMPUR: Cloud computing technology provides a new engine for cross trade for Malaysian businesses and companies to reach out to international markets, including the rapidly expanding north African and Middle East markets, Anise Asia Cloud Sdn Bhd president Suhaimee Abu Hassan said.?? Anise Asia yesterday launched its own public cloud… Read more ›
Dr.Dobb’s: JavaScript and Node.js Inventors Join In The Cloud
Jul 14, 2011
July 14, 2011 — Joyent and Cloud9 IDE have formed an agreement to provide web application developers with a single cloud development and deployment platform for Node.js applications from within the Cloud9 IDE (Integrated Development Environment). In this framework, the Cloud9 IDE runs in the browser and lives on Joyent’s public cloud. This in turn… Read more ›
Joyent and Cloud9 Partner to Provide Ready-to-Deploy Node.js IDE
Jul 13, 2011
JavaScript and Node.js™ inventors join to provide web app developers with one-stop cloud development and deployment San Francisco, CA and Amsterdam, NL – July 13, 2011 – In an arrangement that brings together the work of JavaScript inventor Brendan Eich and Node.js inventor Ryan Dahl, Joyent and Cloud9 IDE, Inc. today announced an agreement to… Read more ›
Bernama.com: Mukhriz urges Malaysian Business Community To Embrace Global Compute Network
Jul 13, 2011
July 13, 2011 — KUALA LUMPUR, July 13 (Bernama) – The Malaysian business community has been urged to embrace the global compute network (GCN) to grow their export markets and seek the best deals as well as lowest cost. The GCN is a global platform link that enables all kinds of business transactions, models and… Read more ›
ZDNet Asia: M’sian cloud provider targets regional markets
Jul 13, 2011
July 13, 2011 — KUALA LUMPUR–U.S.-based cloud computing vendor Joyent has partnered local IT player Anise Asia Cloud to offer public cloud services to enterprises in Southeast Asia, beginning with the latter’s base here in Malaysia. Suhaimee Abu Hassan, president of Anise Asia Cloud, said the company is in the process of signing up customers,… Read more ›
The Register: Interwebs IDE hits the mother Node
Jul 12, 2011
July 12, 2011 — Cloud9 – a startup offering developers an IDE that runs entirely on the web – has announced that its creation now plugs directly into the Node.js service run by Node chief steward Joyent. You can now build a Node app, debug it, and deploy it without leaving the the web-based IDE.… Read more ›
GigaOM: Meet the next big programming star: Node.js
Jul 06, 2011
July 6, 2011 — Sometimes, the geeks come out of the shadows and hit the mainstream consciousness. Remember the early ’00s and the rush of publicity for Ruby and Ajax as they became the calling cards of Web 2.0? Or in 2008, when Hadoop, the open-source version of Google’s MapReduce, started percolating up to the… Read more ›
Joyent Webinar: Node.js, the Next-Generation Language of the Web
Jun 30, 2011
Please join us Tuesday July 12, 2011 for a special webinar, Node.js: The Next-Generation Language of the Web. This webinar is targeted towards telco and mobile leaders in Europe and the surrounding areas. It will explore how Node.js enables greater speed and performance while decreasing the physical resources needed to handle the processing of traffic… Read more ›
Joyent, XYBASE and Anise Asia Cloud to Provide Carrier-Grade Cloud Software and Services to Governments, Enterprises and Telecom Firms Across South East Asia
Jun 28, 2011
Alliance Delivers SmartDataCenter 6 and Node.jsTM, Joyent’s Carrier-Ready Solution KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA and SAN FRANCISCO, CA–(Marketwire – Jun 28, 2011) – Joyent, the global provider of cloud computing solutions, XYBASE, a leading provider of IT solutions for global governments and corporations and Anise Asia Cloud, a Joyent-powered cloud service provider for South East Asia (SEA),… Read more ›
Joyent Announces Update to SmartDataCenter 6, the Next-Generation Cloud Operating System for Service Providers; Offers Business Enablement Programs
Jun 23, 2011
Single Pane View Enables Service Providers to Deliver Wide Variety of Cloud Services to Customers San Francisco, CA — January 23, 2011 — Joyent, the leading global provider of cloud computing solutions and technologies, today announced an update to its next-generation cloud software, SmartDataCenter, including enhancements that allow Service Providers to deliver a more flexible… Read more ›
FirstServer and Joyent to Provide Public Cloud Services to Gaming, Media, Social Network and Mobile Service Providers in Japan
Jun 22, 2011
Alliance Delivers SmartDataCenter 6, Includes Autoscaling and Instrumentation Tokyo and San Francisco — June 22, 2011 — Joyent, the global provider of cloud computing solutions, and FirstServer, the leading provider of cloud and shared hosting solutions in Japan, today announced a strategic alliance in which FirstServer will deliver Joyent’s SmartDataCenter 6 cloud software to service… Read more ›
Open Solaris User Group Meeting June 15, 2011
Jun 14, 2011
On Wednesday, June 15, 2011 from 6:45 – 8:00PM (PT) the Open Solaris User Group will be meeting at Delphix in Menlo Park. Garrett D’Amore will offer an Illumos update on the project followed by a panel discussion with D’Amore, our own Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal. More information on future meetings and other Open… Read more ›
GigaOM: Structure 2011
Jun 10, 2011
Joyent will be at Structure 2011 June 22-23 exhibiting as a showtime sponsor with some of  the top cloud innovators in the industry. Jason Hoffman, Chief Scientist and Co-Founder at Joyent, will be speaking during two sessions one titled “Piecing Together the Next-Generation of the Cloud,” which discusses the future of the cloud and how… Read more ›
Joyent Webinar: Cloud as a Business™ — The Economics of CapEx and OpEx
Jun 06, 2011
On Tuesday, June 14, 2011 at 8:00AM (PT) join Rod Boothby, Joyent’s VP Corporate and Business Development, as he compares typical non-cloud compute scenarios with cloud scenarios. He will discuss the economic benefits of running your business or apps in the cloud and where you could be saving in capital and operating expenses. Join the… Read more ›
Architecting a Drama Free Cloud: A Joyent Webinar
May 24, 2011
On Thursday, May 26, 2011 at 10:00AM (PT) join Mark Mayo, Joyent’s Chief Technology Officer, for a discussion on how to plan and build out your cloud architecture, and then how to respond if and when an outage occurs. We’ve been there, and we have several practical suggestions for how to think about your architecture… Read more ›
Tier1 Research: Joyent forms alliance with ClusterTech; a Joyent-modeled cloud in China
May 23, 2011
May 23, 2011 — Joyent and Cluster Technology (ClusterTech) have formed a strategic alliance in order to provide gaming, media, social network and mobile service providers throughout Greater China with cloud infrastructure services. ClusterTech will use Joyent’s SmartDataCenter software as the basis for its service provider offering, tailored to the specifications of Joyent’s own product stateside… Read more ›
Joyent and ClusterTech to Provide Public Cloud Services and Support to Gaming, Media, Social Network and Mobile Service Providers in Greater China
May 18, 2011
Alliance Delivers SmartDataCenter 6, Includes Autoscaling and Instrumentation Hong Kong and San Francisco — May 16, 2011 — Joyent, the global provider of cloud computing solutions, and ClusterTech, the leading provider of grid and cluster computing solutions, today announced a strategic alliance in which ClusterTech will become the professional service provider of public cloud and… Read more ›
Constant Thinking: How to Render the Mandelbrot Set in the Joyent Cloud with Node.js
May 15, 2011
May 15, 2011 — First of all: Apologies for not posting for a long time. The reason? I was having too much fun with node.js and the Joyent Cloud . What started as a small experimental hack turned quickly into an exciting new pet project involving the good old Mandelbrot Set, as a web service, running… Read more ›
Cloud Cover: Joyent CEO David Young, Episode 15
May 04, 2011
May 4, 2011 — Joyent CEO and co-founder David Young was in the studio this week. He discussed Amazon versus Joyent and why he thinks Amazon’s cloud architecture is flawed. He questioned why Amazon.com does not run on AWS and yet admitted that Joyent cannot complete with Amazon from a capital standpoint. Young said MSPs will… Read more ›
Joyent Webinar: Cloud as a Business™ — A Context for Cloud Computing
Apr 29, 2011
On Tuesday, May 17, 2011 at 10:00AM (PST) please join KDDI and Joyent in a presentation that sets the context for modern-day cloud computing. IT services have come a long way since the 1990s. Enterprises started with a gradual shift from in-house to off-shore to eventually out-sourced development. The emergence of cloud computing transcends technology… Read more ›
SearchTelecom.com: ACG Research names top seven cloud service providers
Apr 28, 2011
April 28, 2011 — A multitude of acquisitions have taken place at every level of the cloud computing ecosystem recently, including cloud service providers, hardware and software vendors, and systems integrators. And in some cases, these moves have influenced which companies made the ACG Research top cloud service providers list. Consider the following moves by major companies… Read more ›
The New York Times: Telecoms Look to Cloud Computing
Apr 28, 2011
April 28, 2011 — In the battle for enterprise customers, the country’s giant telecommunications and cable companies are going to the cloud. On Wednesday, CenturyLink, the nation’s third-largest telecommunications company, announced plans to buy Savvis, a data center services business, for $2.5 billion. Under the deal, CenturyLink will assume $700 million in debt and pay… Read more ›
Techie Insider: Amazon Recovers From Cloud Problems
Apr 26, 2011
April 26, 2011 — The worst of the Amazon cloud outage that conked out some major websites for long stretches of time is finally over with a few straggling data issues out there that are still missing, but according to many experts the damage has already been done, leaving other cloud computing providers practically staring opportunity… Read more ›
The Register: Mozilla slips SpiderMonkey into Dev Platform of the Future
Apr 19, 2011
April 20, 2011 — Mozilla is building its own version of Node.js – the increasingly popular open source platform for coding server-side applications with JavaScript – moving Node from Google’s V8 JavaScript engine to its own SpiderMonkey engine. “We think V8 is great and the fact that Node has become so widely used is a… Read more ›
CNET: Mozilla jumps into Node.js server project
Apr 18, 2011
April 19, 2011 — Mozilla, taking interest in the Node.js project to run JavaScript programs on servers, not just browsers, has passed an early milestone with its own flavor of the software. Node.js is built with the V8 JavaScript engine from Google’s Chrome browser, but Mozilla is transplanting Firefox’s JavaScript technology in a project called… Read more ›
Joyent and Nexenta Announce Strategic Cloud Computing Partnership to Provide Next Generation Cloud Solution to Service Providers
Apr 11, 2011
Joyent’s cloud software suite and Nexenta’s open storage solution combine to give price/performance ratio, scalability and real-time operational visibility. SAN FRANCISCO — April 11, 2011 — Joyent, the global provider of cloud computing solutions, and Nexenta Systems, the leader in OpenStorage solutions, today announced a strategic partnership that provides Service Providers with an end-to-end cloud… Read more ›
Joyent and MiTAC Information Technology Corp. Sign Strategic Alliance Agreement
Apr 11, 2011
Taiwanese and American Companies Join Forces to Develop and Deliver Cloud Computing Services for the Asian Market Taipei, Taiwan and San Francisco, CA, USA April 11, 2011 – Taipei-based MiTAC Information Technology Corp. and San Francisco-based Joyent today announced a strategic alliance agreement through which the two companies will cooperate to develop and deliver cloud… Read more ›
CRN: Cloud 100 — The Top 100 Cloud Computing Vendors of 2011
Mar 28, 2011
March 28, 2011 — There are a lot of cloud computing vendors out there. A lot. Sifting through the who’s who can be torture for solution providers and their customers as they look to leverage the cloud. Whether the end result is to cut costs, boost agility, ease operational and maintenance headaches or to future… Read more ›
GigaOM: Data Science: Real-Time Big Data Use
Mar 28, 2011
March 23, 2011 — Leading a data science panel at GigaOM’s Structure Big Data conference, Joyent Founder and Chief Scientist Jason Hoffman redefined the concept of big data. Speaking with Chief Scientist Hilary Mason, Cloudscale Founder and CEO, Bill McColl, nPario President and CEO Bassel Ojjeh, he discussed what it means to be a practitioner… Read more ›
Why I/O Matters in the Cloud: A Joyent Webinar
Mar 28, 2011
On Thursday, March 31, 2011 at 10:00AM (PST) join James Duncan, Joyent’s Chief Architect, and Steve Tuck, GM of the Joyent Public Cloud for a discussion on common I/O issues. James and Steve will discuss real I/O problems that customers have encountered in the cloud, and introduce new features available in Joyent’s cloud software, SmartDataCenter… Read more ›
ComputerWorld: Big data to drive a surveillance society
Mar 28, 2011
March 24, 2011 — As real-time and batch analytics evolve using big data processing engines such as Hadoop, corporations will be able to track our activities, habits and locations with greater precision than ever thought. “It will change our existing notions of privacy. A surveillance society is not only inevitable, it’s worse. It’s irresistible,” said… Read more ›
Structure: Big Data Conference 2011
Mar 20, 2011
On Wednesday March 23, 2011 Jason Hoffman, Chief Scientist at Joyent, will be moderating two sessions at Structure’s Big Data 2011 in New York City this week. Big Data is a spin-off from GigaOM’s massively successful Structure conference. It is designed to get you up to speed on how to make money using the data… Read more ›
Joyent Webinar: Rapidly Launch Your Own Cloud To Compete With Amazon Web Services
Mar 12, 2011
On Thursday March 17, 2011 at 11:00AM join David Young, CEO, and Jason Hoffman, Chief Scientist at Joyent, for an informative discussion on how to build and launch you own public cloud with SmartDataCenter 6.0 in as little as 15 days for a lot less money and with much better economics than comparable solutions from… Read more ›
Mashable: Why Everyone Is Talking About Node
Mar 09, 2011
March 10, 2011 — On the 20th floor of a San Francisco skyscraper, a handful of developers are working on a new technology that’s changing the way real-time web apps are built and how they scale. This technology, called Node.js, is being hailed as “the new Ruby on Rails” by some in the developer community.… Read more ›
ReadWriteWeb: Full Text Preview of o’Reilly’s Up and Running with Node.js Now Available
Mar 02, 2011
March 3, 2011 — You can now preview the entirety of Up and Running with Node.js by Tom Hughes-Croucher. O’Reilly Media is making the book available as part of its Open Feedback Publishing System (OFPS) while Hughes-Croucher finishes the book. “I’m going to be updating it every two weeks with the first update slated for… Read more ›
Mashable: Want Next-Gen Support for Your Node Apps? Joyent Launches No.de
Mar 01, 2011
March 2, 2011 — Joyent, which literally sponsors Node.js by, among other things, employing Node creator Ryan Dahl, has just launched No.de, a new hub for the company’s Node.js-specific hosting services. Joyent’s No.de hosting service uses Git revision control and is backed by Joyent SmartMachines. Joyent is placing particular emphasis on these Node SmartMachines, which… Read more ›
The Register: The Node Ahead: JavaScript leaps from browser into future
Feb 28, 2011
March 1, 2011 — Voxer is a walkie-talkie for the modern age, an iPhone app that lets you instantly talk across the interwebs and listen at the same time and leave voice messages if no one is on the other end and simultaneously chat with multiple people and toggle between text and voice to your… Read more ›
Node.js Community Event at Joyent HQ Tues, March 1
Feb 24, 2011
Get your Node on with Joyent: We’ve got news. Joyent is thrilled to host a Node.js developer community event on March 1st, 2011. Please join us for an announcement about our No.de Node.js hosting service. We welcome you to our downtown headquarters for a fun developer mixer (complete with food and drink!) and chat with… Read more ›
Joyent’s Cloud Infrastructure Consistently Outperforms Amazon’s EC2 in Independent Benchmarks
Feb 21, 2011
Third party tests comparing Joyent’s and Amazon’s cloud servers highlight Joyent’s speed, performance and technical innovation San Francisco, CA — February 17, 2011 – Joyent, the leading global provider of cloud computing solutions and technologies, today announced a series of third party benchmark results that demonstrate that its cloud services are faster and make more… Read more ›
GigaOM: Is Feature vs. Performance the New Cloud Battle Line?
Feb 17, 2011
February 18, 2011 — As Amazon Web Services continues to roll out new features and services for its cloud platform, its competitors increasingly tout better performance as a key point of differentiation, which has me wondering if either approach will clearly win out. The past 24 hours — which had AWS announcing the ability to… Read more ›
GigaOM — After a Big Quarter, Dell Should Make a Big Data Buy
Feb 15, 2011
February 16, 2011 — After a $15.7 billion fourth quarter that put Dell over the $60 billion revenue mark for the year, CEO Michael Dell got to talking once again about his company’s acquisition strategy, suggesting more software purchases are indeed on the way. According to a ZDNet post recapping Dell’s post-earnings conference call, Dell… Read more ›
The Wall Street Journal — Meet the Rainmakers
Feb 14, 2011
February 15, 2011 — The battle to corner the market in cloud services is heating up. Companies across the globe are developing new strategies to get ahead in an industry that could be worth billions in the near future. However, revenues from cloud computing are as elusive as the concept is intangible and, for the… Read more ›
Programmable Web: 52 New APIs: MasterCard, Joyent and AT&T
Feb 12, 2011
February 13, 2011 — This week we had 52 new APIs added to our API directory including some from big companies. For example, we wrote about MasterCard’s ambitious platform. Other new APIs included cloud computing software, a text to speech service, media conversion tools, ATM location service, content access billing service and quite a bit… Read more ›
Joyent and m2mi to Provide Network Automation and M2M Services
Feb 09, 2011
Joyent and Machine-To-Machine Intelligence (m2mi) to provide Network Automation, M2M Services and Secure Provisioning for Cloud Computing Solutions San Francisco, CA – Wednesday, February 9, 2011 – Joyent, the leading global provider of cloud computing solutions and technologies, and m2mi, (Machine-to-Machine Intelligence Corporation), a maker of network orchestration and automation products in the cloud M2M… Read more ›
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Feb 08, 2011
2011 ? 2 ? 9 ??? ????????????????– ??????? ????????????????????????????????? Joyent ????? M2M????????????????????????????????? m2mi (Machine-to-Machine Intelligence Corporation) ????????????????????????? Node.js ?????? DTrace ??????????????? Joyent ? SmartDataCenter 6.0 , ????????? m2mi ??????????????????????????????Joyent ? m2mi ?????????? ???????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????? ???????????? ??????????? m2mi ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 1 ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Joyent ????? ???????? ?????????????????Joyent ? CEO ? David Young ????????? Joyent ?????? ??????????? ?????????????m2m1 ????????????????????????… Read more ›
The 451 Group — Joyent helping service providers take on AWS
Feb 07, 2011
February 8, 2011 — At the end of 2010, IaaS provider Joyent decouple its software stack to sell as a packaged offering to service providers seeking to create their own clouds. The company’s SmartDataCenter software is now at release 6.0. Joyent’s proposition is pretty clear: to help service providers take on Amazon Web Services. It’s… Read more ›
GigaOM – 5 Cloud Software Vendors Dell Should Buy
Jan 27, 2011
January 28, 2011 — Michael Dell is at The World Economic Forum this week talking about Dell having acquisition plans in “software, data centers, cloud computing, storage and virtualization,” which has speculators venturing guesses as to what’s on its shopping list. Timothy Prickett Morgan gave his thoughts in The Register, dropping companies from Brocade to… Read more ›
Data Knowledge Center – Cloud News: Gartner, Brocade, Joyent, Amazon
Jan 25, 2011
January 26, 2011 — Here’s a roundup of some of this week’s headlines from the cloud computing industry: Gartner says cloud is top CIO priority. Gartner’s survey, Reimagining IT: The 2011 CIO Agenda examines the priorities for over 2,000 CIOs and identified cloud computing as a top technology priority in 2011. The worldwide CIO survey… Read more ›
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Jan 24, 2011
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CTO Edge – Joyent Enhances Cloud Operating System
Jan 20, 2011
January 21, 2011 — Joyent is releasing version 6 of its SmartDataCenter cloud operating system, which is designed to allow service providers and enterprises to launch and manage their own clouds. SmartDataCenter version 6 provides a single development platform for managing multi-tenant cloud environments, allowing an entire data center to operate as a single server.… Read more ›
RFP Connect – Joyent Revolutionizes Cloud Operating System for Data Centers
Jan 19, 2011
January 20, 2011 — Joyent, the provider of cloud computing solutions and technologies, announced SmartDataCenter 6, the newest version of its cloud operating system, an integrated suite of software and services designed for Service Providers and Enterprises to launch and operate public, private and hybrid clouds. Joyent was recently positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the… Read more ›
Joyent Introduces Next Generation Cloud Operating System
Jan 19, 2011
SmartDataCenter 6 Equips Service Providers and Enterprises to Launch and Manage their Own Clouds San Francisco, CA — January 19, 2011 — Joyent, the leading global provider of cloud computing solutions and technologies, today announced SmartDataCenter 6, the newest version of its cloud operating system, an integrated suite of software and services designed for Service… Read more ›
Solving Big Problems with Real-time Visibility into Cloud Performance Wed, Jan 19
Jan 14, 2011
On January 19, 2011 at 6:00 pm we will host the second event in our Executive Speaker Series. Join Bryan Cantrill, VP Engineering and Brendan Gregg, Performance Engineer at Joyent for Solving Big Problems with Real-time Visibility into Cloud Performance. The event will be held at Joyent HQ in San Francisco, but you will be… Read more ›
Joyent Positioned in the Visionaries Quadrant of Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Cloud IAAS and Web Hosting
Jan 02, 2011
Evaluation Based on Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute January 3, 2011 – San Francisco, CA – Joyent, the leading global provider of cloud computing solutions and technologies, today announced it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the Visionaries Quadrant of the 2010 Cloud Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IAAS) and Web Hosting Magic Quadrant. According to… Read more ›
Mercury News – O’Brien: 11 Predictions for 2011, including Google buys Twitter, Yahoo axes Bartz and Facebook hits the billion mark
Dec 24, 2010
December 25, 2010 – Last year, I offered up 10 predictions for 2010 and got five right. Here are my 11 predictions for 2011: 1. Facebook will pass 1 billion users. It will happen eventually, but the math will make this one close. Facebook has 550 million members and is adding 700,000 per day. That… Read more ›
GigaOM – What Comes After the Storage M&A Gold
Dec 23, 2010
December 24, 2010 – Between July 2009 and December 2010, HP, EMC, IBM, and Dell spent almost $10 billion on data storage and warehousing companies including Data Domain, 3Par, Greenplum, Netezza, Isilon, and Compellent. This all-out gold rush was driven by a massive consolidation wave sparked by Cisco’s entry into the server market and Oracle’s… Read more ›
You’ve Got Game: Planning for the Successful Scale and Performance of Your Game in the Cloud Tuesday, January 11
Dec 21, 2010
Learn how to plan for unpredictable traffic patterns, growth and success. Two Joyent customers will discuss their experiences and learnings on getting up and running in the cloud. Tuesday, January 11, 2011 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM PST Register here.
Finding and Fixing Performance Issues with New Relic RPM Webinar Recording Now Available
Dec 13, 2010
A recording of the webinar “Finding and Fixing Performance Issues with New Relic RPM”, which took place on Wednesday December 8th, is now available. Please have a look and let us know if you have any questions. link: http://www.joyent.com/resources/webinars/#new-relic
Joyent Delivers Cloud Solutions for Casual and Social Game Developers
Dec 07, 2010
Suite enables game developers to focus on online game creation and supports their creative and development efforts to drive rapid success San Francisco – December 7, 2010 – Joyent, a global provider of cloud computing solutions and technologies, today announced the availability of its suite of three cloud solutions specifically designed for game studios to… Read more ›
Network World — Enhanced trust and data integrity in the public cloud
Dec 04, 2010
December 03, 2010 01:15 PM ET — Can you trust the integrity of applications and data in the public cloud? Certainly trust is a crucial factor for the successful use of cloud computing by any organization. If you are going to allow another entity to process and/or store your data, you need to know whether… Read more ›
Network Computing – Dell Signs New Partner Deals To Advance Cloud Computing
Nov 21, 2010
November 22, 2010 – Dell has announced two new partnership deals that it says will improve its competitiveness in cloud computing. The company has partnered with Joyent, a cloud computing software and service provider, and Aster Data, a data management and analytics firm, to deliver their technology through Dell’s Data Center Solutions (DCS) business. Read… Read more ›
GigaOM Pro – The Data Center Is the New Box. Are You Ready?
Nov 20, 2010
November 21, 2010 – Joyent’s Jason Hoffman likes to talk about the data center being the new box. I suggested a similar idea in July, noting that Microsoft is turning the cloud business into the PC business. The analogy goes that, with more organizations hosting applications in the cloud and data volumes skyrocketing, the cloud… Read more ›
Channel Register – Dell bespoke iron forge punts ‘cloud’ kits
Nov 19, 2010
November 20, 2010 – Dell doesn’t believe in The Big Switch. Company man Andy Rhodes denies the notion that the entire world will move its IT infrastructure onto so-called cloud computing services along the lines of Amazon’s EC2. As you might expect. Read More
Joyent Offers SmartDataCenter Cloud Software Solution to Service Providers in Partnership with Dell
Nov 19, 2010
New revenue streams, higher profitability and quicker time to market for telcos, data centers, ISPs and others San Francisco, CA—November 19, 2010— Joyent, a global provider of cloud computing solutions and technology, today announced availability of its SmartDataCenter cloud software solution for service providers at an event introducing the Dell Cloud Solution for Web Applications.… Read more ›
VentureBeat – Dell: The public cloud doesn’t scare us!
Nov 18, 2010
November 19, 2010 – Dell makes a good chunk of change off selling servers. The Texas-based company raked in $1.8 billion off server sales in the last quarter alone — which was up 20 percent from $1.5 billion the same quarter a year earlier. Read More
ZDNet – Dell’s Canned Datacenter Clouds allow Quick Adoption
Nov 18, 2010
November 19, 2010 – While the argument continues over the nature of public, private, and hybrid clouds, Dell has quietly partnered with third-party vendors to offer pre-packaged solutions for specific problems. This is on top of offering pre-configured versions of their own hardware solutions targeted at specific industries. Read more
GuardTime and Joyent Introduce Enhanced Trust and Integrity in the Cloud
Nov 14, 2010
Leading Cloud Provider Builds Keyless Signature Technology Into Cloud Infrastructure Singapore and San Francisco, CA—November 15, 2010— Joyent, a leading global provider of cloud computing solutions, and GuardTime, creator of the patented Keyless Signature™ technology used to validate the world’s data, today announced a partnership that delivers unprecedented security enabling enterprises to safeguard some of… Read more ›
Node.js Camp SF December 14
Nov 13, 2010
Update November 17th: Sold out in 5 days! We are looking into options to add more spots – get on the waitlist and we’ll followup soon! http://camp.nodejs.org/ We are thrilled to announce Node.js Camp SF event happening on December 14, 2010! If you are excited about Node.js, but haven’t been able to dig in yet… Read more ›
Joyent Releases Reference Architecture for Intel® Cloud Builders
Oct 28, 2010
San Francisco, CA—October 27, 2010—Joyent, a leading global provider of cloud computing solutions, today announced its participation in Intel® Cloud Builders, which publishes best practices, hardware blueprints and software architectures on how to deploy cloud infrastructures. Among the other program participants, Joyent is the only company that brings the experience of running a major public… Read more ›
eWeek — Joyent Expands Windows Capabilities in Cloud Platform
Oct 25, 2010
October 25, 2010 — The new Windows capabilities allowed the company to move from a Windows/Linux environment to a Windows/SmartOS environment, which reduced the number of machines required while increasing scalability, performance, and stability Read More