Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Linux on the Cloud { even from Microsoft }

A number of vendors known for supporting Linux have made this operating system available on the Cloud. And some Cloud vendors are offering other operating systems in addition to offering Linux. Amazon, for example, offers the ability to run both Linux and Windows on its EC2 infrastructure-as-a-service platform.

Now, surprisingly, Microsoft is preparing to launch a new persistent virtual machine feature on its Azure cloud platform, enabling customers to host Linux, SharePoint and SQL Server there. However, it will be up to customers to provide uploads of their own Linux images.

Click here for a brief overview of Microsoft Azure

Click here for a brief overview of Amazon EC2

Click here for a brief overview of [Linux] Cloud computing with Ubuntu

Click here for a brief overview of [Linux] Cloud computing with Red Hat

Click here for a brief overview of [Solaris] Cloud computing with Oracle