Intel understands the keen interest in building private clouds as well as engaging the services of public clouds. It’s considering two areas where a private cloud would function well in its internal operations, but “…It’s not easy. It’s quite a daunting task,” cautioned Jason Maxwell, Intel’s general manager of its Server Platform Group, at the Cloud Computing Conference & Expo. Intel has heavily virtualized its servers in two areas: in the data center consolidation of legacy applications and in its shared electronic design automation tools. Both sets of virtualized servers are candidates to become different types of internal clouds. Read more
