Attribo Cloud Insights

Which is less expensive: Amazon or self-hosted?

2012-02-11T22:59:00.001-08:00

Amazon Web Services (AWS), as the trailblazing provider of Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), has changed the dialog about computing infrastructure. Today, instead of simply assuming that you’ll be buying and operating your own servers, storage and networking, AWS is always an option to consider, and for many new businesses, it’s simply the default choice.... more
http://gigaom.com/2012/02/11/which-is-less-expensive-amazon-or-self-hosted/

Cloud Insights & Governance

2012-02-06T22:57:00.000-08:00

What started as a curiosity has become a must have for plenty of mid to large companies. Start-ups are sold on the cloud story & in fact they see the benefits of using public cloud already. Amazon has been the key here with their AWS services. So be it virtual machines or elastic storage , we all are already hooked to it deeply.

Got an opportunity to interact with my fellow entrepreneurs & exciting to see the need for a holistic & simple to use Insights platform which can hook into your infrastructure of choice & make your day to day business life manageable & cost effective.

With regards to the same very happy to share with you more details about our Cloud Insights & Governance solution. Feel free to reach out to me on vinod at attribo or you can keep an eye on us via twitter @attribo

Would love to hear your thoughts on the same & also to simplify your cloud strategy for sure.

is accountability a key to better cloud visibility

2011-09-12T10:39:00.001-07:00

have been lately coming across plenty of prospects who complain about visibility & cloud accountability. To greater extent its true as your scaling out needs grow & there has to be a scale out accountability & reasoning as to why , when , by whom, & for how long have to be monitored on a regular basis.

so here we go again & love the fact that we are on right side of the chart but hey feel free to ping me on vinod at attribo dot com , would be glad to discuss as to what aspect of cloud is bothering your business needs. Is it manageability, billing, budgeting, automation, reporting, integration, acl/roles, image certification , backups, security or failover

Reduce 'Ex' off your cloud CAPEx & OPEx

2011-09-08T20:38:00.000-07:00

Food for thought. 'Ex' is really becoming an area of discussions lately. Given we all are possibly heading towards a milder market it makes sense to be geared up to analyze our spend patterns on cloud.

Brainstorming on various aspects , especially :

1. Budgeting & Quota
2. Actionable Analysis
3. Finer Access control
4. Time bound life cycle control of virtual resources
5. Co-relate vendor billing to activities on your vendor account

Cloud Cost Optimization, a real deal?

2011-09-08T00:49:00.001-07:00

Cloud Cost Optimization is gaining momentum & excited to mention Attribo Cost Control Center in this context. Cloud is moving beyond manageability & on-demand usage pattern. Its more serious now in terms of businesses running entirely on Amazon & other vendors.

This is adding a pressing need for a Cost Analysis tool to bubble up the unknowns & help project costs involved with selecting a public IaaS like Amazon.

Plenty more to be announced here.

Cloud Cost an issues for all?

2011-09-08T00:28:00.000-07:00

"But the published pricing model didn't make many waves because few bothered to do the math."
http://www.informationweek.com/news/cloud-computing/platform/231600672

It has been 3-4 yrs since we all have started deploying & using IaaS stack to suffice different business use cases that we have. Though cloud has been a proponent for on-demand virtual resource utilization it is becoming apparent that it adds up to a huge cost once your deployments become serious & more dedicated.

Came across this article which bubbles up the same with GAE though same pattern is becoming obvious with other vendors like Amazon/Rackspace & more.

Good news, Attribo is spearheading in this direction & soon will announce GA for Attribo Cost Control Center for one to have a much clear & more actionable cost control strategy.

What is a Virtual Datacenter (VDC) on demand?

2010-07-23T22:47:00.000-07:00

Public Cloud is the easiest way to achieve virtualization for a majority of IT end users. There are already plenty of public cloud vendors who make it possible for you to deploy your IT initiatives on a virtual environment, though it adds to more challenge in terms of manageability & automation issues related to your cloud infrastructure.

This is where "Attribo Cloud Control Center (beta)" helps you manage & automate your IT processes & streamline cloud utilization while burning less CPU cycles & dedicated manpower, not to mention drastic reduction in CAPEX & OPEX.

Attribo allows you to build your own virtual datacenter (VDC) on infrastructure of your choice. Our secure, flexible, cost effective & automated approach avoids vendor lockin & gives you complete control of your vdc.

click here to learn more about "Virtual Datacenter on demand"

Why you should consider Attribo for your VDC

2010-07-23T22:43:00.000-07:00

With growing interest in companies to use private/public virtualization solutions & aggressive activities towards deploying their IT infrastructure on a CLOUD it has become a key issue to manage, monitor & report using manual administrator processes calling for need of a "Consolidated, Automated & fully Integrated" single point of control to interact with multiple cloud infrastructure.

Every company has its own Business technology & IT technology needs.Though virtualization covers a broader aspect of IT companies want to start with a LOW IMPACT virtualization strategy & then scale as needed. Attribo since inception has kept this in mind & enables you to strategyze on the best of the breeds & suitable solution. So be it Virtual Datacenter (VDC), Virtual Private Datacenter (VPDC) or Private Virtual Datacenter (PVDC) we are geared to help you optimize your investments & forecast drastic ROI on CAPEX & OPEX.

How is your virtual machine (vm) story panning out so far?

2010-07-23T02:12:00.000-07:00

It has already been 2+yrs since we all are involved with virtualization & virtual machines, though virtualization has been in picture since mainframe days it has now entered our daily business life like never before. Take this short survey & tell us how your experience has been so far while managing & working with virtual machines.

Submit your reply on the survey panel on right >>>>

Attribo Virtual data center on-demand

2010-07-21T07:35:00.000-07:00

Eucalyptus support added to Attribo3C

2010-03-01T14:08:00.001-08:00

visit www.attribo.com for more details

we are listening

2010-02-26T11:51:00.000-08:00

we are keen to listen on how you would like to interact with your virtual resources, rest assured our team is dedicated to make your cloud management experience as optimal, cost effective & friendly as possible, talk to us through https://my.attribo.com/

Startup Visa Initiative- great cause, win win for all

2010-02-26T06:47:00.001-08:00

Jump to Rackspace cloud

2010-02-24T13:35:00.000-08:00

the cloud9 show

2009-11-27T01:55:00.000-08:00

my friend Janakiraman .Cloud Computing Strategist/www.janakiramm.net is doing a great job with sharing his viewes on cloud & virtualization, watch his show at

http://www.janakiramm.net/thecloud9show/

Attribo Demo

2009-11-17T02:17:00.000-08:00

Aah finally got some times to try screencasts, tried many different products but find screentoaster a little easy to learn & built the screen on ; so here we go my first take at demo :

Attribo Cloud marketplace

2009-11-16T23:43:00.000-08:00

Launched Attribo Cloud marketplace for companies to announce their cloud based products, services & solutions. Offering a channel for them to advertise about their products to gain more visibility & community support.

visit http://www.attribo.com/advertise.html for more details

Amazon User Group -Bangalore

2009-10-20T02:31:00.001-07:00

Vinod is Arranging for Amazon User Group -Bangalore,..visit here to book your seat http://cug.attribo.com

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Social Initiatives @Attribo

2009-10-11T21:43:00.000-07:00

Proud to announce

Attribo JOINS CLIMATE SAVERS COMPUTING INITIATIVE Learn more & join the Initiative at http://www.climatesaverscom.com

Upcoming events in bangalore for Cloud Computing 2009

2009-10-11T21:40:00.001-07:00

Some upcoming events I would be presenting at on “Inviting Public Clouds to Enterprise” & “Public Cloud Management Across Multiple Cloud Vendors”

Oct 15th 2009, Bangalore, India Attribo Founder to speak @SOA & Cloud Computing India 2009 Conference

Nov-3/4th 2009, Bangalore, India Attribo Founder to speak @BT Summit 2009

Attribo covered by StartupNews.in

2009-10-09T03:19:00.000-07:00

Bangalore, India, 9th October, 2009
Lost in the cloud? Here’s a solution for those finding management of various cloud spaces as a herculean task. Attribo is an upcoming & exciting start-up in cloud management space, with aggressive focus towards solving the end user adaptability & usability issues related with managing & monitoring cloud resources across multiple vendors ...full story here

EU Region support for ALL Amazon cloud services

2009-10-08T03:45:00.000-07:00

Amazon Cloud Service upgrades, EU Region support
Bangalore, India , 8th October, 2009
Amazon Service Upgrade, announcing support for EU region on Attribo for ALL Amazon services.Now manage Monitoring, Auto Scaling and Elastic Load Balancing for Amazon EC2 in the EU Region. Visit Amazon for more region specific details or login to your Attribo3C account at https://my.attribo.com

SimpleDB Explorer Updates

2009-10-06T13:11:00.001-07:00

Attribo SimpleDB Explorer now supports SimpelDb for EU region, now you can manage your SimpleDB domains across regions. For more details visit http://www.attribo.com/news.html for SimpleDb details visit Amazon documentation at :http://aws.amazon.com/simpledb/

technorati

2009-09-30T20:48:00.001-07:00

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Rackspace cloud support added to Attribo3C

2009-09-30T02:55:00.000-07:00

hi,
excited to announce availability of Rackspace cloud management support through Attribo3C, Attribo3C & Attribo3C Lite now supports Rackspace API v1.0(beta),
sync your Rackspace API access credentials to Attribo3C to manage your servers on Rackspace cloud. Further simplifying your cloud migration process & bringing complete control & visibility over your rackspace cloud resources. Click here to learn how to get your Rackspace account access keys or login now & sync your cloud account with Attribo3c.

cheers!

GoGrid API access back up & running

2009-09-30T00:01:00.000-07:00

hi,
GoGrid maintenance window has passed & the API access & services are active & running again, all Attribo users can manage their GoGrid resources at https://my.attribo.com

UpComing GoGrid Scheduled Maintenance & Upgrades

2009-09-25T02:09:00.000-07:00

Hi,
GoGrid will be performing a scheduled maintenance & upgrade process as given below,
GoGrid API will not be accessible for up to 4 hours during this maintenance window,
Attribo customers will not be able to interact with their resources on GoGrid infrastructure via Attribo3C Professional & Attribo3C Lite during this time.

We will make an announcement once the services are up & running,
Team Attribo
Bangalore, India

Upcoming GoGrid Maintenance Information
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Please review the following information for GoGrid scheduled maintenance details:

Infrastructure Upgrade
Tuesday, September 29th, 19:00 - 23:00 PDT
(Wednesday, September 30th, 02:00 - 06:00 GMT )

Customer Impact
The GoGrid "my.gogrid.com" customer portal and API will be unavailable for up to 4 hours while we upgrade our infrastructure. There will be no impact to existing GoGrid VMs, load balancers or cloud storage during this time.

Inquiries
If there are any additional questions before, during or following the maintenance, please direct them to the GoGrid Support Center at 1-415-869-7444 or 1-877-9Go-Grid (877-946-4743).

For the latest details on GoGrid systems & Data Center status, please visit our blog: http://www.GoGridStatus.com

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Attribo 3C Lite (supports iPhone/iPod touch)

2009-09-24T06:22:00.000-07:00

24th September 2009
Banglore, India

Announcing launch of "Attribo Cloud Control Center Lite (Attribo 3C Lite) " yet another unique offering from Attribo to make your cloud interaction easy. No registration's & no login required. Visit Attribo 3C to see how easy it is to view your deployed servers across vendors.

Even more if you have an iPhone/iPod touch visit http://www.attribo.com & follow instructions to set up Attribo 3C Lite on your iPhone/iPod touch, its the best way to TRY Attribo services & decide if you want to upgrade to the Professional Version.

GoGrid support added to Attribo Cloud Control Center

2009-09-18T05:32:00.001-07:00

Attribo Cloud Control Center now support GoGrid API ver 1.3, check out the exciting features to manage your resources on GoGrid infrastructure. With its unique automation framework now adding a server farm on GoGrid is just 2 clicks away. Sync up your GoGrid account with Attribo & you are good to go.
With built in support for alert & notification & super easy reporting on your GoGrid resource utilization you can concentrate more on your application management & less on server monitoring.

how to sync your cloud accounts with Attribo

2009-09-18T03:13:00.001-07:00

ok so now you have access keys & credentials from your cloud accounts , time to add them to Attribo, follow these steps & enjoy the flexibility in managing multiple accounts across vendors

Sync cloud accounts with Attribo

Quick Tips: Access keys how to : Amazon, GoGrid , Rackspace

2009-09-18T01:16:00.000-07:00

Amazon Access keys : how to

Gogrid Access keys : how to

Rackspace cloud Access keys : how to

Access keys at your cloud vendor accounts

2009-09-17T15:05:00.000-07:00

to successfully sync your cloud vendor accounts with Attribo u'll need the Access keys & secret provided at your cloud vendor account, its pretty straight forward process though sometimes it might getconfusing. visit http://www.attribo.com/faq.html to learn on how to get your access keys from Amazon & GoGrid

Quick Start guide to Attribo

2009-09-17T15:01:00.000-07:00

for anyone looking at registering Attribo , visit our Quick start guide to be aware of how to get started, visit http://www.attribo.com/quick-start.html for more details, make sure you have proper access keys to sync your accounts with Attribo

Attribo Launched...

2009-09-10T19:10:00.000-07:00

http://www.attribo.com
We are an up coming startup in cloud space & focused on "Cloud Management,Provisioning,Monitoring & Reporting Solutions". We are trying to solve the end user adaptability issues related to cloud & cloud based infrastructure components & make the cloud experience more end user friendly & easy to manage with feature rich approach.

We have just launched our flagship product "Attribo Cloud Control Center" as beta release & FREE to use, glad to invite you to register & make use of this exciting offering.

Vinod Shintre,
Founder/Architect
Attribo
http//www.attribo.com

Launching shortly

2009-09-02T23:05:00.000-07:00

phew!,
it has been a hectic few months to reach this stage to launch the much anticipated Attribo Cloud Control Center, cloud management application, slowly but surely we are getting there, about to launch...