RightScale

| September 25, 2015

Whilst moving systems to the cloud can deliver savings in costs and efficiency, it presents new challenges in terms of managing systems and data, With the launch of its Universal Cloud Appliance, California-based RightScale is aiming to deliver the self-service access that cloud users demand and give IT teams visibility and control over any cloud, any virtual machine, or any server through a single pane of glass....

| November 07, 2013

RightScale today came out with new functionality for its cloud management portfolio that helps customers not only control resources from multiple public clouds but also provide analytical insight about how those resources are being used. Last year RigthScale bought Planforcloud.com, a company that specializes in analytical reports of cloud usage. Today, the fruits of that acquisition have come to bear with the beta release of Cloud Analyics. Analysts who track the industry say the tool is one of...

| May 10, 2016

"Less than two months ago, the engineering team behind the cloud management platform RackScale kicked off a project to rethink the entire infrastructure its services run on. They decided to package as much of its backend as possible in Docker containers, the method of deploying software whose popularity spiked over the last couple of years, becoming one of the most talked about technology shifts in IT. It took the team seven weeks to complete most of the project, and Tom Miller, RightScale’s VP...

sdxcentral.com | January 23, 2020

Arista Networks bought SDN vendor Big Switch Networks, according to sources familiar with the deal.The purchase is Arista’s largest acquisition to date, according to a source. It’s also the networking vendor’s third acquisition Arista in 2018 snapped up cloud-managed WiFi firm Mojo Networks and then a month later bought Metamako, a provider of low-latency field programmable gate array (FPGA) products.While Arista ultimately won, Big Switch had a long list of suitors that wanted...