Ericsson buys majority stake in enterprise services firm ApceraSeptember 22, 2014 - 20:55 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - To fill out its cloud services portfolio with policy and auditing controls, Ericsson is acquiring a majority stake in San Francisco enterprise services company Apcera, according to PCWorld. Ericsson plans to incorporate Apcera’s Continuum platform into its set of hosted offerings for telephone carriers and network operators, called the Ericsson Cloud System. Apcera will remain a stand-alone company, using the Ericsson investment to expand its sales channel and continue to develop its technology. Apcera was founded in 2012 by Derek Collison, one of the chief creators of the Pivotal Cloud Foundry management software, developed at VMware and now managed by Pivotal. Continuum can work with either on-premises private clouds or public clouds, or in a hybrid model incorporating both. The software provides a way for organizations to stage and run an application or set of applications as a cloud service. It can work with a wide array of applications and OSes, PCWorld says. For the cloud controller software, Collison focused on providing a set of policy and auditing capabilities. Continuum can handle employee credentials, allowing an organization to specify which applications, or which versions of applications, can be used by employees. The auditing capabilities can record how applications are used and who is using them. Ericsson is a Stockholm-based provider of technology and services for telecommunication companies and large, IT network operations. The company has 115,000 employees, including 25,000 who work in research and development. It generated revenue of SEK 227.4 billion for 2013 (US$34.95 billion). Ericsson Cloud System is based on the KVM (Kernel-based Hypervisor) and the OpenStack cloud controller software. It has a self-service administration portal as well as billing software and service analytics. The deal is expected to close by the end of the year. Terms were not disclosed, PCWorld says. Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. Armenia, Russia discuss life extension of Metsamor nuclear plant Issues regarding the extension of life of the 2nd power unit of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant were discussed in Yerevan. Armenians stage more campaigns against territorial concessions to Azerbaijan Protesters blocked more roads across Armenia on Friday, April 26 in continuing attempts to scuttle territorial concessions to Azerbaijan. Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. |