Private cloud software manages application workloads over virtual and physical servers

Platform ISF is an end-to-end software product that provides everything you need for private cloud management. You don’t need to string together point tools from various vendors on your own. Platform ISF efficiently manages application workloads across multiple VM technologies and provisioning tools. With ISF you can:

• Eliminate over-provisioning of infrastructure to meet peak demand, resulting in lower capital and operating expenses and higher utilization
• Automatically provision application environments and place workloads on the right systems to meet service levels in a timely and cost-effective manner

Platform ISF enables private cloud Self-Service: Automated, self-service delivery of infrastructure. Enables the delivery of private cloud infrastructure services through portal- and API-driven access to multi-component application services Automated Application Provisioning and Lifecycle Management: Workload-smart allocation of applications on the most appropriate resources based on application-level policies and workload demand Chargeback and Reporting: With optimum allocation and account-based tracking, chargeback and usage reports for granular cost control across applications

Additional ISF capabilities include:

• Account-based quotas, scheduling and approvals
• Role-based authentication and authorization
• Production-ready management portal, with workload and resource monitoring, alerting and troubleshooting
• Support for popular VM’s: ESX, Xen, KVM and Hyper-V
• Support for popular provisioning tools: Red Hat Satellite, xCAT, Altiris, and Platform Cluster Manager
• Support for popular external services: Amazon EC2 VPC
• Adapter-based integration to accounting, asset management and service catalog systems

Here’s how you start…