By Serdar Yegulalp | InfoWorld  Posted on June 24, 2014

 

Most folks who know the name Joyent associate it with Node.js. But it's also a cloud provider with a custom-built, in-house platform that's been quietly competing with Amazon and Google.

With the latest version of its SmartDataCenter private cloud, though, Joyent means to compete directly with a different class of product: private-cloud solutions like OpenStack.

SmartDataCenter supports a broad range of operating systems and virtualization technologies, and it features a container-based approach to managing applications that was derived from Solaris and built specifically for multitenancy. Joyent also features strong Node.js support and integration for SmartDataCenter, along with high-grade debugging solutions.

 

InforWorld/ full read here/ http://www.infoworld.com/t/private-cloud/joyent-vows-beat-openstack-its-own-game-244874