Author: Ephraim Baron

I've been a technologist for a long, long time. My IT experience spans many areas including servers, networks, storage, data centers, virtualization, and cloud computing. The rapid pace of change is what I love about IT - it's not just a job, it's an obsession.

The WhatMatrix CMP Landscape Report Q3 2018 is here!

by Ephraim Baron | Sep 11, 2018 | CMPs

See the announcement for the Top Rated CMPs 2019 hereWhen we first launched the cloud management platform (CMP) comparison in 2016, we had 5 vendors. Today we have 11. The popularity of the category is clear both in the number of participants and the amount of...

“What Cloud Management 2018?” – last calls for entry

by Ephraim Baron | Jul 16, 2018 | CMPs

Visit the ‘free download’ section to see all available reports After last year’s success of the “What CMP” community report – an in-depth technical evaluation of the most popular Cloud Management platforms – we recently...

Alibaba Now Evaluated in WhatMatrix Public Cloud Comparison

by Ephraim Baron | Nov 9, 2017 | Public Cloud

First established in 2009, Alibaba Cloud is one of the longest running public cloud providers and has come to dominate the market in China. While lagging against the global market leaders, their expansion last year into US and European datacenter locations shows their...

Embotics Introduces Enhanced Cloud Governance and Cost Optimization Capabilities

by Ephraim Baron | Oct 18, 2017 | CMPs

Embotics vCommander has been updated to version 6.1 and it went straight into the top 3 of our CMP comparison after being evaluated by our CMP team. vCommander leverages a set of multi-hypervisor virtualization and cloud management capabilities to allow organizations...

Red Hat CloudForms – Powerful Cloud Automation (Not Just for Developers)

by Ephraim Baron | Oct 18, 2017 | CMPs

Looking back at the various releases of virtualization and cloud management applications that we have evaluated, we believe Red Hat has come a long way. As a company they have focused on adjusting to evolving market demands and changing perception of “open-source” in...