Learn how to build a solid cloud infrastructure from the pros.

Intel® Cloud Builder Guide to Cloud Design and Deployment on Intel Platforms Read It Now »  [581 KB | PDF] Learn how to build a solid cloud infrastructure from the pros. Dear Techme2 readers,  It's no secret that a well-designed cloud infrastructure increases scalability, improves agility, and lowers costs for leading enterprise IT. Canonical and Intel can simplify your private enterprise cloud initiative with this comprehensive reference architecture. The Intel® Cloud Builder Guide Executive Summary shares best practices on how to build and operate a cloud from the ground up using Ubuntu* Enterprise Cloud (UEC) software powered by Eucalyptus Systems Inc. on Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series-based servers. Discover how the right cloud configuration can deliver high performance with flexible virtualization and manageability, while using less energy and space. Engineers optimized UEC on Intel Xeon processor-based platforms to design best-of-breed reference cloud designs, physical cloud infrastructures, implementation models, and logical platform architecture. Download this summary for insights on how this proven cloud-building method can get you started. To delve deeper, visit our Reference Architecture Library and access the full reference architecture. It just gets easier.