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  • 20 SEP 2012

    NEW VIRTUAL HARDWARE ON CYCLADES VMS (REBOOT REQUIRED)

    The transition to upgraded virtual hardware has been completed, according to plan. Any machines with old virtual hardware must be rebooted to exploit the new features.

    You're free to reboot your machines at your convenience, until Mon Sep 24, 11:00. If you haven't rebooted your machines until then, they will be automatically rebooted.

    This is your last chance to complete the necessary Windows driver update as described in this post before the reboot. Any un-updated Windows machine WILL CEASE TO FUNCTION after the reboot.

    There will be no impact to ... read more

    posted by okeanos on Sept. 20, 2012, 9:10 a.m., filed under all , news , spotlight , cyclades

  • 07 AUG 2012

    DRIVER UPDATE NEEDED FOR WINDOWS VMS

    We are upgrading the ~okeanos software infrastructure constantly, to deliver improved user experience and an exciting array of new features.

    Part of the upgrade process involves the hypervisor, KVM, which means the VMs will run on upgraded virtual hardware. For Windows, this needs an update of the storage and network drivers.

    The system-provided Windows Images have been already updated. Any new machine created from now on will work after the upgrade without any changes.

    For your existing machines, you need to upgrade the relevant drivers before Sep 1, 2012, when the hardware upgrade ... read more

    posted by okeanos on Aug. 7, 2012, 1:30 p.m., filed under all , news , spotlight , cyclades

  • 12 JUL 2012

    1000 ACTIVE VMS IN ~OKEANOS

    1000 active VMs in ~okeanos
    Hooray! Starting today, ~okeanos counts one thousand VMs. We are excited to announce that we just surpassed the milestone of 1000 active VMs.

    We woulld like to thank all our alpha users for their valuable feedback so far.

    We're working hard on scaling up the infrastructure, so we can keep up with demand.

    Thank you, the ~okeanos team

    posted by okeanos on July 12, 2012, 1:08 p.m., filed under all , news , spotlight , ~okeanos

  • 02 APR 2012

    EXPECTED NUMBER OF ALPHA2 USERS REACHED

    Wow! So many people, so soon.

    Thank you for your overwhelming interest in Alpha2. We 're excited to have completed the planned number of users in such short amount of time, and have to suspend the registration of new users temporarily.

    We will be back shortly, with a new round of user sign-ups.

    Thanks again for your interest,

    the ~okeanos team

    posted by okeanos on April 2, 2012, 3:20 p.m., filed under all , news , spotlight , ~okeanos

  • 02 APR 2012

    ~OKEANOS ENTERS ALPHA2 TESTING PHASE

    ~okeanos enters alpha2 testing phase
    We are happy to announce that ~okeanos enters its alpha2 testing phase today!

    After a successful alpha1 phase, we are now accepting new users via sign up, to test the platform and report feedback. Starting today, ~okeanos includes cyclades (Compute/Network) and pithos+ (Storage). With cyclades you can create and manage your virtual machines and virtual networks. With pithos+ you have 50GB of online storage space, to save all your favorite content. With the pithos+ client you can sync that content from your private PC, or even your cyclades virtual machines.

    If these look interesting, ... read more

    posted by okeanos on April 2, 2012, 9:08 a.m., filed under all , news , spotlight , ~okeanos