Introduction - The Abiquo Platform

The Abiquo Platform is the next generation of cloud Management Software, it allows IT operations managers, responsible for maintaining the hardware, to create and manage pooled computer resources, or Resource Clouds, from any servers virtualized by any supported hypervisor. This Resource Cloud can then be provisioned or sold to those that need it, the users of the IT resources. These consumers can then use Abiquo to create virtual datacenters through which they can deploy instantly bundled virtual servers, storage and other physical resource, and applications from public and private virtual image libraries. All through a highly visual drag-and-drop user interface.

This software is distributed in two forms that are designed to meet differing business needs:

• The Abiquo Community Edition is an open source product licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) Version 3. Subject to the LGPL terms, it can be downloaded and used free of charge. It allows smaller organizations and development groups to benefit from robust, next generation Cloud management. If combined with open source hypervisors, such as Xen, KVM or Virtual Box, the Abiquo Community Edition allows for a fully managed virtualized infrastructure to be built entirely free of any charges. It is also an ideal way to test the basic capabilities of Abiquo solution with no additional commitment or trial licensing restrictions with support for our full range of hypervisors, including commercial products such as VMware and Microsoft's Hyper-V. It is available for immediate download, with pre-built images for rapid installation. The Abiquo community website is a collection of online resources for those that wish to take advantage of this open source edition.
• The Abiquo Enterprise Edition is a set of premium features that have been built on top of the Community Edition; designed for global enterprises and hosting providers. These features include Enforceable Resource Limits to stop Virtual sprawl and Virtual to Virtual Conversion, allowing IT managers to automatically convert virtual machine images built for one hypervisor technology to any other hypervisor supported by the product, most significantly including VMWare to Hyper-V conversions, in a single drag-and-drop operation. 

The Documentation on this site will walk you through the procedures, system characteristics and configuration(s) required to create and manage either form of the Abiquo Platform. Any Element of this documentation that refers only to the Enterprise Edition will be highlighted as follows.

Premium Feature This section only applies to the Enterprise Edition.

For information about pricing options please contact one of our representatives, contact details can be found at on the contact us page of www.abiquo.com.