<p>Enterprise Chef arrives from Opscode this week with a promise to automate the provisioning and management of compute, networking, and storage resources in data environments. Targeted at both cloud-based and terrestrial data volumes, this software is positioned as means to automate configuration management, cloud management, and continuous delivery of applications and, crucially, their dependent infrastructure.</p><p>NOTE: Enterprise Chef was previously offered as two separate products; i.e., Private Chef and Hosted Chef. These have now been realigned under a single brand, available as on-premise software or as a hosted service.</p><p>"Enterprise organizations are in the midst of a major business transformation, driven by the radically new way in which customers are purchasing and consuming goods and services today. As a result, technology is serving as the key touch point to users and the role of IT has shifted from the back office to the front office," said Adam Jacob, cofounder and chief customer officer, Opscode.</p><p>Jacob explains that his firm's "automation platform" is now augmented through collaborative attachment to networking vendors including Arista Networks, Cisco Systems, Cumulus Networks, Juniper Networks, and Plexxi. These firms have worked to help integrate Enterprise Chef into contemporary networking technologies.</p><p><a href="http://www.drdobbs.com/cloud/opscodes-continuous-application-infrastr/240160204">Keep reading...</a></p>