OpenStack

Switch Between Public, Private Clouds with Connected Cloud

Canadian managed services and telecommunications provider Ormuco today unveiled Connected Cloud, a hybrid cloud that allows enterprises to switch between private and public cloud environments. Based on HP Helion ...Full Article

IBM Leverages OpenStack for Hybrid Workloads

IBM said during this week's OpenStack Summit it would shift those open-source services to its SoftLayer public cloud infrastructure, allowing customers to move OpenStack workloads across hybrid clouds. IBM ...Full Article

OpenStack Gets Bare-Metal, Storage Support

The OpenStack Summit in Vancouver kicking off this week will showcase a host a growing list of initiatives aimed at extending cloud services capabilities based on the open-source cloud ...Full Article

Taking the Pain Out of OpenStack Upgrades

The tenth release of OpenStack, "Juno," last October, added a batch of new enterprise features aimed at boosting stability and performance and extending the reach of the open source ...Full Article

Latest Ubuntu Server Packaged With Hyperscale Goodies

It is October, and that is how you know it is time for various Linuxes and the OpenStack cloud controller to get their semi-annual updates of shiny new code. ...Full Article

OpenStack Investors Place Big Bet On Mirantis

Investors continue to pour cash into the burgeoning open source ecosystem. Mirantis, which bills itself as one of the few pure-play OpenStack software vendors, announced a whopping $100 million ...Full Article

EMC Buys Spot On OpenStack Bandwagon With Cloudscaling Deal

EMC has confirmed reports earlier this week that it is acquiring OpenStack distributor Cloudscaling as the storage leader tilts further toward the open source cloud controller as a way ...Full Article

AMD, Canonical Do OpenStack In A Box

The developers behind OpenStack have come a long way in adding fit and finish to successive releases of the cloud controller, but it is still a pain in the ...Full Article

VMware Embraces OpenStack Clouds, Docker Containers

Even if you can beat them, sometimes you join them anyway because that is easier and more expedient. And so at the VMworld event in San Francisco today, VMware ...Full Article