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A New Era of OpenStack

Posted on September 16, 2017 by John Davis

The chairman of the OpenStack Foundation outlines some of the steps the organization is taking to support a growing interest in OpenStack. InformationWeek: Cloud

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Rackspace, OpenStack and the Multiplicity of Clouds

Posted on September 9, 2017 by John Davis

While some wish to view OpenStack as a failure, the open source initiative serves a purpose and is a fit for a growing number of organizations. InformationWeek: Cloud

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Microsoft introduces Azure Stack, its answer to OpenStack

Posted on July 13, 2017 by John Davis

Microsoft has taken the wraps off Azure Stack, its take on hybrid cloud infrastructure and response to the popular OpenStack open-source cloud computing package. Azure Stack will begin shipping in September. Azure Stack was originally designed as a software-only product, … Continue reading →

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IDG Contributor Network: An under-pressure OpenStack gets support from an (in)famous individual

Posted on June 14, 2017 by John Davis

Last week saw a few thousand devoted OpenStack community members flock to Boston to take part in the bi-annual OpenStack Summit. This summit marks a major turning point for the initiative. Since we all congregated in Barcelona last year, there … Continue reading →

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Private search firm migrates to OpenStack as it adopts automation

Posted on March 10, 2017 by John Davis

Nate Baechtold, Enterprise Architect at EBSCO Information Services, says it was going to be too hard to automate the company’s VMware environment so the firm shifted to OpenStack, which natively abstracts underlying components much like AWS.  But the next sticking … Continue reading →

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IDG Contributor Network: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 targets private cloud

Posted on December 18, 2016 by John Davis

Red Hat just announced that it is making Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 available. This release is based upon the OpenStack ‘Newton’ release and is designed to increase system-wide scalability, simplify management and improve workload orchestration. It will also enhance … Continue reading →

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OpenStack Newton serves up a heaping helping of scalability

Posted on October 6, 2016 by John Davis

The next release of OpenStack made its debut on Thursday with a raft of new features for better scalability and resiliency. Architectural and functional barriers can make it difficult for companies to scale their clouds up or down across platforms … Continue reading →

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Red Hat covers cloud apps with OpenStack and Cloud Suite

Posted on April 21, 2016 by John Davis

With its two latest releases, Red Hat makes good on its previously stated plans to extend open source out of the data center and across the entire dev stack. Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 and Red Hat Cloud Suite provide … Continue reading →

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Volkswagen chooses OpenStack for private cloud

Posted on April 6, 2016 by John Davis

The second largest car manufacturer in the world, Volkswagen Group, will use the open-source cloud computing platform OpenStack to build a private cloud that will host websites for its brands VW, Audi and Porsche, and will be a platform for … Continue reading →

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Oracle reworks OpenStack for a containerized world

Posted on October 20, 2015 by John Davis

It’s been just over a year since Oracle first released an OpenStack version tailored for its namesake Linux distribution, and on Tuesday it followed up with a key update reworked specifically for today’s containerized world. Oracle OpenStack for Oracle Linux … Continue reading →

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SDN startup PLUMgrid opens up on OpenStack

Posted on September 29, 2015 by John Davis

SDN start-up PLUMgrid this week unveiled the latest version of its software for building OpenStack clouds. Version 4.0 of PLUMgrid’s Open Networking Suite (ONS) for OpenStack supports multiple OpenStack distributions, Load Balancing as a Service (LBaaS) plugins, high availability and … Continue reading →

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Is OpenStack ready for prime time?

Posted on September 14, 2015 by John Davis

If you listen to the hype surrounding OpenStack, it’s nothing less than a panacea offering fast, relatively easy, cost-efficient tools for deploying enterprise apps as cloud services. Some analysts are far less bullish, arguing that building a private cloud with … Continue reading →

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ZeroStack hatches plans for no-hassle, cloud-managed OpenStack

Posted on August 31, 2015 by John Davis

If there’s one part of the OpenStack market that never stops yielding enterprising newcomers, it’s the market for solutions to simplify OpenStack implementations. Not only could OpenStack still use help there, but such an approach nearly guarantees a revenue stream. … Continue reading →

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OpenStack Now Offers 3 Ways To Deploy Containers

Posted on August 28, 2015 by John Davis

OpenStack’s Magnum Project will give cloud users the ability to deploy Docker containers in virtual machines, on bare metal, or in other containers. InformationWeek: Cloud

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Latest Openstack News

Posted on February 6, 2015 by John Davis

CTCがOpenStack軸にクラウド関連サービスを強化、研究開発部隊も設置 伊藤忠テクノソリューションズ（CTC）が、クラウド関連サービスの強化に動いている。IaaS（Infrastructure as a Service）構築用のOSS（Open Source Software）である「OpenStack」を軸に、海外のクラウド関連サービス事業者と相次いで契約したほか、クラウド関連技術を研究 … Read more on IT Leaders OpenStackベンダーの米ミランティスが日本法人設立、CTCとリセラー契約 クラウド構築ソフト「OpenStack」の構築支援サービスやディストリビューション（検証済みパッケージ）の販売などを手がける米ミランティスは2015年2月3日、日本法人のミランティス・ジャパンを設立し、日本市場での営業を開始したと発表した。同社は伊藤忠テクノ … Read more on ITpro OpenStack Neutronの「中」の動きを追いかけよう 本記事は日本仮想化技術主催のOpenStack最新情報セミナー（2014年10月開催）で実施した実機デモを基にしており、前提環境は基本的にOpenStack Icehouseリリースです。今回新たに最新のJunoリリースで変更された部分を記事後半にまとめていますので参考にして … Read more on @IT DevOps with a Purpose By @ITInvolve | @DevOpsSummit [#DevOps] Unless you've been living under … Continue reading →

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Боль и страдания Openstack

Posted on January 31, 2015 by John Davis

Боль и страдания Openstack OpenStack — очень модное слово в современном айтишном медиапространстве. Слышал о нем практически каждый, но в деле видели не очень многие. А попробовать его всерьез отважились вообще единицы. Мы у себя рискнули-таки, … Read more on Хакер … Continue reading →

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City Network takes OpenStack to European market

Posted on January 27, 2015 by John Davis

Karlskrona, Sweden (PRWEB) December 02, 2014 Sweden’s City Network today announced that it is the first European provider to offer OpenStack in multiple data centers across Europe. City Network is one of Europe’s fastest growing infrastructure as a service (IaaS) … Continue reading →

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Platform9 Rolls OpenStack Manager

Posted on January 22, 2015 by John Davis

Platform9 Rolls OpenStack Manager Platform9, the cloud startup that emerged form stealth mode last August, unveiled its “Managed OpenStack” platform this week, a software-as-a-service offering aimed at quickly turning existing cloud infrastructure like servers into private clouds. The … Read … Continue reading →

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3 OpenStack Predictions For 2015

Posted on January 19, 2015 by John Davis

3 OpenStack Predictions For 2015 Editor's note: Boris Renski's OpenStack consulting firm Mirantis has a frontline seat from which to predict what will happen with OpenStack in 2015. Mirantis has its own version of OpenStack that competes with Red Hat, … Continue reading →

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At the ripe old age of 5, will OpenStack simmer down?

Posted on January 16, 2015 by John Davis

At the ripe old age of 5, will OpenStack simmer down? Part of this may be wishful thinking on my part: There's nothing like chronicling the growing pains of a potentially great technology or covering a good OpenStack spat every … Continue reading →

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Latest Openstack News

Posted on January 15, 2015 by John Davis

Red Hat CEO Expects Growth From Cloud, Storage Storage, OpenStack (an open-source private cloud platform) and Open Shift (platform-as-a-service) are all much newer. The revenue numbers are relatively small, but we have several hundred customers at some stage of the … Continue reading →

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Latest Openstack News

Posted on January 1, 2015 by John Davis

IBM adds 12 Cloud Data Centers, Endorses OpenStack Throughout Cloud in general, and especially hybrid cloud, needs open standards This is driving unparalleled cooperation between the large vendors, and projects like OpenStack are where that cooperation is in plain sight. … Continue reading →

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Tesora Becomes First OpenStack Trove Cloud Database Service Certified by …

Posted on December 29, 2014 by John Davis

Tesora Becomes First OpenStack Trove Cloud Database Service Certified by … “We're providing Mirantis customers with the most production-ready OpenStack Trove implementation, saving the work and time necessary to ensure compatibility,” Tesora CEO Ken Rugg said in a statement. “Working … Continue reading →

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Wipro partner SUSE to develop OpenStack Cloud platform

Posted on December 26, 2014 by John Davis

Wipro partner SUSE to develop OpenStack Cloud platform The solution has been built using Wipro's leading Open Source Cloud frameworks and SUSE Cloud, SUSE's enterprise OpenStack cloud platform which is integrated with a cloud management layer, stitching the private and … Continue reading →

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Learn OpenStack with Free Developer Edition from Mirantis

Posted on December 18, 2014 by John Davis

Learn OpenStack with Free Developer Edition from Mirantis Mirantis Inc., the OpenStack company has announced the developer edition of OpenStack which is based on Mirantis OpenStack Express. Mirantis OpenStack Express is an on-demand service that is available through the subscription … Continue reading →

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Latest Openstack News

Posted on December 14, 2014 by John Davis

OpenStack to Drive NFV Management Saar Gillai, senior vice president and chief operating officer for HP Cloud and general manager for NFV at HP, said the industry will learn that OpenStack and NFVs are joined at the proverbial hip. Most … Continue reading →

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StorPool Storage now integrated with OpenStack (Cinder)

Posted on December 12, 2014 by John Davis

(PRWEB) November 27, 2014 StorPool Storage, a leading vendor of distributed storage software, announced integration with OpenStack (Cinder). The integration works as an add-on with Icehouse and Juno releases. It supports all mandatory Cinder features and provides fast, reliable and … Continue reading →

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Latest Openstack News

Posted on November 24, 2014 by John Davis

Rackspace Re-architects its OpenStack Private Clouds Rackspace has redesigned the fundamental architecture of OpenStack private clouds it deploys for its customers using Icehouse, the latest release of the open source cloud system. The changes, the company claims, make it more … Continue reading →

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Does Stratus Have The Formula For OpenStack Success?

Posted on November 19, 2014 by John Davis

Does Stratus Have The Formula For OpenStack Success? When most think about the move to private cloud, they think about more conservative vendors like VMware VMW +0.36% and IBM IBM 0% leading customers down that path, but in reality, something … Continue reading →

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Canonical Adds Ubuntu OpenStack Distribution for Open Source Cloud Computing

Posted on November 18, 2014 by John Davis

Canonical Adds Ubuntu OpenStack Distribution for Open Source Cloud Computing Canonical has announced its own distribution of OpenStack, the open source cloud computing operating system, built on top of Ubuntu Linux. Ubuntu Linux has already enjoyed the distinction of being … Continue reading →

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