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Linux and the cloud: Tips, news and advice
Where does Linux fit into the cloud as an operating system? This digest of tips, news and advice features topics such as the best open source cloud monitoring tools, and the surge in popularity of open source in the cloud. Digest
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Honorable mention: 2010 top cloud computing leaders
Sam Johnston, Open Cloud Computing Interface founder, and Chris Weitz, director with Deloitte Consulting, round out our list of the top cloud computing leaders. Slideshow
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Marten Mickos: 2010 top cloud computing leader
Marten Mickos, open source legend, CEO of Eucalyptus Systems and former CEO of MySQL, comes in at number seven on our list of the top cloud computing leaders. Slideshow
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Cloud computing resources center
Cloud standards organizations, open source cloud projects, cloud computing and social media and more, all explained in this compendium of cloud resources. Learning Center
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OpenStack cloud software hits puberty
Diablo, the fourth release of the open source cloud OS, fills some holes from previous versions, but it still has a way to go. Column | 22 Sep 2011
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HP cloud a red flag for enterprise customers
By choosing the open source OpenStack software to run its cloud, HP made a sneaky move to push more services that run on its software and hardware. Column | 12 Sep 2011
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Red Hat's halfhearted attempt at cloud
Open source leader Red Hat unveiled new cloud offerings at the Red Hat Summit in Boston, but nothing flashed the potential to stand out in a crowded market. Column | 06 May 2011
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Red Hat enhances Platform as a Service through Makara acquisition
With the purchase of cloud-based application management provider Makara, Red Hat has beefed up its cloud portfolio and its Platform as a Service capabilities. News | 01 Dec 2010
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Rackspace eliminates hourly billing for Red Hat cloud instances
Citing changes in its licensing deal with Red Hat, Rackspace will now charge a monthly fee for open source cloud instances. Article | 16 Sep 2010
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Launch Linux apps in EC2 with Amazon Linux AMI
The latest Amazon Machine Image gives Amazon Web Services users a bare-bones starting point for working with Linux applications. Article | 15 Sep 2010
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Red Hat cloud updates focus on interoperability
Preaching 'open clouds and open standards,' the latest updates to Red Hat's Cloud Foundations software promote consistency across numerous clouds and platforms. Article | 25 Aug 2010
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Cloud.com adds support for VMware services
CloudStack, the automation and management stack from Cloud.com, now supports VMware vSphere 4.1 and VMware vCenter Server. Article | 24 Aug 2010
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GoGrid launches open source app store
GoGrid will trade usage statistics and marketing help for open source, cloud-ready server images and applications to host on its infrastructure. Article | 06 Aug 2010
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IBM and Canonical virtualize DB2 for Ubuntu
A fully-virtualized version of IBM's DB2 Express-C database software will be available to run on Ubuntu's Eucalyptus-powered cloud platform. Article | 22 Jul 2010
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Five open source tools for building and managing clouds
Cloud computing is poised to reap the benefits of open source tools. Our expert describes five tools, including KVM, Eucalyptus and Deltacloud, to keep an eye on. Tip
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Installing Ubuntu 9.10 and the Eucalyptus enterprise cloud computing platform
Learn how to install Ubuntu 9.10 server edition with Eucalyptus enterprise cloud and set it up to manage applications on AWS or other infrastructure services. Features of the Ubuntu store, including available operating system images and the use of th... Tip
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Amazon's EC2 and the open source cloud projects
Discover the benefits of the open cloud computing solution, such as Amazon's EC2, and how open source cloud environments like Eucalyptus can provide support for EC2 web services and applications. Tip
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The latest on Intel in the cloud
Intel's latest advancements in the cloud include an OpenStack implementation and engineered Memcache, but the company is also harnessing its focus on the enterprise. Video
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VMware CTO explains vSphere 5 licensing changes
The release of vSphere 5 has users talking, especially about the licensing and pricing changes, but Citrix is still trying to steal the spotlight with its acquisition of Cloud.com. Video
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Open source's influence on enterprise cloud
Enterprises have been lagging in adopting cloud computing, but open source is progressively making it more attractive for enterprise users to make the jump into the cloud. Video
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Cloud.com and OpenStack code will merge
The CMO of Cloud.com says that moving to the cloud will continue to entice IT pros long after the cool factor wears off, especially when Cloud.com and OpenStack's code merge together. Video
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Gluster CEO discusses best cloud storage options
The future of scale-out storage and cloud storage gateways and appliances is constantly changing. Find out what the CEO of Gluster has to say about cloud’s long term market trends. Video
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Open source guru Marten Mickos dissects Amazon outage
Marten Mickos, CEO of cloud platform software maker Eucalyptus, sits down with Jo Maitland to discuss the recent Amazon Web Services outage and how it will affect cloud computing. Video
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Eucalyptus VP discusses cloud computing competition
Matt Reid, VP of sales and marketing at open source cloud provider Eucalyptus, discusses his company's cloud computing competition at VMworld 2010. Video
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Cloud.com gets comfy, merges with OpenStack
Cloud.com, now part of Citrix Systems Inc., hopes to gain traction in the cloud by teaming up with OpenStack. Feature
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OpenStack cloud software hits puberty
Diablo, the fourth release of the open source cloud OS, fills some holes from previous versions, but it still has a way to go. Column
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The latest on Intel in the cloud
Intel's latest advancements in the cloud include an OpenStack implementation and engineered Memcache, but the company is also harnessing its focus on the enterprise. Video
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HP cloud a red flag for enterprise customers
By choosing the open source OpenStack software to run its cloud, HP made a sneaky move to push more services that run on its software and hardware. Column
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Warning: Not all cloud licensing models are user-friendly
Cloud licensing models can be complex, limiting and aggravating. Don't get trapped with the wrong license. Feature
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VMware CTO explains vSphere 5 licensing changes
The release of vSphere 5 has users talking, especially about the licensing and pricing changes, but Citrix is still trying to steal the spotlight with its acquisition of Cloud.com. Video
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Open source's influence on enterprise cloud
Enterprises have been lagging in adopting cloud computing, but open source is progressively making it more attractive for enterprise users to make the jump into the cloud. Video
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Jonathan Bryce: 2011 top cloud computing leader
Rackspace's OpenStack project has a good deal of momentum in the cloud market right now, and so does its chairman, Mosso founder and top cloud leader Jonathan Bryce. Slideshow
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Cloud.com and OpenStack code will merge
The CMO of Cloud.com says that moving to the cloud will continue to entice IT pros long after the cool factor wears off, especially when Cloud.com and OpenStack's code merge together. Video
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Gluster CEO discusses best cloud storage options
The future of scale-out storage and cloud storage gateways and appliances is constantly changing. Find out what the CEO of Gluster has to say about cloud’s long term market trends. Video
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About Open source cloud computing
Whether as augmentation to a public cloud computing service or a stand-alone private cloud architecture, open source cloud computing continues to grow in popularity. Numerous cloud computing services use Linux and MySQL as their backbone, and many cloud platforms, such as Eucalyptus, Nimbus and Hadoop, are open source projects. Get the latest tips, expert advice and news on open source cloud computing, source code, Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud (UEC), the Open Source Initiative (OSI), open source and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) and open source and application development. This topic also covers Abiquo, the Globus Nimbus project and lock-in and licensing issues.