Open Cloud Initiative Is Dead Long Live OCI
First let me make it clear that Open Cloud Initiative (OCI) is not dead and it is going to stay for a long time advocating openness. Also, I will fight all I can to keep it going. Having said that I am writing this post to re-emphasize something which I have been saying all along. [...]
Quick Take: AT&T Joins OpenStack
OpenStack (previous CloudAve coverage) got a big boost today with the announcement that AT&T is joining the OpenStack community. According to a blog post by AT&T, they are becoming the first US Telco to join OpenStack community. We also announced today that AT&T has become the first U.S. telecom services provider to join the OpenStack [...]
PaaS Is The Future Of Cloud Services: Tier3 Adds .NET Support To CloudFoundry By Forking It
Today Tier3, Bellevue based enterprise cloud hosting provider, announced that they are adding .NET support to CloudFoundry (previous CloudAve coverage) by forking it. With this, they are essentially pushing VMware’s PaaS solution into Windows shops who might be interested in using an open source alternative. Remember it is not a mono implementation but .NET based one of [...]
Coming To A Place Near You: A Private Cloud Spiked With Big Data
Netflix similarity map Yesterday, I moderated a couple of panels at the Big Data Cloud event. I have been a keynote speaker, panelist, moderator, and participant for many conferences in the last few years. It has always been a pleasure to see the cloud and big data becoming more and more mainstream. Here are my [...]
The Importance Of Open Source In Cloud Computing
At Cloud Computing Bootcamp on the sidelines of Cloud Expo, I gave a talk on the favorite topic of mine. I was putting forward my arguments about why Open Source is critical in cloud computing. I had a simple take away from my talk: World cannot afford a monopoly offering around cloud services, a handful [...]
NGINX Starts Commercial Operations
NGINX, the open source alternative to Apache web server, today announced their plans to start a commercial company around their software. Yesterday, they announced a $3 Million Series A funding round and how they are planning to monetize their open source software. As an analyst focussing on both open source and cloud computing, this is [...]
OpenStack Foundation Launched
The OpenStack Project (previous CloudAve coverage), so far under the “control” of Rackspace, announced their intention to launch a foundation which will control the governance and trademarks of the project. This is a big news and warrants a short analysis because I have talked about this issue when it erupted after Rick Clark’s departure and [...]
Deploying OpenStack Is Difficult? It’s A Myth!!
Ever since Open Source came into existence, one of the biggest myths about them is “it is not user friendly”. Everything from it is not easy to use to it is difficult to even deploy were thrown against open source. Most of the times, it was intentional FUD unleashed by proprietary vendors whose business is [...]
10gen Announces $20 M Funding And MongoDB 2.0 Is Out
10gen (previous CloudAve coverage), the company behind open source MongoDB database (previous CloudAve coverage), today announced a new round of funding worth $20 Million backed by Sequoia Capital with the support of existing investors, Flybridge Capital and Union Square Ventures. 10gen has raised $31 Million since their inception in 2007. This will help 10gen to expand [...]
Why WordPress ISN’T A Good Choice For Your Website (Really?)
Last month I did a guest article for Jemima Gibbons monthly newsletter on Freshbusinessthinking.com about Social Media Monitoring and Analytics. In that same newsletter Nikki Pilkington argued why WordPress is a good choice for your website. I decided I wanted to argue, passionately, the opposite, and my article has just been published there this month. [...]
PaaS Is The Future Of Cloud Services: CloudFoundry Validates Its OpenPaaS Mantra
As I advocate the bright future PaaS holds in the cloud era, I never missed a chance to point our how VMware’s CloudFoundry is disrupting this space. The reason I think CloudFoundry is disruptive is because of the open approach they take (OpenPaaS) in their platform services. While there are some lock-in worries about the [...]
Opscode Chef, The Secret Sauce Behind Dell Open Source Crowbar
Dell recently announced an OpenStack cloud solution that came with an installer, called Crowbar, which makes installation of OpenStack Cloud on bare metal servers seamless and less time consuming. In fact, with Crowbar, one can install OpenStack cloud on a rack within 30 mins or so. Dell has decided to open source Crowbar under Apache [...]
OSCON Week: Piston Cloud Computing, Redhat Of OpenStack
Earlier this month, Piston Cloud Computing Inc. was launched with $4.5 Million funding from True Ventures, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, Divergent Ventures and others. It was founded by lead architect at NASA’s Nebula Cloud infrastructure, Joshua McKenty, along with Chris MacGown, formerly from Slicehost. Piston Computing is a typical example of what an open source project [...]
OSCON Week: Open Cloud Initiative Launched To Drive Open Standards In Cloud Computing
This is OSCON Week here at Portland, Oregon and it is time for some interesting news involving openness and cloud computing. Last year it was OpenStack and this year, even though the impact factor is not similar, it is Open Cloud Initiative (OCI). Open Cloud Initiative is a non-profit organization put together by a bunch of well known individuals who advocate openness [...]
Acquia Gets Another Round Of Funding: Commercial Open Source Is Still Strong
Acquia (previous CloudAve coverage), the commercial company behind open source Drupal content management software, announced the completion of Series D round of funding worth $15 Million Dollars. This round was funded by Tenaya Capital along with significant follow up participation from their existing investors, Northbridge Venture Partners and Sigma Partners. Acquia will tap into this [...]
