Open Source And Cloud Computing: Eucalyptus Joins Hand With RedHat Targeting Private Cloud Market
Eucalyptus Systems (see previous CloudAve coverage), the academic project turned commercial venture offering private cloud solutions for enterprises, today announced a partnership with RedHat (see previous CloudAve coverage), leading enterprise Linux vendor who is shifting their focus to cloud computing recently. This partnership suits both the companies and it can go a long way towards [...]
Open Source And Cloud Computing Series: Why OSS Is Essential For Cloud Computing?
This is one of my favorite topics and I don’t mind revisiting the topic again and again. It is about the importance of Open Source in the cloud based world. It is never enough to re-emphasize this point and, hence, this series of posts. In my introduction to this series, I have made my argument [...]
Open Source And Cloud Computing Series: Some Cloud Computing Moves By Big Open Source Vendors
Often people wonder how Open Source Software vendors will adjust to the Cloud Computing era. We are increasingly seeing some traction in this regard. Recently, Redhat, the grand daddy of Open Source software, and Canonical, the company behind the glamorous Linux distribution Ubuntu, are making some noises in this space. Recently, Redhat announced a certification [...]
Open Source and Cloud Computing Series: Canonical – An Open Source Company Embracing The Clouds
Canonical, the company behind the popular Linux distribution Ubuntu, is positioning itself to be a big player in the Cloud based era. They are plotting their move towards Clouds simultaneously through many different routes, from marrying Ubuntu desktop and server editions to Cloud to offering storage as a service to SaaS based management services. In this edition of [...]
Open Source And Cloud Computing Series: Commercial Open Source Ecosystem Is Taking Off
When Open Source started getting traction in the enterprise world, we saw business models emerge on top of the Open Source philosophical platform. One of the most successful business models is the so called Redhat model where the software is released under an Open Source license and monetization is done by offering support for a [...]
Open Source And Cloud Computing Series – What Is Under The Radar
In this second post on the Open Source and Cloud Computing Series, I am going to take a look at two open source products that will be showcased in Under The Radar Cloud Computing Event at Mountain View on April 24th 2009. Cloud Avenue is a media partner for this event and we have a VIP reader [...]
Open Source and Cloud Computing Series – Introduction
Richard Stallman (via last.fm) Open Source has played a major role in the progress of Cloud Computing. The Open Stack like LAMP are the ones that provide the backbone to many Cloud based solutions. Hadoop is transforming the way organizations and companies use Cloud. Whether you are an enthusiastic geek trying to set up a [...]
