
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 […]

Cloudera – Redhat of Cloud Computing?
A group of Silicon Valley executives, Amr Awadallah (formerly with Yahoo), Christophe Bisciglia (ex-Googler), Jeff Hammerbacher (formerly from Facebook) and Mike Olson (an entrepreneur), have teamed up to launch CloudEra. There is not much info available at this point except the fact that the company will offer support for Apache Hadoop, a scalable, efficient and […]