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PayPal dodges VMware question -- again -- but sheds light on OpenStack implementation

Posted Apr 18, 2013 - 02:17 pm

The company didn't clarify recent reports suggesting that it will dump VMware, but it did share some insight into its new OpenStack cloud
Physicists link OpenStack, Nimbus clouds around the world to share resources

Posted Apr 18, 2013 - 12:28 pm

Particle physicists need huge computing resources but for relatively short periods of time. They've already started linking their clouds so they can better share those resources when they aren't being used.
U.S. intelligence agencies embrace OpenStack

Posted Apr 17, 2013 - 01:38 pm

The NSA is already running a production OpenStack cloud and said it's about to share it with all 16 U.S. intelligence agencies
HubSpot latest to leave Amazon Web Services -- mostly. Should Amazon worry?

Posted Apr 17, 2013 - 09:00 am

HubSpot announced at the OpenStack Summit that it built a private OpenStack cloud to take over some work it was running on Amazon Web Services
Interoperability question shows OpenStack growing pains

Posted Apr 17, 2013 - 07:00 am

A panel discussion during the OpenStack Summit about interoperability issues shows that the community recognizes how important the issue is, but hasn't quite figured out how to handle it
Comcast, Best Buy take the wraps off OpenStack implementations

Posted Apr 16, 2013 - 04:58 pm

Comcast and Best Buy are talking about their OpenStack implementations for the first time.
Immaturity holding back OpenStack deployments

Posted Apr 16, 2013 - 02:48 pm

Attendees at the OpenStack Summit say that businesses worry about using OpenStack because it currently takes too much work to implement
Rackspace launches new business, hopes to build network of clouds around the world

Posted Apr 15, 2013 - 12:01 am

Rackspace is entering a new business that will build and maintain clouds for service providers like telcos
New OpenStack initiative could address interoperability questions

Posted Apr 10, 2013 - 04:00 pm

There is some debate over which OpenStack clouds are truly interoperable, but a new project could help clear up differences
OpenStack to start cracking down on incompatible clouds

Posted Apr 09, 2013 - 07:18 pm

The OpenStack Foundation is starting to get serious about making sure that cloud services are truly interoperable if they want to call their services OpenStack.

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