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Open Network Linux Simplifies Open Compute Project Switch Configuration

  • TechCrunch; By Ron Miller (Posted by rsmiller on Oct 7, 2015 8:17 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Editorial; Groups: Linux
Open Network Linux is bringing together a disparate set of tasks into a unified and flexible OS, that could reduce the complexity of configuring Open Compute Project networking switches.

OpenStack makes some important friends

OpenStack turned 5 last month. This week it made some important friends who want to help accelerate the open source cloud project.

Hortonworks Acquires Onyara, Early Startup With Roots In NSA | TechCrunch

You might not have known, but the NSA -- yes, that NSA -- has a Tech Transfer Program. When it transferred the tech that became Apache NiFi to open source last year, the engineers who had been working on the project launched their own startup. Hortonworks bought it today and is folding it into its company.

IBM Teams With Canonical To Put Ubuntu Linux On Mainframes

You probably didn't think we would ever be putting Ubuntu and mainframe in the same sentence, but Canonical and IBM announced a partnership today to put Ubuntu Linux on IBM mainframes.

As OpenStack Matures, IBM Wants Piece Of The Action

Everyone wants a piece of the OpenStack action and IBM is no exception. This week at the OpenStack Summit it announced some new services designed to make it easier to implement the project.

HashiCorp Attacks Credentials Security With Open Source Secrets Manager

HashiCorp released an early version of a new secrets manager called Vault today. The tool is designed to help protect credentials as they move across services, leaving an audit trail and even generating credentials with a limited shelf life on the fly.

Cloud 5: HP stays in cloud, Docker's big raise, false security worries

This week, we look at HP back-pedaling from exiting the public cloud, Docker's huge pay day and how cloud security fears persist despite evidence to the contrary.

Cloud 5: Long live cloud, cloud misconceptions, fastest Chromebook

This week, we look at artificial intelligence in the cloud, the music business and the cloud and the latest Chromebook.

Big vendors find cloud religion

  • Intronis Blog; By Ron Miller (Posted by rsmiller on Mar 26, 2015 9:21 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Editorial; Groups: Cloud
It took a long time for the traditional enterprise vendors to hop on board the cloud band wagon, but today, cloud is central to every large vendor's strategy.

Cloud is so mainstream that it's lost its buzzword status

  • Intronis Blog; By Ron Miller (Posted by rsmiller on Mar 13, 2015 1:32 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Editorial; Groups: Cloud
The cloud was once the buzzword of the day, but I've notice lately it's being replaced by Big Data and the Internet of Things, and the cloud has settled in that level of comfort where we just accept it as a way of computing. And you know what? It's about time.

Internet of Things Takes Center Stage at Mobile World Congress

  • SmartIndustry Blog; By Ron Miller (Posted by rsmiller on Mar 11, 2015 9:35 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Editorial
Couldn't help but notice that the Internet of Things was taking center stage at Mobile World Congress this year, and people are beginning to pay more attention. Look for lots more action over the next 12-18 months.

Public cloud is where disruption happens

  • Intronis Blog; By Ron Miller (Posted by rsmiller on Feb 25, 2015 12:10 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Editorial; Groups: Cloud
One analyst suggested in a Tweet Storm today that the only cloud that mattered is public cloud and the rest is basically a garbage bin set of terms to please the markets. I can't totally disagree, but I also know a hybrid mix of public and private computing is going to exist for a long time to come.

Cloud 5: Cloud-savvy grads, Amazon disruptors, leading IaaS providers

This week, we look at Amazon package delivery being pressured by apps born in the cloud who might be using AWS (talk about irony), universities preparing students for the cloud future and an overview of infrastructure service providers.

Pivotal Open Sources Key Parts of Its Big Data Suite

  • TechCrunch; By Ron Miller (Posted by rsmiller on Feb 17, 2015 5:46 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Editorial
Pivotal announced today it was open sourcing key parts of its Big Data Suite, giving customers, partners and third party developers the ability to build upon and adapt these powerful tools, while still offering a commercial version of its own with support and enterprise features.

Cloud 5: Dissing private cloud, Hadoop in cloud, Shadow IT concerns

This week, we look at Gartner dissing private clouds, Microsoft trying to buy some Silicon Valley startup love and Hadoop in the cloud.

Cloud brokers could help navigate growing cloud complexity

  • Intronis Blog; By Ron Miller (Posted by rsmiller on Feb 12, 2015 11:06 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Editorial; Groups: Cloud
The cloud was supposed to simplify everything, but as it turns out when you are start layering on multiple services and mixing and matching with on-premises it can get pretty darn complicated. That's where cloud service brokers might be able to help. They are a new breed of cloud consultant.

Cloud 5: Keeping hackers at bay, cloud migration errors, what's next for cloud

This week, we look at OpenStack dominating private clouds, how the cloud keeps hackers at bay, and some cloud migration advice.

The cloud could be a silver lining when weather disaster strikes

  • Intronis Blog; By Ron Miller (Posted by rsmiller on Feb 5, 2015 7:20 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Editorial; Groups: Cloud
The snow won't stop falling this winter and it's been so bad in New England many folks haven't been able to get to work where the work is piling up like the snow in your driveway. If your company uses cloud services, you could continue to operate even when you can't make it to the building.

DataStax Grabs Aurelius In Graph Database Acqui-Hire

DataStax is the commercial face of the open source Apache Cassandra database. Yesterday it filled in a major hole in its offering when it bought Aurelius, an open source graph database company, along with its 8 person engineering team.

Cloud 5: AWS's trillion dollar dream, Tesla's cloud lesson, Box IPO surge

This week, we look at AWS's trillion dollar ambitions, what Tesla opening their patent cache can teach the cloud industry and what Box's IPO surge means to the cloud.

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