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This week, we look at OpenStack by the numbers to learn just how big this project is. We also look at a prediction of project fragmentation as the big guys get involved and the importance of Docker to the OpenStack project.

This week, we look at the growing competition in the cloud infrastructure market, Bloomberg's view of cloud myths and why the cloud security card might be just a convenient excuse for avoiding change.

Cloud surveys tend to miss the mark because they ask the wrong people or the people they are asking simply don't know the term. But that doesn't mean that consumers and business users alike aren't using the cloud because they definitely are --whether they know the term or not.

This week, OpenStack is maturing, Red Hat's latest release of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.4 includes enhancements to support for OpenStack components and an OpenStack developer explains why he loves the project.

So much interesting news coming out out of open source this week from Docker to Mesosphere to RHEL 7.0 proving once again that open platforms drive innovation.

The Short Stack is our weekly feature where we search for the most intriguing OpenStack links to share with you. These links may come from traditional publications or company blogs, but if it's about OpenStack, we'll find the best links we can to share with you every week.

Docker, Inc, the commercial entity developed around the Docker platform, made a couple of announcements today as part of their dockercon14 conference including the release of 1.0 of the project and an official marketplace for “Dockerized” products.

This week, we look at how Apple's idea of the cloud might not be the same as everyone else's, the increasingly cloud-first world we live in, and 10 "powerful" IaaS vendors, some of which might surprise you (especially who gets left out).

It's been six years since I first heard the term "cloud computing" and some of the base concerns I heard in that first session still remain. You would think we would have changed the conversation after all this time, but I'm still hearing the same old arguments, and it's time to change the focus.

This week we look at a short history of the OpenStack project, why OpenStack doesn't necessarily need a lead vendor (and in fact it could stifle innovation in the project) and the Mirantis-Canonical partnership.

This week, we look at Ubuntu and OpenStack , Microsoft connecting with Salesforce and the true impact of falling cloud prices.

This week, we look at OpenStack as part of global cloud OS, OpenStack and Ubuntu powering the world's fastest super computer and Cisco saying, "no thanks" to Rackspace.

Even as OpenStack celebrated itself at the OpenStack summit recently, there were rumblings that co-founder Rackspace could be up for sale. It would seem that the Summit proved that the community is strong enough to stand on its own, regardless of what happens with Rackspace.

This week, we look at the growing competition for your cloud dollars, how Google has chosen to back Netflix in its battle with Comcast over resources and Microsoft's new open licensing plan for Azure.

This week we look at the unsettling of prospect of a founding company putting itself up for sale, explore the basic components of an OpenStack project and hear from OpenStack foundation chair Alan Clark on what goes on at the OpenStack board meeting.

This week, we look at IBM's attempt to pivot to the cloud, Microsoft's monumentally bad timing around its cloud music service announcement and Alibaba getting into the cloud infrastructure game.

This week we have a look at OpenStack Summit news, the new OpenStack marketplace and Intel's view on OpenStack from the chip level.

This week, we look at why Oracle keeps missing the point of the cloud, an AT&T video naming the cloud from 1993 and why internet companies back net neutrality.

This week, we look at Gen Y and the cloud, the impact of the cloud on traditional software companies and saying so long to to traditional IT procurement.

This week, we explore whether big data could be the cloud's killer app, Salesforce platform reaches 1.5 million developers, and why you need a definitive cloud strategy.