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Sooooo, what’s new with HP’s cloud strategy?
Look! Hewlett-Packard is doing something with Eucalyptus after all, at least according to a new web page touting HP Helion Eucalyptus, the “Open.…
Read MoreHP reorgs cloud biz as Marten Mickos cedes key responsibilities
Marten Mickos, the former Eucalyptus CEO who became HP’s top cloud guy in September when HP bought Eucalyptus, is turning over key responsibilities to…
Read MoreHere’s a new “drop-in” EC2 API for OpenStackers who want it
Many news cycles have been burned on the debate over whether OpenStack-based cloud providers should or need to support the major Amazon Web Services APIs. Cloudscaling…
Read MoreWhich of the cloud companies will be the next to go?
Eucalpytus: Bought. Metacloud: Bought. Enovance: Bought. What does the future hold for Cloudscaling, Piston Cloud, Mirantis et al?…
Read MoreWhat in the world will HP do with Eucalyptus? The company’s cloud chief(s) give us a hint
On this week's Structure Show: Marten Mickos, Martin Fink and Bill Hilf talk about HP's acquisition of Eucalyptus and what it means to HP's OpenStack-focused clouds.…
Read MoreDoes Eucalyptus give HP carte blanche on AWS compatibility?
Now that the deal's done, here comes the nitty gritty. Did HP buy Eucalyptus to get the keys to the Amazon Web Services kingdom? Or is it an aqui-hire?…
Read MoreHP buys Eucalyptus as cloud consolidation commences for real
Eucalyptus CEO Marten Mickos, once known for his anti-OpenStack rhetoric, now leads the HP OpenStack private-hybrid-public cloud effort…
Read MoreEucalyptus CEO, acknowledging some tough going, claims cloud turnaround
Mårten Mickos took to his blog to proclaim a big change of fortunes for open-source cloud Eucalyptus. But what would we expect him to say?…
Read More4 things on the Amazon cloud shopping list
Amazon Web Services offers lots of IT infrastructure options, even some application level services, but has gaps to fill in its platform. Here are some areas that targeted acquisitions could address.…
Read MoreCloud détente? Eucalyptus, CloudStack backers to speak at OpenStack confab
What's going on here? Mårten Mickos used to blast OpenStack, but now he'll keynote an OpenStack conference, and Citrix Group VP Sameer Dholakia will be there, too.…
Read MoreDropbox for Business sales push overshadowed by vulnerability
The week in cloud: Shared-link vulnerability overshadows Dropbox for Business push; Eucalyptus updates private cloud and Oracle v. Google reverberates.…
Read MoreOpen-source cloud players prep for Structure debate, and maybe a group hug
Can the market sustain umpteen different OpenStack cloud flavors plus Eucalyptus plus CloudStack plus OpenNebula? Inquiring minds want to know.…
Read MoreEucalyptus tightens ties between its own and Amazon’s clouds
The new 3.4 release enables management of private and Amazon public cloud workloads in one console. Oh, and "warm upgrades."…
Read MoreGuess what? OpenStack fans say OpenStack skills are in demand
The OpenStack Foundation says the world needs more mad OpenStack skills, so it's launched a training marketplace to grease the skids.…
Read MoreEurope warms to OpenStack
It's hard to precisely quantify adoption of open-source software, but it looks like OpenStack is gaining serious traction in Europe, with adopters ranging from CERN and Deutsche Telekom to France's burgeoning national clouds.…
Read MoreEucalyptus supports Netflix tools to prove its Amazon cloud compatibility
Eucalyptus wants to be the most compatible of AWS-compatible private clouds and says its support of Netflix OSS tools proves it is just that.…
Read MoreHow OpenStack upended the private cloud market overnight
The private cloud world hasn't been the same since OpenStack sucked the air out of the room. Here's a look at the companies doing private cloud before OpenStack and how they've fared.…
Read MoreExclusive: Startup AnsibleWorks pitches open-source IT configuration, deployment tool
AnsibleWorks, founded by two former Red Het vets, aims to dramatically simplify IT configuration and deployment for enterprises.…
Read MoreThis week in cloud: OpenStack chugs along and Eucalyptus shakes up
Morphlabs arms service providers against Amazon; Rackspace gets home-state help; Eucalyptus makes some big changes.…
Read MoreBig changes at Eucalyptus: Mickos confirms departures of Wolski, Ziouani
Eucalyptus co-founder Rich Wolski returns to his academic roots at University of California Santa Barbara; sales exec Said Zioanni has left. What's going on?…
Read MoreComodIT takes on autoscaling as it moves towards being a ‘cloud brokering enabler’
The Belgian IT automation startup is now trying to address the scaling needs of its users. But before it leaves beta, it also wants to figure out the billing piece of the cloud broker business.…
Read MoreOpenNebula offers to speed up community feature development for cash
The 'Fund a Feature' program aims to let corporate users accelerate the development of specific features while still feeding the result back to the open-source project's community.…
Read MoreNetflix to developers: More monkeys to come
If you like Chaos Monkey or any of its Simian Army pals, Netflix has some more stuff for you to check out. Here's a sneak peek.…
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