Monthly Archives:: April 2011

OpenStack Participating Company Midokura Raises 1.3 Million US

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As many of the participating companies in the OpenStack ecosystem are startups, it is great to see important milestones reached. As of today, Midokura, a pioneer in the network virtualization space providing cloud-enabling technologies for both public and private clouds, has announced the raising of 1.3 million USD in seed-funding. The complete announcement is at… Read more »

OpenStack Cactus Webinar

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UPDATE: This webinar has been rescheduled to Thursday April 21st at 4pm EST. Please register at https://cc.readytalk.com/r/kdi85356wy As part of a new community project, the OpenStack Webinar Series, I am pleased to announce the OpenStack Cactus Webinar for April 19th from 3:00 – 4:00 pm CST. This Webinar will cover the new features implemented in… Read more »

Nati Shalom – GigaSpaces OpenStack Explained

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Nati Shalom from GigaSpaces posted a blog today, “GigaSpaces OpenStack Explained.” From the post, One of the major concerns of many IT organizations is cloud vendor lock-in. This concern was expressed recently in “Banks fear cloud vendor lock-in,” from IT Wire: The onset of cloud computing gives vendors the chance to lock customers in to… Read more »

OpenStack Welcomes Facebook Open Compute Project

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Today, Facebook announced a very exciting initiative called the Open Compute Project. It promises to open a vast amount of expertise to the market including the technology used in their servers, power supplies, server racks, battery backup systems and building design, and to do it as efficiently and as “green” as possible. And through collaboration… Read more »

Project Policy Board Membership – Update Post Election

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Now that the Spring 2011 Governance Elections have completed, I would like to formally update the community on the OpenStack Project Policy Board: Member Status Jesse Andrews Appointed Jonathan Bryce Appointed Thierry Carrez Elected – Term ends Spring 2012 Rick Clark Elected – Term ends Fall 2011 (replacing Vish Ishaya)* Eric Day Elected – Term… Read more »