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Defining the Open Cloud

Last week at CloudOpen we had a short panel discussion about what makes an “open cloud.” Surprisingly, some folks don’t think that having the source code to the cloud service is a requirement. The panel, led by Red Hat’s John Mark Walker,... Read More

The Linux Foundation | Sep 6, 2012

Open Cloud Roundup: Top Headlines Week of Sept. 4

The news and analysis on open source cloud computing keeps flowing after the CloudOpen conference in San Diego last week. New data from IDC released during the conference shows users overwhelmingly support the open cloud, but some bloggers... Read More

The Linux Foundation | Sep 6, 2012

LinuxCon and CloudOpen Media Takeaways

The LinuxCon and CloudOpen 2012 conference held in San Diego last week were an epic success. Three days of keynotes and technical sessions from leaders in Linux, open source technologies and cloud computing sparked new conversations online... Read More

The Linux Foundation | Sep 5, 2012

{Video} Epic Community Song from LinuxCon, Features Linus Torvalds

The Linux and open cloud communities came together this week at LinuxCon and CloudOpen to advance technology for the next major shift in computing. Technical sessions, interesting keynotes, amazing parties and the hallway track provided... Read More

The Linux Foundation | Aug 31, 2012

Oracle: Leading with Linux, Then and Now

Adopting Linux as a platform has helped change Oracle over the past 15 years from a fragmented, decentralized behemoth to a sleek, consolidated service provider, said Senior VP and CIO Mark Sunday in Oracle’s LinuxCon keynote presentation... Read More

The Linux Foundation | Aug 31, 2012

LinuxCon Live Blog: IaaS v. Paas Panel, Citrix and Oracle

Today is the last day of LinuxCon and CloudOpen 2012. Don’t miss any of the action! We’ll be live blogging the morning keynotes starting at 9:15 a.m. Pacific with a panel discussion on IaaS vs. PaaS. At 9:45 a.m. Peder Ulander, VP of... Read More

The Linux Foundation | Aug 31, 2012

Slideshow: LinuxCon and CloudOpen Highlights

The past 24 hours have flown by so quickly here at LinuxCon and CloudOpen in San Diego. We had some serious laughs as the Linux kernel developer panel took the stage Wednesday afternoon, sailed to Qualcomm Innovation Center’s fun party at... Read More

The Linux Foundation | Aug 30, 2012

LinuxCon Live Blog: SUSE, Red Hat and Author Phil McKinney

Follow our live coverage of the LinuxCon and CloudOpen keynotes on Thursday afternoon, starting at 4:30 p.m. Pacific. Michael Miller of SUSE will start with a keynote on service oriented clouds. 4:50 p.m. is Tim Burke of Red Hat on... Read More

The Linux Foundation | Aug 30, 2012

{VIDEO} Live from LinuxCon/CloudOpen: OpenStack's Jonathan Bryce

Hosting an event with so many talented people gives us a unique opportunity to steal a few minutes with members of the community who are working on the technologies that will form the future of cloud computing. Today at LinuxCon and... Read More

The Linux Foundation | Aug 30, 2012

Quotes from the Kernel Panel at LinuxCon in San Diego

A highlight of yesterday’s excellent LinuxCon and CloudOpen conference was definitely the kernel panel featuring Sarah Sharp, Ted Ts’o, Greg K-H, Linus Torvalds and moderator James Bottomley. Some quotes: Sarah: “There are misconceptions... Read More

The Linux Foundation | Aug 30, 2012

Live Blog from LinuxCon: Qualcomm, Facebook and Twitter Keynotes

The action begins Thursday morning at 9:15 a.m. with a keynote from Rob Chandhok of Qualcomm. He’ll talk about “Mobility, Proximity and Compute Meshes.” 9:35 is Amir Michael from Facebook to talk about Open Compute. And 9:55 is Chris... Read More

The Linux Foundation | Aug 30, 2012

Slideshow: LinuxCon and CloudOpen Kick Off in San Diego

LinuxCon 2012 was off to a great start in San Diego Tuesday with a full day of Linux training and the Linux Kernel Summit. On Tuesday night, conference attendees kicked back at CloudStack‘s fabulous rooftop party in downtown San Diego for... Read More