Top Open Source Cloud Headlines Week of July 23

This week’s top open source cloud news features VMware’s acquisition of Nicira; a Q&A with Citrix’s Mark Hinkle; the pros and cons of open source cloud platforms for IT managers; and insider news that Nebula has enticed some Rackspace...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jul 26, 2012

CloudOpen Q&A: SUSE's Michael Miller on Why Linux is the Natural OS for the Cloud

In the latest of our LinuxCon and CloudOpen keynote Q&A series we talk to SUSE‘s Vice President of Global Alliances Michael Miller. Miller will be talking in his keynote at the events about how service-oriented clouds are bridging the...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jul 25, 2012

The Linux Talent Draft is On

Make no mistake: the Linux draft is on. While the NFL season prepares to get underway there is an ongoing, intensive draft for Linux talent taking place right now. We hear this from companies large and small, universities from all over the...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jul 25, 2012

Ask a Kernel Maintainer

I’ve been writing an occasional “Ask a kernel maintainer” column on the lwn.net weekly kernel page. It’s been a while since I last wrote one, so I figured it’s time to start it up again. So, consider this an open request for questions that...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jul 25, 2012

OpenStack Quantum Project Aims to Define Future of Networking

Much debate has occurred recently over whether Amazon’s API should be considered a de facto standard by cloud computing service providers. Those who reject this notion (ahem, Lew Moorman) say you can’t clone Amazon’s cloud by copying its...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jul 25, 2012

Citrix’s Hinkle Proposes Linux Model for an Open Source Cloud

As the Senior Director of Cloud Computing Community at Citrix, Mark Hinkle oversees Citrix efforts around the open source Apache CloudStack IaaS platform and Xen hypervisor projects. Citrix is still very closely involved in CloudStack,...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jul 24, 2012

Open Source Cloud Roundup: Top Headlines Week of July 16

This week’s open source cloud headlines include several OpenStack-related announcements, denials from VMware that it might spin off its own open source Cloud Foundry and a new global-scale CloudStack deployment. HP Cloud Object Storage and...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jul 19, 2012

Calling All DevOps People: Chef 101 Workshop at CloudOpen

With both private and public clouds, increasingly complex virtualized environments and data getting bigger every day, DevOps folks are looking for ways to automate their infrastructure and expose data that informs important decisions about...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jul 19, 2012

LinuxCon Keynote Q&A: Qualcomm's Rob Chandhok on Why Linux is Essential to the Company's Success

This week’s LinuxCon/CloudOpen keynote Q&A is with Qualcomm Innovation Center President Rob Chandhok. He will be talking about “Mobility, Proximal Data and Compute Meshes” at the event just next month in San Diego. Here he gives us a peek...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jul 19, 2012

Congratulations to Our T-shirt Design Contest Winners

Congratulations to Brian Beck and Sabrina Aqil, our two winners in The Linux Foundation’s 2012 “Inspired by Linux” T-shirt Design Contest! Their awesome t-shirt designs took first and second place, respectively, in the community vote. The...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jul 18, 2012

Chef Offers a Recipe for the Open Source Cloud

Editor’s note: I spoke with Opscode CTO Chris Brown last week in advance of his keynote panel, “IaaS vs. PaaS: Composable primitives for building in the cloud,” at CloudOpen, Aug. 29-31 in San Diego. Opscode is also offering a Chef 101...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jul 17, 2012

LinuxCon Keynote Q&A: The OSS Behind a Tweet

The roster of keynote speakers for this year’s LinuxCon North America and CloudOpen events is mind blowing. I’ve got my favorites marked on my schedule and am excited to share a recent conversation I had with one of them. Twitter’s Open...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jul 12, 2012

Open Cloud Roundup: Top Headlines Week of July 9

This week the open cloud news headlines feature the OpenNebula 3.6 release, a new cloud controller plug-in for OpenStack and an interview with Rackspace’s Lew Moorman on APIs and the open cloud, among other things. OpenNebula quietly keeps...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jul 12, 2012

Lew Moorman: Open Cloud Key to Modern Networking

Rackspace President Lew Moorman made a splash late last month with his talk at GigaOM’s Structure conference on vendor lock-in and the cloud. He argued that simply cloning proprietary APIs doesn’t solve the compatibility problem for...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jul 10, 2012

HP Public Cloud Aims to Boost OpenStack Customer Base

Hewlett-Packard is one of several high profile companies working to deploy public and private clouds on the OpenStack platform. HP has announced plans to become a platinum member of the OpenStack® Foundation and has played a key role in...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jul 3, 2012

New Open Cloud Computing Forum on Linux.com

Linux.com has started a new forum for community members to discuss cloud computing and the open cloud. Just like the Linux Foundation’s upcoming CloudOpen conference in August, the forum is intended to help highlight the people, projects...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jun 28, 2012

Open Cloud Roundup: Top Headlines Week of June 25

Red Hat dominates the open source cloud news this week with a string of product launch and acquisition announcements from the Red Hat Summit in Boston and the ensuing commentary from the blogosphere. Red Hat: Keep clouds open, like Linux...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jun 28, 2012

Survey: SMBs Prefer Debian on File Servers, Seek Cloud Backup Options

Small and medium-sized businesses prefer Debian over Red Hat and CentOS for operating their file servers, according to a survey released Monday by cloud storage network provider Symform. The survey of 100 companies with Linux file servers...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jun 26, 2012

Why We're Fighting for an Open Cloud

A few months ago I announced a new Linux Foundation conference called CloudOpen built to spotlight and advance the conversation on the open projects, companies and technologies that make up cloud computing. I am pleased to announce the...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jun 21, 2012

How to Get a Discount on Embedded Linux Training in Silicon Valley this July

The Linux Foundation’s embedded development training has helped companies like Compunetix with their transition to Linux and allowed individuals (even 13-year engineering veterans) to expand upon their existing knowledge of embedded. We’re...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jun 21, 2012

Open Cloud Roundup: Top Headlines Week of June 18

GigaOM’s Structure conference on cloud computing this week has provided companies with an opportunity to publicy discuss their visions for the cloud and make related announcements. The Linux Foundation had its own announcement this week as...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jun 21, 2012

How to Land the Best Linux Job

What are the best Linux jobs and how do you get one? I think a lot of people would agree that Linus Torvalds has a pretty good Linux job, but that’s just one position and not one I think he wants to give up any time soon. If you’re...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jun 20, 2012

Announcing the Finalists in Our 2012 T-shirt Design Contest

Congratulations to the five finalists in The Linux Foundation’s 2012 “Inspired by Linux” T-shirt Design Contest! This year we received just shy of 90 contest entries and competition for the finalists was tough. A special thanks to the...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jun 20, 2012

2012 Linux Foundation T-shirt Design Contest Finalists

Congratulations to the five finalists in this year’s “Inspired by LInux” T-shirt Design Contest! We received dozens of creative and inspiring entries, so many thanks to those who entered their artwork for consideration. Now it’s time for...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jun 18, 2012

Role of a Linux Kernel Maintainer

At LinuxCon Japan a few weeks ago I gave a talk entitled, “Linux Kernel Maintainers, What they do and how you can help them.” The video of the talk is now online here if you want to see what I said, and the full slides, and text of what I...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jun 18, 2012