Rackspace is cuting 6% of its workforce
Texas-based cloud computing company Rackspace announced that it is cutting about 6% of its workforce in areas that have seen slowed growth in recent years.
"OpenStack" news, interviews, and features
Features about OpenStack
-
-
Open-source really could help get you a job, study finds
Experience in the open-source world is a valuable asset for technology job-seekers, and it’s getting more so over time, according to the latest Open-Source Jobs Report, which was published today by Dice and the Linux Foundation.
-
Are Microsoft, VMware and Red Hat better value than OpenStack distributions?
Are Microsoft, VMware and Red Hat better value than OpenStack distributions for total cost of ownership?
-
How to build a private cloud
A private Cloud looks and acts like a public Cloud, giving your corporation all the speed, agility and cost savings promised by Cloud technology, only it's single-tenant, and that tenant is you, right? Well, that's the goal, but it's not quite the reality yet for most enterprises.
-
5 tips for avoiding private cloud failures
According to Piston Cloud Computing's CTO, the rate at which his customer's pilot projects turn into production private clouds is pretty typical of most OpenStack-based providers – and it's pretty low.
-
Stack wars: OpenStack v. CloudStack v. Eucalyptus
OpenStack -- co-founded by Rackspace and NASA in 2010 -- certainly has the buzz, what with partnerships with AT&T, HP and IBM, to name a few, all of which have promised to use OpenStack as the base for their private cloud offerings.
-
Amazon's biggest competitor in the Cloud: Salesforce.com?
Who is Amazon's biggest competitor in the cloud?
-
Cloud computing's big debt to NASA
IBM's decision this week to base its cloud services on OpenStack may help establish this open source platform as the standard in enterprises.
-
Cloud computing showdown: Amazon vs. Rackspace (OpenStack) vs. Microsoft vs. Google
It wouldn't be a mischaracterization to equate the cloud computing industry to the wild, wild west.
-
2013: Year of the hybrid cloud
The time for dabbling in cloud computing is over, say industry analysts. 2013 is the year that companies need to implement a hybrid cloud strategy that puts select workloads in the public cloud and keeps others in-house.
