Which 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?
Launching open-source projects is easy, keeping them running well? Not so much
On this week’s Structure Show, Facebook’s James Pearce and how the new TODO group can help people better maintain and manage open source software after it’s released.
Cisco to buy Metacloud as the great cloud consolidation (condensation?) continues
Rackspace took itself off the block, but don’t expect the acquisitions (and acqui-hires) in cloud to stop. Latest example: Cisco’s announced plans to buy OpenStack player Metacloud.
Tapjoy does the math, moves from bare metal to OpenStack cloud
Mobile apps marketing company Tapjoy opted for an OpenStack private cloud managed by Metacloud for the bulk of its work going forward.
Metacloud snags two Rackspace evangelists for its private OpenStack cloud push
Scott Sanchez and Niki Acosta, both well known in the OpenStack universe, jump from one OpenStack backer to another.
Mirantis to offer on-demand OpenStack private cloud
In a bid to speed enterprise adoption, Mirantis OpenStack Express claims to offer private cloud as a service that’s easy to deploy and consume.
Metacloud banks $15M to push its private OpenStack cloud vision
Metacloud snagged $15 million in Series B funding to staff up its Metacloud OnPrem and Metacloud Hosted private cloud options.
Metacloud pairs with Internap to bring managed OpenStack to more companies
Metacloud takes its managed OpenStack service to Internap’s data centers to provide customers with a hybrid cloud.
Metacloud snags $10M to build its private OpenStack cloud
For companies wanting internal self-service SaaS capabilities to run on existing hardware, Metacloud may be the OpenStack flavor of choice.
New OpenStack clouds mean something for everyone
If there isn’t an OpenStack cloud you fancy, wait a second, there’s more — a lot more — in the pipeline. Cloudscaling, Metacloud and Dreamhost will all preview their take on the open-source cloud this week at the OpenStack Summit in San Diego.