Linux is the operating system of choice for major cloud platforms. This role is even more important with a recent report that predicts technology and data will exist mostly in the cloud by 2020.
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The flexibility and reliability of Linux combined with relatively low cost makes it the most attractive platform for cloud services. This digest filled with tips, news, blogs, advice and interviews will give you everything you need related to Linux and the cloud, from a list of the various open source cloud projects, case studies, new Linux vendor offerings for cloud computing, and more. The IT world is shifting to the cloud, and Linux is an integral part of the process.
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Learning Center: Open source's role in cloud computing
An established group of tools already makes up the open source cloud market. Keep track of Red
Hat and the other major players in this all-encompassing guide.
Advice: Deciphering Red Hat's cloud computing strategy
While Red Hat has been a
major cloud computing player, its cloud offerings and how they're linked together are not
always intuitive.
Article: Linux's position in cloud computing efforts
Where is Linux
in cloud computing? As technology advances, its role is cemented at the top of cloud OSes.
Column: Open source gains popularity in private clouds
Open
source is gaining steam in the private cloud according to attendees at OSCON.
Article: Linux operating system future is in cloud computing and devices
Experts say that Linux is pushing toward easier deployment and management, and will be joined
at the hip with cloud computing.
Interview: Former MySQL CEO talks Eucalyptus and cloud computing
Marten Mickos went from a huge open source project in MySQL to working at Eucalyptus, and he
discusses why
he's backing the cloud.
Tip: Linux vendor offerings for cloud computing
See how Linux vendors' cloud
computing tools compare and choose which ones are right for you.
Case study: DreamWorks uses Red Hat cloud to cut filmmaking costs
Major movie studio DreamWorks
used an RHEL-based cloud to cut costs and boost film production.
What's
going on in the cloud:
New applications, partnerships and projects
Blog: Ubuntu founder's new mantra: Free the clouds
Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth says cloud
frameworks should remain free open source like the hypervisor.
Blog: Don't want to go to the cloud? Cassatt says to build your own
Data center admins who may be hesitant to move to the cloud should look at all of the advantages
and possibly move towards creating
an internal cloud.
Blog: Trawling for ideas in Open Cirrus -- HP's stab at a free cloud
HP's own open
source cloud computing platform is detailed.
Article: XCP aims to standardize open source virtualization
The Xen Cloud Project promotes open
standards for private clouds.
Tip: Novell SLES Mono Extension could put Windows on mainframe, in cloud
One mainframes expert explains how the Novell SLES Mono Extension could allow cloud providers to
cost-effectively run apps
on the mainframe.
Article: VMware adds open source support for vCloud
VMware releases
Java and Python SDKs for vCloud in an effort to lure enterprises to vCloud.
Article: A cloud computing open source love fest
A culmination of several big announcements in open
source cloud computing.
Article: Red Hat KVM underpins IBM test-and-dev cloud
IBM's
test and development cloud relies on Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization, but some in the
industry are unsure about this strategy.
Article: Ubuntu 10.04 facilitates cloud-based file storage and social media
Ubuntu 10.04 Linux features integration with social media and cloud
file storage.
Blog: Open source cloud monitoring tool in beta
Comments on the GroundWork Open Source and Eucalyptus partnership and their work on a monitoring
tool for the Eucalyptus private cloud.
Article: Eucalyptus adds to private cloud with GroundWork
Two open source companies have
partnered to work on Eucalyptus' private cloud technology.
Article: Linux community turning away from Xen virtualization
Cloud providers are ditching the open source favorite in Xen
for KVM.
Resource: Open source cloud projects
An up-to-date list of important open
source cloud projects.
Tip: Comparing open source cloud platforms: OpenStack versus Eucalyptus
Rackspace and NASA's recent open source cloud platform, OpenStack, which promises do-it-yourself
clouds in a test environment, is compared
with the stalwart Eucalyptus.
Tip: Five open source tools for building and managing clouds
See some open
source offerings other than Linux and Xen that can benefit cloud users.
Tip: Installing Ubuntu 9.10 and the Eucalyptus enterprise cloud computing
platform
This tip details how to
install Ubuntu 9.10 with Eucalyptus enterprise cloud and utilize its management of
applications.
Tip: Setting up cloud computing with Eucalyptus
Set up Eucalyptus
on Ubuntu Linux to perform your own cloud computing solution.
Tip: Amazon's EC2 and the open source cloud projects
Open source cloud platforms combined
with Amazon's EC2 can quickly get a cloud app developed and deployed.
Tip: Comparing cloud risks and virtualization risks for data center apps
Compare cloud and
virtualization risks and benefits in choosing the appropriate environment for your
applications.
Article: Xen support being dropped by Red Hat, what should customers do?
Learn what Red Hat Enterprise Linux customers and cloud providers should do to prepare
for the transition from Xen to KVM, as RHEL 6 will not support Xen.
This was first published in June 2010
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