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News Round-up 4/14/2012: OpenStack, Tech Stocks Surge, What Makes a Cloud a Cloud?

 

There have been some exciting announcements and fascinating news articles recently regarding cloud services and service providers. Every week we will round up the most interesting topics from around the globe and consolidate them into a weekly summary.


How Cloud Computing Can Improve Your Charity’s Efficiency

Great insights by David Sturges from The Guardian on how charities can leverage the efficiencies and flexibility afforded by cloud technology to deliver more for less.

 

Who Wrote OpenStack Essex? A Deep Dive Into Contributions

ReadWriteWeb looks into who contributed code to OpenStack’s Essex release to glean some insights on who’s driving the project and who has a stake in supporting it.

 

VMWare Seeks Linux-ization of Cloud with Any-Cloud App Platform

VMWare embraces open source and announce their plan to allow developers to build applications using the framework of their choice and the ability to deploy to just about any cloud.

 

Citrix Kicks Down Door, Breaks Up OpenStack Cloud Party

Citrix has abandoned OpenStack and launched its own CloudStack open-source cloud platform.

 

Tech Stocks Once Again Wall Street Darlings

Technology share from social media, mobility, cloud computing, data analytics and location-based e-commerce companies have surged up to 60% this year. Does this rise point to the beginning of a new technology bubble?

 

IBM, Red Hat to Join OpenStack Foundation

In the same week that saw Citrix leave OpenStack for its own open-source platform, Red Hat and IBM join the OpenStack cloud infrastructure.

 

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News Round-up 4/7/2012: Cloudy SaaS Apps, Dell Buys Wyse, 5 Cloud Trends, and Nginx Gains Against Apache

 

 

There have been some exciting announcements and fascinating news articles recently regarding cloud services and service providers. Every week we will round up the most interesting topics from around the globe and consolidate them into a weekly summary.

 

 

Cloudy SaaS Apps To Puff Up To $14.5 Billion

A decade of use of software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications in enterprise markets has led to significant growth and evolution. Gartner expects the SaaS market to rise to 14.5 billion in 2012 and continue to grow to 22.1 billion by 2015.

 

Dell Buys Wyse Technology to Expand Cloud Offerings

Dell enhances their portfolio through the acquisition Wyse Technology, a privately held cloud computing and desktop technology firm. 

€1.2m for Cloud Computing Research

The Irish Government invested 1.2 million Euros in cloud computing research. Richard Bruton, Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, states the program should make Ireland a world leader in cloud computing, create jobs and boost the economy.

 

Gartner Outlines Five Cloud Computing Trends That Will Affect Cloud Strategy Through 2015

Essential reading from research specialists, Gartner, who deliver great advice for forward thinking organizations. 

 

In an Exploding Web Market, Nginx Gaining Against Apache

Nginx continues to gain among web servers, picking up 4.5 million sites. More than 10% of the busiest sites now use Nginx.

 

Also in the news:

The Government Doesn’t Want to Mess Up on Big Data

Amazon Posts Huge S3 Storage Gains

Building Trust Between Cloud Computing Providers and Suppliers