IBM Makes a Big Bet on OpenStack In the Cloud

IBM Makes a Big Bet on OpenStack In the Cloud

The open source software for running cloud computing installations just got a big new name in its camp: IBM.Big Blue announced today that all of its cloud services and software will be based on an open cloud architecture. It’s good news for potential IBM customers because it means they can mix-and-match service and equipment vendors — Dell, Hewlett-Packard and Rackspace are also big OpenStack fans — without worried about getting stuck with one.Its first move will be to spin up a private cloud service based on OpenStack. There’s also some new software, specifically something called IBM SmartCloud Monitoring Application Insight, that’s aimed at

What the influencers are saying

  1. Staten7

    95.0 days ago

    IBM Makes a Big Bet on OpenStack In the Cloud http://t.co/Jb4wjjb5TW via @zite #Pulse

  2. Lew Moorman

    95.0 days ago

    winblad: "openstack has won the race to become the standard" http://t.co/v8ueqhllKu

  3. Dennis Plucinik

    95.0 days ago

    Reading: IBM Makes a Big Bet on OpenStack In the Cloud - Arik Hesseldahl - News - AllThingsD: http://t.co/MCvnfPtXHX

  4. OpenStack

    95.0 days ago

    "IBM Makes a Big Bet on OpenStack""I think the trend here is that OpenStack has won the race to become the standard" http://t.co/0U8kzcbRed



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