Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover how technology helps business compete. One would think that by using an open source cloud operating system like OpenStack, ...

Mirantis made generally available on Thursday a new version of its popular OpenStack distribution, one that extends the latest release of the groundbreaking open-source cloud operating system with a ...

It's logical for larger enterprises to build their own cloud, according to Nick Barcet, VP of products at eNovance, a French consultancy that is a leading authority on OpenStack architectures. This is ...

Setting up an OpenStack cloud isn't easy -- just ask anyone who's tried to set up one from scratch. So, Mirantis, the pure-play OpenStack company, is now offering Mirantis Unlocked Appliances to make ...

The developer of Ubuntu Linux and related cloud technologies is making it easier for organizations to modernize small-scale, legacy IT estates and transition from proprietary to open-source solutions.

OpenStack, the massive open source project that helps enterprises run the equivalent of AWS in their own data centers, is launching the 14th major version of its software today. Newton, as this new ...

Based on the level of excitement over OpenStack at this week’s OpenStack Summit in Vancouver, you might come to the conclusion that this open source enterprise cloud platform has established itself as ...

Rackspace expects to soon announce commercial private OpenStack distributions that it will support as part of its Rackspace Cloud: Private Edition set of services. Rackspace launched Rackspace Cloud: ...

An introduction to cloud computing from IaaS and PaaS to hybrid, public and private cloud. Read now While OpenStack is concerned with more than just Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) cloud these days ...

451 Research has found that given the expense of OpenStack engineers, the TCO of commercial cloud offerings is still good value. 451 Research has released some very interesting research this week, ...