Cloud Computing: HP, Citrix Strengthen Investments in Linux
November 5, 2012
Grazed from NewsFactor. Author: Jennifer LeClaire.
News from the LinuxCon Europe conference is trickling in. Along with new cloud Relevant Products/Services-oriented vendor members, the Linux Foundation is also announcing that Hewlett-Packard and Citrix are boosting their investment in the open-source platform.
HP and Citrix are upgrading to Platinum membership. HP was previously a Gold member and Citrix was a Silver member. Other Platinum members include Fujitsu, IBM, Intel Relevant Products/Services, NEC, Oracle, Qualcomm Innovation Center and Samsung. HP and Citrix will each take a seat on the board of directors. Many of HP’s products — servers, printers, networking equipment and more — are already running Linux. HP’s membership upgrade is partly recognition Linux will help drive collaborative development going forward…
"Linux is a strategic asset for all major technology companies," said Eileen Evans, vice president and associate general counsel of Cloud Computing and Open Source at HP. "With our Linux Foundation Platinum membership, we will have a variety of ways to maximize our investment in Linux and collaborative development that advances our own business as well as greater industry innovation."
Open Source and the Cloud
For its part, Citrix is a committed supporter of open source software and is a major participant in both Xen and Apache CloudStack. Both projects provide the underpinnings for some of the world’s largest cloud computing environments…
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