VMware partners with Canonical to extend OpenStack cloud
April 29, 2013
Grazed from InfoWorld. Author: David Marshall.
VMware is one of the latest household technology brands to throw its weight behind OpenStack, the open source cloud operating system that launched more than two and half years ago to enable any organization with the opportunity to gain quick entry into the cloud computing market.
Of course, VMware’s contribution to the OpenStack community hasn’t always been seen in a positive light. The virtualization giant’s joining of the OpenStack Foundation was initially met with skepticism since the company hasn’t always fully embraced the project. And even more recently, there was an interesting twist of marketing FUD centered on an announcement that PayPal — and perhaps even its parent company eBay — was ditching VMware in favor of moving to an OpenStack environment…
Ever since VMware’s acquisition of networking virtualization startup Nicira back in July 2012, the company has been trying to squash concerns as to whether VMware would truly embrace OpenStack with the same enthusiasm that Nicira had as an independent company…
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