Open Source Technologies
UPDATED April 18, 2013
Rackspace changed the technology game when we co-founded OpenStack in July 2010. Come “Up Your Game” to the next level with us at OpenStack Summit in Portland, which runs from Monday, April 15 to Thursday, April 18.
Filed in Cloud Industry Insights on Apr. 18, 2013 by Leezia Dhalla
We’re in trouble. We’re facing an unprecedented shortage of IT talent in cloud, and in this case, specifically within OpenStack.
Filed in Cloud Industry Insights on Apr. 17, 2013 by Niki Acosta
OpenStack Summit Portland has proven that it’s all about the users. Companies of all sizes now use OpenStack to power their cloud environments.
Filed in Cloud Industry Insights on Apr. 17, 2013 by Andrew Hickey
The second day of OpenStack Summit Portland put the spotlight on the users. Guest appearances by Best Buy, Comcast, HubSpot and others showed that OpenStack is in use and is working in customer environments.
Filed in Cloud Industry Insights on Apr. 17, 2013 by Niki Acosta
It’s all about the users – that was the resounding message throughout OpenStack Summit Portland on Tuesday, as companies large and small shared their stories about how they leverage OpenStack.
Filed in Cloud Industry Insights on Apr. 16, 2013 by Andrew Hickey
There’s an interesting transformation happening at the OpenStack Summit. Since our humble beginnings with 75 or so developers in a small room in Austin, it has exploded.
Filed in Cloud Industry Insights on Apr. 16, 2013 by Jim Curry
At OpenStack Summit Portland, HubSpot discussed how it uses Rackspace’s open hybrid cloud to power its all-in-one inbound marketing Software-as-a-Service solutions.
Filed in Partner & Customer Updates on Apr. 16, 2013 by Larry Meyer
Work at the OpenStack Summit in Portland this week is helping bridge the gap between what’s been promised and what’s becoming possible. Nowhere is the gap between these two wider than with autoscaling. Everyone expects the cloud to be able to automatically scale right out of the gate, but the truth is that it requires a lot of work and sometimes only happens with the help of a third-party service provider.
Filed in Cloud Industry Insights on Apr. 16, 2013 by Ken Wronkiewicz
Day one of OpenStack Summit Portland is in the books. It’s the largest ever Summit – with an estimated 2,400-plus in attendance. By a show of hands, this was the first Summit for many attendees.
Filed in Cloud Industry Insights on Apr. 15, 2013 by Niki Acosta
We’ve been vocal in our opposition of patent trolls and their attempts to extort settlements from businesses that actually create value. And we’ve done more than talk—in the past month, we fought a troll in court, and won, and we turned the tables on another, suing them in Federal Court.
Filed in Cloud Industry Insights on Apr. 12, 2013 by Alan Schoenbaum