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Where Open Source Meets the Cloud: A Guide

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https://www.linux.com – With all of the recent debate over open source cloud computing platforms, including OpenStack and CloudStack, it's clear that there is permanent convergence between the open source community and cloud computing. Companies as large as Microsoft and Amazon are shifting huge parts of their business strategies toward the cloud. At OStatic, we've been steadily collecting posts and resources related to open source and cloud computing. In this post, you'll find our updated collection of articles, interviews and educational posts on the topic.  Recently, OStatic conducted an interview series with (Software)

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Open Source Cloud Software 51 weeks 4 days ago

Hi all,

I'm prepared exploring cloud technology to play on both private and public clouds. Please advise which of the following Open Source Cloud software, other than Ubuntu One, will be more powerful on features:-

Abiquo http://www.abiquo.com/

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