I’m currently researching and writing about the changing Linux and operating system landscape, which is being impacted by cloud computing, additional competitors and devops, as well as the ongoing impact of unpaid, community Linux distributions such as CentOS and Ubuntu. Another one of the changes underway is what’s happening with SUSE Linux, largely considered the [...]

It may be hard for Amazon, any of its users, critics or competitors to find a silver-lining in the recent cloud outage that took major sites offline for significant periods over the last week (ok, the critics and competitors are getting plenty), but I see a real upside for all: this has been our latest [...]

DoJ/FCO says aye CPTN. Canonical readies Ubuntu 11.04. And more.

As we noted last week, necessity is one of the six key factors that are driving the adoption of alternative data management technologies identified in our latest long format report, NoSQL, NewSQL and Beyond. Necessity is particularly relevant when looking at the history of the NoSQL databases. While it is easy for the incumbent database [...]

Oracle discontinues commercial OpenOffice plans. OpenStack releases Cactus. And more.

Oracle announced on Friday that it is to discontinue its commercial interest in the OpenOffice.org project, prompting a barrage of criticism from the open source faithful with regards to its approach to the open source applications project, and community in general. The company was accused of being community-hostile, for example, and comparisons were also made [...]

Topics for this podcast: *New CAOS/IM Special Report on database alternatives *Future of Open Source, Future of Cloud Computing surveys *Database heavyweights and the new challengers *VC funding for open source in Q1 2011 *Cloudera and Apache team on Hadoop *VMware’s Cloud Foundry PaaS, latest on devops iTunes or direct download (30:14, 5.2MB)

The 451 Group’s new long format report on emerging database alternatives, NoSQL, NewSQL and Beyond, is now available. The report examines the changing database landscape, investigating how the failure of existing suppliers to meet the performance, scalability and flexibility needs of large-scale data processing has led to the development and adoption of alternative data management [...]

VMware launches Cloud Foundry. Red Hat heads for Ceylon. And more.

We continue to closely watch the devops trend, with some new offerings and new nomenclature, but also validation of our contentions this would begin washing over more mainstream enterprise IT. Some of the most recent discussion of devops is coming in context of VMware’s Cloud Foundry announcement and offering, an open source PaaS that gives [...]

I recently wrote a column about the lack of a cloud computing bubble, even though the hype and marketing levels around the cloud have risen along with innovative technologies and vendors. As we consider what’s next for cloud computing with a survey presented by 451 Group, North Bridge Venture Partners and GigaOm, we will also [...]

Groklaw declares victory. Cloudera updates Hadoop distro. And more.

Facebook open-sources its hardware. Google maintains commitment to open source. And more.

Venture capital funding for open source software-related vendors declined 14% in the first quarter. According to our preliminary figures, OSS-related vendors raised $79.8m in Q1, compared to $92.5m a year ago. There were 13 deals in the quarter, 12 with a disclosed deal size, resulting in an average deal size of $6.6m. That compared with [...]

Cfengine raises funding. Symbian is *not* open source. And more.

Topics for this podcast: *Sauce Labs spread Selenium, application testing in the clouds *Cisco acquires newScale for ITSM, devops, open source *Hadapt integrates Hadoop with database *SMB content management vendor KnowledgeTree moves from open source to SaaS *eXo Platform rolls out latest version of open-source-based portal software *OpenStack Google walk the line on control and [...]

James Gosling joins Google. UK Govt tries again at an OSS strategy. And more.