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OpenStack adds the StarlinkX edge computing stack to its top-level projects

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The OpenStack Foundation today announced that StarlingX, a container-based system for running edge deployments, is now a top-level project. With this, it joins the main OpenStack private and public cloud infrastructure project, the Airship lifecycle management system, Kata Containers and the Zuul CI/CD platform. What makes StarlingX a bit different from some of these other […] Continue reading OpenStack adds the StarlinkX edge computing stack to its top-level projects→

Red Hat acquires hybrid cloud data management service NooBaa

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Red Hat is in the process of being acquired by IBM for a massive $34 billion, but that deal hasn’t closed yet and, in the meantime, Red Hat is still running independently and making its own acquisitions, too. As the company today announced, it has acquired Tel Aviv-based NooBaa, an early-stage startup that helps enterprises manage […] Continue reading Red Hat acquires hybrid cloud data management service NooBaa→

The Ceph storage project gets a dedicated open-source foundation

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Ceph is an open source technology for distributed storage that gets very little public attention but that provides the underlying storage services for many of the world’s largest container and OpenStack deployments. It’s used by financial institutions like Bloomberg and Fidelity, cloud service providers like Rackspace and Linode, telcos like Deutsche Telekom, car manufacturers like […] Continue reading The Ceph storage project gets a dedicated open-source foundation→