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• HP leapfrogs Red Hat to become top contributor to OpenStack

  OpenStack has a new top contributor: HP.

• Cisco acquires OpenStack cloud provider

  Cisco this week said it will acquire privately held Metacloud, an operator of private OpenStack clouds for global enterprises.

• SDN start-up unwraps secure OpenStack product, lands customer

  SDN start-up PLUMgrid launched networking software for OpenStack, a high profile customer and a new round of funding.

• OpenStack chair: Linux at the cutting edge of the cloud

  The cloud-dominated world of modern IT is the perfect breeding ground for the spread of Linux in particular and open-source software in general, according to the man responsible for guiding one of the most important open-source projects.

• Dell adds Big Switch to its SDN mix

  Dell expanded on its open networking initiative this week with a resale arrangement with SDN company Big Switch Networks.

• Rackspace CEO, Lanham Napier, retires

  Rackspace CEO, Lanham Napier, is retiring and that co-founder and executive chairman, Graham Weston, is filling the role for now.

• Red Hat and Hortonworks Expand Strategic Big Data Alliance

  The two partners are working to make it easier than ever to bring Hadoop into the enterprise with an open hybrid cloud model and improved customer support collaboration.

• A10 revamps lineup on multiple fronts

  Application delivery controller manufacturer A10 Networks rolled out new hardware, pricing and connectivity with a range of SDN and cloud services today, in an announcement that serves to underline the company's recent recovery.

• An OpenStack Primer for IT Executives

  OpenStack, the open source cloud computing platform, has garnered the support of more than 200 IT vendors. Enterprises embrace the platform for its flexible, hardware-agnostic architecture -- but they should realize that this modularity can come at a cost.

• VMware taps its R&D chief for vacant CTO role

  VMware has named Ben Fathi as its CTO, filling a prominent executive position that has been vacant for more than a year.

• Cisco takes TV to the Cloud

  Cisco has extended its Videoscape Internet TV services platform into the Cloud by adopting OpenStack orchestration to allow content providers to offer video "as-a-service."

• As Unix fades away from data centers, it's unclear what's next

  Gartner says that its clients have started planning to migrate from Unix. For some of them, it may take two or three years, and for others, five years. A few may still be running Unix 10 years from now, but nonetheless, Gartner believes the operating system is on a path to insignificance.

• Gartner analyst slams OpenStack, again

  Gartner analyst Allessandro Perilli recently attended his first summit for the open source cloud platform OpenStack and he says the project has a long way to go before it's truly an enterprise-grade platform.

• Verizon cozies up with Cloud Foundry as PaaS market heats up

  Verizon, which just recently launched a major overhaul to its cloud platform, today announced plans to integrate the VMware/EMC-backed Cloud Foundry open source platform as a service (PaaS) initiative into its offering.

• 5 things to watch for at Amazon's Cloud show

  Last year some 6000 attendees trekked out to Las Vegas for the first customer conference of what many consider to be the leading public IaaS Cloud provider: Amazon Web Services. AWS re:Invent 2012 saw the launch of a new data analytics and warehousing product, price drops on its services, and lots of tips and tricks for how to use Amazon's cloud.