An excellent article has been posted on Wired.com:
http://insights.wired.com/profiles/blogs/collaboration-in-action-weaving-proven-tech-into-openstack#ixzz29gZqCdKO
The article talks about OpenStack, an emerging open source community
focused on industry collaboration, and its development of a cloud
infrastructure implementation that has achieved significant market
acceptance and growth. Leading vendors across several industries are
joining forces are developing a common code base that will enable
'state of the art' cloud infrastructure solutions.
In another OpenStack activity, Jonathan Bryce, Executive Director of
the OpenStack Foundation, will be be talking to the Cloud Standards
Customer Council (
http://www.cloud-council.org/ ) on the
organization's mission and direction. You can hear Jonathan on
Wednesday, October 24th by registering for the talk at
http://bit.ly/RKhhKH
Dave