Facebook’s Goals for Internet.org and Why It’s Facing Criticism

Internet.org has already connected millions of people who otherwise wouldn't have Internet access. But will the service reach Facebook's goal of 1 billion people? Read more »

OpenStack Foundation Plots a Diverse Course Forward

VIDEO: Alan Clark, chairman of the board at the OpenStack Foundation, discusses new efforts under way to improve diversity and grow the open-source cloud platform. Read more »

Red Hat Reveals Shared File System Service for OpenStack

OpenStack Manila abstracts Manila file shares from underlying hardware and allows them to grow, shrink or migrate across physical resources. Read more »

Big Blue Launches IBM Cloud OpenStack Services

Big Blue's new IBM Cloud OpenStack Services help enterprises integrate apps and data across hybrid cloud environments. Read more »

OpenStack Debuts App Catalog, Doubles Down on Containers

OpenStack's catalog provides apps in multiple formats, including Murano packages, Glance images and Heat templates. Now firms can find apps in one place. Read more »

CoreOS Aims to Help Secure OpenStack Clouds

VIDEO: Brian "Redbeard" Harrington, principal architect at CoreOS, discusses the intersection of containers and the cloud. Read more »

OpenStack Moves From Integrated Release to Big Tent Model

The integrated release model is dead, being replaced with a new "Big Tent" model. OpenStack's new approach for releases will add a diverse array of projects. Read more »

Google Cuts Cloud Computing Prices, Intros Pre-emptible VM Model

Google pared Compute Engine prices by up to 30 percent, and its Pre-emptible VMs offer a cheaper option for short-duration batch workloads, the company said. Read more »

Microsoft Research Unveils VC3 Cloud Workload Privacy Project

The company advances cloud data privacy and security with a new technology called Verifiable Confidential Cloud Computing (VC3). Read more »

OpenStack Launches Interoperability and Federation Initiatives

The OpenStack Foundation is rolling out its first round of interoperability testing that defines a common core for all OpenStack-powered platforms. Read more »