In Pictures: 10 open source projects that power the Cloud

With recent negative reports from Gartner and Zenoss, it seems “dump on open source Cloud” season is open. For those quick to point the finger at some of these technologies that may not have the market share some expect, it would be good to remember that without open source, it would be difficult to have a Cloud at all.

Hypervisor/Virtualization: KVM

One of the most popular virtualization choices in the cloud, KVM has a bright future as Red Hat’s default virtualization choice. Standard with Linux, KVM continues to make strides chasing some of the other virtualization options. For those using Red Hat for their cloud infrastructure, KVM is a natural choice.

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