Open Source Cloud: Joyent to buy Reasonably Smart
By Tarry Singh at 14 January, 2009, 1:12 am
Joyent today announced it has agreed to acquire Reasonably Smart, a fledgling cloud startup based on JavaScript and Git, for an undisclosed amount. While on the surface it might look like simple industry consolidation, Reasonably Smart’s technology will in fact help Joyent compete with emerging service-centric clouds while retaining an open model that makes developers comfortable.
You might think the deal is just cloud roll-up: Reasonably Smart was a very small startup. David Young, Joyent’s CEO, said the company–whose backers include PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel– is in “a strong financial position that supports making strategic acquisitions.” Dig a bit deeper, however, and the deal is more than just a roll-up. Joyent gets an open platform with which to attract developers while preparing the company for the looming threat of Google and Microsoft.
Joyent, along with other infrastructure-centric clouds like Amazon’s EC2 and Rackspace’s Mosso, let subscribers see their machines. Because they virtualize at the hardware level, these clouds support a wide range of development languages. Users aren’t locked in: They can take their applications out of the cloud and run them themselves. But this model also means customers have to worry about operating their virtual infrastructure, undermining the promised scalability of cloud computing.
Related posts:
- Nearly 50% Open Source developers are working on the Cloud; Expect torrential RIA rain My good friend, Kevin Lawton, who also writes for...
- Cloud workshop: Gigaspaces XAP with Joyent Accelerators Joyent blogger writes: Cloud Computing is the act of deploying,...
- Will Cloud Computing kill Open Source initiative in the Government sector? Before you read the rest of my psot, the...
- Elastra supports cloud portability by using open source EUCALYPTUS platform ELASTRA’s products are designed for portability across compute clouds...
- Open Cloud Consortium talks about Cloud standards Here’s the link to OCC OCC members include the University...
- Is Amazon AWS APIs for EC2, S3 etc poised to go Open Source? I don’t think so. I am not sure if that will help Amazon...
- Our LinkedIn Cloud Computing groups featured discussion: Open Clouds! My announcement to the group. Do feel free to...
- RightScale and the Eucalyptus Team Join Forces to Deliver Easy-to-Manage Open Source Cloud Computing SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – November 4, 2008 – RightScale, Inc.,...
- Welcome new Corporate Enterprise: Virgin America builds Clouds with Open Source This confirms my faith and belief with the discussion...
- Citrix-XenSource Deal may anger open source community, says Gartner Just take a look at all those sites and blogs...
No comments yet.