Startup Journal

Eucalyptus Systems, Inc., creators of the leading open source private cloud software, announced today that Mårten Mickos has joined the company as chief executive officer. Mickos comes to Eucalyptus with a track record of building global disruptive businesses, most recently as CEO of MySQL AB, where he grew the company from a start-up to the second largest open source company in the world. Former Eucalyptus CEO Woody Rollins is now Eucalyptus Systems’ chief financial officer. “Eucalyptus Systems has a brilliant team, highly sophisticated open source technology, and an early lead in a market with a massive global opportunity — all the ingredients for major impact,” said Mickos. “Private and hybrid cloud computing is the future of corporate IT, and for cloud computing to reach its potential, it will have to be built on open source software such as Eucalyptus. I am pr... (more)

Sam Pullara Joins Benchmark Capital as Entrepreneur-in-Residence

MENLO PARK, Calif., March 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Benchmark Capital, an early-stage technology venture capital firm, today announced that Sam Pullara has joined the firm as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence. Pullara was most recently at Yahoo! as Chief Technologist, where he was responsible for Yahoo!'s product and technology strategy across the organization. In addition to his time at Yahoo!, Pullara has spent a significant part of his career building successful start-up companies. "I am very excited to work with Benchmark Capital, and with Peter Fenton again," said Pullara. "It is an... (more)

Virtensys to Demonstrate Its Award-Winning I/O Virtualization Solutions at FOSE 2010

Virtensys™, Ltd, a leader in next-generation I/O solutions for data centers, today announced that the company will demonstrate its I/O virtualization switches, the Virtensys VIO-4000 Series, at FOSE 2010 – booth # 2423 - on March 23-25, 2010 in Washington, D. C. The company has recently announced an agreement with Promark Technology to distribute its virtualization solutions to government users. Virtensys I/O virtualization switches consolidate and share server I/O resources. The switches connect to servers via the native PCI Express interconnect and eliminate network and storag... (more)

Open Mobile Solutions Announces Panel and Speaker Line-up for OMS Developer Pitch Sessions at International CTIA WIRELESS 2010®

Kenmore, WA, March 18, 2010 --(PR.com)-- Today, Open Mobile Solutions (OMS), the business to business marketplace for the mobile application lifecycle, announced its panelist line-up for the first OMS Developer Pitch Sessions series being held as part of “Apps World” at International CTIA WIRELESS 2010®. In each of the hour-long pitch sessions, five selected mobile app creators will present their mobile application to a distinguished panel of industry experts, who will provide meaningful feedback in one of four functional areas: · Raising Money: March 24, 4-5pm · Mone... (more)

Cloud Expo New York Call for Papers to Expire January 15, 2010

Cloud Expo New York In response to massive demand, the world's largest Cloud event - the International Cloud Expo series - is expanding its number of tracks and sessions for its upcoming New York event: 5th International Cloud Expo. The deadline for the very popular Call for Papers, which resulted in a greater deluge of submissions than ever seen before, is being extended to the other side of the holiday period - to January 15, 2010. Additionally, SYS-CON Events announces the addition of additional tracks, additional session slots, and a general all-round expansion of the program ... (more)