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Dreamhost, Morphlabs Join OpenStack Effort

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Two Los Angeles cloud computing firm have joined the new Openstack Foundation , an industry group looking to promote the open cloud computing system spawned out of Rackspace. The foundation said it will help the development, distribution and adoption of the OpenStack cloud software. Intel, NEC and VMware.

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Metacloud Debuts OpenStack Private Cloud Services

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MetaCloud is headed by Steve Curry, the former head of Yahoo's global storage operations. MetaCloud's fully managed services helps companies deploy their own, OpenStack cloud computing systems. MetaCloud's co-founders also include Sean Lynch, former Sr. Vice President of Technology Operations at Ticketmaster Entertainment.

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MetaCloud Raises $10M For Private Cloud Service

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The startup, which is led by Sean Lynch and Steve Curry, offers up on-premise, OpenStack-based private clouds to companies, who want to deploy cloud service but do not want to have to manage the infrastructure and maintenance of those cloud deployments. READ MORE>>.

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6 Growth Challenges That Every Good Startup Will Face

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I’m talking about the kind of change that moved Apple from personal computers to music distribution to consumer electronics, and Amazon from books to e-Commerce to cloud computing services. As the company grows, functional leaders need to build and manage larger teams, recruit and develop talent, and manage remote offices.

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6 Reasons Your Hockey Stick Growth Curve Can Go Flat

Startup Professionals Musings

I’m talking about the kind of change that moved Apple from personal computers to music distribution to consumer electronics, and Amazon from books to e-Commerce to cloud computing services. As the company grows, functional leaders need to build and manage larger teams, recruit and develop talent, and manage remote offices.

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6 Growth Barriers Most Startups Don’t See Coming

Startup Professionals Musings

I’m talking about the kind of change that moved Apple from personal computers to music distribution to consumer electronics, and Amazon from books to e-Commerce to cloud computing services. As the company grows, functional leaders need to build and manage larger teams, recruit and develop talent, and manage remote offices.

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How Sendgrid Makes Sure Those App Emails Go Through, With Jim Franklin

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If you're an application developer, sending emails through your application can be a chore. Jim Franklin: Web developers are good at building web applications. Our users are web develops, and technical people, who are the companies who are applying to TechStars, and who closely follow TechStars as a community.

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