When does a data center become a cloud? We suppose it's when you start pooling resources and workloads begin swimming around. That may be years down the road, or perhaps much sooner if you're tracking some of these projects. Our Bossie winners in the data center and cloud division include platforms for building clouds on your own hardware, as well as longtime favorites in virtualization, application middleware, and data integration.
The Bossies 2011 index:
Bossie Awards 2011: The best open source software of the year
Bossie Awards 2011: The best open source applications
Bossie Awards 2011: The best open source desktop and mobile software
Bossie Awards 2011: The best open source application development software
Bossie Awards 2011: The best open source data center and cloud software
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