Another day is about to come to an end, but not without HyperLINKS!
Jeff Vance writes about the future of VMWare
The Gmail outage continues to be reported on with Larry Dignan noting the instability of web services and clouds
John Suit examines the question, “Is Virtualization the “Cloud” of the Enterprise?”

Monday’s HyperLINKS…A LinuxWorld recap, while cloud computing is creating another storm
“Private clouds“….the newest branch of cloud computing for IT departments
Gartner analysts link cloud computing with the hype cycle
Derrick Harris gives his LinuxWorld wrap up

TGIF!  Here are today’s HyperLINKS.  Have a great weekend and we will see you back here on Monday
More coverage from the Google Gmail downage as Clint Boulton reports on the outage
James Maguire looks at some of the dangers of cloud computing
IBM executives call on the open source community to do more to make Linux as [...]

Thursday’s topics…Dell case lingers on, Gmail shines a bad light on the cloud
Google outage causes frustration with the Cloud
US Patent Office decides to drag Dell’s case back under examination
School’s in session for cloud computing

Mid-Week HyperLINKS…The Cloud is still too shady for some
A Newsweek article points out that there are plenty of storms within the Cloud
Dell faces a setback in the case of patenting “cloud computing”
IBM research finds that virtualization is helping to revive Linux, putting it into the high end status

Tuesday’s HyperLINKS…LinuxWorld coverage rolling in, Cloud Computing discussion continues
IBM has full confidence in the cloud, investing $360 million into the service
Mike Gunderloy questions the boundaries of open source
A plethora of companies express growing interest on the cloud

Happy Monday! Today marks the first day of LinuxWorld and we will be watching the show closely this week to bring you its headlines. Now without further ado, here are today’s HyperLINKS:
Dan Kusnetzky prepares for future posts from LinuxWorld and outlines the meaning of virtualization
Cloud Computing is making waves in the world…Merrill Lynch [...]

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Your favorite open source based monitoring and management suite just got sweeter. After working with the Xensource/Citrix team for two years, Hyperic HQ now supports Citrix Xen Server, giving customers a 360 degree view into their Xen-frastructure.
“With the rapid proliferation of virtualized infrastructure, effectively managing virtual resources is critical to successfully realizing consolidation benefits and [...]

Friday the first…Everyone, everywhere trying to claim the cloud
Dell puts dibs on “cloud computing” as trademark
Who will dominate the cloud? Allan Leinwand thinks the answer is a decade away
Mike Gunderloy writes that architecture will hold precedence over licensing laws with open source and the cloud…Tim O’Reilly provides input with his own essay