IBM just announced they are spending $400 million to create two new data centers for cloud computing research. From the article:
“Using a slick combination of off-the-shelf, open-source virtualization technologies (Xen) and their own management (Tivoli), IBM could be well-positioned to open their resources more broadly…”


I suppose I was wrong about my comment about IBM deploying proprietary software for their clouds. Perhaps I had better update my post.
http://matthewsacks.com/techblog/2008/08/05/the-presence-of-open-source-in-cloud-computing/
Is this to be used in their latest Dublin, Ireland cloud data-center?