OpenStack released the latest version, Icehouse, the concept of Database as a Service (DBaaS). Tesora's goal is to help organizations to create and deploy database-based OpenStack applications who don't have a great deal of expertise with database administration.  The focus is to make database just another service rather than a central focus. To know more on OpenStack Icehouse, go through the article by Daniel Kusnetzky, a reformed software engineer and product manager.

http://www.zdnet.com/tesora-database-as-a-service-and-openstack-trove-7000028821/

According to OpenStack user survey, Ubuntu Linux is the most popular OpenStack operating system. According to Mark Shuttleworth (founder of Canonical, Ubuntu's parent company), 55 percent of OpenStack operating systems are on Ubuntu. To know more about synchronization of Ubuntu and OpenStack, go through the article by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, writer about technology.

http://www.zdnet.com/openstacks-top-operating-system-ubuntu-linux-7000027360/

OpenStack, an extremely popular open source Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) cloud program, has released its latest version: Icehouse. Approximately 350 new features and 2,902 bug fixes were added this time. The main focus was on testing, maturity, and stability. In addition, third-party continuous integration (CI) has resulted in 53 external systems testing OpenStack compatibility across broad sets of hardware and software configurations. Read more at:

http://www.zdnet.com/icehouse-new-openstack-cloud-arrives-7000028560/