RT @aneel: “Announcement of the First OpenNebula Conference” http://t.co/JOX5O2kGeE

BMC Software Signs Definitive Agreement to be Acquired for $46.25 per Share in Cash: http://t.co/s8uAHuL3WI

Who’s left to buy in the CMP landscape? Time to update my “Market Profile: Cloud Management Platforms, 2013” (http://t.co/qkbKMjM3s4)

Dell acquires Enstratius (http://t.co/sluzeC7Kd6) its second CMP in less than 6 months. Plus, there are Quest assets. Time to integrate now?

McAfee to acquire StoneSoft: http://t.co/3hARMiEHJK > Very interesting.

@nephostech It depends. You can rent an empty house, a partially furnished house, or a fully furnished one. /cc @chuckhollis

@kix1979 Oh. Then we agree. But that part that is easier gets balanced by the massive complexity of building and managing the whole thing.

@kix1979 I have 100s of calls on building private clouds / year. Most evolve in multi-year, million dollar investments. Easier?

@chuckhollis Yes. But cloud management platforms powering managed private clouds are far from perfect. Must increase visibility, for once.

@kix1979 I am not sure about what is easier. What I know is that cloud management platforms should be better instrumented for that use case