Serverless computing platforms are one of the hottest technologies in the IaaS cloud market. Amazon Web Services and Google have their own tools and now IBM is joining the fray with the announcement of OpenWhisk, an open source event-driven computing platform.| Network World
VMware is in the midst of turbulent times: It announced 800 layoffs this week and the departure of its CFO; the merger of its parent company EMC with Dell is hanging over its head; its vCloud Air public cloud has had fits and starts. But CEO Pat Gelsinger is banking on this one network virtualization feature to help turn the company’s fortunes around.| Network World