Your Weekend Reading List, 7/18

There’s a lot going on in the OpenStack community and it’s easy to get lost in the noise. We’ve collected the top stories and conversations you need to know about this week. From the latest OpenStack resources to news about users, we share the content you need to stay up to date.

Mirantis and Oracle Partner on OpenStack

By: Sean Michael Kerner

Mirantis and Oracle partner in a deal that offers support t Mirantis customers that want to deploy clouds with Oracle Linux and Oracle VM.

##[How DreamHost is reinventing itself with OpenStack](http://opensource.com/business/14/7/dreamhost-and-openstack-love-story)
By: Jonathan LaCour

Dreamhost has a strong commitment to the open source philosophy. They just released their first product built on OpenStack.

##[Red Hat releases Inktank Ceph Enterprise 1.2](http://www.zdnet.com/red-hat-releases-inktank-ceph-enterprise-1-2-7000031694/)
By: Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

Two months after Red Hat acquired InkTank, Inktank Ceph Enterprise 1.2 was released, with erasure coding, cache tiering and an update to Calamari.

>*”There are now more than 70 global user groups and 17,000 community members across 139 countries, spanning more than 370 organizations — all contributing to the project’s success.”* — from [Virtual Bridges](http://vbridges.com/resource/infographic-openstack-4th-birthday/?goback=%2Egde_3908634_member_5895561560817942532)

>*”Right now as we talk, the IT world is either moving systems to different cloud services or thinking about how to do this because the benefits of cloud are very big.”* — from [Diego Andres Sonvico](http://thoughtsoncloud.com/2014/07/implementing-private-cloud-consider-openstack-orchestrator/)

Happy Birthday! Check out the list of stats and global @OpenStack celebrations! http://t.co/bSETBhDRys

— Niki Acosta (@nikiacosta) July 18, 2014

Results are in… the #OpenStack release cycle following the "Juno" cycle will be named "Kilo" ! http://t.co/YgCiog8Enm

— Thierry Carrez @[email protected] (@tcarrez) July 17, 2014

Blog post: "Is the world uniting around OpenStack?" http://t.co/ZhfiRibxHI #openstack #privatecloud #Dell #ceph #docker

— Brent Doncaster (@brent_BWD) July 18, 2014

https://twitter.com/r1chardj0n3s/statuses/490170716889702401

Its raining cup cakes @OpenStack4bday #bangalore pic.twitter.com/OrYmLHlngI

— Kavit Munshi (@KavitMunshi) July 13, 2014

#OpenStack 4th Birthday! AUTOMATE ALL THE THINGS!

— Anthony (@daaelar) July 17, 2014

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