As the OpenStack cloud computing arena grows, a whole ecosystem of tools is growing along with it. Tesora, the leading contributor to the OpenStack Trove open source project, is out this week with what it is billing as the first enterprise-ready, commercial implementation of OpenStack Trove database as a service (DBaaS). Tesora also recently announced that it has open sourced its Tesora Database Virtualization Engine, and now is also offering the Tesora OpenStack Trove Database Certification Program. 

Many enterprises are seeking to leverage Trove as they put applications in the cloud. However, databases can be resource intensive, and many don’t work well in cloud environments, so there is much scrutiny of the development of Trove for high-availability OpenStack deployments.

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Red Hat posted strong quarterly results on Thursday that beat Wall Street’s expectations, and a big part of the news was that the company is starting to see meaningful revenue from its many initiatives surrounding the OpenStack cloud computing platform. If things go according to the company’s playbook, it will start to draw recurring revenue from subscription support for OpenSack deployments similar to the subscription revenues it gets for supporting its other open source platforms.

Meanwhile, Red Hat announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire FeedHenry, an enterprise mobile application platform provider. FeedHenry fits into Red Hat’s portfolio of application development, integration, and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) solutions.

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