The Call for Papers (CFP) for ApacheCon 2011 ends this Friday, April 29 and event organizers are encouraging those from outside the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) to submit proposals.

OpenStack today announced the availability of the Cactus releases of Compute and Object Storage.

Texas Instruments (TI) announces the OpenLink project which focuses on providing a wide range of wireless connectivity solutions for Linux.

Google Summer of Code has brought together over 4,500 students from around the world with over 300 open source projects and together have created millions of lines of code.

“Stronger definition of network behavior in software is a growing trend, and open interfaces are going to lead to faster innovation,” said Nick McKeown, ONF Board member and professor at Stanford University.

Google has announced the accepted projects list for its 2011 Google Summer of Code (GSOC) Program.

“This kind of massive collaboration is exactly what makes Linux the driving force behind today’s new technology innovations.” said Jim Zemlin, executive director at The Linux Foundation.

Day two of the CeBIT Open Source Forum 2011 kicks off Wednesday, March 2, and will be streamed live by Linux New Media, AG.