AbiCloud is a unique open-source Cloud computing platform that manages all aspects of Cloud IT infrastructure. AbiCloud users can manage and create public and private Clouds, provision IT resources, and automatically scale applications on-demand – all through a simple and easy to use graphical user interface. AbiCloud is vendor neutral, providing concurrent support of all major hypervisors, as well industry standards such as the Open Virtualization Format (OVF).

First pre-released in April 2009, abiCloud has undergone extensive testing by the open-source community with over 15,000 downloads and eight pre-release iterations prior to its official release today. In addition, the product has been extensively tested by many commercial organizations, including a number of Global 500 enterprises.

“We are delighted to have reached this important milestone in Abiquo’s history”, said Pete Malcolm, Abiquo CEO, “the formal release of the abiCloud product is the culmination of many man-years of effort by our own team, the open-source community, and by commercial organizations who see the need and potential for a truly comprehensive Cloud Management solution”.

While pre-release versions were issued under a combination of the Mozilla Public License (MPL) and Common Public Attribution License (CAPL), abiCloud 1.0.0 is released under the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) Version 3.

“The shift to LGPL gives the community increased flexibility”, said Diego Mariño co-founder and VP Community Solutions at Abiquo, “the LGPL license keeps the Cloud open and keeps the organizations that promote it in the black. Proprietary software can use abiCloud as a component without losing the proprietary nature of that software. Organizations can also customize abiCloud to suit their internal needs without having to share those changes publicly.” A