Cloud Computing: Citrix Makes Peace With OpenStack
April 21, 2015
Grazed from TalkinCloud. Author: Mike Vizard.
When the open source OpenStack cloud management framework first launched, there appeared to be a lot of overlap with an open source CloudStack project that Citrix took over when it acquired Cloud.com way back in 2011. Ever since then there has been a fair amount of sniping going back and forth between proponents of the two open source cloud management frameworks.
Citrix today announced it wants to put an end to the war of words between the two camps by formally becoming a member of the OpenStack Foundation. Nand Mulchandani, vice president of product marketing for the Cloud Platforms Group at Citrix, said that over the years the scope of the OpenStack project has expanded well beyond the ambitions of the CloudStack project, which he said is designed to provide a fairly simply to standup cloud management framework…
In fact, Mulchandani noted that Citrix has already been incorporating OpenStack components into some of its offerings for years now…
Read more from the source @ http://talkincloud.com/cloud-computing-and-open-source/04212015/citrix-makes-peace-openstack