Can Red Hat Hijack OpenStack (In A Good Way)?
July 13, 2013
Grazed from TheVar Guy. Author: Editorial Staff.
Now that Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform is available, The VAR Guy has some advice for the open source company: Red Hat (RHT) needs to hijack OpenStack and the open source cloud conversation — for the good of channel partners. Here’s why.
As The VAR Guy’s Chris Tozzi reported earlier this week: Red Hat will be building a partner program around its OpenStack offering, beginning with "a small set of pilot solution provider and systems integration partners in select geographies" and scaling up from there. That’s fantastic news as OpenStack enters its third chapter…
History Lesson
The story so far involves…
Chapter 1: Rackspace (RAX) and NASA dominated this chapter. The two organizations were widely viewed as OpenStack pioneers — educating everyone and anyone possible about the open source platform.
Chapter 2: This chapter started in September 2012, when the OpenStack Foundation launched. The move attracted scores of partners, developers and even potential customers to the discussion table…
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