Cloud Computing: OpenStack – 4 years on, still going strong
August 7, 2014
Grazed from ZDNet. Author: Ram Lakshminarayanan.
As far as open source pedigree goes, OpenStack is of a pretty high calibre. Born out of a joint initiative between NASA and Rackspace in July 2010, its main goal was to simplify the management of both private and public cloud computing services deployed on traditional computer hardware. Since then it has attracted the support of many high-profile corporate partners such as Intel, IBM, HP, Cisco, Dell, EMC and Red Hat. Under the guidance of the OpenStack Foundation, a non-profit corporate entity formed in September 2012, the platform has steadily matured into a fully-featured cloud-building platform. OpenStack’s current stable version (codenamed "Icehouse") is the ninth release to date.
Integrating OpenStack into a corporate IT strategy can provide several key benefits. By removing the complexity behind managing and deploying on-demand infrastructure, the platform can dramatically reduce the time required to build applications and bring new products to market…
OpenStack’s flexible and open design allows seamless integration with existing third-party and in-house business systems. As open source software, OpenStack helps business to avoid the pitfalls of vendor lock-in while at the same time providing compatibility with private cloud providers such as Amazon AWS and facilitate the creation of hybrid clouds…
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