Google Joins OpenStack Foundation To Create Better Cloud Computing Solution
July 19, 2015
Grazed from Yibada. Author: Yen Palec.
Tech giant Google recently announced that it is joining the OpenStack Foundation in its plan to upgrade its own cloud computing platform. OpenStack Foundation is the governing body that supervises the use of OpenStack, a free cloud-based program that counts some of the biggest names in technology as its member including Intel, HP and IBM.Google’s decision to join OpenStack will save the company millions of dollars since it does not need to invest into its own data centers now that it is part of one of the biggest cloud computing server in the world. According to Fortune, Google is joining OpenStack as a corporate sponsor and not the conventional mid-tier Gold or top-tier Platinum level…
The company’s aim is to make sure that Linux containers and associated container management will world flawlessly in the OpenStack environment. Currently, Google has an open source system, called Kubernetes, which it uses to manage contained applications in different hosts…