IBM Hitches Wagon on OpenStack Cloud
March 30, 2013
Adding more momentum to OpenStack’s meteoric rise, IBM is reportedly centering its enterprise cloud computing efforts on the open source cloud computing platform. AllThingsD’s Arik Hesseldahl reported today that similar to how Big Blue embraced the Linux open source OS for server computing, it is looking to OpenStack to serve as the foundation for its cloud computing offerings. "Big Blue announced today that all of its cloud services and software will be based on an open cloud architecture," he wrote.
While a big endorsement for the OpenStack Foundation, there is no shortage of IT giants that are popularizing the technology. In a few short years, OpenStack went from a joint project from NASA and Rackspace to one of the leading engines of innovation in cloud computing. It has attracted a long list of supporters that include industry mainstays and technology startups that are busily commercializing OpenStack-based tools and services…
Last year, the OpenStack Foundation published a list of supporters that not only reflected a major windfall for the group — namely, millions of dollars in donations — but also turned it into the envy of the IT industry. IBM joined other big names like AT&T, HP, Canonical, Nebula, Rackspace, Red Hat and SUSE as Platinum members, OpenStack’s highest tier. No less impressive is the Gold tier, which includes Cisco, Dell, and Yahoo, among several others. Among startups, companies like Piston are helping to flesh out the OpenStack cloud management ecosystem…
Read more from the source @ http://www.datamation.com/cloud-computing/ibm-hitches-wagon-on-openstack-cloud.html