The Great OpenStack-Amazon API Debate

Grazed from LinuxInsider. Author: Jay Lyman.

The discussion and debate over open source cloud software’s compatibility with cloud leader Amazon’s proprietary APIs was just beginning when the 451 Group released "The OpenStack Tipping Point" in April. With the advancement of the OpenStack software and community — along with lingering questions about the desired level of compatibility with Amazon’s cloud — the matter is heating up. However, the issue of Amazon cloud compatibility is largely a non-issue.

Enterprise customers are focused on solving their computing and business challenges. They typically center on promptly providing their customers and internal users and divisions with adequate resources and infrastructure; speeding application development and deployment; and avoiding so-called "Shadow IT," which normally involves use of Amazon’s cloud…

As these organizations consider and implement OpenStack, they are interested in hybrid management alongside Amazon — but often they’re mostly interested in having something "Amazon-like" that is not Amazon. The main reason is they want and need control not only of the computing resources, but also of the actual infrastructure and applications…

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