VMware joins OpenStack Foundation for greater cloud interoperability

Grazed from TechTarget. Author: Gina Narcisi.

VMware has jumped on the open standards cloud computing bandwagon, recently announcing it will join the OpenStack Foundation and contribute to the development of the open source operating system for cloud computing.

The virtualization software provider has touted its vCloud product suite as a cloud operating system, which many view as a proprietary competitor to OpenStack. But while the cloud provider community may not have anticipated VMware’s move to join the OpenStack Foundation, the bid is a logical next step for VMware given recent industry events, noted Sam Barnett, directing analyst for data center and cloud at Campbell, Calif.-based Infonetics Research Inc…

VMware recently acquired software defined networking startup and OpenStack participant Nicira Networks for $1.2 billion. "I don’t think VMware joining OpenStack is surprising given the Nicira acquisition — [VMware] wants to be king of network virtualization like it rules server virtualization," Barnett said…

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