What’s Next for OpenStack Open Source Cloud Computing
December 19, 2013
Grazed from TheVarGuy. Author: Christopher Tozzi.
If 2013 was the year of OpenStack adoption, 2014 will be all about "spitting and polishing" the open source framework for building public and private clouds to make it easier to deploy and use than ever. That’s the message from two veterans of the cloud hosting industry, who shared their insights recently on where OpenStack cloud computing is headed in the coming year.
In a recent call, Jonathan LaCour and Simon Anderson, who are, respectively, CEO and VP of Software Development at DreamHost (Anderson is also a member of the OpenStack Foundation board of directors), emphasized that the last 12 months have witnessed widespread adoption of OpenStack. That was true not only in the United States but also Europe, where OpenStack seemed to enjoy less momentum about a year ago at this time…
Going forward, however, both executives envision a bit of a shift in the direction of OpenStack’s momentum, with feature and usability enhancement poised to be at the core of OpenStack development now that the adoption phase is largely complete. "In 2014, the theme really is about production hardening of OpenStack," Anderson said, adding, "work needs to continue to be done to make [OpenStack] perform optimally."…
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