Will OpenStack Usher in a Cloud Revolution?
September 20, 2012
Grazed from Datamation. Author: Jeff Vance.
If you’re already tired of all the hype surrounding cloud computing, you’d better brace yourself for another cycle focused on OpenStack, the open-source cloud platform that’s touted as the operating system for the cloud.
The forces aligning behind OpenStack are impressive ones. The project originated in NASA, was moved along in partnership with Rackspace and is now spearheaded by the OpenStack Foundation. OpenStack is backed by 180 member companies, including biggies like AT&T, HP, IBM, Cisco, VMware and Intel…
Oh, and the Foundation has $10 million in funding. Not bad. Despite its roster of supporters, OpenStack has plenty of detractors too. Before acquiring network virtualization startup Nicira, recently added member VMware bad-mouthed OpenStack as an “ugly sister” to vCloud (the other ugly sisters being Citrix-led CloudStack and Eucalyptus).
I should also note that while you don’t hear much out of Amazon, AWS is the 800-pound, thus far silent, gorilla in the room…
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