Last updated : Jan 28, 2014
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Jan 2014
Trial
Worth pursuing. It is important to understand how to build up this capability. Enterprises should try this technology on a project that can handle the risk.
The open source OpenStack project is gathering steam, and in recent months is becoming a more viable platform for deploying your own private clouds. Many issues which made OpenStack hard to get up and running have been addressed, and new features are being added all the time. It is clear that the OpenStack consortium and its members like Rackspace, Redhat, and HP are committed to the project as the basis for their own OpenStack-based cloud services.
May 2013
Trial
Worth pursuing. It is important to understand how to build up this capability. Enterprises should try this technology on a project that can handle the risk.
Jul 2011
Assess
Worth exploring with the goal of understanding how it will affect your enterprise.
OpenStack is a new cloud operating system that promises a complete open-source solution. OpenStack is a fabric cloud controller which leverages existing virtualization technologies such as KVM and will integrate with other virtualisation tools such as Xen and OpenVZ. Currently under heavy development, OpenStack is expected to provide a stable production-ready solution by the end of Q2 2011.
Jan 2011
Assess
Worth exploring with the goal of understanding how it will affect your enterprise.
Published : Jan 31, 2011
