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OpenStackOpenStackThe Foundation for Open Source CloudThe Foundation for Open Source Cloud

Alan ClarkAclark@suse.com

SUSE Engineering

OpenStack Board Chair

1OpenStack in Action 4 ! - Paris – 5th December 2013

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Vision

“To produce the ubiquitous open source cloud computing platform that will meet the needs of public and private cloud providers regardless of size, by being simple to implement and massively scalable.”

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Features

• Dashboard

• Networking

• Block Storage

• Metering/Monitoring

• Orchestration

• Common Libraries

• Infrastructure

• Documentation

• Quality Assurance (QA)

• Devstack

Enables enterprises and service providers to offer secure on-

demand computing resources and storage by provisioning and managing large networks of

virtual machines.

• Compute

• Block and Object Storage

• Image Service

• Identity

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Industry Backing

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SUSE Cloud 2.0

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Proven Release Record

OpenStack Havana provides infrastructure that makes it easier to build and deploy applications with OpenStack clouds. New services like OpenStack Metering and Orchestration, coupled with enhancements to existing services like global clusters for Object Storage and QoS capabilities for Block Storage make it ideal for organizations building cloud infrastructure to serve software development, data management and application infrastructure at scale.

October, 2013 – 8th OpenStack Release

• Features‒ 921 contributors‒ Over 400 new features‒ 13,624 commits‒ Deployed in 358 cities across 72 countries

What's New

Ripple EffectRipple Effect

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Ripple Effect

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Worldwide Deployments

* OpenStack End User Survey November 2013

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View from the Board: 2014 Focus

• Define core‒ Product certification

• Training, education and certification‒ Individual training, education and certification

• Guide the growth of the ecosystem‒ Ambassador program‒ Intellectual property programs‒ Draw in new community members and organizations

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Get Involved with OpenStack

Technical Resources• Talk to Stackers on the OpenStack

IRC channels• Read the wiki

General Resourcesopenstack.org/community

• Sign up for the OpenStack newsletter • Participate in a user/meetup group near you • Sign up for one of several mailing list by interest • Join as an individual member or as a company• Read our blog • Find an event on our marketing calendar

OpenStack Worldwide Groups

Openstack Summit Paris May 2014

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OpenStackOpenStackThe Foundation for Open Source CloudThe Foundation for Open Source Cloud

Alan ClarkAclark@suse.com

SUSE Engineering

OpenStack Board Chair

12OpenStack in Action 4 ! - Paris – 5th December 2013