OpenStack: A key weapon to win the cloud computing revolution

In the last two years, cloud computing has launched a global revolution in wildfire prairie, prompting a big shuffle in the tech world. For companies like Rackspace hosting companies, the future is about to face an optimal profit-grabbing period.

Open source cloud computing platform OpenStack is one of the key weapons to win this revolutionary victory.

OpenStack, an Open-source project launched by NASA and Rackspace in July 2010, will be more accurate with the cloud-born "Linux Cloud", which allows businesses to deploy public and private clouds and access to such things as Cisco, HP, The support of Yahoo tech giants. At present, more than 175 companies around the world are using OpenStack to add and subtract code to support its development.

According to Forrester's research, cloud computing revenues are expected to reach $61 billion trillion this year, and the number of companies looking to cloud computing is growing.

"If companies see other companies deploying cloud computing, they see a chance to make money." "Rackspace Company Cloud Construction Department general manager Jim Curry said.

Companies like Rackspace use free technology to provide custom services to meet the needs of the company itself and its users, allowing users to deploy products and services to achieve revenue. Chief technology officer of Rackspace company John Engates said: "We are now ready to put the company's future on this."

Revenues from private and public cloud services rose more than $301 million trillion in the first quarter of this year, up 31% from a year earlier, according to company financial data, Rackspace said. To facilitate the growth of dedicated and public cloud services, Rackspace will launch the next generation of new cloud computing solutions and other private cloud services based on OpenStack.

"This is a strategy to get a place on Amazon Web Services (AWS)." "Engates said. "We also hope to provide a level playing field with other companies at the same technical level," OpenStack said. ”

At the same time, a level playing field helps cash-strapped start-ups. "It allows businesses and entrepreneurs to deploy their own cloud infrastructure without spending so much time and money." "Zippykid founder of a WordPress hosting company in San Antonio vid Luther talked. "NASA and Rackspace have already done the hard part, and now they're doing the technology and the research people like us can do it," he said. ”

In fact, the real purpose of the OpenStack project is to provide a standard platform for the release of cloud products.

"Developers do not want to write 15 different versions of their cloud applications or cloud solutions for 15 different cloud platforms." They want to write software with a standard, universally applicable version compatible with multiple clouds. "Luther said.

Like the operating system of a computer, there are many options for open source and proprietary cloud software on the market. It was NASA's initial intervention to separate OpenStack from the others, Curry.

Recently, NASA has announced that OpenStack has reached a high level and does not require them to actively participate in its evolution, although it will also Rackspace software. Rackspace Company has OpenStack copyright and trademark rights, and is planning to set up the OpenStack Foundation. The fund is expected to be established later this year. The foundation will then provide regulatory services and take over OpenStack's trademark ownership.

OpenStack Version 5 was released this April and version 6 will be launched later this year.

In its latest version, there are more than 200 developers from around the world who participate and contribute. So many people participate in the OpenStack project, which provides a great help for the Rackspace company to gather talents. In the last two years, RACKSAPCE's OpenStack development team has risen from 30 to 100 people.

"OpenStack has led a huge technological development trend. Although all this started in San Antonio, innovation is spreading all over the world. Curry.