GLOBAL IMPACT OF OPENSTACK

Tristan Goode, CEO, Aptira Co-founder and organizer of the Australian OpenStack User GroupSupporter and Sponsor of the Indian OpenStack User GroupOpenStack Board Director

AGENDA

• Who is Aptira?• Building an OpenStack community• The OpenStack Board of Directors• Global Impact of OpenStack• Q & A

• Who is Aptira?• Building an OpenStack community• The OpenStack Board of Directors• Global Impact of OpenStack• Q & A

INTRODUCTION TO APTIRA

• Founded in 2009• Based in Sydney, Australia• Managed Services• Managed Hosting• Cloud infrastructure • Infrastructure Consultancy• Aptira India founded May 2011

• Founded in 2009• Based in Sydney, Australia• Managed Services• Managed Hosting• Cloud infrastructure • Infrastructure Consultancy• Aptira India founded May 2011

INTRODUCTION TO APTIRA

• Specialise in Complex Infrastructure• High load promotional sites• Facebook and Mobile apps• No cookie cutter

What do we do on OpenStack now?• Hosted and on premise private clouds• Business Intelligence• Scalable web applications• Media and content delivery• DR and Hybrid

• Specialise in Complex Infrastructure• High load promotional sites• Facebook and Mobile apps• No cookie cutter

What do we do on OpenStack now?• Hosted and on premise private clouds• Business Intelligence• Scalable web applications• Media and content delivery• DR and Hybrid

WHY OPENSTACK?

• vSphere issues• Looking for a differentiating technology• Evaluated various paths• Preferred Open Source• Elastic and dynamically scalable cloud solution

OpenStack fitted our needs.

• vSphere issues• Looking for a differentiating technology• Evaluated various paths• Preferred Open Source• Elastic and dynamically scalable cloud solution

OpenStack fitted our needs.

BUILDING THE OPENSTACK COMMUNITY

Why start a User Group?

•Resourcing issues•Lack of market awareness•Lack of vendor support (initially)

What do we do with the User Group at Meetups?•Educate new comers•Find like minded people•Discuss use cases•Demo•Socialise!

Why start a User Group?

•Resourcing issues•Lack of market awareness•Lack of vendor support (initially)

What do we do with the User Group at Meetups?•Educate new comers•Find like minded people•Discuss use cases•Demo•Socialise!

THE GROWTH OF THE COMMUNITIES

Australian OpenStack User Group

•Largest per capita User Group in existence•Across all major cities•Meeting place for Business and Academia

Indian OpenStack User Group

•Fastest growing user group, growth accelerating•Reached 500 members yesterday•Growing vendor involvement

Looking forward to the first AOSUG vs IOSUG cricket match!

Australian OpenStack User Group

•Largest per capita User Group in existence•Across all major cities•Meeting place for Business and Academia

Indian OpenStack User Group

•Fastest growing user group, growth accelerating•Reached 500 members yesterday•Growing vendor involvement

Looking forward to the first AOSUG vs IOSUG cricket match!

USER GROUP PLANS FOR THIS YEAR

• Reaching out to Students via seminars and workshops• Assisting other countries get User Groups started• Vietnam• South Africa• Many more to come

• Starting internship programs• More demos, interactive sessions and code dojos

• Assisting the burgeoning OpenStack jobs market

Someone in this room may be your new boss!!!

• Reaching out to Students via seminars and workshops• Assisting other countries get User Groups started• Vietnam• South Africa• Many more to come

• Starting internship programs• More demos, interactive sessions and code dojos

• Assisting the burgeoning OpenStack jobs market

Someone in this room may be your new boss!!!

• I am a Director on the OpenStack Foundation Board• What does that mean?• How did I get to be there?• Challenges facing the Foundation, what do I do?• Infancy• No precedent (totally open governance)• Balance between community and corporate

The most important part of my being there is to represent all of you as best as I can. I am an INDIVIDUAL representative.

• I am a Director on the OpenStack Foundation Board• What does that mean?• How did I get to be there?• Challenges facing the Foundation, what do I do?• Infancy• No precedent (totally open governance)• Balance between community and corporate

The most important part of my being there is to represent all of you as best as I can. I am an INDIVIDUAL representative.

THE OPENSTACK BOARD OF DIRECTORS

THE GLOBAL IMPACT OF OPENSTACK

• “Cloud for the rest of the world”• The Chinese Government keynote speaker• Huge surge in code contribution from outside the US• Most use cases are outside the US

Innovative and progressive solutions the world over are being developed on OpenStack without proprietary constraints.

• Research and education examples• CERN• NeCTAR

• “Cloud for the rest of the world”• The Chinese Government keynote speaker• Huge surge in code contribution from outside the US• Most use cases are outside the US

Innovative and progressive solutions the world over are being developed on OpenStack without proprietary constraints.

• Research and education examples• CERN• NeCTAR

• Open Source means you can build exactly what you want• Open APIs to avoid vendor lock in• Build your own PaaS or SaaS solution, ground up• Develop IaaS solutions without sovereignty issues

Business examples• Sina.com• Mercardo Libre• Korea Telecom• Aptira (of course)

• Open Source means you can build exactly what you want• Open APIs to avoid vendor lock in• Build your own PaaS or SaaS solution, ground up• Develop IaaS solutions without sovereignty issues

Business examples• Sina.com• Mercardo Libre• Korea Telecom• Aptira (of course)

SO WHAT IS THE IMPACT ON MY BUSINESS?

• Cloud is big, OpenStack is big• Who’s not involved in OpenStack?

OpenStack IS having a global impact NOW. Get with it!

• Cloud is big, OpenStack is big• Who’s not involved in OpenStack?

OpenStack IS having a global impact NOW. Get with it!

TO SUM UP

Questions?

More at http://openstack.orgAptira is at http://aptira.com or follow @aptiraI am at tristan@aptira.com or follow me @tristangoode

Questions?

More at http://openstack.orgAptira is at http://aptira.com or follow @aptiraI am at tristan@aptira.com or follow me @tristangoode

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