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OpenStack 2016Boom or Bust?OpenStack 2016Boom or Bust?

Adrian Ionel

CEO, Mirantis

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OpenStack MindshareOpenStack Mindshare

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Cloud Job Trends Cloud Job Trends

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However, AWS still run-away winner However, AWS still run-away winner

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Digital Ocean on a meteoric rise Digital Ocean on a meteoric rise

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How developers feel about Digital OceanHow developers feel about Digital Ocean

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And finally this.And finally this.

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In the end Developers Win.In the end Developers Win.

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So, we have to ask: So, we have to ask:

Is OpenStack for DIY dead-enders? Is OpenStack for DIY dead-enders?

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What do developers care about?What do developers care about?

● Deployment’s choice of monitoring software

● Which hypervisor is used underneath● Scalability of the network layer● Which storage system is used for

volumes● API quality and ease of use ● Feature velocity● Portability

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What to do? What to do?

1. Focus on the APIs as the key to adoption2. Invest in ease of use vs. even more

flexible plumbing

3. Don’t move up the stack. Partner instead.

4. Reshape upstream engineering to foster open competition (vs. central planning)

5. Enable workload mobility to other platforms

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