The OpenStack Log Jam

x flexiant TM your cloud simplified The OpenStack Log Jam Is OpenStack commercially viable for service providers? OpenStack is the open source project that's attracted as many critics as it has supporters in its 3 year life. David Linthicum of Cloud Technology Partners commented... "While the tech world has accepted OpenStack, most enterprises looking at cloud computing still have questions around its long-term viability and maturity." On the other hand... $47.4 billion Any service provider looking to develop its cloud services wants to: 2013 $107 billion Go to market quickly 2017 The IDC? indicates the cloud AA Enter at low cost services market will reach $47.4 billion in 2013, reaching over $107 billion in 2017. Strategy Analytics states that... E Provide differentiation Scale as the service grows VMware's dominance is ll affected by open source platforms such as OpenStack. A Be professionally supported However, service providers are taking a "do-it-yourself" or "consultancy" approach to OpenStack, causing the Open Stack Log Jam Do-it-yourself Consultancy OR using the toolkit and in-house developers to build a service using OpenStack experts, vendors or members of the OpenStack Foundation But service providers find: They lack the in-house skills to build in OpenStack They get their minimum requirements, rather than a product that is future-proof They lack the in-house resources to innovate at pace They are tied to ongoing and expensive consultancy They lack the knowledge needed to build a cloud service So, how do you... Get a solution that successfully commercializes the cloud? Flexiant has kept a close eye on OpenStack over the last three years. Flexiant Cloud Orchestrator will support OpenStack - in the same way it supports other laaS technologies. It helps service providers to build revenues quicker, using advanced features such as: Multi-level Application Blueprints Plugin Trigger' Technology Powerful User Interface Reseller & Whitelabel Functionality metering & billing Metering and Billing Multi-Cluster Scalability Scalability Assurance Smart Internationalization Filtering Contact us to find out how to avoid the OpenStack Log Jam 0870 050 0080 UK: +44 20 3586 1511 www.flexiant.com US: +1 212 502 6771 'David Linthicum blog http://www.infoworld.com/d/cloud-computing/happy-birthday-openstack-dont-get-too-comfortable-223212 flexiant" IDC - http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerld=prUS24298013 your cloud simplified 3Strategy Analytics http://www.strategyanalytics.com/default.aspx?mod=reportabstractviewer&a0=8794