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In OpenStack Liberty, the OpenStack Foundation changed they way the release model is handled. Previously, a project would be incubated and need to meet a number of milestones before it could be integrated into OpenStack and become an “official” project. You’ll hear this referred to as the “integrated release model”. All that has changed with …

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If you’ve ever looked for OpenStack training, you’ve probably been surprised by the sheer number of options available to you.  You may have also noticed many of these training courses also offer a certification test.  While an OpenStack certification could certainly be valuable, especially with OpenStack skills in such high demand, with all the different …

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Cisco intends to buy Piston. IBM buys Blue Box Cloud. This was just one day in the life of OpenStack.  Large companies have been on an OpenStack feeding frenzy, with Cisco buying Metacloud and EMC buying Cloudscaling before Piston and BlueBoxCloud were even on the menu.  While some may argue whether on not OpenStack is …

Read More about Where Have All the OpenStack Companies Gone?

Keystone is one of the key components of any OpenStack deployment.  In short, Keystone takes a look at everyone logging into the OpenStack cloud, and answers two very important questions: “Who are you?” and “What can you do?”.  It is critical for Keystone to be deployed in a highly available  manner in each OpenStack deployment, as …

Read More about The Keystone Federation in OpenStack Kilo