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. … Read More
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 … Read More
OpenStack is about life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for the cloud! OpenStack has rapidly evolved since its inception in 2010. In the last 5 years we’ve seen lots of changes from features and functionality to nomenclature and governance. … Read More
Today I had the pleasure of speaking at my local VMUG. While my presentation didn’t have a ton of VMware content, I focused on OpenStack in the enterprise. The enterprise is sort of a nebulous term, so I broke it … Read More
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 … Read More
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 … Read More