The OpenStack market at a glance
Stacked
We take a look at some of the options available in the international OpenStack marketplace.
OpenStack has been the darling of the cloud scene for four years of unbroken enthusiasm. The term OpenStack is broadly defined, starting with the Enterprise product, through self-made stacks or individual components, and extending to private, public, or hosted clouds.
The project website defines OpenStack as "a set of software tools for building and managing cloud computing platforms for public and private clouds." Tools like OpenStack automate the process of launching and managing virtual machines to meet computing demand. "OpenStack lets users deploy virtual machines and other instances, which handle different tasks for managing a cloud environment on the fly" [1].
The beginnings of OpenStack are familiar to many readers. Hosting service provider Rackspace [2] and NASA [3] both had the idea of developing an open source IaaS platform [4]. The two initiatives were separate until some people involved in the projects had the idea of joining forces. In October 2010, the first version (named Austin [5], for the hometown of Rackspace) saw the light of day.
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