{"id":2678,"date":"2014-07-22T11:31:19","date_gmt":"2014-07-22T11:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.cloudthat.com\/?p=2678"},"modified":"2024-06-25T11:14:18","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T11:14:18","slug":"openstack-turns-4","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.cloudthat.com\/resources\/blog\/openstack-turns-4","title":{"rendered":"OpenStack turns 4"},"content":{"rendered":"

OpenStack turned Four this month. Happy 4th Birthday OpenStack !!<\/strong><\/p>\n

From an initiative back in 2010 by NASA & Rackspace to a worldwide community of 17670 members and 70 user groups across 140 countries and 391 Organizations involved is a laudable achievement in 4 years.<\/p>\n

Termed as the year of the SuperUser<\/strong>, on\u00a0this birthday industry leaders talked about their work around OpenStack in their organizations and share the knowledge they have gained during this process. Visit\u00a0superuser.openstack.org<\/a>\u00a0for videos, presentations and user stories.<\/p>\n

Factors like re-usability of existing server infrastructure<\/em>, being able to use Commodity Hardware<\/em>, comparatively lower cost of setup<\/em> as compared to other private cloud options, improved performance, latency (since its private) and agility<\/em> makes OpenStack\u00a0all the more attractive for businesses \/ enterprises to adopt and it is only set to grow in the coming years with so many improvisations & new features being incorporated into it.<\/p>\n

Some of the notable ones to keep an eye are:<\/h2>\n