Noah, Looks like soft layer is keeping CloudPlatform (I.e. cloudstack) in house and hedging its bets on Openstack.
http://www.itworld.com/cloud-computing/359365/ibm-hedges-bets-will-keep-cloudstack-offerings-softlayer Thank you, Matt Mullins Cloud Platforms Implementation Engineer Worldwide Cloud Services [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> +1 (407) 920-1107 On Jun 7, 2013, at 5:22 AM, "Noah Slater" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Is CloudStack More Enterprise-Ready than OpenStack? *> "We did a proof of concept with OpenStack, but after spending a couple of weeks with it, we just felt like it wasn't enterprise ready," Swenson said. He pointed out that the POC was conducted a year ago, and that OpenStack is evolving constantly. However, he also said that using CloudStack is like turning to a contractor to build your house, whereas using OpenStack is like walking into Home Depot and figuring everything out on your own.* http://www.datamation.com/cloud-computing/is-cloudstack-more-enterprise-ready-than-openstack-1.html Stack wars: OpenStack v. CloudStack v. Eucalyptus While most independent sources interviewed for this story contend that OpenStack is a likely front runner, they all refused to pick an ultimate winner, given that both the definition of private cloud and statistics about the rate at which enterprises are deploying and taking advantage of private clouds have been slippery little devils to pin down. http://www.networkworld.com/supp/2013/enterprise3/060313-ecs3-open-stack-269899.html SoftLayer users may end up on OpenStack following IBM's acquisition "If SoftLayer can pull it off where they're both a CloudStack and an OpenStack provider, and it doesn't diminish either one of their values, it would be a great story," said James Staten, an analyst with Forrester Research, based in Cambridge, Mass. "If Citrix just lost one of its biggest customers, then it's going to be a different kind of story -- and there's potential for both those stories here." http://searchcloudcomputing.techtarget.com/news/2240185341/SoftLayer-users-may-end-up-on-OpenStack-following-IBMs-acquisition -- NS
