SoftLayer will become a miniature free market. How fun! Just hope IBM commits to keeping it up to date & cutting edge to keep the apples to apples comparison alive.
On 6/7/13 11:06 AM, "Mathias Mullins" <[email protected]> wrote: >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-cl >oudstack-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-re >ady-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-2 >69899.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
