OpenStack has got its own open source Foundation. The cloud operating system, launched under an Apache 2 license by cloud provider Rackspace and NASA two years ago, will be governed by an independent organisation similar to the Linux Foundation.
Vendors are expected to package OpenStack and incorporate it into various products. Rackspace and Red Hat already offer OpenStack downloads. And public cloud providers such as HP are launching their own offerings based on OpenStack.
Openstack has plenty to offer organisations and the excitement is seen developing right under your noses through the plethora of established vendors developing code for the project. OpenStack provides a management framework for nearly every virtualized resource in the data centre.
The main OpenStack reward for customers is the Collaborative development of core OpenStack that should shorten the time-to-market for private and public cloud solutions, the adoption of which should increase IT efficiency and reduce costs overall.
Openstack promises an awful lot and whether you call it "the cloud" or not, the need for a standardised way to manage vast amounts of virtualised data centre resources is undeniable. At this point it's hard to ignore the genuine excitement among OpenStack developers as they work toward that goal.
This is going to be a very interesting 12 months especially as VMware have just joined the community.
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