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OpenStack 2016 
Boom or Bust? 
Adrian Ionel 
CEO, Mirantis 
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OpenStack Mindshare 
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Cloud Job Trends 
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However, AWS still run-away 
winner 
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Digital Ocean on a meteoric 
rise 
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How developers feel about 
Digital Ocean 
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And finally this. 
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In the end Developers 
Win. 
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So, we have to ask: 
Is OpenStack for DIY dead-enders? 
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What do developers care 
about? 
● Deployment’s choice of monitoring software 
● Which hypervisor is used underneath 
● Scalability of the network layer 
● Which storage system is used for volumes 
● API quality and ease of use 
● Feature velocity 
● Portability 
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What to do? 
1. Focus on the APIs as the key to adoption 
2. Invest in ease of use vs. even more flexible 
plumbing 
3. Don’t move up the stack. Partner instead. 
4. Reshape upstream engineering to foster open 
competition (vs. central planning) 
5. Enable workload mobility to other platforms 
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Thank You 
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  • 2. OpenStack Mindshare CONFIDENTIAL MIRANTIS © MIRANTIS 2012 PAGE 2
  • 3. Cloud Job Trends CONFIDENTIAL MIRANTIS © MIRANTIS 2012 PAGE 3
  • 4. However, AWS still run-away winner CONFIDENTIAL MIRANTIS ©© M MIRIARNATNIST I2S0 210312 PAGE 4
  • 5. Digital Ocean on a meteoric rise CONFIDENTIAL MIRANTIS ©© M MIRIARNATNIST I2S0 210312 PAGE 5
  • 6. How developers feel about Digital Ocean CONFIDENTIAL MIRANTIS ©© M MIRIARNATNIST I2S0 210312 PAGE 6
  • 7. And finally this. CONFIDENTIAL MIRANTIS ©© M MIRIARNATNIST I2S0 210312 PAGE 7
  • 8. In the end Developers Win. CONFIDENTIAL MIRANTIS ©© M MIRIARNATNIST I2S0 210312 PAGE 8
  • 9. So, we have to ask: Is OpenStack for DIY dead-enders? CONFIDENTIAL MIRANTIS ©© M MIRIARNATNIST I2S0 210312 PAGE 9
  • 10. What do developers care about? ● Deployment’s choice of monitoring software ● Which hypervisor is used underneath ● Scalability of the network layer ● Which storage system is used for volumes ● API quality and ease of use ● Feature velocity ● Portability CONFIDENTIAL MIRANTIS ©© M MIRIARNATNIST I2S0 210312 PAGE 10
  • 11. What to do? 1. Focus on the APIs as the key to adoption 2. Invest in ease of use vs. even more flexible plumbing 3. Don’t move up the stack. Partner instead. 4. Reshape upstream engineering to foster open competition (vs. central planning) 5. Enable workload mobility to other platforms CONFIDENTIAL MIRANTIS ©© M MIRIARNATNIST I2S0 210312 PAGE 11
  • 12. Thank You CONFIDENTIAL MIRANTIS ©© M MIRIARNATNIST I2S0 210312 PAGE 12