OpenStack Celebrates It’s 1 Year Anniversary
It is truly amazing that it has just been one year since we at Rackspace, along with NASA and 25 other organizations, officially announced the launch of OpenStack. From day one we have been shocked by the interest, engagement and momentum of the community launched to build the de facto open standard cloud operating system. Turns out the world was craving a truly open project devoted to cloud software, and they quickly got behind OpenStack.
The stats are just amazing:
-Developer summits: #1 – 100 attendees; #2 – 250 attendees; #3 – 500 attendees
-Number of contributors who have signed CLA: 217
-Number of developer community members: 1,200
-Number of downloads from Launchpad alone: 35,000
Click here to read Lew’s entire post and his 3 predictions for the coming year.
Click here to see the OpenStack timeline over the course of 1 year.
About the Author
This is a post written and contributed by Lew Moorman.
As Rackspace President, Lew Moorman is instrumental in driving strategic planning, product development and new business initiatives for Rackspace, including cloud computing technologies. He is also responsible for Rackspace sales and support segments globally.
Moorman joined the company in April of 2000 and has served in a variety of strategy and marketing roles throughout the company's growth. Before joining Rackspace, Moorman held several positions at the management consulting firm McKinsey & Company, advising high technology clients on critical strategic issues.
Moorman received a B.A. from Duke University and a J.D. from Stanford Law School.
