Open Compute Summit

When we joined the Open Compute Project as a founding member nearly two years ago, we made the promise to work closely with partners to deliver data center solutions built on open standards.

I sit in a hotel room in Taipei overlooking foreign streets replete with distinctive and unusual attributes. I have eaten my initiate morsel of stinky tofu, shot arrows five feet or six feet into balloons at a carnival venue and enjoyed much delicious fare – stinky tofu being a notable exception! I have also been blessed with the attentions of some of the most amicable and hospitable people I have encountered in my career. True, it is not singularly Open Compute which has asserted this set of circumstances, but this is perhaps one of the best opportunities for me to provide examples of the tenets of this project in action in a fundamental and tangible manner.

This week, the Open Compute Summit 2012 stormed The Castle, Rackspace’s San Antonio headquarters.

The third Open Compute Summit kicked off this morning at Rackspace’s San Antonio headquarters, aka The Castle.

Editor’s Note: The registration date for the Open Compute Summit is now March 19.