for Open and Proven elastic computing platforms. • On demand access for ◦ Network ◦ Storage ◦ Compute • Independence from Vendor Lock-in. • Service Oriented Development • Secure Services.
enabling access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources such as • networks • servers • storage • applications • services that can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort or service provider interaction with also are • on-demand • self-service • scalable • measurable a.k.a OSSM
developers community - i. Incredible Traction Very flexible - Addresses Unique issues too... ii. Very High Growth Every 6 months it releases new versions with newer and improved facilities , features with Ubuntu's release cycle. • Its not driven by and focused on enterprise and private clouds alone but also on Public Clouds. Making Public Clouds available to much broader audiance. • Operate and Use the cloud.
sync with Ubuntu Server's Release Cycle makes it easier to update/upgrade both the server and the OpenStack Instances. • Bug Fixes and updates are still available for older releases, as individual packages can be installed no need for complete installation.