Customize OpenStack NBI for Telco NFV

Andriod achieves great success as a customized Linux for mobile derives. Similar to Linux, OpenStack as a general cloud OS need to be customized for different scenarios, of which Telco NFV is one. While OpenStack is a competitive candidate for the virtual infrastructure manager (VIM) in the NFV architecture, existing interfaces provided by OpenStack are… Continue reading Customize OpenStack NBI for Telco NFV

The Road to Enterprise-Ready OpenStack Storage as Service

The OpenStack storage projects continue to mature each cycle exposing more and more Enterprise cloud storage infrastructure functionalities around high availability, security, business continuity, & provisioning, that redefines Enterprise storage to Storage as a service for both production, test & development cloud workloads. This session will provide a deep dive roadmap update for the new… Continue reading The Road to Enterprise-Ready OpenStack Storage as Service

The Entrepreneur’s Challenge: The Realities of Starting an OpenStack Company

The explosive growth of OpenStack is creating a host of opportunities for people looking to start new companies. The realities of startup life however are not always what they seem. In this panel, Simon Anderson, CEO of Dreamhost and co-founder of Inktank Storage, will lead a panel discussion with founders of a group of OpenStack… Continue reading The Entrepreneur’s Challenge: The Realities of Starting an OpenStack Company

Leveraging the power of OpenDaylight and OpenStack for Cyber Defense Networks

Powerful open source platforms like OpenDaylight and OpenStack are creating opportunities for Carriers to drastically redefine network level intelligence and agility. This presentation will discuss how Carriers can harness these platforms in an SDN environment to create a multi-layer Cyber Defense Network. This Intelligent, learning network can defeat the nemesis of ever increasing applicat…Full session… Continue reading Leveraging the power of OpenDaylight and OpenStack for Cyber Defense Networks

Testing The Limits of Cloud Networks

As more OpenStack clouds move into production, the limits of scale and performance of the cloud need to be known as a pre-requisite to building a predictable operations plan. PLUMgrid ONS is based on a fully distributed architecture that is built for scale. Since forwarding decisions are distributed and made at each individual server, every… Continue reading Testing The Limits of Cloud Networks

Bringing provider networks into OpenStack using L2 gateway

Cloud computing technologies like Neutron have made overlay networking a solution for multi-tenant environments: workloads, themselves virtualized, are interconnected through isolated logical networks that are layered on top of the physical networking. However, in typical data centers, not every machine is virtualized: “bare metal” servers are still common, as they run software that is not… Continue reading Bringing provider networks into OpenStack using L2 gateway