Accelerating OpenStack Deployments with Enterprise Storage

Growth in open solutions such as OpenStack will outpace the traditional Compute and Storage segments and be the predominant driver for growth in the coming years. Accelerating this growth will require a diverse set of storage solutions as deployments migrate from POC to Production and into an Enterprise Data Center. This discussion will explore the… Continue reading Accelerating OpenStack Deployments with Enterprise Storage

OpenStack: One Keystone to Rule them all

Traditionally, the focus has been on configuring and deploying Keystone in single cloud / single data center. The enterprise clouds are generally spread across multiple data centers. What happens to authentication and authorization platform across multiple data centers? How do users from one data center access resources in 10 other data centers? At Symantec, we… Continue reading OpenStack: One Keystone to Rule them all

Why the Heck is my Openstack Not Working?!

Basic introduction to machine data/log analysis Everyone will receive devstack VM with broken OpenStack installation. Prerequisite is to have Virtual box . We will touch base into core openstack components like Nova,Neutron,Cinder,Glance,Heat Your goal is to: 1.Plug your installation into troubleshooting platform 2.Check your installation 3.Diagnose

Delivering a Carrier-Grade Platform with OpenStack: From Sprints to Marathons

Telco Network Equipment Vendors (NEPs) and Communication Services Providers (CSPs) are fast moving from Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) solutions in their respective labs to real world deployments with OpenStack as the overwhelming Cloud Operating System. NFV deployments pose a number of additional unique challenges over any traditional enterprise cloud deployment and vendors are looking up… Continue reading Delivering a Carrier-Grade Platform with OpenStack: From Sprints to Marathons

OpenStack Enhancements to Support NFV Use Cases

At the last Summit, we presented “Developing OpenStack as a Framework for NFV”. Here, we will present an update covering the structure and operation of the Telco Working Group, its relationship with other OpenStack groups, and industry initiatives such as ETSI-NFV and Open Platform for NFV. We will deep dive on leveraging features to deploy… Continue reading OpenStack Enhancements to Support NFV Use Cases

Detecting targeted cyber attacks in the cloud

These days, we see an increasing number of cyber-attacks affecting both public and private clouds. According to reports by antivirus companies, clouds can be used by botnets as well as by special services or cyber criminals to run targeted attacks with the purpose of collecting sensitive information in enterprise networks or government institutions. Current detection… Continue reading Detecting targeted cyber attacks in the cloud

Dreamhost: DreamCompute and the COCO Stack

OpenStack is a broad, complex project, with many components and countless decisions to make on the path to building a cloud. Come learn from DreamHost’s years of operational experience with OpenStack, and how our DreamCompute public OpenStack cloud helped us discover the best model for building and scaling. The stack of the 90’s was the… Continue reading Dreamhost: DreamCompute and the COCO Stack