OpenStack: Opportunities in Europe

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OpenStack: Land of Opportunities OpenStack in Action 3 Paris, 29 th November 2012

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StackOps creates the most reliable OpenStack Distro and a suite of products built for the enterprise. In this presentation, Arturo Suarez, Founder and COO, explains why the Adoption of Cloud Computing in Europe is 2 years behind, what are the reasons, the players and how OpenStack is the platform that, due to its great flexibility, can help Europe close the gap. Presentation done in Paris, November 29, 2012

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OpenStack: Land of Opportunities

OpenStack in Action 3

Paris, 29th November 2012

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StackOpsScaling your business in The Cloudhas never been so easy.

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Agenda

What: Europe is behind in cloud adoption

Why: inhibitors

Who: drivers

How: OpenStack, what else?

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FactsEurope’s cloud adoption is 2 years behind that of the US.Source: Every single analysis firm

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Considerations: CulturalCentral Control & Planning. High customization, innovation.

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Considerations: LegalDifferent legislations per country, region, sector, type of data stored

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Considerations: TechnologyEuropean B2B infrastructure providers turn complexity into a business opportunity

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Considerations: BusinessSmall markets, lower scale economics. No local Vendors: HW, SW, Service Providers. Less/more start-ups

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Considerations: FinancialHave you seen one of these lately?

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DriversPublic Administrations, Service Providers, Start-ups, Educational - Research

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Our VisionOpenStack has all the ingredients to become the dominant cloud platform also in Europe

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Datacenter Colonization

It’s not the Strong but Those Who Adapt to Change Who Survive

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Local MattersFactors for adoption are weighted differently across different countries

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Flexibility MattersEnables the use of OpenStack, extends OpenStack. Be water

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Toolkit Distro Product OpenStack on Steroids

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Business strategies to deployment and operations

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Don’t make me spend

I have already invested tons of money in hardware, storage solutions, monitoring

systems. Reutilize them

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Don’t make me think

If I have to learn OpenStack, or manage complex recipes to deploy it and operate it, I

might not go for it.

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Don’t make me change

…my business model, I have been doing business for years. Any change needs to be non-disruptive to my business or that of my customer

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The Ecosystem is RelevantEnables the use of OpenStack, extends OpenStack

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Ease of use

Ease of access

Integration

New applications

New services

Simplicity

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