Thank you Kelly Much appreciated.
-----Original Message----- From: Kelly Hair [mailto:ke...@routerlab.net] Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 6:23 PM To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: CloudStack VS OpenStack - stack wars Ilya, A couple of links that may help from a recent article: http://www.cio.com/article/725641/Open_Source_Cloud_Battles_Openstack_Leveling_Off_as_Cloudstack_Interest_Gains and.. the article referenced above with some data behind it is: http://www.qyjohn.net/?p=2733 Regards, Kelly PS/disclaimer - I head up NE cloud development for Citrix so feel free to reach out to me @ kelly.h...@citrix.com if you need support, indemnification or any other items as part of your justification. On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 11:20 AM, Clayton Weise <cwe...@iswest.net> wrote: > One last thing which is that of maturity. Although the name "CloudStack" is > fairly new the project has been around for quite a bit more time than > OpenStack but just under the name VMOps and then cloud.com before being > acquired by Citrix and then eventually becoming Apache CloudStack. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sebastien Goasguen [mailto:run...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 1:15 AM > To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org > Subject: Re: CloudStack VS OpenStack - stack wars > > Ilya, it's a difficult one to answer on this list. > > However, if you try to remain objective I would point out some reading to > your management: > > -Dell is holding off on openstack cloud offering: > http://www.cloudecosystem.com/author.asp?section_id=1873&doc_id=256815 > > -HP cloud running on openstack is considered a fork (I could not find a more > recent article, so one would need to check this): > http://www.wired.com/insights/2011/09/hp-launches-cloud-beta-dell-warn > s-them-on-openstack-dont-fork-it-up/ > > -And the gartner "warning": > http://www.gartner.com/technology/reprints.do?id=1-1C3IGID&ct=120919&s > t=sb > > Other than that, I think the best thing to do is a 2 weeks bake off at your > company to evaluate what works best for your local constraints. > > -Sebastien > > > On Jan 23, 2013, at 1:35 AM, "Musayev, Ilya" <imusa...@webmd.net> wrote: > >> So would like to start by saying - I'm all for CS - I really like the >> community, what it offers and simplicity. >> >> With that in mind, I need help defending CloudStack vs OpenStack to my >> management team. >> >> Basically I was approached by management team saying they attended an >> executive meeting and there is a much greater adoption/usage rate for >> openstack vs cloudstack. I don't want to mention the numbers - but they are >> very significant. As a point of comparison, just go to any job site (I used >> linkedin job search feature) and use look for number of current opening for >> cloudstack and then openstack. >> >> With that in mind, I need help defending cloudstack - in house. >> >> If anyone did a bake off in house - that is recent, please help and >> contribute to this thread. >> >> I will the post it on wiki if no-one objects. >> >> Thanks >> ilya > --
