The OpenStack Summit has finally concluded and it leaves us
with one important question: “What is the future of software-led
Infrastructure?”
But first, what is Software-led Infrastructure? Though the
future will be made up of commodity hardware such Intel chips, ARM
chips, Dell servers, HP servers, or Seagate drives, what will tie these
all together are the software, APIs, and the software infrastructure
that will allow hyperscale and cloud services to be provided.
There are a lot of categories in the software-led
infrastructure bucket, such as open source platforms like OpenStack
backed by Red Hat, HP and Rackspace; CloudStack which is led by Citrix,
and Eucalyptus. The second group is a cross between proprietary and
open source programs like Cloud Foundry, backed by EMC and VMware.
The third category is the proprietary hyperscale software
-led cloud providers such as Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, and
Microsoft Azure. The fourth is the open source hardware architecture
like the Open Compute Foundation.
The fifth category is the proprietary hardware-software
combination like VCE, Cisco, EMC, NetApp , HP’s converged infrastructure
and Dell’s converged infrastructure. And the last category is the
proprietary hyperscale cloud infrastructure service providers like
Amazon.
Wikibon Co-Founder and CTO David Floyer believes that
Amazon is the main player when it comes to enterprise computing as it
has a lot of customers, but there are a lot of emerging players such as
OpenStack which already has a lot of interesting users such as Best Buy
and NSA.
When asked what was the key takeaway in the just concluded
OpenStack Summit, Floyer stated that is what OpenStack has succeeded in
making by delivering “a software-led architecture that would not tie
them in specific hardware which will allow them the flexibility to move
quickly which is particularly important for cloud service providers.
They wanted the flexibility of being able to put it in and move it with
very little friction. They did not want the tie in of a proprietary
database for 20-year tie in or a proprietary hardware with all the
processes. They wanted that to be something that, if it didn’t work,
they could slot something else in.”
For more of Floyer’s analysis, checkout the full replay of this morning’s Live NewsDesk Show with Kristin Feledy, below.
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