Openstack 2016 Austin Highlights
Openstack 2016 Austin Highlights • Back to ‘roots’ to Austin, where it all started with just 75 attendees, now 7500 • Launched certification effort • Many IoT applications, Like Smart city on Pisek (Czech Republic) • Traction in Telco / NFV space – AT&T and Verizon on stage • Big companies using Openstack in production: Wolkswagen, eBay, Best Buy, Paypal, etc… • Traction in ISV Space – SAP presented, Workday mentioned • Mitaka (newest release) Focus: User Experience, Manageability, Scalability • Vibrant ecosystem, tons of startups and new services offerings • First Multi-Regional Openstack Public Cloud presented (Mellanox) • Collaboration: 2,336 developers, operator and users plus 293 organizations • Run OpenStack in containers – may solve know how issue Summary: Great keynotes, more of an enterprise conference, more VIPs/execs, many events at once, Openstack is all grown up and mature