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    10 Reasons for Enterprises to Adopt OpenStack

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    Darryl K. Taft
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    April 19, 2016
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      110 Reasons for Enterprises to Adopt OpenStack

      1 - 10 Reasons for Enterprises to Adopt OpenStack

      Flexibility, low cost and openness are just a few of the benefits of OpenStack. Here are other reasons why it is so appealing to the enterprise.

      2Dominant Platform for Private Cloud

      2 - Dominant Platform for Private Cloud

      In a September 2015 brief, Forrester Research called OpenStack “the dominant platform for private cloud.”

      3De Facto Standard in the Enterprise

      3 - De Facto Standard in the Enterprise

      Just as Linux became the enterprise standard for mainstream workloads, so is OpenStack becoming the standard for cloud platforms.

      4Widespread Market Coverage

      4 - Widespread Market Coverage

      OpenStack harnesses the innovation of 555 companies from 177 countries.

      5Global Footprint

      5 - Global Footprint

      OpenStack is prominent all over the world. Forty-four percent of OpenStack users are in North America, 28 percent in Asia and 22 percent in Europe.

      6Broad Industry Adoption

      6 - Broad Industry Adoption

      OpenStack continues to gain adoption across a variety of industries including film and media, retail, finance and insurance, consumer goods and manufacturing.

      7Fortune 100 Companies Rely on OpenStack

      7 - Fortune 100 Companies Rely on OpenStack

      Notable Fortune 100 enterprises such as BMW, Disney and Wal-Mart depend on OpenStack, proving its viability for production environments.

      8OpenStack Benefits for Enterprises

      8 - OpenStack Benefits for Enterprises

      OpenStack provides many benefits for the enterprise, including horizontal scaling, many availability zones, high availability and role-based access control (RBAC).

      9Why Enterprises Choose OpenStack

      9 - Why Enterprises Choose OpenStack

      Enterprises are looking to OpenStack as a platform to help them design and build net-new applications, get products to market faster, minimize technology dependencies and avoid expensive software licensing fees.

      10Barriers to OpenStack Adoption

      10 - Barriers to OpenStack Adoption

      Despite continued growth in the use of OpenStack, barriers to OpenStack adoption still exist. They include complexity, a skills shortage and perceptions of immaturity.

      11Consuming OpenStack as a Managed Service

      11 - Consuming OpenStack as a Managed Service

      Using a company like Rackspace helps to simplify the use of OpenStack as enterprises can access OpenStack as a service.

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