10 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.

Dominant 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.”

De 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.

Widespread Market Coverage

4 - Widespread Market Coverage

OpenStack harnesses the innovation of 555 companies from 177 countries.

Global 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.

Broad 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.

Fortune 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.

OpenStack 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).

Why 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.

Barriers 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.

Consuming 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.

Darryl K. Taft

Content Writer

Darryl K. Taft covers the development tools and developer-related issues beat from his office in Baltimore. He has more than 10 years of experience in the business and is always looking for the next scoop. Taft is a member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and was named 'one of the most active middleware reporters in the world' by The Middleware Co. He also has his own card in the 'Who's Who in Enterprise Java' deck.