OpenStack, the world's most widely adopted open source
infrastructure software, is enjoying a surge in adoption, spurred
by organizations seeking alternatives to VMware and open source
stacks to support AI/ML workloads
SUWON, South Korea, Sept. 2,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Open Infrastructure Summit Asia
— Attendees at the sold out OpenInfra Summit Asia this week will be
the first to hear directly from some of the largest tech companies
in the world the "inside story" about how and why they are using
open source hardware and software to power their businesses.
Representatives from Ant Group, AMD, Huawei, Hyundai, KT Cloud,
Meta, Microsoft, and Samsung are among the keynote presenters. The
summit will also highlight a significant surge in OpenStack
adoption, attributed largely to the software's popularity as a
VMware alternative and its unique suitability for supporting
artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML) and other high
performance computing (HPC) workloads.
"OpenStack allows us to avoid vendor lock-in and allows us to
customize our infrastructure to meet our specific needs," explained
Tad Van Fleet, GEICO distinguished
architect. "We can integrate various open-source tools and
platforms, which is something we couldn't do with proprietary
systems."
The exponential growth in OpenStack momentum is reflected in a
2024 report published by Mordor Intelligence, OpenStack Services
Market Size & Share Analysis - Growth Trends & Forecasts.
The findings indicate that the OpenStack market is estimated at
22.81 billion US dollars in 2024 and
is expected to reach US$91.44 billion
by 2029, growing at a CAGR of 32%.
***Learn more about OpenStack and its ecosystem of supporting
organizations as well as other Open Infrastructure software
projects: Kata Containers, StarlingX and Zuul.***
***Migrations from VMware to OpenStack Accelerating***
Following the acquisition of VMware by Broadcom, many VMware users
are anticipating extreme price increases. Cloud analysis firm Cloud
Bolt surveyed 300 VMware users and found that 73% expect more than
a 100% price hike under Broadcom's ownership. Worried about their
bottomline, many VMware users are looking for alternatives and
choosing OpenStack.
A white paper published today by the OpenInfra Foundation —
Migrating from VMware to OpenStack: Optimizing your Infrastructure
to Save Money and Avoid Vendor-Lock-in — documents many reasons to
move from VMware to OpenStack, ranging from technical to pragmatic
business reasons. The paper, authored by veteran technology
journalist Steven J.
Vaughan-Nichols, also explores important considerations for
migration and support options offered by numerous vendors in the
OpenStack ecosystem. One such option, MigrateKit, will be
demonstrated live during the summit keynote.
GEICO, an American insurance giant, is currently making the
migration from VMware to OpenStack. "OpenStack allows us to avoid
vendor lock-in and allows us to customize our infrastructure to
meet our specific needs," explained Tad Van
Fleet, GEICO distinguished architect. "We can integrate
various open-source tools and platforms, which is something we
couldn't do with proprietary systems. Additionally, OpenStack's
community-driven development model means we can contribute back and
benefit from innovations made by others."
***Synergy of "Open Infrastructure Blueprint" Drives OpenStack
Adoption***
Open infrastructure can scale and integrate with other technologies
to reach the needs of almost any use case. One collection of open
source projects in particular has gained prominence and wide-spread
adoption as a powerful, top-to-bottom, open source infrastructure
stack: Linux, OpenStack and Kubernetes.
As explored in a second white paper to be released today by the
OpenInfra community, this "Open Infrastructure Blueprint" empowers
users to deploy container-based, virtual machine-based, and bare
metal-based workloads in the same infrastructure instead of
dividing up workloads across multiple infrastructure providers. In
particular, using OpenStack and Kubernetes together produces
multiple opportunities to enhance the functionality of both
platforms beyond what they each provide on their own. The unique
ability for OpenStack and other open source projects to seamlessly
integrate is illustrated through the OpenInfra Universe, an
evolving landscape of the open source solutions to build open
infrastructure.
These advantages are being embraced by thousands of users of all
sizes and across industries, including many "mega-users" running a
million cores or more of OpenStack.
***Open Infrastructure Drives Innovation Amid Global IT Industry
Challenges***
Organizations have different infrastructure needs today due to
rapidly evolving technologies and global IT industry challenges,
ranging from licensing changes, open hardware integration, and
digital sovereignty to supporting AI workloads and increased
security concerns. During his keynote address, Mark Collier, COO of the OpenInfra Foundation,
will describe how the OpenInfra community is addressing each of
these trends by applying its software formula for open development
to drive worldwide innovation.
"The strength of the OpenInfra community is its ability to
collaborate globally to create the software the world needs to
power advancement," said Collier. "Ten years ago, the largest
mobile carriers in the world came to our summit and told our
community they needed open source network function virtualization
to prepare for 4G and 5G, and we delivered. Now nine out of the 10
largest telcos in the world run OpenStack. We're going to do it
again for this next generation of infrastructure by bringing
everybody together, identifying the gaps, and working to manage the
upstream development process. As we'll see at OpenInfra Summit
Asia, the work is already well underway with multiple projects and
contributors from all over the world."
Collier will point to specific examples, including:
- The eight largest banks in France are using OpenStack to address digital
sovereignty.
- The OpenInfra Foundation is collaborating with the Open Compute
Project, whose conference is collocated at the Summit, to address
open hardware solutions.
- OpenInfra Foundation ecosystem members are responding to the
demand for OpenStack as a VMware alternative, with 60% of surveyed
members already helping at least one customer migrate.
- Microsoft and NVIDIA have tapped Kata Containers to provide
security for Azure and GPU workloads, respectively.
- The fastest supercomputer in the UK is under construction, with
OpenStack included in the foundational stack.
- NexGen Cloud, one of the top 10 buyers of NVIDIA GPUs, is
powered by OpenStack.
- OpenStack Caracal included support in Nova for live migrations
of vGPUs.
Also during today's keynotes, Dr. Youngjoo Han, vice president and head of Cloud
Development Group at Hyundai Motor Group, will highlight OpenStack
momentum in the Asia region and
present Hyundai's journey of developing HCloud, Hyundai Motor
Group's private cloud. HCloud, which includes a compute service
based on OpenStack, hosts and supports the connected car service,
enabling features such as remote engine start with climate control,
on-demand diagnostics and alerts, remote door lock and unlock, and
more, for over 10 million vehicles worldwide.
***About OpenInfra Summit Asia***
OpenInfra Summit Asia is the first OpenInfra Summit to be developed
by the community for the community. Hosted by the OpenInfra Korea
User Group in collaboration with fellow organizers from various
regions of Asia, the event on
September 3 - 4 is co-located with
the OCP Regional Summit APAC at the Suwon Convention Center in
Suwon, South Korea. Headline
sponsors are KTCloud and Samsung; a list of additional sponsors is
available at https://2024.openinfraasia.org/sponsors/. Video
recordings of keynote sessions will be posted by the end of the
month.
***About the Open Infrastructure Foundation***
The OpenInfra Foundation builds communities who write open source
infrastructure software that runs in production. With the support
of over 110,000 individuals in 187 countries, the OpenInfra
Foundation hosts open source projects and communities of practice,
including infrastructure for AI, container native apps, edge
computing
Media Contact
Allison Price, OpenInfra
Foundation, 5128278633, allison@openinfra.dev,
www.openinfra.dev
Robert Cathey, Cathey
Communications, 8653866118, robert@cathey.co, www.cathey.co
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