1. Importance Of OpenStack
An Outsider Perspective

2. What am I going to talk?
 Role of OSS in Cloud Computing
 Conventional Wisdom
 Debunking Conventional Wisdom
 Federation Is Key
 Cloud Wisdom
 Debunking Cloud Wisdom
 Open Source as an enabler of Federation
 Why OpenStack is important

3. Why I am talking here?
• Because I am an
analyst
• 30000 feet view
• No emotions
(Ideally)
• Activist analyst?
• Competitive market
is key

4. Open Source: Building Blocks For
Cloud
 Web Sites to Web Services to
Cloud: Open Source Is The Enabler
 License Freedom
 Economics
 Imagine AWS without OSS

5. Conventional Wisdom
• Mostly western
pundits
• Economics of
scarcity
• CONSOLIDATION
Meh

6. Why CW Worked?
 Market was mostly US
 Forced to believe in the economics
of scarcity
 Open source was relatively new
 Barrier to entry for non-software
products was very high

7. Debunking Conventional Wisdom
 World is flat and markets are global
 Global Investors making local play
 Handful of providers cannot meet
diverse needs
 Regulatory regimes are not going away
 Open source enlightenment

8. New Conventional Wisdom
 Economics of abundance
 Open source showed the way
 Innovation and monetization at higher
orders
 Technology is pushing the markets towards
this trend
 Competition is key for the market system to
be successful

9. Federated Clouds
Conventional Wisdom Open Source Thinking
(Economics of Scarcity) (Economics of Abundance)

10. Federated Clouds
 Federated Clouds as antidote against
market monopoly
 Federated clouds can meet global needs
including regulatory requirements
 Scalability? No worries. Federation can help
 Key for the Big Data world
 Different economics

11. Defining Federated Cloud
Ecosystems
 Multitude of players
 Heterogeneity of cloud platforms
 Interoperability and Portability
 No vendor lock-in
 Geographical distribution

12. Multitude of players
 Central to the very idea of federated
clouds
 Datacenters are not turning into football
fields
 Critical to protect against market
vulnerability - monopoly
 Community Clouds and Regional Clouds

13. Heterogeneity of Cloud
Platforms
 Federation is possible with just one platform
but
 Shifts the danger of market vulnerability to
the platform than the provider
 Monopoly is bad even if it is open source
 Heterogeneity handles diversity
 Complex Adaptive Systems & Heterogeneous
Environments

14. Interoperability and Portability
 Interoperability and Workload
portability are critical
 Needed to avoid any lock-in
 Don’t care about
standardization at this moment

15. Geographical Distribution
 Geographical distribution is key
 Requirement for multiple providers
not enough
 Needs are diverse (performance,
customization, etc.)
 Regulatory needs

16. Tim O’ Reilly School Of Thought
 Architecture
Triumphs
Licensing
 Focus on
Interfaces and
Formats

17. Open Cloud Initiative
 Open Cloud = No Vendor Lock In
 Open Cloud = Open Interfaces &
Open Formats
 But Weird Requirement: At least one
of the implementation should be
open source

18. What #OCI Can Achieve?
 It Can Avoid Vendor Lock-In
 Help You Ensure Business
Continuity
But, But, But ………

19. But?
 It Doesn’t Actually Help Users Much
Why?
 The “nature” of markets will lead to
smaller number of players

20. Apple Mantra
Less Choice Is Good, Right?

21. Ya Think?

22. So
Open Source and Federation are
key to enable a competitive
marketplace

23. Why Open Source?
Federation != Open Source

24. Why Open Source?

25. Why OpenStack Is Important?
 First truly OSS Cloud Infrastructure
project to gain widespread traction
 Distributed architecture enables next
gen services
 Vibrant ecosystem
 Both enterprise and service provider
focus

26. Conclusion
 Open Source = Rapid Innovation
 Federation = Competitive Cloud
Marketplace
 Open Source enables easy federation
and plays a role in keeping the market
honest
 OpenStack is critical

27. My Coordinates
Work: Principal Analyst, Rishidot Research
and Editor, CloudAve.com
Email: krishnan@krishworld.com
Twitter: @krishnan
Website: www.rishidot.com
Blog:
www.cloudave.com/author/krishnan/