OpenStack’s director: Why open source cloud should be the core of your data center

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Network World Data Center Alert May 03, 2016 OpenStack's director: Why open source cloud should be the core of your data center OpenStack has cemented itself as the dominant open source IaaS platform. But at the same time, more proprietary offerings from vendors like Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and VMware reign in the market. OpenStack Foundation Director Jonathan Bryce makes the case of why open source cloud should be the foundation of your data center. 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