Citi Research on OpenStack

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1、CitiResearchEquities18April2013│25pagesSoftware(Citi)NorthAmerica

2、UnitedStatesIsOpenStackforRealandHowDoesItIndustryOverviewImpacttheSoftwareLandscape?WatchServiceProvidersFirst;RipplesWillCometoEnterpriseWalterHPritchard,CFAOpenStackIs"TooBigToFail"—Inthrees

3、hortyears,theopensourceOpenStack+1-415-951-1770initiativehasreachedbroad-basedindustrysupporttowardsanambitiousgoalofwalter.h.pritchard@citi.comprovidingacompletecloud-basedinfrastructureoffering.Atthispoint,whiletherestillisRobertChenriskoffragmentation(200+co

4、ntributing)thatwoulddelayenterpriseadoptionandevenrobert.chen@citi.comdiminishthescopeofOpenStack’seventualsuccess.However,ourtakeawayisthatsupportistoobroad(nearly200techcompanies)andthereissimplytoomuchmomentumbehindOpenStackdevelopmentforthebasecasetonotbeat

5、leastmoderatesuccess.InitialTractioninServiceProviders—Thelarge,integratedtechcompanies(IBM,HP,etc.)arebettingwithOpenStacktodeliverInfrastructureasaServiceeconomicsinlineAmazon’sAWS.TherearealsoanumberofWeb/InternetcompaniesusingOpenStacktounderlietheirnext-g

6、enapps.Enterprisetractionisscant,withmostwaitingforstabilityoftechnology,somethingthathashappenedwithportionsofOpenStack(compute,objectstorage)butnotall.Weexpectenterprisesthatwilllookforhybridcloudscenarios(private/public)willbeearlyadopters.OpenStackIsaViabl

7、eAlternative—Amazon’sAWSownsthepubliccloudandweexpectthatwhileOpenStackcanoffersomeofthesebenefits,AWSisandwilllikelybemorematureandhavegreaterscalethanOpenStackcompetitionforsometime.InnovationaroundOpenStackputsVMware’svCloudinitiativeinperspectiveandinourvie

8、w,VMwareissubstantiallybehind.WeexpectthistokeepalidonVMware’smultiplethisyear.Microsoft’sAzureismorematurethanOpenStackandisaviablecompetitorinhybridscenarios,butdoesn’thaveacomparableecosystemandlessmindsharearoundnext-genapplicationsthatdemandcloud-basedinfr

9、astructure.RedHatSharesComewitha"Leap”—InthreereleasesofOpenStack,RedHathasbecomethelargestcontributortoOpenStackandalsoannounceditsOpenStackdistributionwithcommercialsuppo