OpenStack joined together like-minded groups to build private clouds targeting higher value net-new workloads. In an era when private cloud success was low, early OpenStack implementations saw an unusual level of success. Forrester dives into the modern private cloud journey and impact of OpenStack on enterprises journeys. The OpenStack Foundation is one of the first modern open source organizations that seeks to meet even the demands of the Fortune 50 and be the testing ground for emerging standards. And although there are many drivers, leveraging OpenStack's peer-to-peer resource is potentially its greatest.
This session will cover the impact and adoption of OpenStack and the organization struggles enterprises face when building private cloud environments. This session also looks at the overall impact of open source movements on larger industry trends such as standards development.