On Jan 23, 2013, at 9:18 PM, Giles Sirett <[email protected]> wrote:
> Animesh > > This is a topic that we discuss a lot with customers. We have many customers > who have evaluated both OS and CS and then choose CS. > > The customers that we work with like CS because it is a "product" that has > many real world deployments, as opposed to OS, which is (IMO) a "code > project" only right now > > The way I see it at the moment is it is wholly dependant on use-case: > > If you are a major vendor (with a massive budget) who wants to create a > propriety stack of your own (abstracted from the underlying core code), then > OS does offer a lot. But it requires a lot of work to get it in a usable > state. Great if you want to make it your own thing, but not great if you have > the usual, real world, time and cost constraints. > > However, many organisations (both public cloud providers such as telcos and > private cloud operators) want something that they can lift "out of the box" > quickly and easily. That’s where CS wins hands down at the moment. > > One of the most interesting anecdotes that I have is a media company over > here in UK. One of their lead architects is a OS guru (he wrote the > "Openstack cookbook" and now works for Rackspace!) and tried for months and > months to build them a small production cloud (including buying professional > services to help). They eventually gave up, and we built them a CS cloud in a > matter of days. > > We've got some case-studies coming out in the next few weeks which we'd be > happy to share with the community Giles, Yes please. We need more case studies. In general, we need users of CS to more vocal about how they are using it. I am happy to help anyone who wants to write a case study and publish it openly. -sebastien > > > Kind Regards > Giles > @shapeblue > > D: +44 20 3603 0541 | M: +44 796 111 2055 > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Animesh Chaturvedi [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 23 January 2013 19:11 > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [DISCUSS] "Arming" cloudstack supporters in "stack war" > bakeoffs.... > > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Alex Huang [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 10:54 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [DISCUSS] "Arming" cloudstack supporters in "stack war" bakeoffs.... >> >> Hi All, >> >> I like to discuss with the community how we can best "arm" cloudstack >> supporters in "stack war" bakeoffs. This is due to Ilya's email >> thread. I think his question and others like it will be repeated >> often. The community suggested an objective process to evaluate the >> various stacks: bakeoffs, which I'm supportive of. But it make sense that >> people don't just enter into >> these bake-offs blind. We should provide them with the information, >> experience and process to properly conduct cloudstack in these bakeoffs. >> However, I'm not sure what's the right combination to provide. So I >> like to start this topic to see what the community thinks. >> >> I asked this during cloudstack-meeting and Chip suggested Dave's runbook. >> That's a good starting point. Is there any other suggestions? >> >> There's a top level section in our wiki that makes sense for this. >> After we come up with the right combination, we can update the wiki >> and continue to update the wiki with more information. >> >> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Newbie >> >> Thanks. >> >> --Alex > > Folks wearing project management hats can you share any success stories and > real customer experience and reasoning in choosing cloudstack publically? > > > ShapeBlue provides a range of strategic and technical consulting and > implementation services to help IT Service Providers and Enterprises to build > a true IaaS compute cloud. ShapeBlue’s expertise, combined with CloudStack > technology, allows IT Service Providers and Enterprises to deliver true, > utility based, IaaS to the customer or end-user. > > ________________________________ > > This email and any attachments to it may be confidential and are intended > solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. Any views or > opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily > represent those of Shape Blue Ltd. If you are not the intended recipient of > this email, you must neither take any action based upon its contents, nor > copy or show it to anyone. Please contact the sender if you believe you have > received this email in error. Shape Blue Ltd is a company incorporated in > England & Wales.
