Giles, Clayton thanks for your comments.
Folks I added a page in cwiki where we can catalog stories like these. If you have a story to share please create a sub-page under https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Why+we+picked+CloudStack and put a link in this page. > 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? > > [Animesh>]
