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OpenStack is Betamax to AWS VHS, and that’s totally ok, right? OpenStack Betamax - Amazon Web Services AWS VHS

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OpenStack is Betamax to AWS VHS, and that’s totally ok, right?

I woke up this a bit too early morning to yet another “OpenStack is dead, no it’s not” argument on the twitters. Generally, after hurling…

Tristan24/03/2017

OpenStack – you can’t innovate on retreads aptira openstack - Innovation on retreads - boy with large binoculars

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OpenStack – you can’t innovate on retreads

You can predict a company’s success with OpenStack, or any Software Defined Infrastructure (SDI), through a single question. The companies that achieve positive business outcomes…

Tristan23/09/2015

OpenStack: Product or… yeah, nah Too Many Pigeons

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OpenStack: Product or… yeah, nah

It's not my turn to aptirablog but as they say: "Someone is wrong on the Internet". I'm going to start with some fairly uncontroversial statements…

Aptira24/06/2015

Play time is over Roland's Offensive Progeny photo

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Play time is over

Everyone’s seen Randy’s talk right? Great! Did you see termie’s talk? Yay! OpenStack is doomed/needs serious work/needs a fork in it etc. This is true.…

Aptira18/06/2015

OpenStack and Diversity Diversity - Aptira OpenStack

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OpenStack and Diversity

The meteoric rise of the OpenStack project is a unique phenomenon in the world of OpenSource software. It has been helped by the years of…

Aptira01/06/2015

An alternative view of OpenStack, or how to encourage innovation by getting out of the way Roland Chan - Aptira COO - staff headshot

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An alternative view of OpenStack, or how to encourage innovation by getting out of the way

A while ago I had a little rant about Ceilometer and dangers of overreaching. A similar discussion has popped up in the OpenStack-Operators list, during which…

Tristan10/05/2015

Product Management lies dreaming … Aptira Woof Doge Wow Image

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Product Management lies dreaming …

This was originally posted to the product working group mailling list, which consists of people in influencing positions within their employer's OpenStack organisations. The group…

Tristan14/11/2014

What is Ceilometer’s Minimum Viable Product? Aptira Cloud Solutions