| | December 20166CIOReviewCopyright © 2016 ValleyMedia, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher thereof.CIOReviewDECEMBER 02 - 2016Mailing AddressCIOReview44790 S. Grimmer Blvd Suite 202, Fremont, CA 94538T:510.402.1463, F:510-894-8405 DECEMBER 02 - 2016, Vol 05 SE 117 - Published by ValleyMedia, Inc. To subscribe to CIOReviewVisit www.cioreview.com OPENSTACK SPECIALCIOReviewEditorial StaffSalesAaron Pierce Ava Garcia Joe PhilipAlex D'Souza Jeffrey SamuelsNiko AltonLawrence Tselawrence@cioreview.comT: 510-565-7628VisualizersDave BrownManaging EditorJeevan GeorgeEditorialK. Manoj KumarOpenStack is running the world. It has become the Linux of infrastructure and cloud world--the de facto standard for the cloud. Today it is powering modern IT infrastructure in public and private clouds. Giants like AT&T are building their future networks on top of OpenStack. Yes, the revenue made compared to AWS is small--due to reasons such as it taking years to overcome its reputation for being complex and difficult to deploy--but that hasn't stopped the exponential growth rate of Openstack. In the past and currently, a major part of this revenue has come from service providers offering multi-tenant Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS). The future paints a different picture. Success will come for Openstack from the private cloud space and in providing hybrid-cloud orchestration for public cloud integration. This shift in focus toward the private cloud was clearly visible in the OpenStack Summit keynote speeches from Tech leaders--singing praises of OpenStack on the private cloud. In practice, many cloud vendors, including HPE, Internap, and OVH.com, offer virtual private cloud services or bare metal private cloud services based on OpenStack infrastructure.Though OpenStack has become a top priority and credible cloud option, it still has its shortcomings. For one, its appeal is limited to legacy applications and companies that are comfortable with AWS or Microsoft Azure. On the other hand, the perceived complexity associated with configuring, deploying, and maintaining OpenStack-based architectures does not help in increasing its popularity.But, putting aside these flaws, OpenStack will transgress across software-defined networking (SDN), network function virtualization (NFV), mobile, and Internet of Things (IoT) for both service providers and enterprises. This, in addition to its existing use cases in big data and lines of business.It maybe a tad bit difficult to transition to OpenStack, but there are an increasing number of solution providers and consultants in the ecosystem who can help make the job easy. In this edition, we present to you 20 of the most promising OpenStack Solution Providers of 2016. Leaf through the pages to know how these companies can help you with your business strategy.Jeevan George Managing Editoreditor@cioreview.comTowards New Waters
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