A status check on the rush to set up Clouds based on OpenStack. Below are some highlights as reported
- Internap built Open Public Cloud Internap based on "Cactus"
- Open Public Cloud is based on Compute of OpenStack
- Additional efforts beyond OpenStack focused on integrating with other Internap products and custom features such as billing and security
- Internap's has three cloud services: Open Public Cloud, Custom Public Cloud and XIPCloud Storage
- Custom Public Cloud is a VMware-based environment for enterprise users
- XIPCloud Storage is a storage environment using the OpenStack ObjectStorage (Swift) - launched as beta in January and was made generally available over the summer.
- Internap's Storage was the first storage deployment using ObjectStorage outside of hosting provider Rackspace.
- Other vendors launching OpenStack-based cloud include Rackspace, Hewlett-Packard, Dell and DreamHost
- HP's OpenStack offering is currently in private beta.
Related entries
* Internap announces its Open Public Cloud based on OpenStack: http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Cloud-Computing/Internap-Launches-First-OpenStack-Public-Cloud-Service-772113/
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