The Product Working Group recently launched a Git repository to collect requirements ranging from encrypted storage to rolling upgrades.

Nick Gerasimatos, senior director of cloud services engineering at FICO, dives into the lack of persistent storage with containers and how Docker volumes and data containers provide a fix.

Is OpenStack ready for prime time (again), part of a revolution or limping along? Pundits weigh in on this and more in this week’s roundup.

Release manager Thierry Carrez admits that matching cycle names to versions is “non-trivial.”

DefCore defines capabilities, code and must-pass tests, creating the minimum standards for products labeled OpenStack.

Pundits say complexity and a “science project” reputation hinder OpenStack adoption and more in this week’s recap.

The free OpenStack testing sandbox is back — and it’s bigger, badder and better than ever.

The forces behind that new wave, VMware’s orbit and a quest for OpenStack instructors in our weekly roundup.

More than 150 attendees gathered to hear from users, including FICO and eBay Inc.

The job market, the death of the distro and the importance of OpenStack’s common culture in our weekend roundup.