“Systems that optimize for diversity are stronger, faster, smarter, and infinitely more adaptable,” says Gretchen Curtis of Piston.

The life of an OpenStack operator is always interesting, says Matt Fischer. “There’s no shortages of things to fix, things to improve, and things to learn, and that’s why I love it.”

Two Blue Box engineers share a first-hand account of the problems and solutions that they’ve encountered in their experience operating OpenStack clouds.

How the e-commerce giant performed a seamless migration from the Folsom Nova-network to Havana Neutron.

Flavio Percoco, Zaqar PTL, describes the updates we can expect to see in the Kilo release cycle.

“Because of the experience and success we’ve had with OpenStack, Budd Van Lines is ordering specific hardware and newer equipment that will end up in production.”

Part 2 of Lew Tucker’s Paris Summit session reveals the strategy guiding Cisco’s corporate strategy as it relates to OpenStack.

“Our OpenStack implementation has allowed our engineers to take an idea for an improvement or new service and begin building that idea in seconds – delivering new levels of speed and agility for the team.”

“Shifting workloads to OpenStack improves reliability, reduces time to deployment, reduces costs, and enables our application teams to adopt a devops culture.”

Wes Jossey, Tapjoy’s Head of Operations, outlines the company’s success with OpenStack during the Paris Summit