2. What am I going to talk?
Role of OSS in Cloud Computing
Conventional Wisdom
Debunking Conventional Wisdom
Federation Is Key
Cloud Wisdom
Debunking Cloud Wisdom
Open Source as an enabler of Federation
Why OpenStack is important
3. Why I am talking here?
• Because I am an
analyst
• 30000 feet view
• No emotions
(Ideally)
• Activist analyst?
• Competitive market
is key
4. Open Source: Building Blocks For
Cloud
Web Sites to Web Services to
Cloud: Open Source Is The Enabler
License Freedom
Economics
Imagine AWS without OSS
6. Why CW Worked?
Market was mostly US
Forced to believe in the economics
of scarcity
Open source was relatively new
Barrier to entry for non-software
products was very high
7. Debunking Conventional Wisdom
World is flat and markets are global
Global Investors making local play
Handful of providers cannot meet
diverse needs
Regulatory regimes are not going away
Open source enlightenment
8. New Conventional Wisdom
Economics of abundance
Open source showed the way
Innovation and monetization at higher
orders
Technology is pushing the markets towards
this trend
Competition is key for the market system to
be successful
9. Federated Clouds
Conventional Wisdom Open Source Thinking
(Economics of Scarcity) (Economics of Abundance)
10. Federated Clouds
Federated Clouds as antidote against
market monopoly
Federated clouds can meet global needs
including regulatory requirements
Scalability? No worries. Federation can help
Key for the Big Data world
Different economics
11. Defining Federated Cloud
Ecosystems
Multitude of players
Heterogeneity of cloud platforms
Interoperability and Portability
No vendor lock-in
Geographical distribution
12. Multitude of players
Central to the very idea of federated
clouds
Datacenters are not turning into football
fields
Critical to protect against market
vulnerability - monopoly
Community Clouds and Regional Clouds
13. Heterogeneity of Cloud
Platforms
Federation is possible with just one platform
but
Shifts the danger of market vulnerability to
the platform than the provider
Monopoly is bad even if it is open source
Heterogeneity handles diversity
Complex Adaptive Systems & Heterogeneous
Environments
14. Interoperability and Portability
Interoperability and Workload
portability are critical
Needed to avoid any lock-in
Don’t care about
standardization at this moment
15. Geographical Distribution
Geographical distribution is key
Requirement for multiple providers
not enough
Needs are diverse (performance,
customization, etc.)
Regulatory needs
16. Tim O’ Reilly School Of Thought
Architecture
Triumphs
Licensing
Focus on
Interfaces and
Formats
17. Open Cloud Initiative
Open Cloud = No Vendor Lock In
Open Cloud = Open Interfaces &
Open Formats
But Weird Requirement: At least one
of the implementation should be
open source
18. What #OCI Can Achieve?
It Can Avoid Vendor Lock-In
Help You Ensure Business
Continuity
But, But, But ………
19. But?
It Doesn’t Actually Help Users Much
Why?
The “nature” of markets will lead to
smaller number of players
25. Why OpenStack Is Important?
First truly OSS Cloud Infrastructure
project to gain widespread traction
Distributed architecture enables next
gen services
Vibrant ecosystem
Both enterprise and service provider
focus
26. Conclusion
Open Source = Rapid Innovation
Federation = Competitive Cloud
Marketplace
Open Source enables easy federation
and plays a role in keeping the market
honest
OpenStack is critical
27. My Coordinates
Work: Principal Analyst, Rishidot Research
and Editor, CloudAve.com
Email: krishnan@krishworld.com
Twitter: @krishnan
Website: www.rishidot.com
Blog:
www.cloudave.com/author/krishnan/