OpenStack and its potential impacts on developing countries Vietnam update. 08/11/2013 Hong Kong OpenStack Summit

1. OpenStack and its potential
impacts on developing countries
Vietnam update.
08/11/2013
Hong Kong OpenStack Summit
Nguyen The Trung
DTT CEO and
VietOpenStack founder

2. VFOSSA, Ho Chi Minh, Danang city, Ministry of Transportation, Health, Statistics
Companies: Netnam, VNG, DTT …

3. E-SCHOOL?
E-HEALTH?
Hoangsa
Archipelago
Truongsa
Archipelago
E-GOVERNMENT?
SMART CITY?
90 millions people, 50% below 30 years old.
Fastest growing mobile users in the world.

4. OpenStack's vision in Vietnam
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The OpenStack Open Source Cloud Mission: to produce the
ubiquitous Open Source Cloud Computing platform that will meet
the needs of public and private clouds regardless of size, by being
simple to implement and massively scalable.
To power Vietnam economy growth with Open
Source OpenStack cloud technologies that
Vietnamese can openly collaborate and
innovate with global partners and friends.
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5. Viet OpenStack facts
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Start date : 29/11/2012
Members: about 300
Active: about 100
Google Group:
https://groups.google.com/d/forum/vietnamopenstack?hl=vi
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VietOpenStack
Mail Openstack-vi Archives :
http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-vi
Mailing lists : openstackvi@lists.openstack.org
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6. How are we growing
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Steadily getting attention from
ISP, Universities, Government,
Enterprises.
Ho Chi Minh City
Activities:
- 5 meet ups since 11/2012
- participate in 2 national
conferences
- Organize VFOSSA Summer
of Code project in OpenStack
Focus:
Government and Students
Reason: Culture
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7. Culture
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This is not just about
technologies, it’s an attempt to
build a community in Vietnam
that has no difference from the
world in terms of mission, spirit
and practice.
Vietnam
OpenStack
Ho Chi Minh City
Hence the Culture
challenges:
 Trust: who reach out first.
 Collaboration: Open ><
Closed
 Innovation: Strategic &
Disruptive >< Tactical &
Practical
 Motivation: from with-in ><
commercials driven
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8. How to sustain and growth
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Community governance: DTT hands over the community to run by itself ( In progress),
More meetups, new website.
Gain more mindshare: Work with Influencers to ensure the community continued to gain
recognition:
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Government agencies: outreach to all CIOs, CTOs
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Association: join various association: VFOSSA, HCA, DSA …
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Users out reach:
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Success stories:
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2 government agencies – production before Atlanta Summit
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2 ISP case studies – in progress, production before Atlanta Summit
2 Financial & enterprises case studies – to be done
Public Test Cloud:
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The first OpenStack test cloud to be launched in Q1, 2014
Universities and students:
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Develop a Vietnamese training curriculumn
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More meet ups in university
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9. Some recommendations
The board to set some strategy for developing countries that:
 Take into account of delayed awareness versus commercials driven forces
 Set to solve some big practical problem for developing countries
 Help to spread the OpenStack culture, multiply and adapting to local culture
 Have someone dedicated for this.
The user committee / marketing to have some plan for:
Gaining mindshare from potential users at developing countries
Survey why users leave OpenStack for others
Websites in other languages
The community in general to set some outreach program for developing
countries by:
Have a volunteers hub
World tour of OpenStack VIPs
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10. Thank you.
Drop me a line: trung@dtt.vn
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