2013 was a very active year for the OpenStack board of Directors – and as a personal note, a very enjoyable year. When the Foundation launched in September of 2012, the critics were troubled that the Foundation would be led by such a large board of 24 members. Although 24 is large for a board,… Read more »
Posts By: Alan Clark
Addressing the topic of ‘Core’ through Spider
The word “core” carries with it a wide range of meaning and implication for those involved within the OpenStack community. What we’ve discovered through ongoing discussions is that the goals of one audience simply aren’t necessarily the goals of the other audiences – in fact, in some cases, they’re opposed! We first began the journey to refine the definition of core through… Read more »
Ripple Effect
I enjoying hiking, and one trek I enjoy is a climb to over 10,000 feet within the Great Basin National Park to a small lake called Stella Lake. Stella is very small and insignificant, if measured by size and depth. It sits at the foot of a small ancient glacier cirque sheltered by 13,000-foot Wheeler… Read more »
A Pretty Good Place to Be
One of the best things about my work with OpenStack is the excitement I get when I envision the impact the work we do here today will have on the IT departments of the (very near) future. Imagine a stay in a hospital, where instead of of nurses and med techs coming in every four… Read more »
Project Incubation Process Update is Underway
If you take a moment to view the different projects, committees and work groups that are currently underway within the OpenStack project, 2013 is looking to be a very exciting year for cloud computing. I could easily write an entire dissertation about the accomplishments the community will make this year now that the OpenStack Foundation… Read more »