{"id":972,"date":"2011-05-25T15:36:03","date_gmt":"2011-05-25T20:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/?p=972"},"modified":"2011-05-25T15:36:03","modified_gmt":"2011-05-25T20:36:03","slug":"openstacks-big-day-at-citrix-synergy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/openstacks-big-day-at-citrix-synergy\/","title":{"rendered":"OpenStack&#8217;s Big Day at Citrix Synergy"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/citrix.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-973\" title=\"citrix\" src=\"http:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/citrix.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"114\" height=\"46\" \/><\/a>\n<p class=\"lead\">Today at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.citrixsynergy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Citrix Synergy,<\/a> the OpenStack project received another big boost with the announcement of <a href=\"http:\/\/deliver.citrix.com\/projectolympus\" target=\"_blank\">Citrix Project Olympus<\/a>. From the project&#8217;s website:<\/p>\n<p>Leveraging OpenStack, Project Olympus delivers the next generation in  cloud computing \u2013 a scalable, flexible, open-by-design cloud solution  that enables service providers and enterprise alike to build their own  cloud services.<\/p>\n<p>The early access program for Project Olympus gives users:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Citrix tested, certified and supported version of OpenStack<\/li>\n<li>A cloud-optimized version of XenServer<\/li>\n<li>Access to hardware<\/li>\n<li>Personalized design, engineering, training and support services<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The press release on this announcement from Citrix is available <a href=\"http:\/\/citrix.com\/English\/NE\/news\/news.asp?newsID=2311980\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. Feedback from the broader community on this announcement has been incredibly positive and I wanted to share a few blog posts:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Joseph George from Dell &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/jbgeorge.net\/2011\/05\/25\/one-giant-leap-for-cloud-citrix-dell-and-rackspace-step-up-with-openstack\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/jbgeorge.net\/2011\/05\/25\/one-giant-leap-for-cloud-citrix-dell-and-rackspace-step-up-with-openstack\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Billy Cox from Intel &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/communities.intel.com\/community\/openportit\/server\/blog\/2011\/05\/25\/let-s-just-leave-the-barn-door-open\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/communities.intel.com\/community\/openportit\/server\/blog\/2011\/05\/25\/let-s-just-leave-the-barn-door-open<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Barton George from Dell &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/bartongeorge.net\/2011\/05\/25\/citrix-to-launch-openstack-distro-with-a-little-help-from-rackspace-and-dell\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bartongeorge.net\/2011\/05\/25\/citrix-to-launch-openstack-distro-with-a-little-help-from-rackspace-and-dell\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Mark Collier from Rackspace &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rackspace.com\/cloud\/blog\/2011\/05\/25\/openstack-gains-enterprise-backing-a-peek-at-project-olympus\/?awesm=awe.sm_5LDI9&amp;utm_content=awesm-publisher&amp;utm_medium=awe.sm-copypaste&amp;utm_source=hootsuite.com\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.rackspace.com\/cloud\/blog\/2011\/05\/25\/openstack-gains-enterprise-backing-a-peek-at-project-olympus\/?awesm=awe.sm_5LDI9&amp;utm_content=awesm-publisher&amp;utm_medium=awe.sm-copypaste&amp;utm_source=hootsuite.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today at Citrix Synergy, the OpenStack project received another big boost with the announcement of Citrix Project Olympus. From the project&#8217;s website: Leveraging OpenStack, Project Olympus delivers the next generation in cloud computing \u2013 a scalable, flexible, open-by-design cloud solution that enables service providers and enterprise alike to build their own cloud services. 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