OpenStack – a plethora of innovations

It might be confusing to understand the state of the art of innovation when it comes to OpenStack software offerings. The rise of this open source project has been unique since its birth 14 years ago. Through its different releases, the OpenStack community has kept developing what a private cloud solution can offer based on ongoing technology trends. When the first releases of Kubernetes (container orchestration technology) were made public, subsequent OpenStack releases quickly dedicated a cycle to include services around the OpenStack ecosystem that would facilitate container management out of the box. One of the OpenStack success stories is undoubtedly its vision of staying one step ahead. There is a clear reason why OpenStack remains the fourth largest open source community worldwide: trust in its main core services. Since the first days of OpenStack, mid and large enterprises have invested and keep contributing to its software to boost...