In less than 15 minutes, Tony Lucas, Senior Vice President of Product at Flexiant, provides insights on what it takes for a cloud service provider to succeed today. He should know - after all, Flexiant already has more than 100 companies around the world using their cloud management software to create cloud services. (Hint: It isn't just about offering servers on demand!).

A massive build out of cloud infrastructure by service providers – including global telcos, traditional hosting providers, managed service providers and new specialized cloud service providers – has been underway for more than five years. Some, like Amazon, have developed their own proprietary cloud platform software. Others, like HP, have chosen open source software – in this case from OpenStack. Still others, like Bluelock, have chosen proprietary cloud platform software – in this case from VMware.

Today at the AWS re: Invent show in Las Vegas, Andy Jassy, Senior Vice President, Amazon Web Services (AWS) had a lot to say about how low gross margins for AWS are fundamentally disrupting the IT industry.  Jassy was in the process of slamming “old-guard technology companies” as well as the value of private clouds.  He said:

In just 14 minutes, Boris Renski, co-founder and chief marketing officer of Mirantis, provides a look into the recent progress as well as the future of OpenStack.

Based on his involvement in nearly 30 OpenStack projects and as a board member of the OpenStack foundation, Boris discusses his thoughts and opinions on: