Comments on: Mirantis pitches a do-it-yourself OpenStack cloud http://gigaom.com/2012/12/10/mirantis-pitches-a-do-it-yourself-openstack-cloud/ Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:25:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Dee Illuminati http://gigaom.com/2012/12/10/mirantis-pitches-a-do-it-yourself-openstack-cloud/#comment-1266742 Tue, 18 Dec 2012 22:13:24 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=592415#comment-1266742 A working private cloud for just $9,000

Let a Canonical Engineer build a functioning OpenStack cloud on your premises, using Ubuntu Server 12.04 LTS. And it’s guaranteed to be up and running within five days.

http://www.ubuntu.com/cloud

You have to imagine that this is the way things will go

]]> By: Barb Darrow http://gigaom.com/2012/12/10/mirantis-pitches-a-do-it-yourself-openstack-cloud/#comment-1242058 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 02:47:29 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=592415#comment-1242058 @randy do you see fear of vendor lockin among prospective cloud buyers?

]]> By: randyb http://gigaom.com/2012/12/10/mirantis-pitches-a-do-it-yourself-openstack-cloud/#comment-1241554 Mon, 10 Dec 2012 21:23:23 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=592415#comment-1241554 Mirantis is a great company; however, I’m not sure that building your own custom island of technology is for everyone. Cloudscaling began life as a services business and built some awfully large clouds (including being the primary contractor on Internap). One lesson learned is that building custom clouds appears like a great idea upfront, but creates support and innovation problems over the long haul. It doesn’t make sense to invest in a custom DIY cloud unless your business really wants to own the infrastructure part of the stack.

For most, that’s not ideal and you should really look at a product-based solution with a business that has a strong track record and a technology stack that has a future.

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