OpenstackSV

"Cloud platform," I would think.

@pgillin thanks for reply, I was thinking size of company? Is enterprise only Fortune 500 or something smaller?

It varies, but for non-retail, over $1B is considered pretty big. I'd say >$5B is true enterprise.

What the key messages HP wants to deliver about OpenStack?

@pgillin Sure thing, Home page is http://www8.hp.com/u...

Storage configuration is not simple

Biggest learning: "enterprise" is not monolithic

Recognizing cloud means more than advanced virtualization. Once that mind-shift occurs, the barriers quickly dissolve.

Storage configuration is not simple

Some enterprises want to get into the hardware, but most simply want to consume the resources.

More than anything else, mindset is slowing down enterprise adoption. Trying to take the new way and make it fit an old mold.

@robertcathey to me it's all about reference implementations and cultural mindset to move to hybrid now

Storage configuration is not simple

Almost like saying "Hey, we bought a plane to move faster but our policies don't allow us to use a runway."

There is significant enterprise adoption today. Unfortunately, "the enterprise" isn't often fond of publicly discussing their technology strategies. Makes it hard for the community to distribute more user stories.

@furrier Does this mean Private vs Public battle is over and Hybrid won?

Also, enterprises ARE adopting. Fast. http://superuser.ope...

In our #devops chat this morning we talked about automation here is the transcript of that chat http://www.via-cc.at...

I'm also seeing a skills gap in the enterprise. Any thoughts on how to ramp up OpenStack skills for existing talent?

Agree with @blueboxjesse - there's really a lot of enterprise adoption. We see more of it every 6 months on stage at the summits. https://www.openstac...

@furrier Interesting how most enterprises embracing OpenStack are doing it b/c they want "more better faster," not "your mess for less."

Is there confusion over how open OpenStack really is?

Some enterprises are going the managed/hosted route to avoid the skills gap altogether.

@pgillin How do you mean?

The enterprise should consider other OpenStack consumption methodologies. Distributions and DIY require scarce skill sets that aren't required by other types of consumption.

Enterprise-wide adoption or pockets in enterprises? Adoption usually begins with pilots

@scottsanchez Biggest barrier to adoption is just fear of unknown or refusal to adapt to new trends. Don't think that their app or workload is suited for the cloud, or refuse to change to work on cloud

Paul: Some companies are looking to sell a proprietary OpenStack on proprietary linux on proprietary hardware. That's where the confusion comes from IMO.

We need to be realistic in the ability of enterprises (and their software providers) to rewrite their applications to be cloud aware. The on-ramp is currently very binary.

@blueboxjesse Should the enterprise outsource their OpenStack environment first and learn how to grow and scale it?

That's the best approach. Doing so empowers them to focus on using OpenStack, not working ON OpenStack.

Not every enterprise has 20 engineers to dedicate to their OpenStack environment. Nor should they.

We run on a version of Linux created by HP.

@hphelioncloud I hear it is based on Debian

@zer0tweets That is correct.

Will RH certify RHEL to run on top of Debian based HP Helion distro?

@zer0tweets I do not know the answer to that. Prod Mgmt would be a good contact for that

@zer0tweets pretty sure that rhat won't certify at this pt

Yes, HP Helion is proud to be a community member and our Community Edition solution will be tested on all hardware, not just HP

@hphelioncloud All hardware? That's a challenging proposition and one of the largest obstacles of distributions. I'd love to hear more about the real life implementation of such wide spread testing.

All about open open open baby! :)

@blueboxjesse It was part of the announcement. Will look for link on more info about this testing.

@blueboxjesse The FAQ at https://docs.hpcloud... has an answer on that question for you

Do users really want "all hardware" options, or just "my hardware" option?

Sam Greenblatt was all over VMworld pumping up Dell converged solutions

@robertcathey The problem is that "my hardware" ends up meaning all hardware when you sell into such a wide marketplace.

@robertcathey I think my hardware but options is nice to customers looking for choice

@blueboxjesse The FAQ says we will release a list of tested hardware from several vendors. Agreed on the word "all" being too wide

Current list is still HP only ( https://docs.hpcloud... ), let's see if that changes in time.

Well, there's "will it work" vs "will it be supported"? Different things. ;)

@HPCloudAngel Well, what does "support" mean in the context of a community edition? FAQ answer notably avoids discussing product/enterprise version.