Mirantis Offers Do-it-Yourself OpenStack
Dec 10, 2012
By David M. Fishman
Mountain View, California, December 10, 2012 – Mirantis, the largest OpenStack® systems integrator, today said it will offer Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Assist Services for OpenStack to help tech-savvy OpenStack adopters build their own vendor-neutral cloud platforms.
“We are seeing that the majority of OpenStack adopters today are looking to build an OpenStack cloud themselves. However, most still need some level of assistance on best practices in order to accelerate their efforts and ensure that projects are done correctly the first time,” explained Boris Renski, co-founder, Mirantis and OpenStack Foundation board member. “DIY Assist provides this extra boost to help companies achieve their cloud computing goals efficiently.”
DIY Assist for OpenStack incorporates services such as development of company-specific OpenStack reference architectures (hardware architecture and logical deployment architecture of OpenStack components), developer training, and short-term deployment support. It is available in three options – Lite, Basic, and Pro – so that companies can select the package that provides the level of assistance they require.
“Mirantis has been a very strong supporter of OpenStack. In addition to helping individual companies develop capabilities to deploy OpenStack Cloud, Mirantis has created programs that help the community grow,” said Alan Clark, chairman of the OpenStack Foundation “This new offering is again designed to expand adoption of OpenStack technology.”
“During the past two years, Mirantis delivered more than 30 OpenStack deployment and integration projects for some of the most well-known early adopters of the OpenStack platform, such as NASA, Internap, WebEx, Gap, and PayPal,” noted Adrian Ionel, CEO, Mirantis. “With DIY Assist for OpenStack, we are sharing our accumulated expertise with a broad group of early adopters in a manner that will help them create advanced OpenStack capabilities within their companies and fast-track their OpenStack deployments.”
“Vendor neutrality and openness is what makes OpenStack so appealing. Our mission at Mirantis is to accelerate adoption of the OpenStack platform without compromising its key appeal. DIY Assist is our next step in that mission,” continued Renski.
Mirantis has been a leader in the OpenStack movement since the open source project was introduced in 2010. The company has dedicated developers contributing to Quantum LBaaS, helps run the Bay Area OpenStack user group in Silicon Valley, and supported the establishment of the OpenStack Foundation. Mirantis also runs a training program to expand the pool of skilled engineering talent and expertise in OpenStack.The company’s ongoing ‘Boot Camps’ have become very popular and are usually sold out; the next one is December 13-14 in Mountain View, CA.
About Mirantis
Mirantis helps organizations achieve digital self determination by giving them complete control over their strategic infrastructure. The company combines intelligent automation and cloud-native expertise for managing and operating virtual machines, containers, Kubernetes, and cloud environments. Mirantis lets platform teams deliver a public cloud experience on any infrastructure, from the data center to the edge, with one cohesive cloud experience for complete application and operations portability, a single pane of glass, and automated full-stack lifecycle management, all based on open source using open standard APIs.
Mirantis serves many of the world’s leading enterprises, including Adobe, DocuSign, Inmarsat, PayPal, Societe Generale, and S&P Global. Learn more at www.mirantis.com.
