OpenStack: Aligning forces for good 2017 Board Kick Off

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1 OpenStack: Aligning forces for good 2017 Board Kick Off MARK COLLIER

2 In 2013, in a galaxy far, far away (Portland)

3 : Each force grew #StrongerTogether Ecosystem: Added more than 600 companies as Members, sponsors and supporters of the Foundation and community Software: Thousands of regular contributors, dramatically improving usability, upgrades, networking on steady 6-month release cycle Users: Strong traction across large-scale enterprises, telecoms, universities & government agencies

4 2016 off to a strong start Most contributors to date Higher quality release Hosted largest Summit to date Demonstrated containers and OpenStack with Google & CoreOS Highlighted deployments by the largest companies in the world

5 The World #RunsOnOpenStack RETAIL/E-COMMERCE FINANCIAL TELECOM ACADEMIC/RESEARCH ENERGY MANUFACTURING ENTERTAINMENT SEE MORE USER STORIES AT OPENSTACK.ORG/USERS

6 Telecoms love the OpenStack Cloud OpenStack launches a new, more broadly relevant, release OpenStack Newton debuts, runs anything at almost any scale OpenStack Newton debuts with improved container features OpenStack Newton unites infrastructure OpenStack Newton designed to improve user experience OpenStack s latest release focuses on scalability and resilience OpenStack issues a Newton law for containers and virtualization OpenStack Newton serves up a heaping helping of scalability

7 20% more production deployments YoY Production / Full Operational Use (Production) Under development / in testing (Dev / QA) Proof of Concept September 2016 February 2016 September 2016 April 2015 November 2014 May 2014 November 2013

8 NPS scores for deployments trending up May NPS = 32 September NPS = 35 February NPS = 41 September NPS = Promoters Passives Detractors May 2015 = 243 September 2015 = 252 February 2016 = 313 September 2016 = 233

9 But as we ended year there were some disturbances in the force New case studies Interop progress Positive analyst reports Growth in China Opportunity with NFV Layoffs shook upstream morale and brand for the ecosystem More user confusion around role of container orchestration systems and AWS public cloud only message

10 2017: Return of the Jedi, 3 forces align again Ecosystem: Recruit and collaborate with key players in containers & NFV ecosystems; continue to harness massive China growth; focus on new delivery models (not just onprem DIY) Software: One Platform for bare metal, VMs, and containers will take work across teams; focus on innovation; PTG focused on breaking silos across projects Users: New User Committee comes to fruition; new Forum for tighter feedback loop; user survey + one-on-one dialog; upstream coaching for contributing organizations

11 Goal: One platform for bare metal, virtual machines & containers CHALLENGES Upstream morale shaken following layoffs, everyone regrouping No consensus on best way to deliver one platform, e.g. role of Nova, services to re-use from OpenStack vs consume from other communities Fragmented efforts at control plane layer: Fuel CCP, Kolla, OpenStack-Helm, Stackanetes, TripleO, SAP home grown solution takes time to find common patterns and more than one may be needed Adjacent communities (Docker, Kubernetes) have a lot of other priorities, not all actors view OpenStack positively INVESTMENTS Team dedicated to upstream (Kendall Nelson, Mike Perez, Thierry Carrez, Jeremy Stanley, Clark Boylan) Ecosystem team working with key players (Heidi Bretz, Ildiko Vanksa, Danny Carreno) Thierry leading effort to rationalize various control plane K8s efforts, leveraging ML + PTG & Forum to drive consensus (and TC) Dedicated staff joining Kubernetes community (Chris Hoge) Investing in relevant events (e.g. Kubecon, Community OpenStack Summit)

12 Perception Challenges CHALLENGES Public cloud is the only true cloud and that s AWS No one wants to manage their own infrastructure anymore Containers will replace OpenStack Contribution to OpenStack is declining Confusion about What is OpenStack? PROACTIVE RESPONSE Private cloud is what s next. Companies moving workloads from AWS to Private OpenStack, realizing major cost savings Ecosystem stepping up to offer private cloud with the hands-off benefits of public cloud (Platform 9, Rackspace, Mirantis, others) Containers are complementary & rapidly being integrated (Kolla, Fuel CCP, Kuryr, Magnum); highlight innovation & position non-nova centric deployments as a win Investment and contribution growing globally, focus more on ecosystem wins

13 Messaging Strategy Costs less, does more. Aggressively position cost savings & business value against AWS-only tactic in a multi-cloud world. Open Infrastructure. Position OpenStack as the home of open infrastructure and innovation in amongst the emerging technology landscape

14 Tactics: Going on the offense Pre-Ocata press tour: evolution of private cloud, new delivery models & innovation Revamp Project Navigator to expose more innovation and let OpenStack projects stand on their own (e.g. it s a win if someone uses Kubernetes + Keystone + Cinder) Large-scale campaign to change the perception of private cloud & OpenStack: cost savings, one platform, containers & SaaS enabling new consumption models Expand content focus for Summit & Superuser to broader open infrastructure theme to create a larger funnel: ex. Open Source Days in Boston Shift industry event strategy to relationship building & positioning amongst emerging technology landscape (KubeCon, DockerCon, even AWS re:invent) Shift appdev strategy from one to many to one to few key platforms that must work well on OpenStack Asks of the board: 1) Help with building relationships with adjacent communities and 2) Help shape the long term vision, working hand in hand with the TC and rest of technical community.

15 THANKS. Have a good time with OpenStack openstack OpenStackFoundation