- OpenStack is the dominant open source platform for Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) cloud computing. It has over 3000 developers from 180+ organizations contributing to the project, making it the fastest growing open source project in history.
- The IaaS market is expected to reach $6 billion in size within 4 years, and OpenStack will power a huge portion of this market. Proprietary cloud platforms offer easy adoption but with vendor lock-in, while OpenStack provides less risk of lock-in but is harder to deploy.
- Mirantis started as enthusiastic early adopters of OpenStack, organizing the first OpenStack Meetup. It has since grown to be a leading OpenStack consulting company and solutions provider, with over 60