Assessing the growth of OpenStack within Australia, Aptira’s COO Roland Chan said “I was pleasantly surprised by the number of Australian enterprises that showed up to OpenStack Australia Day, and of those that attended and advocated uptake. This means we’re starting to see more innovative thinking from Australian enterprises in this area. There’s a lot of value to be unlocked in OpenStack so it’s a really positive indication for the future.”

“There’s obviously a lot of interest in the local market but I think we are going to see a real ramp up in the coming 12 to 18 months with regards to actual OpenStack adoption,” said Keiran McCartney, Alliances & Solutions Manager at NetApp and Solidfire.

“We didn’t even think, a few years ago, that OpenStack could be a fundamental building block for the strategic choice of next generation carrier networks via Network Functions Virtualisation, but it just happened.” says Peter Jung, Business Development Manager at Red Hat.

Events such as OpenStack Australia Day, and the upcoming OpenStack Government Day help develop deeper understanding of the benefits of OpenStack among the community through user case studies, the exchange of feedback, technical sessions, live demonstrations and workshops.

Following the success of the first OpenStack Australia Day, several more Australian OpenStack events are planned between now and the OpenStack Summit in Sydney in November next year. These include the aforementioned OpenStack Government Day to be held in Canberra in November this year, the second OpenStack Australia Day in Melbourne in May 2016 and a collaboration with GovHack in mid 2017.

Hosted by Aptira, and supported by the OpenStack Foundation, these events will be held in addition to the long running Australian OpenStack User Group which meets quarterly in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Canberra.

“We can’t do this without awesome volunteers who help us put these [OpenStack events] on all over the world,” said Jonathan Bryce, Executive Director of the OpenStack Foundation. “So thank you to everybody that made OpenStack Day Australia possible.”

About Aptira

Aptira is the leading provider of OpenStack in Asia-Pacific, providing cloud solutions and technology consultancy to meet the most demanding technology specifications for a wide range of organisations in telecommunications, media, finance, retail, utilities and government. With offices in Australia, India, Taiwan and Hungary, Aptira is a growing global business as its reputation for high quality services expands.

As the founder and prime motivator of the OpenStack community in Australia and India, the company is committed to the idea that what it is doing for its customers today will be mainstream tomorrow.

For more information, please visit aptira.com or follow Aptira on Twitter: @Aptira

About OpenStack

OpenStack® is the most widely deployed open source software for building clouds. Enterprises use OpenStack to support rapid deployment of new products, reduce costs and improve internal systems. Service providers use OpenStack to give customers reliable, easily accessible cloud infrastructure resources, supporting technologies including platforms and containers. OpenStack powers clouds for many of the world’s largest brands, including AT&T, Bloomberg, Cisco Webex, Disney, Fidelity and Walmart. Nearly 500 companies and 23,000 individuals across more than 150 countries are supporters of the project.

For more information on OpenStack, please visit openstack.org or follow OpenStack on Twitter: @OpenStack

To stay up to date with the latest OpenStack news and events in Australlia, please visit australiaday.openstack.org.au or follow OpenStackAU on Twitter: @OpenStackAU

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