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OpenStack

A project originally started by NASA and Rackspace for delivering a cloud computing and storage platform. Today, OpenStack is a global collaboration of developers and technologists producing an open source cloud computing platform for public and private clouds.

The technology consists of a series of interrelated projects delivering various components for a cloud infrastructure solution. OpenStack software delivers a massively scalable cloud operating system consisting of three major components:

During the course of the past year, OpenStack has attracted more than 90 member organizations, including Dell, Citrix, Cisco and HP.

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