AT&T, one of the leading worldwide providers of IP-based communications services, is joining OpenStack — a world-wide collaboration of developers and cloud computing experts. OpenStack is focused on producing open-source cloud computing platforms for public and private clouds. The industry group plans to deliver solutions for all kinds of clouds by making the implementation simple, scalable and full of useful features.
Jim Curry, Chief Stacker of OpenStack, was upbeat about the AT&T endorsement at the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. OpenStack is dedicated to providing “the same benefits for large-scale cloud computing that the Linux standard provided inside the server,” Curry said. The AT&T endorsement
would strengthen OpenStack’s importance in the marketplace. AT&T, meanwhile, would be getting another tool to offer a broader range of cloud services to its enterprise customer market.
In line with its association with OpenStack, AT&T has also launched
its Cloud Architect service which would help mobile developers with the design of new cloud services. Cloud Architect will be available in the next few weeks and
developers will be able to create various computing instances for both small- and
medium-sized businesses.
AT&T is one of the leading worldwide providers of IP-based communications services to business enterprises. The company is also America’s fastest mobile broadband network with the widest global coverage of any U.S. wireless carrier. AT&T is already operating data centers, but has been tentative in entering the cloud services market.
OpenStack was put together by Rackspace and NASA in the beginning.
It has become a worldwide community of software developers working together on a standard and scalable open-source cloud operating system. OpenStack’s mission is to make it possible for any organization to design and provide cloud computing services on commonly used hardware.