Network automation is essential for organizations to remain competitive in the future. It removes manual error, accelerates existing processes and can free up precious resources to enable the business to focus on higher value tasks. Gartner1 sees it pivotal as companies look at networking for successful cloud deployments.
As companies look to automation to build a cloud-oriented platform, they increasingly look at OpenStack which provides the tools to manage computing, storage, security and networking resources in the cloud.
Three reasons to consider OpenStack:
- A growing community of users across industries
Similar to Linux, OpenStack is growing fast. A constantly-increasing number of deployments in the enterprise prove that experimental status has been passed and it is set to become mainstream. If you want to get insights on users' attitudes and deployments take a look at OpenStack's latest user survey from April 2016 where 1,603 community members in Europe and around the world provided feedback. Many users highlighted feature velocity, praising the "innovation around providing enterprise-ready features and capabilities." They also voted Juniper's OpenContrail as the preferred SDN controller from a commercial vendor – for three years in a row. - A single framework to integrate and operate legacy systems and cloud-native apps
The cloud continues to be a highly dynamic environment. It needs scalable and flexible hardware and software. More than a tool, Openstack is an operating system that helps companies manage the entire data center stack for driving cloud deployments. Rather than focusing on cloud integration, more time can be spent on apps, services and driving business value. - Flexibility to work with multiple vendors
Vendor lock-in typically limits the ability to innovate since a narrow focus means you are dependent on the vendor's timeline to integrate new approaches. And from a training and staffing perspective, companies can benefit from access to a growing, dynamic pool of skilled resources.
1Target Networking for Successful Cloud Deployments, 11 August 2015 | ID:G00279014, Analyst(s): Dennis Smith, Andrew Lerner
Source: Juniper Networks
