Open Stack

The adjacent technologies team has discussed how best to engage and collaborate with adjacent communities and integrate adjacent technologies in an effective and proactive manner.  We have focused on addressing the gap between OpenStack and the Container communities and have identified a few key areas and activities to drive that we believe will progress this area.

These efforts have been kick-started by the foundation team who have established an OpenStack presence at for instance Dockercon to build community awareness and collaboration.
There will further be significant coverage of container technologies at the Boston Summit including; Keynotes on Tuesday addressing adjacent communities and containers, the container day for community collaboration, and no less than 70 talks at the summit individually referring to container technology.

In parallel there is work ongoing to establish stronger collaboration across communities including;

-          CI integration of OpenStack as a cloud provider for Kubernetes

-          Modularization of OpenStack services for re-use in container based solutions, eg. Cinder, keystone, Manila & Ironic services

-          Ongoing development of scenarios running Kubernetes on OpenStack and OpenStack, as a control plane or as services, in containers
These efforts intend to reduce the barriers between communities to both promote and ease cross community development and engagement.

We intend to schedule a SuperUser TV interview on the topic at the summit where dims and hodgepodge will be provided an opportunity to share more information around these efforts through the media channel.

Further steps include:

-          Developing an info-graphic that promotes understanding of how OpenStack and the container ecosystem work together and provide value.  Positioning the application of each technology in conjunction with the other and highlighting the values provided for ease of understanding.  Demystifying BM/VM/Container technologies for easier understanding.

-          Try to further develop methods of attracting the container community to collaborate, potentially lowering barriers for event participation etc.

-          Continue to review messaging and communications through openstack.org among other avenues

Regards,
                The adjacent technologies team
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