OpenStack™ is a new open-source cloud platform that was officially launched earlier today by Rackspace, with the support of many industry players including Dell, Citrix, and ourselves at PEER 1 Hosting / ServerBeach. The company has donated the code that powers its cloud computing and cloud storage to the OpenStack project. It will also incorporate technology that powers the NASA Nebula Cloud Platform.

Last week, we attended the design summit in Austin, TX along with 25 other companies – including many of our peers – in a show of support, and to help validate the code and ratify the project roadmap. The goal of OpenStack is to help drive industry standards and prevent vendor lock-in, which in turn should speed up the pace of cloud innovation. This innovation is key to PEER 1 Hosting’s support. We believe an open-source cloud platform has the potential to help us serve our customers with better technology sooner, and the ability to improve upon it faster. You can get involved as well. To download or contribute code, visit OpenStack.org. Follow the conversation on Twitter @OpenStack.

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