OpenStack as a Catalyst for Innovation, Resilience, and Cost Efficiency

This presentation will delve into the essential elements necessary to defend and promote OpenStack as a strategic cloud infrastructure choice. We'll address the common concerns and challenges stakeholders raise, such as operational costs, support, compatibility, and security, while highlighting OpenStack’s ability to mitigate these issues through community-driven innovation and customizable architecture. Attendees will gain insight into how C-levels address these factors backed by the presenter experience of 12+ years promoting and building OpenStack Clouds.

The discussion will cover practical approaches for communicating the value proposition of OpenStack, from its alignment with cost management goals to its capability to drive faster time-to-market for services and applications. Key strategies will include presenting use cases that showcase OpenStack's performance in real-world scenarios, understanding critical success factors, and framing OpenStack’s strengths in ways that resonate with both technical and business audiences.

Whether you’re in the initial stages of proposing OpenStack or defending an ongoing project, for both external companies or within your own organization, this session will equip you with the insights and language needed to advocate effectively for OpenStack, ensuring that stakeholders see it as a viable and advantageous path to cloud deployment and infrastructure management for many use cases.