Coping with data explosion

We are living in an age when data is generated at unprecedented volumes and speeds, particularly in the corporate world. According to industry estimates, data is expanding at a rate of at least 50% every year, and it currently comprises 80% of all corporate assets.

Not too long ago, all data would have been stored in conventional data centres – physical, onsite hardware facilities that were managed with little automation. However, their many inefficiencies, coupled with their increasing ineffectiveness in dealing with the burgeoning amount of data being produced, made it imperative to search for a viable alternative.

Enter the cloud – an off-premise form of computing, where data storage takes place over the internet. According to IDG’s 2016 Enterprise Cloud Computing Survey, the average company runs 45% of its operations in the cloud, a figure that will only grow.

OpenStack has emerged as a leading cloud solution. In fact, the 2016 Open Source Jobs Report, published by The Linux Foundation and Dice, revealed that 51% of hiring managers say knowledge of OpenStack and CloudStack are driving open-source hiring decisions.

Not only does OpenStack offer seamless management and scalability of private and public clouds, but its adoption by huge corporations such as eBay, PayPal and IBM is making it a de facto standard. The fact that it is open source offers users greater flexibility, as they’re not tied down by vendor commitments.

There’s no time like the present to get in the know. Download a sample chapter from The Linux Foundation’s course The Essentials of OpenStack Administration, which will guide you in creating and managing private and public clouds with OpenStack.