
Why Cloud Portability Is Harder Than It Sounds
Cloud portability is more than moving a VM. Learn how data, networking, storage, identity, and platform dependencies affect workload mobility
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Can OpenStack private cloud really be a matter of life and death? Multiple vertical markets, including retail, have found it so, using it to establish new sales strategies that have revolutionized how they interact with customers and consolidated processes to increase user engagement and sales. Organizations of all kinds are finding OpenStack private cloud the strong, adaptable, and secure IT infrastructure they need to run workloads reliably and quickly.
Now we'll take a look at one major retailer who stared down death with OpenStack, and how you can create a private OpenStack cloud as the most powerful platform in your arsenal for business success.
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