Year-old OpenStack's cloud future looks rosy

tsamsoniw writes: "The year-old open-source OpenStack cloud platform is enjoying real backing from the tech world through actual product implementations and deployments, rather than mere lip service. Companies embracing OpenStack include Dell with a new package of hardware, software, and services built around OpenStack; Citrix with a commercialized version of the platform dubbed Project Olympus; and Rackspace, which is moving its entire cloud infrastructure to OpenStack."