CANADA such as telecoms are well-documented , deterrents such as higher than anticipated costs , start-up delays and being locked into a vendor ’ s specific approach do exist .
Kontron ’ s OpenStack turnkey platform solution , fully integrated with the Canonical distribution of Ubuntu OpenStack , alleviates these concerns .
Robert explains how Kontron ’ s hardware must keep aligned with updates from Canonical and the OpenStack community : “ Canonical have their own releases of their distribution of OpenStack and our software team does all the work behind the scenes to make sure that it will be fully validated and integrated on our hardware .
“ This is one of the key advantages of using open source software , especially when considering a community as large as OpenStack . I don ’ t know how many thousands of developers are part of different projects within the OpenStack community , but when there is a new release you ’ re gaining the benefits of all the work done .”
Robert also mentions Kontron ’ s work with Google ’ s Kubernetes , another open source software solution sold
“ We developed an ecosystem of key partners that are integrated to our supply chain , as if they were an extension of Kontron ”
— Steve Séguin Vice President of Operations
through a separate licensing agreement with Canonical , used for automating deployment , scaling and management of containerised applications .
“ Particularly at the edge of a network , we have seen increasing interest in Containerisation . Containers are integrated in the Kontron SYMKLOUD MS2910 platform in a turnkey manner , providing a modular approach that is designed to fit into the sorts of rack spaces available at the edge ,” explains Robert .
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