The Open Infrastructure Foundation (OpenInfra) recently agreed to operate under The Linux Foundation to enhance cooperation with other major open-source projects like Kubernetes. This strategic move aims to streamline OpenStack deployments amidst a resurgence in demand, driven by increasing VMware licensing fees and the necessity for better GPU utilization for AI workloads. OpenInfra's community, boasting 110,000 members engaged in various projects, anticipates cost reductions by leveraging existing support resources. The move reflects wider trends in enterprise IT, as companies reconsider cloud strategies and workloads.
The alliance with the Linux Foundation should reduce the total cost of maintaining these projects by allowing OpenInfra to take advantage of existing support resources.
Cross-pollination across these three leading open source projects will further streamline deployments, at a time when OpenStack is experiencing a resurgence.
OpenStack's resurgence is driven by Broadcom's VMware licensing fee increase, the need for GPU utilization for AI workloads, and data sovereignty regulations.
Organizations such as GEICO have decided to repatriate workloads from the cloud to run on instances of Kubernetes deployed on top of OpenStack.
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