Mirantis to get $100m cash injection from Intel

“Mirantis’ goal is to make OpenStack the best way to deliver cloud software, surpassing any proprietary systems”, he said.

Intel is becoming increasingly involved with OpenStack, announcing a partnership with Rackspace in July to create the OpenStack Innovation Centre and bring together engineers from both firms to focus on improving the scalability, manageability and reliability of the OpenStack code.

OpenStack company Mirantis opines that a technological and financial alliance with Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) that includes an investment of $100m will greatly boost the open-source cloud project by accelerating the introduction of additional enterprise features. Under the Cloud for All initiative Intel is assisting corporate data centers achieve efficiency on cloud services offered by the likes of Amazon Web services and Microsoft Azure.

As per Forrester, a consultancy for technology research, OpenStack has become the fifth most popular cloud platform among Global 2000 enterprises.

“Every industry is being disrupted by software”.

“The deal here is that we’re partnering with Intel to put a lot more dollars into making OpenStack enterprise-ready, sooner”, Freedland said. Smart enterprises are embracing the cloud to grow top-line revenues and get services to market faster.

Diane Bryant, senior vice-president and general manager of the Datacentre Group at Intel, said stepping up its involvement with Mirantis forms part of its wider Cloud for All initiative. She added that businesses should have choices in their infrastructure software. Intel’s collaboration with Mirantis will make sure the supply of vital novel enterprise features aiding in the creation of tens of thousands of cloud.

While Freedland said it’s important that the OpenStack community continue to partner with providers of other technologies, it’s also critically important that OpenStack be able to compete against VMware and Microsoft by offering as many native services as possible. Specifically the two companies will address: performance at scale, storage, network integration and support for big data. By collaborating with Mirantis, Intel hopes significant progress can be made in making OpenStack easier to adopt.

It was only 10 months ago that Mirantis announced a $100 million round and the company now has an identical announcement. With the new funds and resources, the company plans to reach the place where it could be used in the large enterprises too. The company also opened new offices in Amsterdam, Austin, Grenoble, Hong Kong and Tokyo.