Accelerated OpenStack adoption cited in move; benefits include lower costs
The Linux Foundation continued its push in support of open source standards, announcing an online training course targeting OpenStack software.
The training course, dubbed “OpenStack Administration Fundamentals,” is said to be a self-paced course designed to help prepare for the OpenStack Foundation’s Certified OpenStack Administrator exam. The Linux Foundation noted the course is similar to the existing “Essentials of OpenStack Administration” course, but offered online in a move to lower costs and increase student accessibility. The online course is priced at $499.
The course is set to begin Jan. 19, with students allowed up to 1 year to complete the course work. The next certification exam is scheduled for the second quarter of next year.
The Linux Foundation said the move was necessary as accelerated adoption of OpenStack has resulted in a shortage of qualified OpenStack administrators.
“Training is a key initiative for the OpenStack community, and a growing ecosystem of training providers is helping equip professionals with the skills they need to help enterprises and service providers succeed with OpenStack,” said Jonathan Bryce, executive director of The OpenStack Foundation. “The Linux Foundation is playing an important part in that effort, and we look forward to their expanding role as the Certified OpenStack Administrator certification launches.”
RCR Wireless News recently spoke with Radhesh Balakrishnan, GM of OpenStack at Red Hat, to get an update on advances in the OpenStack standard. Balakrishnan also tackled claims that OpenStack was perhaps not agile enough to handle the telecom market’s software-defined networking needs, noting the OpenStack community has worked hard to ensure the standard remains open enough to support expected deployment models.
The Linux Foundation last month added the Open Networking Summit to its event portfolio beginning with the next show scheduled for March 14 in Santa Clara, California. The move further solidifies the Linux Foundation’s status in the open source community. Those efforts include its backing of the Open Network Lab’s Open Network Operating System project, which is focused on developing scalable SDN solutions for telecom operators; OpenDaylight, which was founded out of the Linux Foundation with an overall goal in taking on the issue of simplifying network management; and the Open Platform for NFV project, which the Linux Foundation formed last year as a “carrier-grade, integrated, open source reference platform intended to accelerate the introduction of new products and services.”
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