When we say "cloud infrastructure" we're talking about everything we need to build a cloud environment. That includes physical servers, public or private cloud software, software-defined storage, and virtualization software. Your infrastructure for cloud applications needs to match the speed, governance, and budget requirements from your business. That's where open source projects can help.

But it's not just about open source code. Working within developer communities (like OpenStack) can align their new ideas with your needs. Bringing in an integrated suite of cloud infrastructure and other technology platforms at the same time leads to simplified operation for your IT team and incremental adoption—not a wholesale rip-and-replace. Keep reading to learn about open source cloud infrastructure and how it’s being used in the wild.

How you build your cloud determines how competitive, flexible, and cost-effective your business can be for the next 10 years. Done right, a cloud can redirect resources from maintaining the status quo to supporting new ideas. Migrating to the cloud helps, but only an open hybrid cloud approach delivers the full business value promised by cloud computing.

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• 70% of respondents say cost reduction is the top motivation for moving workloads to the public cloud.
• 73% say the main goal in moving their business into cloud services is workloads running more smoothly, with fewer disruptions.
• 58% say data security is the most vexing challenge in moving to cloud technologies.
• 10-29% is the number of apps most companies are placing in the cloud. That number is expected to grow to 70% or more in the next 2 years.

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• Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 (see what's new)
• Quickstart Cloud Installer 1 (part of Red Hat Cloud Suite) (check out the blog post, too)