Open Stack

Let me expand that statement.
I did the architecture on the Mirantis side, getting the initial production
roll and early applications over, we worked with people like Yuriy B, Scott
C, Raj G, Gabriel C, Anand P, Vinay B, Rama V and many others on the PayPal
side to make this happen.
A big chunk of these people are handling CloudFire for Symantec now,

On Tue, Apr 7, 2015 at 11:42 AM, Jason Venner <jvenner at mirantis.com> wrote:

> I was the original architect, handling strategy, roadmap and high level
> implementation details on the PayPal project while Mirantis was engaged.
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 7, 2015 at 11:11 AM, Michael Williams <
> michael at nuagenetworks.net> wrote:
>
>> HI Sean,
>> Thanks for the inside scoop! Unfortunately, all the VMware – PayPal
>> relationship issues are drowning out the key fact that you and a Forbes
>> blog post reported: 8,500 servers are being managed by OpenStack. That’s a
>> huge scalability proof point!!!
>>
>> From some other posts, it appears that OpenStack Vancouver will have
>> several presentations re PayPal’s use of OpenStack. Hopefully, by then
>> enterprises will be receptive to hearing about the capabilities rather than
>> the relationship issues.
>>
>> BTW: Re the $2B hit on VMware stock, Elon Musk put out an optimistic
>> tweet a week or so ago that raised Tesla’s valuation by $1 B! See
>> http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2015/03/31/optimistic-elon-musk-tweet-boosts-tesla-stock.html.
>> It’s amazing that just a single statement can have such an effect on stock
>> prices …
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Michael
>>
>>
>> From: "Winn, Sean" <Sean.Winn at emc.com>
>> Date: Tuesday, April 7, 2015 at 10:54 AM
>> To: Michael WILLIAMS <michael at nuagenetworks.net>, "Britten, Tyler" <
>> Tyler.Britten at emc.com>, Dilip Modi <dilip.modi at oracle.com>, "
>> enterprise-wg at lists.openstack.org" <enterprise-wg at lists.openstack.org>
>>
>> Subject: Re: [Win The Enterprise-wg] PayPal internal private cloud runs
>> on OpenStack
>>
>> I actually do have the inside scoop on this.
>>
>> I used to work for a VAR that did their rack builds a few years ago to
>> the tune of 60+ racks delivered annually. We delivered them to the DC floor
>> pre-integrated, Mirantis helped provision them with a flavor of OpenStack
>> that was somewhat built on the earliest versions of Fuel. At the time I
>> left that company, eBay and PayPal were hard at work building containerized
>> data centers which would change the model completely.
>>
>> Mirantis and PayPal had a mutually beneficial relationship at this time.
>> Over time, that relationship changed. In 2011, just before the Summit,
>> Boris Renski (Mirantis) made a statement that PayPal was moving 80,000
>> servers from VMWare to OpenStack and had a $2B valuation hit on the VMWare
>> stock overnight. He wasn’t far from the truth, but nobody would have
>> admitted it at that time.
>>
>> This slip severely hurt the relationship between the two companies, and
>> it was around this time that PayPal started to look to do things on their
>> own.
>>
>> If you search for jobs at PayPal or eBay today, you see they are looking
>> for architects, software engineers and QA engineers to submit blueprints,
>> lead development/design efforts and code within the OpenStack ecosystem to
>> deliver application infrastructure for the PayPal and eBay teams.
>>
>> Last I heard, 4,100 physical boxes in PayPal and 8,500 total (when you
>> combine eBay Marketplace) run on OpenStack.
>>
>>
>>
>> From: Michael Williams <michael at nuagenetworks.net>
>> Date: Wednesday, March 25, 2015 at 1:07 PM
>> To: "Britten, Tyler" <Tyler.Britten at emc.com>, Dilip Modi <
>> dilip.modi at oracle.com>, "enterprise-wg at lists.openstack.org" <
>> enterprise-wg at lists.openstack.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Win The Enterprise-wg] PayPal internal private cloud runs
>> on OpenStack
>>
>> Hi Tyler,
>> I read the Forbes article for background (
>> http://www.forbes.com/sites/benkepes/2015/03/24/good-bye-vmware-hello-openstack-paypal-axes-virtualization-giant/).
>> It’s an interesting read for its analysis of the potential impact on
>> VMware.
>>
>> Both articles say that PayPal is contributing code to OpenStack. So, it
>> appears that they have an in-house effort rather than buying some one’s
>> distro. However, that is a guess since contributing code doesn’t preclude
>> PayPal from also using someone’s distro or Mirantis from helping them via
>> consulting.
>>
>> All,
>> Does anybody have inside scoop?
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Michael
>>
>>
>> From: "Britten, Tyler" <Tyler.Britten at emc.com>
>> Date: Wednesday, March 25, 2015 at 12:52 PM
>> To: Michael WILLIAMS <michael at nuagenetworks.net>, Dilip Modi <
>> dilip.modi at oracle.com>, "enterprise-wg at lists.openstack.org" <
>> enterprise-wg at lists.openstack.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Win The Enterprise-wg] PayPal internal private cloud runs
>> on OpenStack
>>
>> I was under the impression that Mirantis was involved.
>>
>>
>> *Tyler Britten*
>>
>> Principal Technical Marketing Manager
>>
>> Global Cloud Solutions | EMC2
>>
>> 717.448.4057 | tyler.britten at emc.com | @VMTyler
>> <https://twitter.com/vmtyler>
>>
>>
>>
>> From: Michael Williams
>> Date: Wednesday, March 25, 2015 at 3:06 PM
>> To: Dilip Modi, "enterprise-wg at lists.openstack.org"
>> Subject: Re: [Win The Enterprise-wg] PayPal internal private cloud runs
>> on OpenStack
>>
>> Hi Dilip,
>> The article seems to indicate that it is an in-house effort.
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Michael
>>
>>
>> From: Dilip Modi <dilip.modi at oracle.com>
>> Organization: Oracle Corporation
>> Date: Wednesday, March 25, 2015 at 11:54 AM
>> To: <enterprise-wg at lists.openstack.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Win The Enterprise-wg] PayPal internal private cloud runs
>> on OpenStack
>>
>> Yes impressive (also published by Forbes). Would be interesting to know
>> ...
>> -  which OpenStack release is deployed? commercial or built in-house?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Dilip
>>
>> On 3/25/2015 11:23 AM, Michael Williams wrote:
>>
>> All,
>> Sending just in case people haven’t seen the article yet. Sri Shivananda,
>> Vice President, Global Platform and Infrastructure, PayPal posted an
>> article yesterday to the PayPal community. Their internal private cloud
>> runs on OpenStack. It’s a nice proof point, see:
>>
>> https://www.paypal-community.com/t5/PayPal-Forward/PayPal-s-Front-End-Cloud-Powered-by-OpenStack/ba-p/959621
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Michael
>>
>>
>>
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