That’s what you have with OpenStack’s development environment instructions. Face it: NASA helped spearhead this platform and it’s got its own rocket scientists on hand —literally. Resellers who want to become software makers should keep that in mind if considering OpenStack.
Right now, OpenStack is up to the Cactus release of its development platform — which launched on April 15. That’s its third major release in less than a year. Its next major release, Diablo, is slated for September 22.
Opportunities: It’s open source, so the opportunity is a strong one for those who make the investment to build solutions using the OpenStack platform; namely, they can establish their own pricing for products that are built and they can reuse their own code for more and more projects down the road.
Challenges: Because it’s open source, the lion’s share of reseller and ISV technical assistance is community-driven. And it’s a relatively new community. And, as noted, there should be a high-level of expertise.
Differentiation: Again, because it’s open source, solution providers can essentially determine their own differentiation on finished solutions.
Platform: Adobe Flash
Adobe Flash has been an industry mainstay ever since it was known as Macromedia Flash, before Adobe bought Macromedia. What makes it an important platform now is that it will support app development on multiple platforms, including new ones such as BlackBerry Tablet OS and Android. While Apple has largely shunned native-run Flash on its iOS platforms, it is still an important platform for software development and could be a starting-off point for resellers who may be nervous about building a software- development practice.
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