Our belief is that this is possibly the most exciting time to be associated with OpenStack, as the demand for professionals in this field is ginormous and the adoption of OpenStack keeps increasing with every new core service that gets added to the stack.

We have also seen some large backing from companies such as Google, and right now, OpenStack is rightly being called the Linux of the Cloud.

Earlier this year (2015), a survey of 3,000 IT decision makers found that about a third were deploying private clouds to enhance enterprise operations. Half of these were using OpenStack as the underlying platform. Most of the enterprise IT teams worth their salt are using OpenStack or are surely considering it. However, the real challenge is, many companies are not moving their most critical operations, including native applications, to OpenStack when building private or hybrid cloud environments. Why? The primary reason is that there is a massive gap in the skills required to properly implement and manage platforms such as OpenStack.

We believe that this is the right kind of opportunity for all of you who have made a start by reading this book to go ahead, build on your skills, and enhance your career in the next generation cloud world. "May the force be with you".