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title: From VMWare To Canonical OpenStack
description: 'Speaker: Stephan Fabel, Arturo Suarez Date/Time: February 21, 2018 at
  12PM EST / 5PM GMT OpenStack has often been positioned as an alternative to traditional
  proprietary virtualization environments. Join Arturo Suarez and Stephan Fabel for:
  A breakdown of differences between OpenStack versus traditional proprietary virtualization
  and info […]'
url: https://canonical.com/blog/from-vmware-to-canonical-openstack
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[Thibaut Rouffineau](https://canonical.com/blog/author/thibautr "More about Thibaut Rouffineau")

21 March 2018

# From VMWare To Canonical OpenStack

[OpenStack](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/openstack)
[Virtualisation](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/virtualisation)
[VMware](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/vmware)

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**Speaker:** Stephan Fabel, Arturo Suarez
**Date/Time:** February 21, 2018 at 12PM EST / 5PM GMT

OpenStack has often been positioned as an alternative to traditional proprietary virtualization environments. Join Arturo Suarez and Stephan Fabel for:

* A breakdown of differences between OpenStack versus traditional proprietary virtualization and information on identifying when it makes sense to use one or the other
* Analysis on TCO, best practices and risks
* A demo on how to migrate from a traditional proprietary environment into an OpenStack cloud

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