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title: Blog posts tagged "Economics"
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# Blog posts tagged "Economics"

#### [OpenStack distros: How to choose the right one?](https://canonical.com/blog/openstack-distros)

Choosing the right OpenStack distribution is essential to the success of an OpenStack project at every organisation. When selecting one, organisations should always follow certain criteria. Is it possible to operate the considered OpenStack distros economically? How easy is it to deploy them? Can the organisation upgrade its production Op

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OpenStack

#### [OpenStack vs VMware: Bringing costs down](https://canonical.com/blog/openstack-vs-vmware)

Moving to OpenStack from VMware can significantly reduce the TCO associated with an initial roll-out and ongoing maintenance of your cloud infrastructure. OpenStack vs VMware economic analysis shows that under certain circumstances, it is possible to bring the costs down by an entire order of magnitude. This requires choosing an OpenStack

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Cloud and server

#### [OpenStack Summit Vancouver: Automating the data centre](https://canonical.com/blog/openstack-summit-vancouver-automating-the-data-centre)

Stu Miniman and John Boyer of theCUBE interviewed Mark Shuttleworth at the OpenStack Summit following the Canonical founder’s keynote in Vancouver. Read on for the full interview, and to hear more on the economics of cloud. Rethinking the data centre to make it fully automated from the ground up was the opportunity presented to architects

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Cloud and server