OpenStack Launches Vendor Certification, Federated Identity Support From Over 30 Cloud Providers

OpenStack, the open source cloud computing platform originally launched by RackSpace and NASA in 2010, is getting a few new features today that aim to make using OpenStack across different clouds and vendors more straightforward.

Every six months, the OpenStack community meets to discuss the state of the project and to plan ahead for the next bi-annual release. This spring’s OpenStack Summit is currently under way in Vancouver, Canada, where OpenStack executive director Jonathan Bryce announced these new initiatives at this morning’s keynote.

The first project is a new certification program that introduces a set of interoperability testing requirements for products that want to be able to call themselves “OpenStack Powered.” Going forward, every project that wants to be included in the OpenStack Marketplace will have to pass these tests (there will be a transition period for older projects, too).

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