Journey into OpenStack at Cisco and VMware, Interoperability Working Group, Telco Solutions for Edge Computing

This chapter follows the speaker's evolution from starting in OpenStack at Cisco to working on VMware's integrated OpenStack project, now co-chairing the Interoperability Working Group within the OpenStack community. They discuss challenges in ensuring interoperability among vendor products, the evolution of VMware Integrated OpenStack, and the growing interest from telcos in OpenStack due to 5G build-out. The conversation also covers the shift towards distributed edge computing, complexities in managing multi-cloud environments, and new initiatives in OpenStack like containerization and telco solutions for edge computing.