Spinoff story

Open Source Tools Popularize Infrastructure for Cloud Computing

A real-world story of NASA technology finding a life beyond the mission.

About this technology

Overview

Shortly after software developers at Ames Research Center partnered with industry to create OpenStack, the world_s most popular open source cloud-computing platform, Canonical Ltd., an international organization with offices in Boston, incorporated the software into its Linux-based operating system called Ubuntu. Canonical then created a tightly integrated suite of hardware and software products based on OpenStack that make cloud computing available to more users than ever before.