What Are The Most Frequent Challenges To OpenStack Adoption?

Twenty-six percent of the respondents said OpenStack's security model is the biggest challenge to adoption, followed by the lack of operational tools for production, at 23 percent.

"The migration to an OpenStack platform is complex and requires a lot of architectural planning that is always underestimated," one respondent said.

As one respondent put it in describing the architectural issues: "Putting all the pieces together by ourselves and figuring out how to keep it manageable and upgradeable."

Solution providers should jump in on this management, systems integration and development opportunity for organizations that need support around OpenStack implementation, as well as ongoing management.