Webopedia Term of the Day: What is Airframe?

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 30, 2012

An open source cloud computing platform targeted at organizations in the thinking stage of adopting a private cloud services model or evaluating options and alternatives for private cloud solutions. Airframe is distributed by Piston, a San Francisco-based cloud computing startup.

Airframe offers a simple installation process and Piston claims it can deliver on all of OpenStack’s core capabilities, including compute, storage, networking and cloud management. The platform is intended as a stepping stone to the company’s paid Piston Enterprise OpenStack product.

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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