“Presently, OpenStack is comprised of two primary components
— OpenStack Compute and OpenStack Object Storage — but
Cisco seems to think that cloud networking is just as important,
and it’s difficult to argue with its logic. (In fact, Cisco isn’t
alone in pushing for OpenStack network services.) In Tucker’s world
of catering to developers and of providing “everything as a
service,” fairly advanced network management will be critical to
achieving a robust cloud computing experience, and, thus to
attracting developers.”