There’s a lot going on in the OpenStack community and it’s easy to get lost in the noise. We’ve collected the top stories and conversations you need to know about this week. From the latest OpenStack resources to news about users, we share the content you need to stay up to date.
###[AWS and OpenStack hybrid cloud a balancing act](http://searchcloudcomputing.techtarget.com/feature/AWS-and-OpenStack-hybrid-cloud-a-balancing-act)
By: Michelle Boisvert
Lithium Technologies rolled out an AWS/OpenStack hybrid cloud to alleviate some of the costs involved with a large-scale public cloud. Read the full article [here](http://searchcloudcomputing.techtarget.com/feature/AWS-and-OpenStack-hybrid-cloud-a-balancing-act).
###[An introduction into Ceph storage for OpenStack](http://opensource.com/business/15/1/introduction-ceph-storage-openstack)
By: Jason Baker
Ceph’s community manager, Patrick McGarry, spoke at a Cloud Online Meetup on the basics of the open source storage project. Jason Baker has a great recap of the talk [here](http://opensource.com/business/15/1/introduction-ceph-storage-openstack).
###[Survey: One-Third of Cloud Users’ Clouds are Private, Heavily OpenStack](http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2015/01/30/survey-half-of-private-clouds-are-openstack-clouds/)
By: Yevgeniy Sverdlik
A study from GigaOm found that more than half of private clouds are built on OpenStack. Nearly 65% of the 3,000 respondents agreed that OpenStack is ready for mission-critical workloads. See the full results of the survey [here](http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2015/01/30/survey-half-of-private-clouds-are-openstack-clouds/).
###[OpenStack: Driving The Software-Defined Economy](http://www.networkcomputing.com/cloud-infrastructure/openstack-driving-the-software-defined-economy/a/d-id/1318857?&_mc=sm_nwc_editor_suefogarty)
By: Jonathan Bryce
OpenStack Foundation Executive Director Jonathan Bryce explains the software-defined economy and why it’s driving competition and innovation in new ways. Read his op-ed in Network Computing [here](http://www.networkcomputing.com/cloud-infrastructure/openstack-driving-the-software-defined-economy/a/d-id/1318857?&_mc=sm_nwc_editor_suefogarty).
###[OpenStack Live 2015: FAQs on the who, what, where, when, why & how](http://www.percona.com/blog/2015/01/30/openstack-live-2015-faqs-on-the-who-what-where-when-why-how/)
By: Kortney Runyan
Percona is starting a conference for hands-on learning on topics including how to deploy, optimize, and manage OpenStack. Read more about OpenStack Live [here](http://www.percona.com/blog/2015/01/30/openstack-live-2015-faqs-on-the-who-what-where-when-why-how/).
>”Nearly 65 percent of respondents agreed that OpenStack was now ready for mission critical workloads. The open source cloud architecture has matured substantially.” -Yevgeniy Sverdlik in [Data Center Knowledge](http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2015/01/30/survey-half-of-private-clouds-are-openstack-clouds/)
>”We’ve seen OpenStack customers growing faster than our overall business.” -Pat Gelsinger, CEO of VMware in [ServerWatch](http://www.serverwatch.com/server-news/vmware-openstack-customers-growing-faster-than-the-overall-business.html)
Upgraded cinder, glance, and keystone from g->j last night without any major issues #biwinning #openstack pic.twitter.com/xeuTBB1gib
— Jacob Godin (@jacob_godin) January 30, 2015
https://twitter.com/PersidaPop/status/561246597669863424
Survey says more than one-third of #cloud users use private clouds http://t.co/CWWGPEzLwr, more than half of those are #OpenStack clouds.
— datacenter (@datacenter) January 30, 2015
Linux Foundation is Corporate Sponsor for OpenStack Foundation. #Awesome
— Atul Jha (@koolhead17) January 30, 2015
If you have contributed to @OpenStack go ahead & apply for its Travel Support Program https://t.co/5VaTxCyBuU for upcoming design summit.
— Atul Jha (@koolhead17) January 27, 2015
#OpenStack is only one form of software disruption, says @jbryce http://t.co/Dnh5tsvl8e @NetworkComputin @OpenStack
— Susan Fogarty (@SusanFogarty) January 30, 2015
Say yes to #openstack, do a selfie with @gpaterno at @fosdem 🙂 Speaking on Saturday at 5pm https://t.co/SdOvi37rSo #yestoopenstack
— Giuseppe Paterno' (@gpaterno) January 30, 2015
Say yes to #openstack, do a selfie with @gpaterno at @fosdem 🙂 Speaking on Saturday at 5pm https://t.co/SdOvi37rSo #yestoopenstack
— Giuseppe Paterno' (@gpaterno) January 30, 2015
Reading up on @OpenStack #keystone today – http://t.co/GurzpdBtc0 #FridayFun
— Sandra McCann (@sc_mccann) January 30, 2015
I'm here"@eyepv6: @rohitagarwalla at #devnetzone talking about OpenStack Networking as well as DevStack. #CLEUR pic.twitter.com/BUzwWkHBco"
— Nicole Wajer (@vlinder_nl) January 29, 2015
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