OpenStack looking forward The challenge is that the data center continues to evolve as the world demands more from enterprise customers who are organizing and speaking up. OpenStack provides tools that can be used today to help data centers adapt quickly. Intel's involvement in open source software has increased over time, from Linux in the 1990s to OpenStack today. The enterprise data center is evolving from discrete systems to unified, virtualized cloud infrastructures. The OpenStack community faces the challenge of providing features for all solution requirements, service provider quality and reliability, and integrated components that all work together beyond just the OpenStack pieces.