{"id":65482,"date":"2017-03-14T12:00:10","date_gmt":"2017-03-14T19:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/open.microsoft.com\/?p=65482"},"modified":"2025-01-22T09:52:17","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T17:52:17","slug":"microsofts-open-source-project-olympus-grows-partner-ecosystem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/opensource.microsoft.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/14\/microsofts-open-source-project-olympus-grows-partner-ecosystem\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft\u2019s open source Project Olympus grows partner ecosystem"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/microsoft-reimagines-open-source-cloud-hardware\/\">Introduced in November 2016<\/a>, Project Olympus is Microsoft&#8217;s next generation rack-level solution that is open sourced through Open Compute Project. Since inception Project Olympus has attracted a large group of partners from compute silicon providers to ODMs, OEMs and component manufacturers and is becoming the de facto open compute standard for cloud workloads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last week, Microsoft\u2019s Kushagra Vaid, General Manager of Azure Hardware Infrastructure, addressed the 2017 Open Compute Project (OCP) U.S. Summit to share how this first-of-its-kind open hardware development model has created a vibrant industry ecosystem for datacenter deployments across the globe in both cloud and enterprise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is a significant moment as we usher in a new era of open source hardware development with the OCP community,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/ecosystem-momentum-positions-microsoft-s-project-olympus-as-de-facto-open-compute-standard\/\">wrote<\/a> Vaid. \u201cWe intend for Project Olympus to provide a blueprint for future hardware development and collaboration at cloud speed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kushagra Vaid of Microsoft -  Reimagining Open Hardware Innovation at Cloud Speed\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/0hcpUFMXGM8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn more about Project Olympus and all the partners involved, check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/ecosystem-momentum-positions-microsoft-s-project-olympus-as-de-facto-open-compute-standard\/\">Azure blog<\/a> or view the specification at our <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/opencomputeproject\/Project_Olympus\">OCP GitHub branch<\/a>. 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