"Cisco has a very wide network-based competency."
"It has improved our ability to carry out maintenance without downtime as migrating services between server environments is largely seamless."
"There are many features I like about this solution, but one that stands out, is that it allows me to easily install new packages and to have recent packages available."
"There's ample documentation available for most features, and I find it straightforward to use."
"More people should use this solution."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is that Linux has cost-effective licenses."
"What I like best is the way in which packages are managed."
"They have provided a new interface, which is great."
"One of the most valuable features of Ubuntu Linux is how easy it is to manage. We have some monitoring solutions, so those applications are running on top of Ubuntu. So far, the applications are running in a way that's very stable, compared to other Linux versions and flavors. In terms of redundancy and the command line, it's very easy to manage."
"Cisco Piston OpenStack needs to be more closely integrated between different solutions to work seamlessly for the client and the deployment team."
"Management monitoring and interface could be better."
"I am really very satisfied with this solution. However, one thing that I would like to see improve, is to have better support for multiple screens with multiple resolutions. For me, that is the most important feature."
"It could be better for working with software at a high resolution."
"The documentation is very poor."
"It can have more security."
"People with a Windows background may not find the solution's user interface user-friendly."
"It can be improved in terms of user-friendliness for inexperienced users. It also has a lot of scope for improvement in terms of deployment. It is kind of hard for inexperienced users, and the learning curve is very steep. There is not really good documentation for new professionals. Even we are using network servers to install it."
"The vendor must provide an official support team."
Cisco Piston OpenStack is ranked 6th in OpenStack with 1 review while Ubuntu Linux is ranked 1st in OpenStack with 134 reviews. Cisco Piston OpenStack is rated 7.0, while Ubuntu Linux is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Cisco Piston OpenStack writes "The solution can be used for network services virtualization, but it needs to be more closely integrated between different solutions". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Ubuntu Linux writes "A stable and free solution that is easy to deploy and has a user-friendly GUI". Cisco Piston OpenStack is most compared with , whereas Ubuntu Linux is most compared with Oracle Linux, Rocky Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise, Windows Server and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL).
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