During this talk, we will touch basics of why it’s still worth investing time and effort to get on board OpenStack and some other projects under the OpenInfra Foundation umbrella. It will cover not only the reasoning behind using the platform but also will contain practical bits of advice on how to get started with your very first OpenStack deployment. As a result, you will know more about platform capabilities and how it may help your organization to get rid of vendor locks and be cost-efficient at the same time.