eBay has announced the use of OpenStack, providers of an open source cloud operating system, for creating applications for eBay.

OpenStack is currently being implemented on a small scale, but with the provision for increased scale as the application project develops.

OpenStack proved to be attractive to eBay in developing its cloud offering, in part because of the software’s ability to integrate with Nicira Network Virtualization Platform. This integration allows for eBay to numbers deploy large numbers of virtual networks rapidly.

Jean-Christophe Martin, Cloud Architect for eBay, said: “The nice thing is that Nicira was out-of-the-box integrated with OpenStack. So when we looked at deploying our first environment with Nicira, it was easier for us to take OpenStack on top of our existing cloud."