The product integrates the with Dell PowerEdge C servers and the Dell-developed Crowbar deployment and management software framework. It is aimed at customers seeking alternatives to existing cloud options based on proprietary software models from the likes of and OnApp.

"Using and integrating the efficiencies of the PowerEdge C line with optimised software and tailored services, the Dell OpenStack Cloud Solution enables users to take a server out of the box and be up-and-running on an OpenStack cloud in mere hours," said John Igoe, executive director of Cloud and Big Data Solutions for Dell .

"With Dell's tested and validated designs in infrastructure, software, and services, customers can build out their IT presence and lower in-house costs."

Dell has been part of the OpenStack community since its creation, and first announced the OpenStack-powered cloud solution in the US last year. The company hopes that its extended availability will serve as a catalyst for the adoption of open source Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS).

Speaking to Techworld earlier this year, Dell's EMEA marketing director for next-generation computing solutions, Ed English, warned that cloud is allowing some enterprise IT vendors to back into the data centre.