OpenStack celebrates its 4th birthday July 19, and we’re celebrating with the entire OpenStack community during July! User maturity, software maturity and a focus on cloud software operations are rapidly emerging for OpenStack and none of it would be possible without the quickly growing OpenStack community. There are now more than 70 global user groups… Read more »
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Summer Speaking Sessions and Call for Papers
Summer is in full swing and there are some great industry events coming up on the calendar, as well as Call for Proposals deadlines! The Global Events Calendar is the primary resource to know what events are approaching. It is fully editable, so you can update the following criteria: If your organization is attending, sponsoring… Read more »
PTL Webinars: Icehouse to Juno
It is time again for our PTL post-Summit webinar series. Come listen to the latest project updates from Icehouse to Juno. Each webinar includes 45 minutes of updates with 15 minutes of q&a. These webinars were established to reduce the number of conflicts during the Summit and allow for broader participation. Our goal is to… Read more »
Taking Stock of OpenStack’s Rapid Growth
With another successful OpenStack Summit in the books, I wanted to take a minute to reflect on three big areas of maturity that are rapidly emerging for the project: user maturity, software maturity and a focus on cloud operations. Users Take Center Stage First, it has become increasingly clear that the number of new users… Read more »
Upcoming OpenStack Day Events in May & June!
Did you miss the Atlanta Summit? Did you attend the Summit and now have new stories to tell? There are several OpenStack events taking place near you over the next few weeks. Come join us to share outcomes of the Juno Design Summit, hear about new use cases and have direct conversations with industry and… Read more »
Atlanta Summit, Day 4: New Skills, Bigger Goals
In a room full of users, 4 trainers and and army of volunteers walked through, step by step, how to create, manage and delete an instance, as well as networking, user management, and how to use different storage services available in OpenStack. “We want to get you playing around with Horizon. We aren’t making any… Read more »
Clarification re: Board Activity
Today the OpenStack Foundation is releasing the following statement: “The OpenStack Foundation is aware of media reports that discuss the commercial activities of Red Hat and other OpenStack vendors. The Board has not met to discuss this issue, nor has the Board taken a formal position on the issue. Although certain Board members in their… Read more »
OpenStack Superuser
Today, we’re announcing the beginning of something new and exciting for OpenStack. Superuser is a new online publication dedicated to the experiences of individuals who are running OpenStack clouds of all sizes, across all industries. Topics will range from very actionable how-tos, case studies and architecture profiles to tackling less-tangible, strategic initiatives such as culture… Read more »
Countdown to the May 2014 OpenStack Summit
The May 2014 OpenStack Summit in Atlanta Kicks Off in 3 Days! Continue to check OpenStack.org/Summit for updated information. Summit Schedule The main conference will run Monday through Thursday, and the Design Summit (developer working sessions) will run Tuesday through Friday. Arrive early on Monday to make sure you don’t miss any of the keynote action! View… Read more »
Announcing the O’Reilly OpenStack Operations Guide
Er, what’s this? An O’Reilly OpenStack Operations Guide offered side-by-side with the continuously-published OpenStack Operations Guide? Yes, your eyes do not deceive you, O’Reilly has completed the production of the OpenStack Operations Guide: Set Up and Manage Your OpenStack Cloud. You can get your bits-n-bytes copy at http://docs.openstack.org/ops/ or order a dead-tree version on the… Read more »