The OpenStack Foundation is the proud Diamond Sponsor of Cloud Expo 2012 West! If you’re in California for the event this week, please join the Foundation and the many members of the OpenStack Community in attendance. If you can’t make it, follow the developments via twitter and of course follow openstack on twitter for general OpenStack information.
Already this morning, we’ve seen some big OpenStack news, including two announcements from RightScale regarding their sponsorship of the OpenStack Foundation and their partnership with Rackspace, and the acquisition of OpenStack supporter Vyatta by another recent OpenStack supporter (and Foundation Sponsor), Brocade. We also have some big OpenStack users speaking at the Summit this week, including Cisco WebEx, eBay and PayPal. As the conference continues, I’m sure there will be other interesting developments.
Below you’ll find a list of OpenStack sessions to attend, and don’t forget to visit the OpenStack booth to learn how your organization can plan and implement successful, effective cloud environments.
You can also visit openstack.org/start to get started down your own OpenStack path today, and openstack.org/join to join the Foundation.
Monday, November 5
Opening Keynote: Open Cloud – Place Your Bets!
- Jonathan Bryce, Executive Director, OpenStack Foundation 12:30-1:15pm, General Session Room – Ballroom A-H
Case Study Session: Open Cloud at PayPal
- Saran Mandair, Sr. Director, and Anand Palanisamy, Architect/Technical Lead, Infrastructure Engineering, PayPal 2:10-2:55pm, General Session Room – Ballroom A-H
Conversation, demo and information
- OpenStack and Community representatives
Welcome reception, Expo Hall, OpenStack Booth #603; 10:00am-12:30pm and 3:00-6:00pm
Tuesday, November 6
OpenStack Folsom demo
- Jonathan Bryce, Executive Director, OpenStack Foundation Demo theater, Expo Hall booth #853; 11:00-11:20am
Conversation, demo and information
- OpenStack and Community representatives
Expo Hall, OpenStack Booth #603; 10:00am-12:30pm and 3:00-6:00pm
Wednesday, November 7
General Session: Powered by OpenStack User Panel
- Panelists from Cisco WebEx, eBay and PayPal, moderated by Chris C. Kemp, CEO, Nebula 11:45am-12:30pm, General Session Room – Ballroom A-H
Breakout Session: Making Money in the OpenStack Ecosystem
- Boris Renski, Co-founder and COO, Mirantis 2:10-2:55pm, Room M1
Conversation, demo and information
- OpenStack and Community representatives
Expo Hall, OpenStack Booth #603; 10:00am-12:30pm and 3:00-6:00pm
Thursday, November 8
Conversation, demo and information
- OpenStack and Community representatives
Expo Hall, OpenStack Booth #603; 10:00am-12:00pm and 2:30-5:00pm
OpenStack Community At Cloud Expo 2012 West
Please attend these sessions from the OpenStack Community!
Sessions by OpenStack members, sponsors and supporters Akamai, AT&T, Broadcom, ComputeNext, Dell, enStratus, HP, Intel, New Relic, Nimbula, OW2, Red Hat, SoftLayer, SUSE, UShareSoft, VMware, and Vyatta are also scheduled.
Keynote: The Ever Changing Cloud
Lew Tucker, Cisco; Thursday November 8, 9:05-9:50, General Session room
How Private PaaS Can Take You From Code To Cloud In 45 Minutes
Diane Mueller, ActiveState; Wednesday November 7, 2:10-2:55pm, Lafayette room (Hyatt)
Elastic Cloud Infrastructure: Why the Enterprise Wants It
Troy Angrignon, Cloudscaling; Thursday November 8, 1:40-2:25pm, Room M2
OpenStack Momentum: Adopters Speak Up
Mike Fountaine, Dell and Bennett Bauer, DreamHost; Wednesday November 7, 2:10-2:55pm, Stevens Creek room (Hyatt)
CEO Power Panel: There’s No Business Like the Cloud & Big Data Business!
Chris C. Kemp, Nebula, Inc.; Tuesday November 6, 7:00-7:30pm, General Session room Interacting with a Cloud
Gabriel Hurley, Nebula, Inc.; Tuesday November 6, 6:10-6:55pm, Room M1
Beyond the Hype: Understanding Cloud Security for Your Application
Bryan D. Payne, Nebula, Inc.; Wednesday November 7, 5:10-5:55pm, General Session room
Cloud Application Black Magic
Wayne Walls, Rackspace; Monday November 5, 2:10-2:55pm, Lafayette room (Hyatt)
This is Your Career. This is Your Career on OpenStack
Niki Acosta, Rackspace; Monday November 5, 4:25-5:05pm, Room M1
Scaling the Cloud
Brian Jawalka, Rackspace, Monday November 5, 5:10-5:55pm, Lafayette room (Hyatt)
Keynote: An Open Cloud Discussion
John Engates, Rackspace; Tuesday November 6, 9:05-9:50am, General Session room
Network Virtualization – Amplifying the Power of Cloud Computing
James Meredith, Rackspace; Tuesday November 6, 2:10-2:55pm, Room M2
General Session: The IT Talent Shift – Preparing Your Enterprise IT Talent for the Cloud
Lisa Larson, Rackspace; Wednesday November 7, 9:55-10:40am, General Session room
Storage Performance in the Cloud
Nelson Nahum, Zadara Storage; Monday November 5, 5:10-5:55pm, Room M3
OpenStack In The Expo Hall
Please visit the following booths for more information on how the Community supports OpenStack software:
Platinum and Gold Members
AT&T 921
HP 421
Rackspace 301/309
Red Hat 509
SUSE 715
DreamHost 926
VMware 209
Supporters
ActiveState 1020
Akamai 514
Cloud Cruiser 829
Cloudscaling 922
New Relic 415
OW2 915
SoftLayer 201
Vyatta 609
Zadara Storage 732
Mark Collier
COO, OpenStack Foundation
@sparkycollier