Barcelona, Spain
October 25-28, 2016

Event Details

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From Venti Lattes to Valet Parking: Wacky Analogies to Explain OpenStack

Trying to explain what you do (and why it matters) to friends at the bar, other parents at the PTA, or your relative? Does your new hire or intern truly get it? What about the CFO who has to sign a big check for services... but really needs to wrap her head around what her company is buying first?

We're here to help developers, salespeople and everyone who answers questions about OpenStack to better articulate what we offer, how it works, and how users can benefit. For example: 

  • What's the difference between object storage and block storage?
  • How does networking work in the cloud?
  • Why do for-profit companies benefit from an open source project (and bother contributing back to it)?

Both technical and non-technical people will benefit from this fun, irreverant and enlightening chat. We compare OpenStack and its services to everything from cake to valet parking in an effort to help everyone understand how OpenStack functions.


What can I expect to learn?

Both technical and non-technical people will benefit from this fun, irreverant and enlightening panel chat. We compare OpenStack and its services to everything from cake to valet parking in an effort to help everyone understand how OpenStack functions. We also challenge each other—and debate where the analogy breaks down—to create a stronger understanding of technology.

Tuesday, October 25, 2:15pm-2:55pm (12:15pm - 12:55pm UTC)
Difficulty Level: Beginner
Open Infrastructure Foundation
At the OpenStack Foundation, Heidi Joy focuses on brand, content and community marketing, and spearheads the User Survey. Previously, Heidi Joy was director of marketing communications for a mobile software company, head of global communications for a commercial real estate firm, and a business journalist. She is a frequent public speaker on topics including women in tech, content marketing,... FULL PROFILE
Offering Manager, IBM Cloud
    I have been in the OpenStack community since 2013 and I am currently participating in the Product WG, Enterprise WG and I also helped to define the newly created Active User Contributor (AUC) designation in the OpenStack community. At Athenahealth, I am focused on our infrastructure/cloud services strategy, operations, and participate extensively in OpenStack user... FULL PROFILE
Technical Marketing Manager, Red Hat OpenShift
Tyler has spent the last 15 years working with cloud, virtualization, and infrastructure technologies. Prior to joining Red Hat, Tyler was a Technical Advocate for Blue Box/IBM, Principal Technical Marketing Manager and a vSpecialist at EMC. He also worked as a technical consultant for a small infrastructure reseller, a network engineer for a Fortune 1000 company, and also freelanced as an IT... FULL PROFILE