Barcelona, Spain
October 25-28, 2016

Event Details

Please note: All times listed below are in Central Time Zone


Bite off More Than You Can Chew, Then Chew It: OpenStack Consumption Models

While deciding on your OpenStack deployment methodology is important, sometimes the biggest issues arise from customizations that weren't well planned. We'll talk about thinking through when and where to use nonstandard configurations and the operational and business impacts of doing so.  Equally important to your success is the model by which you consume OpenStack.

The topics we will cover include:

  • Consumption Models, Pros and Cons
  • Stability vs. Capability
  • Maintainability vs. Customization
  • Building an OpenStack Practice vs. Consuming OpenStack as a Service
  • Costs, Operational Challenges, and Upstream Considerations associated with each consumption model
  • Approaches to Managed OpenStack

After leaving this session, you'll be prepared to think through the long term ramifications of your deployment and customization decisions on your organization as a whole, and make better decisions as you continue your OpenStack cloud Journey


What can I expect to learn?

After leaving the session, we expect attendees will be prepared to think through the long term ramifications of their deployment and customization decisions on their organization as a whole. They'll be able to focus on the business value being generated by these decisions and evaluating if it's worthwhile.

Wednesday, October 26, 5:55pm-6:35pm (3:55pm - 4:35pm UTC)
Difficulty Level: Beginner
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
Automation Practice Lead
I am a Automation Practice Lead with a diverse background in automation, cloud design, production systems administration and solutions architecture.  I have over 18 years of experience across numerous industries such as Online Marketing, Financial, Insurance, Aviation, Food Industry, Education and now in the technology product space.   Automation for Everyone! FULL PROFILE
Director, Machine Learning Solutions
Jonathan's first exposure to OpenStack was as an attendee at the Bexar summit.  He was one of the initial engineers on Rackspace's Openstack Private Cloud team, and has been working on OpenStack in one capacity or another since then.  He has experience within the OpenStack private cloud space as a System Engineer, Systems Architect, Product Manager, and Solutions Architect.  He... FULL PROFILE