OpenStack @ Cloud Expo

The OpenStack Foundation is the proud Diamond Sponsor of Cloud Expo 2012 West! We invite you to join us and the OpenStack Community to make the most of your time at the event.

Attend the following OpenStack sessions and visit the OpenStack booth to learn how your organizationcan plan and implement successful, effective cloud environments.

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

  • Live 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

Panelists from Cisco WebEx, eBay and PayPal, moderated by Chris C. Kemp, COO, 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

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 Creekroom (Hyatt)

  • General Session: Is There a Silver Lining to Cloud — Or Just a Lot of Hot Air?

Michael Cote, Dell; Thursday November 8, 9:55-10:40am, General Session room

  • 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, Lafayetteroom (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, Lafayetteroom (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

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
New Relic / 415
OW2 / 915
SoftLayer / 201
Vyatta / 609
Zadara Storage / 732