October 2014 - Community - lists.openinfra.dev

[openstack-community] BoFs at Summit
by Rich Bowen 31 Oct '14

31 Oct '14

What's the process for scheduling an evening BOF at Summit? -- Rich Bowen - rbowen(a)redhat.com OpenStack Community Liaison http://openstack.redhat.com/

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[openstack-community] Post Summit OpenStack Meetup Rome Edition - 2014.11.12
by Mariano Iumiento 26 Oct '14

26 Oct '14

*Rome, Italy, OpenStack Post Summit meetup * Join us on Wednesday, November the 12th, 18:00 - 22:00 @OpenStack <https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/OpenStack> #OSUG Italy # OpenStackPostSummitIT The Italian OpenStack User Group invites you to attend the OpenStack Post Summit meetup in Rome, Italy. *OpenStack Post Summit IT event Wednesday, November the 12th @ 18.00 at "Sheraton Roma Hotel & Conference Center". * *Info on meetup.com <http://meetup.com> site at http://goo.gl/uoq8Ch <http://goo.gl/uoq8Ch> * RSVP via http://goo.gl/uoq8Ch Registration is free of charge. More updates via @miumiento We look forward to meet you all. --- Mariano Iumiento

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[openstack-community] OpenStack Community Weekly Newsletter (Oct 17 – 24)
by Stefano Maffulli 24 Oct '14

24 Oct '14

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[openstack-community] MEF Requests OpenStack Speaker for GEN14 Breakfast, Nov. 19 in Washington DC
by Kathy Cacciatore 23 Oct '14

23 Oct '14

The [ MEF (Metro Ethernet Forum) ]( https://metroethernetforum.org/ ) requests an OpenStack participant in the following session at their [ GEN14 ]( http://www.gen14.com/ ) conference. It is a breakfast meeting 7:30-8:50am, Wednesday, November 19, at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center, Washington DC. Please contact Rami Yaron, [ rami(a)metroethernet.org ]( mailto:rami@metroethernet.org ) if interested in representing the OpenStack Foundation at this breakfast. Many OpenStack members are already speaking. If you work with them, please inform them so they may also convey the OpenStack message. Thank you. Standards Update Breakfast - Network Technology Building Blocks Enabling Higher-Value Cloud-Centric Services Chair: Stan Hubbard, GEN14 Program Director | Ralph Santitoro, Director of Solutions Planning - Emerging Markets, Fujitsu Network Communications, Board, MEF | Nicolas "Neela" Jacques, Executive Director, OpenDaylight | Mehmet Toy, Distinguished Engineer, Comcast; Board, CloudEthernet Forum; Co-Chair of CEF's Architecture Working Group; Chair, IEEE Cable Networks & Services Committee | Marc Cohn, Senior Director, Market Development, Ciena; Chairman, Market Education Committee, ONF; Board, OpenDaylight | Scott Mansfield, Principal Engineer, Ericsson; Board, MEF - Perspective on IETF & ITU-T Initiatives -- Regards, Kathy Cacciatore Consulting Marketing Manager OpenStack Foundation 1-512-970-2807 (mobile) Part time: Monday - Thursday, 9am - 2pm US CT kathyc(a)openstack.org

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[openstack-community] UCC 2014 Call for Participation
by Ashiq Anjum 22 Oct '14

22 Oct '14

UCC 2014 Call for Participation -------------------- The IEEE/ACM International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing (UCC 2014....http://computing.derby.ac.uk/ucc2014) will be held in London, UK on 8-11th December 2014 and all professionals working in the Cloud Computing field are urged to attend. UCC is the premier IEEE/ACM conference covering all areas related to Cloud Computing as a Utility. This will be the 7th successful running of the conference in a series that included events in Shanghai, China (Cloud 2009), Melbourne, Australia (Cloud 2010 & UCC 2011), Chennai, India (UCC 2010), Chicago, USA (UCC 2012) and Dresden, Germany (UCC 2013. The conference will include keynote speeches from industry and academic leaders, numerous workshops to help attendees learn from experiences of others and tutorial presentations arranged into concurrent streams. In addition there is a doctoral symposium, a cloud challenge competition and an industry specific stream of presentations. The acceptance rate for papers submitted to the conference is only 19% ensuring a high quality programme. The conference will held at an attractive London location just 15 minutes from Heathrow and convenient for tube and train connections. The Hilton London Paddington hotel is a high class venue offering excellent facilities as well as easy access to the sights and attractions of London. Keynote and plenary sessions ---------------------------- - Cloud Native Cost Optimization: Adrian Cockcroft, Battery Ventures (prev. Netflix, eBay, Sun) - A Few Control Issues in Warehouse-scale Computing: John Wilkes, Google - Rack-Scale Computers and the Cloud: Ant Rowstron, Microsoft - Joe Baguley, Chief Technology Officer, EMEA, VMware - Professor Yike Guo, Imperial College London - Actors in the Cloud: Supporting Security, Scalability and Availability , Professor Gul Agha, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Enabling Cloud Computing at Hyper-Scale: Dr. Kenji Takeda, Microsoft - Clinical Intelligence & Integration: Tackling Large Data Analytics in Real-Time, Oliver Vettel and Andreas Koop, Roche Panel Discussion: How adaptive should our infrastructure (networks, data centres etc.) be to support next generation Clouds? ----------------- - Alan Sill; Open Grid Forum (OGF) - Joe Baguley; VMWare - John Wilken; Google - Prof. Erik Elmroth; Umeå University (UMU) - Prof. Gul Agha; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Tutorials --------- - Azure Machine Learning for Research, Kenji Takeda, Microsoft - Model-Driven Management of Multi-Cloud Applications, Danilo Ardagna - The Intercloud Architecture and Project, David R. Bernstein - Distributed Data Storage: From Dispersed Files to Stealth Databases, Josef Spillner, Johannes Müller, - Software Development in Cloud: An Experiential Study with CMS, Chandra Sekaran K, - Data Analysis with R, Shruti Kohli, Shruti Kohli - Microsoft Azure for Research, Kenji Takeda - Autonomic Clouds, Omer Rana and Manish Parashar, Omer F. Rana - Help Clinical Intelligence take the next step using state-of-the art in-memory analytics, Oliver Vettel and Andreas Koop - CRISTAL : Designing Traceable Cloud-based Systems, Richard McClatchey, Andrew Branson UCC 2014 Workshops ------------------ - International Symposium on Big Data Computing 2014 – BDC 2014 - 6th Cloud Control Workshop – CloudControl6 - Cloud Federation Management: Identity, Resources and Applications Workshop – CFM 2014 - Workshops on Standards and Pre-Standards Topics in Clouds, Big Data and Data Analytics – SCBDA 2014 - ITaaU Network+ Symposium – ITaaU 2014 - Clouds and eScience Applications Management Workshop – CloudAM 2014 - Crowdsourcing and Gamification in the Cloud Workshop – CGCloud 2014 - Re-computability in the Cloud Workshop – Re-computability 2014 - Advances in CC Legislation, Accountability, Security and Privacy Workshop – CLASP 2014 - Trust in Cloud Computing Workshop – IWTCC 2014 - Green Cloud Computing Workshop – GCC 2014 - Smart City Clouds: Technologies, Systems and Applications Workshop – SCCTSA 2014 - Cloud Automation, Intelligent Management and Scalability Workshop – CAIMS 2014 - Cyber-physical Cloud Computing Workshop – CPCC 2014 - Network Virtualization and SDN for Cloud Data Centres Workshop - Big Data, Intelligence Management and Analytics Workshop – BDIMA - Big Data and Social Networking Management and Security Workshop - Education in the Cloud Workshop – EC 2014 Cloud Challenge ---------------- Cloud Challenge is a competition where participants develop solutions for real-world problems by utilizing virtualization technologies and Cloud computing. UCC 2014 will have selected the following application after an intense review of the submitted proposals. - An Experimental Tool for Elasticity Management Through Prediction Mechanisms Bruno A. Rosa, Vinícius A. Frederico, Luiz F. Bittencourt, Marcelo B. Pereira and Kayo S. Hisatomi. - Optimizing Scientific Workflows in the Cloud: A Montage Example Qingye Jiang, Alberto Gutierrez, Young Choon Lee, Manuel Arenaz, Luke M. Leslie and Albert Y. Zomaya. - Low Cost Energy Forecasting for SmartGrids using StreamMine3G and Amazon EC2 André Martin, Andrey Brito and Christof Fetzer. - Energy Cloud: real-time cloud-native Energy Management System to monitor and analyse energy consumption in multiple industrial sites Hugo Sequeira, Paulo Carreira, Thomas Goldschmidt and Philipp Vorst. Doctoral Symposium ------------------ The goal of the Doctoral Symposium is to provide a supportive and shepherding environment in which PhD students can present their research proposal and attend UCC. Students will be able to discuss their research objectives, methods and approach and results at various stages of their research. The aim is to solicit feedback on their research from well-established researchers and attendees. We have selected the following papers for the UCC 2014 Doctoral Symposium. Re-engineering the Database Layer of Legacy Applications for Scalable Cloud Deployment D1. Martyn Ellison, Radu Calinescu and Richard Paige. Truesource: A True Performance For Hierarchical Cloud Monitoring D2. Adam Currie, Aaron McConnell, Gerard Parr, Sally McClean and Kashaf Khan. Sustainable Communications Infrastructures in the Cloud – Supporting the Information Economy D3. Conor McBay, Gerard Parr and Sally McClean. Secret sharing scheme for data confidentiality preserving in a public-private hybrid cloud storage approach D4. Butoi Alexandru and Nicolae Tomai. Scalable Analytic Models for Performance Efficiency in the Cloud D5. Awada Uchechukwu, Keqiu Li and Keqin Li. Virtualization Security using Mandatory Access Control and Virtual Machine Introspection D6. Thu Yein Win, Huaglory Tianfield and Quentin Mair. Energy-aware Virtual Machine Consolidation for Cloud Data Centers D7. Dabiah Alboaneen, Bernardi Pranggono and Huaglory Tianfield. SLA Assured Brokering (SAB) and CSP Certification in Cloud Computing D8. Shyam S. Wagle. CloudAdvisor – A Framework Towards Assessing Trustworthiness and Transparency of Cloud Providers D9. Mohammed Almanea. UCC2014 Industry Session Overview --------------------------------- The aim of this day is to share a range of stimulating perspectives on what we understand by the digital economy. Already we have seen a disruptive change in the way that infrastructure hosts, service providers and users are finding new ways to do business. Whilst the flexibility and scalability has radically changed how business organisations can emerge and grow, there are many further questions to be identified and addressed about governance, regulation and even reporting. Notable speakers are participating from VMWare, Microsoft Research and Google. Venue ------ The Hilton London Paddington hotel is conveniently located 15 minutes from Heathrow Airport and connected by footbridge to Paddington Station. With four London Underground lines—Circle, Hammersmith & City, District, and Bakerloo—linked to the station, this is one of London’s best connected hotels. Over 150 years of history have made this hotel a legend. It’s located in the heart of the city and is within walking distance of London’s premier attractions. This grand Victorian hotel offers a full range of modern facilities. Catch up with work in the business center or keep in touch with colleagues in the Executive Lounge. Enjoy the diverse menu and continental influences of the celebrated Brasserie Restaurant. The chic Steam Bar provides the perfect place for dinner or a late night drink, with sleek decor, a contemporary feel, and a relaxed atmosphere. UCC 2014 Registration --------------------- To register please visit: http://computing.derby.ac.uk/ucc2014/registration/ Early Bird Registration Deadline: 29 October 2014 If you have any questions about the conference registration then please contact Jo Atkinson +44 (0)1332 597842 or email conference(a)derby.ac.uk

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[openstack-community] Your company in the OpenStack Pavilion at Gartner Data Center Conference
by Kathy Cacciatore 22 Oct '14

22 Oct '14

There are 1-2 spots left in the OpenStack Pavilion at the [ Gartner Data Center Conference ]( http://www.gartner.com/technology/summits/na/data-center/ ), December 2-5, 2014 in Las Vegas. This year's theme is a perfect fit for OpenStack and the ecosystem's products and services - Leading Infrastructure & Operations: Delivering New Levels of Innovation and Productivity! Last year, we found the leads very, very good. The cost for one kiosk is $15,000 US and includes the carpet, power, kiosk with locking counter, lead retrieval system/device, 1 booth staff pass and 1 full conference pass each. We'll develop a piece of collateral with the participating members that describe the companies in the pavilion and market it via OpenStack communications channels. The Foundation is providing all the pavilion graphics, info counter, and more. Extra costs for participating companies are - graphics - AV (optional) - Internet (no wireless in Expo Hall, so have to order wired line) - Shipping/drayage Feel free to forward this to others in your company. Kindly reply to me directly if interested. Thank you. -- Regards, Kathy Cacciatore Consulting Marketing Manager OpenStack Foundation 1-512-970-2807 (mobile) Part time: Monday - Thursday, 9am - 2pm US CT kathyc(a)openstack.org

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[openstack-community] Can you help staff the OpenStack booth at USENIX LISA, Nov 12-13?
by Kathy Cacciatore 20 Oct '14

20 Oct '14

Hi everyone, [ USENIX LISA ]( https://www.usenix.org/conference/lisa14 ) (Large Installation System Administration Conference) is coming up November 9-14 in Seattle, WA. Yes, it's the week after the Paris Summit! 1000+ sysadmins, DevOps, architects, software engineers, and more will attend. OpenStack is a silver sponsor and a premier exhibitor. We have a limited number of full conference passes to offer to experienced OpenStack operators, architects and developers who would like to help staff our booth to talk to the attendees about OpenStack - and attend sessions. The no-charge passes cover the main conference program, meals, and evening events Wednesday-Friday, Nov 12-14. The booth is open for staffing Wed., Nov 12 from 12-7pm and Thurs., Nov 13 from 10am-2pm. Please reply with your role in your company. We'll confirm technical candidates on a first-come, first-served basis. If/when we run out of full conference passes, we have expo passes to offer. Other OpenStack activities at LISA: Half day training on Monday, Nov. 10 by Mirantis (fee applies) Dreamhost providing OpenStack-based virtual machines to LISA Lab OpenStack demo on Thursday, Nov. 13 by Canonical Thank you for your support! -- Regards, Kathy Cacciatore Consulting Marketing Manager OpenStack Foundation 1-512-970-2807 (mobile) Part time: Monday - Thursday, 9am - 2pm US CT kathyc(a)openstack.org

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[openstack-community] OpenStack Community Weekly Newsletter (Oct 10 – 17)
by Stefano Maffulli 17 Oct '14

17 Oct '14

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[openstack-community] Opportunità di lavoro per Stackers ed aspiranti Stackers
by A.Silvi＠cbt.it 16 Oct '14

16 Oct '14

La mia azienda CBT S.p.A. sede a Roma sta avviando un progetto con openstack per erogare alcuni servizi in cloud. a tale scopo sto cercando un profilo già skillato ed uno stagista da aggiungere al gruppo di lavoro chiunque fosse interessato può contattarmi a.silvi(a)cbt.it

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[openstack-community] OpenStack Community Weekly Newsletter (Oct 3 - 10)
by Stefano Maffulli 10 Oct '14

10 Oct '14

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[openstack-community] Our next Online Meetup on Trove
by Rafael Knuth 08 Oct '14

08 Oct '14

Hey guys, please sign up for our next Online Meetup: "What is Trove, the Database as a Service on OpenStack?" Oct 14, 9.00 - 10.00 am Pacific https://cc.readytalk.com/r/1ywd6qr1ewev&eom All the best, Rafael

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[openstack-community] OpenStack Day Question
by Frans Thamura 03 Oct '14

03 Oct '14

Hi all the ecosystem here in Indonesia, just starting hot with OpenStack but as usually user group will become threat as enemy or friend. next week first openstack event by RedHat, next october will be Quanta with Canonical ( I am part of, so OSUG Indonesia part of them also) and soon Helion from HP. sadly PowerVM (Openstack kernel on Power processor in iSeries), still dont want to call it openstack :) there are new bundle event from Intel with Redhat regarding Swift and an offer from ceph to bundle also. still in progress right now, i am bring them to the OpenStack Day, because I want to make them as speaker, sponsor. but several love to have their own event, rather collaborate with OpenStack User Group right now we are discussion content with Quanta, Inspur, Canonical, HP regrading topic, but I think only Quanta, inspur, canonical .. HP , Dell still dont know, how to step in this cloud movement . any tips all? can I have all you OpenStack Day activities this year, from every country, plz give me your URL, proposal or pic gallery thx

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[openstack-community] OpenStack Community Weekly Newsletter (Sep 26 - Oct 3)
by Stefano Maffulli 03 Oct '14

03 Oct '14

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[openstack-community] OpenStack Event Policy
by Kathy Cacciatore 03 Oct '14

03 Oct '14

If you are planning an OpenStack-branded event, please review the Event Policy at [ http://www.openstack.org/brand/event-policy/ ]( http://www.openstack.org/brand/event-policy/ ). One change: you can now post your OpenStack events directly to the openstack.org/community/events page at the upper right "Post An Event For Free" link. Exciting additions for regional event organizers are in the works for later this year (post-Paris Summit); stay tuned! Thank you. -- Regards, Kathy Cacciatore Consulting Marketing Manager OpenStack Foundation 1-512-970-2807 (mobile) Part time: Monday - Thursday, 9am - 2pm US CT kathyc(a)openstack.org

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[openstack-community] May 2015 OpenStack Summit - Save the Date
by Claire Massey 03 Oct '14

03 Oct '14

Save the Date! The next OpenStack Summit will be held in Vancouver, BC: May 18-22, 2015. Stay tuned for details!

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[openstack-community] Free passes to CloudOpen EU Dusseldorf available for Booth Volunteers
by Shari Mahrdt 03 Oct '14

03 Oct '14

Hi all, The OpenStack Foundation is sponsoring CloudOpen / LinuxCon Europe in Düsselorf, Germany on October 13-15, 2014. We have 8 complimentary Full Access Conference Passes to offer to 8 knoweldgeable volunteers who can staff the OpenStack booth in shifts (see times below). If you are available, live in or around Germany and have at least one year of experience contributing to or using OpenStack, please contact me - shari(a)openstack.org - and we can set you up as booth staff. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions! Cheers, Shari Technology Showcase Hours • Monday, October 13th: 10:45am - 4:30pm • Tuesday, October 14th: 10:45am - 2:30pm; 5:00pm - 7:00pm • Wednesday, October 15th: 10:45am - 2:30pm Set-up Hours: • Sunday, October 12th: 4:00pm - 7:00pm Tear-Down Hours: • Wednesday, October 15th: 2:30pm - 5:00pm Shari Mahrdt OpenStack Foundation shari(a)openstack.org

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[openstack-community] OpenStack Day 2015 Jakarta
by Frans Thamura 02 Oct '14

02 Oct '14

hi all i have meet with 1. Canonical 2. Quanta 3. HP and they interest with OpenStack Day so I try to confirm the status first before prepare the date any list to prepare for this event can we use Campus/Univ or better Hotel? -- Frans Thamura (曽志胜) Shadow Master and Lead Investor Meruvian. Integrated Hypermedia Java Solution Provider. Mobile: +628557888699 Blog: http://blogs.mervpolis.com/roller/flatburger (id) FB: http://www.facebook.com/meruvian TW: http://www.twitter.com/meruvian / @meruvian Website: http://www.meruvian.org "We grow because we share the same belief."

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