Case Study: Enabling The Business of Cloud

An efficiently run, large scale Openstack cloud is a balancing act that requires a mix of processes, tools, and metrics. The goal is to provide internal customers a highly responsive and flexible cloud while demonstrate that it can be done at a competitive cost. At the same time, you have to fight for every budget dollar and continue to justify the expense!

6:00 – 6:45 Networking & food

6:45 – 7:00 Introductions and announcements

7:00 – 8:00 Prashanth Hari, OpenStack Engineer at Comcast, and Sanjay Mishra, CTO of Talligent, will discuss challenges and best practices for managing a large and distributed multi-tenant OpenStack Cloud, including billing/chargeback, management reporting, self-service automation, and customer lifecycle management.

8:00 – 8:30 A short demo of Talligent OpenBook

8:30 – 9:00 Q&A