Platform as a Service (OpenShift PaaS) for Geospatial Applications

About the presentation:

Platform as a Service (PaaS) represents the next evolution of cloud computing – developers just write their apps in anything from Java to Python, commit their code to git, and voila – instant app!

Steven will talk a bit about PaaS versus Infrastructure as a Service versus Software as a Service and when you might consider each cloud solution.

Then he will use Redhat's OpenShift PaaS to show how quickly and easily a developer can get their data into PostGIS or MongoDB spatial, deploy Geoserver to Jboss, and then place a small web app on top. A developer can focus on building spatial applications, leaving the infrastructure and scaling to their PaaS provider.

About Steven: Steve is a PaaS Dust Spreader (aka developer evangelist) with OpenShift. He goes around and shows off all the great work the OpenShift engineers do. He can teach you about PaaS with Java, PostgreSQL MongoDB, mobile JavaScript, some Android, a little bit of iPhone, and even some Python . He has 11 years of Java programming expertise ranging from data processing and statistical analysis to ORM and web applications. He began doing geospatial work 19 years ago and has done geospatial programming work on multiple platforms using JavaScript, .NET, and Java, He has spoken at numerous conferences including JavaOne, BAPI, CTIA, AjaxWorld, ESRI Developer Conference, GeoWeb, Where2.0, and SAP TechEd. Before OpenShift, Steve was a developer evangelist for LinkedIn and deCarta. Steve holds a B.A. from Vassar College, an M.S. from University of Georgia and a Ph. D. in Ecology from University of Connecticut. He likes building interesting applications and helping developers create great solutions.