OpenStackDC Meetup #18

Thank you CloudFounders (http://www.cloudfounders.com/) for sponsoring this event and the group.

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Agenda:

• 6:30 - 7:00 - Meet, greet, eat & drink

• 7:00 - 7:10 - Introductions and Announcements

• OpenStack storage projects and an overview of Open vStorage

• cloudSM, a Cloud Service Management Platform for OpenStack

1. OpenStack storage projects and an overview of Open vStorage

Abstract:
During this session we will discuss the current status of OpenStack storage projects and give an overview of the new features in Open vStorage 2.0. Open vStorage (http://twitter.com/OpenvStorage) is an open-source project with a single focus: offer the fastest Virtual Machine storage for OpenStack. With Open vStorage we have built technology which has the features of high-end SANs (performance, zero-copy snapshots, thin cloning) but is also scale-out and low-cost, like object storage solutions. Open vStorage combines the best of both worlds. With Open vStorage you can seamlessly scale your storage by adding more disks.

CloudFounders (@CloudFounders (https://twitter.com/cloudfounders)):
CloudFounders brings together leading experts from the world of cloud, datacenter and IT services. The team includes people instrumental in the development of clouds and datacenters at Level 3, PSInet, and Dedigate part of Terremark/Verizon. The team has also brought successful datacenter technology to the market with Q-Layer`s Private Virtual Datacenter and VirtualBox, both now part of Oracle and Datacenter Technologies PureDisk technology which was acquired by Symantec.

Stefaan Aelbrecht (@saelbrec (https://twitter.com/saelbrec))
Stefaan Aelbrecht is CTO of CloudFounders. He is responsible for all technical decisions across CloudFounders' private and public cloud range. Before Cloudfounders he was Technical Lead of a group of System Engineers maintaining several data centers across Europe in companies like Alcatel Microelectronics, AMI Semiconductor & ON Semiconductor. Stefaan holds a Master degree in Electronics and Information Technology Engineering.

Wim Provoost (@wimpers_be (https://twitter.com/wimpers_be))
Wim Provoost is product manager at CloudFounders for the open-source project Open vStorage. Wim Provoost has been with the company since its inception in 2007. He holds a master degree in computer science engineering and a master degree in economics.

2. cloudSM, a Cloud Service Management Platform for OpenStack

Abstract:
Today there are many public cloud options to choose from, but going with one provider over another inevitably leads to vendor lock-in. OpenStack is an IaaS platform for delivering cloud functionality with your existing private infrastructure that is open and vendor agnostic, but may not deliver as much functionality as other public cloud services your customers consume.

Ostrato (@Ostrato (http://twitter.com/ostrato)):
cloudSM (http://www.ostrato.com/cloud-service-management/) is Ostrato's platform for brokering cloud services by unifying cloud services across providers, including private infrastructure managed by OpenStack. In this overview, we'll review the capabilities of Openstack, and provide some recommendations on how to unify and deliver additional capability on your Openstack-enabled infrastructure, using Ostrato’s new release of cloudSM, codenamed Granite.

Jennifer Galvin:
Jennifer Galvin, the Director of Cloud Solutions for Ostrato, focusing on Cloud and Infrastructure Management. Before joining Ostrato, Jennifer led a team of administrators with her deep expertise in datacenter management, and continued that transformation by joining visionary startups such as VMware, Cassatt and Opsware.

Jennifer was a vital contributor to many successful cloud transformations and services, including those for Bank of America, DISA, Verizon Compute-As-A-Service and SHI’s Managed Private Cloud. She achieved a Master of Science Degree in Computer Science from Johns Hopkins University. Jennifer Galvin is local to Washington, DC, where she organizes the Reston Virtualization Group and DC Agile Software Testing meetups.