What is Trove? OpenStack L.A. February '15 Meetup

The February 2015 OpenStack L.A. meetup is on! And, we have a real treat in store for you. Ken Rugg, CEO at Tesora, will be flying in from Cambridge, Mass (and yes, his arms will be tired!) to give the group a deep dive and update on the OpenStack Trove project.

And, please take note that to accommodate Ken's travel schedule, we will NOT be meeting on our normal meetup date (4th Thursday of the month). So, please take note of the date for this meetup, mark your calendars, and make plans to be here!

Presentation Abstract

What is Trove, the Database as a Service (DBaaS) project on OpenStack? This presentation will provide a deep dive into Trove, providing updates on new developments and how Trove supports the OpenStack Juno release. In addition, we'll provide a preview of what's planned for OpenStack Kilo and the future direction of Trove.

Providing an introduction to DBaaS, with an emphasis on OpenStack using Trove, this presentation is aimed at a very broad audience including IT Managers, CxOs, DevOps personnel, and database users, and offers a high level introduction to DBaaS, focusing on DBaaS with OpenStack Trove.

It helps answer questions such as:

· What are some major problems faced by IT and database users in the organization?

· What are the benefits of DBaaS?

· What is OpenStack Trove?

· How does Trove relate to things such as Amazon RDS, MongoHQ, Heroku, DynamoDB, HP Cloud Relational Database and Rackspace Cloud Databases?

· Should I offer DBaaS to my organization?

· What are some practical considerations in migrating to DBaaS?

It presents some practical examples of benefits achieved in adopting DBaaS, shares learnings from the adoption process, and highlights some potential pitfalls. It concludes with a description of the capabilities of OpenStack Trove and presents a view of the roadmap of features for upcoming releases.

Speaker Bio

Ken Rugg (@kenrugg), founder, CEO, and board member at Tesora, Inc. has over 20 years of experience in the database management industry. Before founding Tesora, Ken was the senior vice president and business unit general manager at Progress Software for the company's enterprise software products. Ken joined Progress when his previous company, eXcelon, a leader in Object and XML data management, was acquired. At eXcelon, Ken was a chief technology officer and vice president of product development.

Agenda

7:00P - 7:40P: Eating, drinking, mingling, and networking

7:40P - 7:45P: Group announcements and speaker introduction

7:45P - 8:45P: Presentation/Q&A

8:45P - 10:00P: More eating, drinking, mingling, and networking