Cloud Strategy, Culture and Talent Development Key Themes of OpenStack Summit Austin
March 29, 2016
Speakers from OpenStack users including AT&T, OVH, SAP, Workday and Verizon will share how cloud computing has transformed their businesses at the 13th gathering of the OpenStack open source cloud community. More than 7,000 participants from 55+ countries are expected to attend the next OpenStack Summit in Austin, April 25-29, 2016, at the Austin Convention Center. Today is the last day to purchase OpenStack Summit tickets at a discounted rate.
Summit content will emphasize the foundational role that OpenStack now plays in enterprise IT strategies and service provider roadmaps, bridging cloud native software development with the optimization of legacy applications. The theme recognizes OpenStack as an integration engine to automate compute, storage and networking for a diverse set of technologies ranging from virtualization and bare metal to container orchestration like Kubernetes and Apache Mesos.
The schedule for the Austin Summit is now online. Keynotes and breakout sessions will spotlight enterprise IT strategies, cloud application development, the telecom ecosystem and emerging NFV architecture, and exciting new projects and technologies within the OpenStack community. Presentations and workshops will also showcase advancements in the manageability and scalability of the software and enhancements designed to improve the end-user experience.
OpenStack users who will share their business transformation stories and operational best practices include diverse global brands, universities, government organizations and smaller enterprises and startups:
- Ancestry.com
- AT&T
- Betfair
- Bloomberg
- Burton Snowboards
- CERN
- China Mobile
- Clemson University
- Cloud Infrastructure for Microbial Bioinformatics
- eBay
- HMRC (British Tax Authority)
- JFE Steel Corporation (Japan)
- Los Alamos National Labs
- Nike
- Nokia Networks
- Overstock.com
- PubMatic
- SAP
- State Grid Corporation of China
- Swisscom
- Symantec
- Tata Communications
- The Francis Crick Institute
- Time Warner Cable
- Universidade Federal de Campina Grande
- Verizon
- ViaSat
- Visa, Inc.
- Walmart/WalmartLabs
- Wells Fargo
- Workday
New OpenStack Academy
A new component at the Austin Summit will be the OpenStack Academy, a dedicated space for learning that will house dozens of hands-on workshops, day-long intensive training sessions and professional certification exams. Growing the cloud computing talent pool is a strategic initiative for the OpenStack Foundation, and the OpenStack Academy will greatly increase the amount of practical, hands-on training available to attendees.
Intensive training courses will be run and offered free of charge to registered participants by sponsors in the OpenStack ecosystem, including Cloud Foundry, Mirantis, Rackspace, Red Hat, Solinea and SUSE. Throughout the week, OpenStack Academy will host dozens of 90-minute, hands-on workshops, more than doubling the number of training sessions typically offered at past Summits.