Red Hat Kicks OpenStack Startup Piston Cloud Out Of Upcoming Conference
February 21, 2014
Grazed from CRN. Author: Kevin McLaughlin.
Red Hat has uninvited Piston Cloud Computing, a San Francisco-based startup that had signed as a sponsor for its upcoming open-source conference, apparently without explanation. Piston Cloud had paid $13,000 to be a sponsor for The Red Hat Summit, which is being held in San Francisco from April 14-17. But Red Hat has canceled the sponsorship and will refund the sponsorship fee. Its motives for doing so are unclear.
"Upon reviewing the 2014 Red Hat Summit sponsor list, Red Hat leadership has requested the termination of the sponsorship agreement with Piston Cloud," Michael Fremder, Red Hat’s global corporate sponsorship marketing manager, said in an email sent to Piston Cloud Friday, which was viewed by CRN…
"Per the terms of the sponsorship agreement, Red Hat may terminate the agreement at its sole discretion. Please consider this e-mail your formal notice," Fremder said in the email. "We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused Piston Cloud."…
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