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Monday, November 3 • 17:10 - 17:50
Ask the Experts: OpenStack as a Service or as a Distribution?

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Ask the Experts: OpenStack as a Service or as a Distribution?

This all-star panel discussion will focus on the merits and challenges of deploying OpenStack as either a distribution or as a service. This panel discussion will be recorded as a "Speaking in Tech" Podcast which is distributed by Europe's largest tech publication, The Register.

Topics that will be discussed include:



  • Implications for hardware and software on-premises / off-premises

  • Enterprise considerations for control of data and security

  • Legal implications for off-site data (i.e. Microsoft Azure Ireland court order)

  • Cost considerations 

  • Maturity of distributions and service providers



Ask the Experts: OpenStack as a Service or as a Distribution?

This all-star panel discussion will focus on the merits and challenges of deploying OpenStack as either a distribution or as a service. This panel discussion will be recorded as a "Speaking in Tech" Podcast which is distributed by Europe's largest tech publication, The Register.

Topics that will be discussed include:



  • Implications for hardware and software on-premises / off-premises

  • Enterprise considerations for control of data and security

  • Legal implications for off-site data (i.e. Microsoft Azure Ireland court order)

  • Cost considerations 

  • Maturity of distributions and service providers






Panelists:

Jan Mark Holzer
CTO Office, Red Hat

Kenneth Hui
Business Development Manager, OpenStack-Powered EMC Hybrid Cloud

Caroline McCrory
Sr. Director - Research, Gigaom

Jesse Proudman
CTO and Founder, Blue Box

Manju Ramanathpura
CTO - Intelligent Platforms, HDS

Boris Renski
Co-founder and CMO at Mirantis

Moderator:
Greg Knieriemen
Technology Evangelist, HDS





Speakers
avatar for Jan Mark Holzer

Jan Mark Holzer

CTO Office, Red Hat
Before joining Red Hat I worked at DEC/Compaq/HP in their Tru64 UNIX engineering group,later moved into their architecture strategy group Joined Red Hat in 2004 to become a member of the CTO Office Focusing on customer engagments and engineering relationships Interested in large scale... Read More →
avatar for Kenneth Hui

Kenneth Hui

Director of Technical Marketing, Platform9, Platform9
I am the Director of Technical Marketing and Partner Alliances at Platform9, where we are enabling customers to be successful through our SaaS managed private cloud solution.  My passion is to help IT deliver value through collaboration, automation, and cloud computing.  I am an... Read More →
avatar for Greg Knieriemen

Greg Knieriemen

Hitachi Data Systems Technology Evangelist, Hitachi
Greg is the Hitachi Data Systems Technology Evangelist and helps drive and communicate the vision and application of Hitachi Data Systems technology through various channels. Greg is also the host of the Speaking in Tech Podcast which is distributed by Europe's largest tech publication... Read More →
avatar for Caroline McCrory

Caroline McCrory

VP of Business Development, Cloudsoft
Caroline is a tech industry veteran with over 20 years experience leading projects focused on strategy and business transformation for Fortune 500 companies using technologies such as cloud computing, converged infrastructures and modern software development methods. She has also... Read More →
avatar for Jesse Proudman

Jesse Proudman

CTO, Blue Box, an IBM Company, Blue Box
In 2003, technology entrepreneur Jesse Proudman parlayed his passion for the “plumbing” of the Internet into the creation of Blue Box Group, a Seattle-based private cloud hosting company. As Founder and CTO, Proudman has guided the company’s rapid growth and multiple successful... Read More →
avatar for Manju Ramanathpura

Manju Ramanathpura

CTO - Intelligent Platforms, Hitachi Data Systems
I am a member of Hitachi Data Systems’ Office of Technology & Planning team, working as a CTO for Intelligent Platforms. In my role, I work closely with strategic clients, research communities, open source communities and various Hitachi’s internal organizations to drive continuous... Read More →
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Boris Renski

SVP, Telecom Business Development, Mirantis
Boris Renski is Co-Founder and SVP, Telecom Business Development of Mirantis.


Monday November 3, 2014 17:10 - 17:50 CET
Room 251

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