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    OpenStack Summit Highlights Cloud’s Global Influence

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    Sean Michael Kerner
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    November 8, 2013
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      1OpenStack Summit Highlights Cloud’s Global Influence

      1 - OpenStack Summit Highlights Cloud's Global Influence

      by Sean Michael Kerner

      2The Lion Dance Welcomes Attendees to Hong Kong

      2 - The Lion Dance Welcomes Attendees to Hong Kong

      The traditional Lion Dance greeted attendees of the OpenStack Summit with a lively show of sight and sound.

      3CIO of Hong Kong Likes Open Technologies

      3 - CIO of Hong Kong Likes Open Technologies

      Daniel Lai, government chief information officer of Hong Kong, helped kick off the conference with comments about OpenStack and its global nature.

      4The Cloud Isn’t About Acronyms

      4 - The Cloud Isn't About Acronyms

      Jonathan Bryce, executive director of the OpenStack Foundation, doesn’t care much about acronyms such as IaaS (infrastructure as a service) and PaaS (platform as a service). In Bryce’s view, OpenStack is all about the impact on the user.

      5OpenStack Needs More Collaboration

      5 - OpenStack Needs More Collaboration

      During his keynote address, Hewlett-Packard Distinguished Engineer Monty Taylor said it’s critical for companies to contribute to the core of OpenStack and not just their own plug-ins. “If your amazing plug-in works but the OpenStack core doesn’t, your plug-in is sitting on a pile of mud,” Taylor said.

      6IBM Is Placing Its Cloud Bets on OpenStack

      6 - IBM Is Placing Its Cloud Bets on OpenStack

      Danny Sabbah, CTO and general manager, Next Generation Platform, at IBM, is bullish on OpenStack. In his view, the cloud is one of the most important evolutions in the history of computing.

      7Open Source Matters in the Cloud

      7 - Open Source Matters in the Cloud

      Brian Stevens, CTO of Red Hat, emphasized during his keynote that open source is the key to OpenStack’s success.

      8China Is Home to a Large Population of OpenStack Developers

      8 - China Is Home to a Large Population of OpenStack Developers

      While OpenStack got its start in the U.S., Beijing is now home to more OpenStack developers than anywhere else in the world.

      9OpenStack Security Service Protects 450 Million Users in China

      9 - OpenStack Security Service Protects 450 Million Users in China

      Chinese online security and mobile vendor Qihoo 360 is using OpenStack to provide cloud-based security for 450 million users.

      10China’s Largest Travel Site Uses OpenStack

      10 - China's Largest Travel Site Uses OpenStack

      Ctrip is now using OpenStack to help power its back end and as the platform for a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) service that is replacing 13,000 call center desktops.

      11OpenStack Summit Provides Live Translation

      11 - OpenStack Summit Provides Live Translation

      In an effort to be assessable, the OpenStack Summit provided live Chinese language translation for some of the English language sessions.

      12New Projects to Join the Platform in 2014 and Beyond

      12 - New Projects to Join the Platform in 2014 and Beyond

      An increasing number of new projects are likely to become part of the OpenStack platform in the next year. One of the most hyped at an early stage is Solum, which aims to bridge the gap with application development services.

      13Mark Shuttleworth Places His PaaS Bet on CloudFoundry

      13 - Mark Shuttleworth Places His PaaS Bet on CloudFoundry

      Mark Shuttleworth, the founder of Ubuntu Linux, announced during the event that his company will be partnering with Pivotal’s CloudFoundry PaaS.

      14Hong Kong Provided a Cloudy Vista for Attendees

      14 - Hong Kong Provided a Cloudy Vista for Attendees

      As the first OpenStack Summit outside of the U.S., the event gave attendees the chance to explore one of the world’s great cities.

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