rlebherz wrote: Alf,
Interesting article. I think the Cloud services and cloud infrastructure lines are a bit blurred, but I agree with most of what you are saying.
Dont underestimate the SLA's role in accountability. For companies that have dynamic requirements and no down time can be afforded, make sure you have very tight SLAs. For example, OpSource provides a 100% SLA in the cloud and 100%SLA around production application environments. Now 100% is ideally perfect, it comes down to accountability, yo...
ApacheCon US
2008, the official conference of The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), will
hold this year’s event in New Orleans
on November 3-7, 2008. ApacheCon brings together users, developers, vendors,
and speakers to discuss groundbreaking Open Source practices and issues, with
updates of developments from The Apache Software Foundation (ASF). It offers
educational presentations, hands-on training sessions, and networking
opportunities.
Attendees at ApacheCon US 2008 will be able to partake in
new two-day training sessions covering Apache Tomcat, scaling Apache hands on,
and Apache HTTP Server. These will take place on November 3 and 4, as
pre-conference training days. The training workshops will be in-depth, covering
advance production troubleshooting, hands on training in the Lucene Boot Camp, and
a web applications security boot camp. Attendees will be provided with
certifications of completion.
Also new at ApacheCon this year is BarCampApache held on
November 4 as an impromptu, freewheeling day of open discussion on wide-ranging
Open Source topics, dictated by the interests of the participants. Other
special events include a business panel, receptions, HadoopCamp, Lightning
Talks, PGP Keysignings, and a Fast Feather Track.
The Apache Open For Business (OFBiz) Symposium 2008 will
co-locate with ApacheCon US to draw a new community of users to the event.
OFBiz will be running its symposium concurrently in the Sheraton in New Orleans with tracks
dedicated to both the business side of using OFBiz and a technical track
complementing The Apache Software Foundation’s tracks covering innovations,
developments, and opportunities in Open Source technology. Attendees will be
able to mix and match the tracks from both conferences and have the opportunity
to network with submitters, experts, and users. The OFBiz Symposium will also
offer a two-day training session during the pre-conference training days.
Apache OFBiz is an Open Source enterprise automation
software project. It allows businesses to harness the benefits and innovation
of Open Source projects through the creation and collaboration of specialized
applications, as well as accessing out-of-the-box applications. OFBiz drives
Open Source through the creation of customizable solutions that meet the
specific needs of enterprises.
Lars Eilebrecht, Vice President of Conference Planning,
ApacheCon US said, “Combining ApacheCon and the OFBiz Symposium will bring the
whole Apache community together, and expand the learning and networking
experiences available for all attendees. Hosting these conferences in New Orleans also opens us
up to help a community in need, the ASF way, through our voluntouring program.”
With world leading technology companies such as Google,
Hewlett-Packard, Hippo, Hotwax Media, IONA, Linux Magazine, SpringSource, and
Yahoo! sponsoring this year's gathering of Open Source users, enthusiasts and
vendors, ApacheCon US
2008 has ensured that it continues its mission to encourage the uptake and
development of Open Source software through raising awareness and generating
public interest.
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