3rd Annual Cloudy Awards
By John | March 11, 2011
Hello CloudCampers,
I am excited to inform you that as a registered CloudCamp attendee, you are qualified to participate in the 3rd Annual Cloudy Awards. The Cloudy Awards is a celebration of those who are making a difference in the Cloud Computing industry and beyond. Nominations are now open, and as a past attendee of CloudCamp you are invited to nominate your favorite Cloud Solution, Person or Idea.
How do I nomiate my choice for a Cloudy Award?
Nominations are easy. Click on this award nomination category link, (you may also visit https://cloudcamp.uservoice.com/forums/106351-best-cloud-analysts), then click on one of the 27 categories (bottom right) and make your choice. If you don’t see your choice listed, just add it! Only past attendees of CloudCamps are qualified to make a nomination.
How will the winners be chosen?
The finalists with the most votes as of 10:00 AM Pacific Time on Tuesday March 15th will be declared as winners.
When will the winners be announced?
The winners of the 2010 Cloudy Awards will be announced Tuesday March 15th at 12:00 PM Pacific Time at the Cloudy Awards co-hosted with the 138 Listenng Lounge Party at South-by-Southwest in Austin, Texas
To register to watch the Cloudy Awards live online, visit http://cloudcamp.org/austin. If you are visiting Austin for SXSW, please drop by.
If you have any quesitons, let me know.
Sincerely,
Dave Nielsen
http://www.cloudcamp.org
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What Devops Means to Me
By John | July 16, 2010
I have been in IT operations for over 30 years and I have seen a lot of good and bad ideas come and go. I have been following the Devops movement for over a year now and I have kept my eyes very focused to the Devops radar. To me Devops is one of the most interesting ideas that I have seen in the last 30 years. Like any new idea, Devops is creating some controversy and there are many discussions about what is wrong with Devops. In fact, many of the recent questions about Devops sound very similar to some of the questions that were being asked about Clouds two years ago. A lot of those old Cloud questions have now been answered; however, many still remain open. I believe this is exactly the path that the recent “Devops” questions are following. I have spoken and interviewed a lot of the thought leaders in the Devops movement. Here are some of my thoughts based on what I have learned thus far.
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Huge Week for Opscode
By John | June 25, 2010
Here are some of the highlights from the week…
Opscode, Turning Sysadmins into Superheroes
Automation as a Service from Opscode – Quick Analysis
Opscode Unveils Funding, Hosted Platform
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Press Release: Opscode Partners With DTO Solutions
By John | June 16, 2010
SEATTLE, WA—( Marketwire – June 14, 2010 ) – Opscode, Inc., a cloud infrastructure automation company, today announced it has forged a new partnership with DTO Solutions, a consulting company which provides automated infrastructure and process improvement for large-scale, mission critical IT operations. DTO recently completed the first phase of Opscode’s Chef certification process and is currently helping Opscode build out the Chef ecosystem.
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Opscode Brings on Two New Technical Evangelists
By John | June 2, 2010
SEATTLE, WA–(Marketwire – 06/02/10) – Opscode, Inc., a cloud infrastructure automation company, today announced the appointment of two new technical evangelists: Adrian Cole, founder of jclouds.org, an open source cloud framework that enables developers to reuse their java code, and Aaron Peterson, a 14-year systems and network veteran. In their new roles, Adrian and Aaron will be actively engaged in spreading the gospel and driving adoption for the systems integration framework “Chef,” where they will work to cultivate and grow a community of active contributors.
“Both Aaron and Adrian are cloud infrastructure rock stars who as technology evangelists will play a critical role in defining best practices and educating this fast growing community on how Chef can be most efficiently deployed to fully automate the next generation of cloud infrastructure,” said Jesse Robbins, CEO and co-founder of Opscode. “The Chef community represents one of the largest and fastest growing open source configuration management projects today. With forward thinking practitioners like Adrian and Aaron helping Opscode spread our vision for what the future of infrastructure looks like, we’ll be well positioned to make this vision a reality.”
Prior to joining Opscode, Aaron spent more than 14 years designing and building IT infrastructure and operations at places such as Bank of America, Cisco Systems, and the University of California at Santa Cruz. Working with Jesse Robbins in infrastructure and security operations at Amazon.com, Aaron wielded real-time command-line kung fu to tens of thousands of servers at once and automated global production infrastructure. Aaron is passionate about information design and visualization, scale, and analysis. He has done Computer Science undergraduate work at the University of California at Santa Cruz.
Adrian Cole is founder of jclouds.org, a popular open source cloud framework for the java community. Adrian has held senior architect roles for a number of major GLOBAL enterprise organizations, including most recently at VMWare where he was a Cloud Ecosystem Architect. Prior to VMWare, Adrian served as well as Barclays Global, Fannie Mae, and Digex. Adrian earned his B.S. in Computer Science from Hood College.
About Opscode
Opscode was co-founded in 2008 by Jesse Robbins and Adam Jacob, along with other notable technologists who have helped to shape today’s Cloud infrastructure. Opscode enables companies of all sizes to build and maintain scalable, fully automated infrastructure based on community best practices and expertise. The company is privately held and headquartered in Seattle’s historic Pioneer Square neighborhood. More information can be found at www.opscode.com
Press Contact:
Robert Nachbar Kismet Communications 206-427-0389
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