This document outlines the agenda for the European CloudStack User Group. Giles Sirett will provide a CloudStack news roundup and introduction. There will then be presentations on using CloudStack in a public cloud from Antoine Coetsier of Exoscale, designing a production CloudStack cloud from Geoff Higginbottom of ShapeBlue, and running desktop workloads on CloudStack with Citrix XenDesktop from Donal Lafferty of Citrix. Additional talks will cover Docker clouds with Apache Brooklyn and load balancing as a service on CloudStack. The group aims to provide a collaborative environment around CloudStack and related technologies through technical discussions, best practices, and case studies.

1. European CloudStack User Group
Welcome
Giles Sirett
Group Chairman
giles.sirett@shapeblue.com
Twitter: @ShapeBlue

2. CEO of ShapeBlue
Involved in Cloudstack for 3+ years
PMC member & Committer Apache CloudStack
Chairman of this group
#WhoAmI ?

3. Thanks to todays sponsors

4.  Welcome, introduction & CloudStack news roundup – Giles Sirett, ShapeBlue
 Using a cloudstack powered public cloud- Antoine Coetsier, Exoscale
 Designing a production ready CloudStack Cloud - Geoff Higginbottom, ShapeBlue
 BREAK
 Running Desktop Workloads on CloudStack with Citrix XenDesktop – Donal Lafferty, Citrix
 Clocker - Creating a Docker Cloud with Apache Brooklyn - Andrew Kennedy and Sam Corbett ,
Cloudsoft
 Providing load balancing as a service by provisioning on-demand highly available load balancer pairs
per tenant – can it work for CloudStack? - Samuel Bercovici
 17:00 onwards - drink in pub for questions !
Agenda

5.  Collaborative environment for:
 all things CloudStack/ CloudPlatform
 Related tech: ecosystem products, hypervisors, storage, etc
 Technical deep-dives, issues & best practice
 Case studies & ideas
 To showcase complementary technologies
 To give a strong voice for feedback to Apache developer
community
 No pitching !
The aims of this group

6.  4.3.1 release in about 2 weeks
 Hard work ongoing on 4.4.0
 RC to be cut on Friday (tomorrow)
 Cloudmonkey 5.1.0 released May 16
CloudStack News…

7.  Over 60 CloudStack sessions
 Tutorials & Bootcamp training
 Co-located with ApacheCon
CCCNA14 - Denver

8.  19-22 November,Budapest
 Now planning schedule
 Space for 60 talks
 Consider submitting
 Travel funding available
CCCEU14

9.  Community continues
to grow
 Meet-ups getting
bigger
 200+ active
contributors, 7o+
organisations
 Now 72 86 96
committers
CloudStack News…..

10. Two new
committers
in this room
CloudStack News…..

11. We still have an awareness problem

12.  Great software
 Great Community
 Big install base
 So, what’s the problem ?
So, whats the problem?

13. Just a reminder on the real world
20132012

14. And another….

15. CloudStack Users

16. CloudStack Users 2.0

17. 17
CloudStack Users 3.0

18.  Support the community
 Spread the word!
 Align your business with the technology – tell the world!
 Help your company realise the benefits of community
involvement
 Sponsor events
 Volunteers always welcome at Apache
So, what can we do to help?

19.  Let the community help
you by joining a mailing
list
 Help
 Be helped
 Get social
 #cloudstackworks
Specific calls to action

20.  Does the world know
your org runs Cloudstack ?
 Make sure they’re public
about their use
 Push for a case study
 Explain the benefits
 Be proud of ACS (they are
in Japan)
Specific calls to action

21. Antoine Coetsier
Exoscale
Using a cloudstack
powered public cloud
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