Posts Categorized: community

OpenStack Resurgence: How VMware’s Licensing Rugpull is Encouraging a Second Look

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In the wake of Broadcom’s 2023 acquisition of VMware, the enterprise IT world found itself at a crossroads. Rapid, unexpected changes to VMware’s licensing model sent shockwaves through thousands of organizations, forcing a stark choice: stay and absorb dramatic cost increases—or seek out an alternative platform capable of handling mission-critical workloads. Enter OpenStack For many… Read more »

Students of OpenStack: Meet Oria Weng!

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Oria Weng is a third-year honors student studying computer science at Oregon State University, working at the Oregon State University Open Source Lab (OSUOSL). What Open Infrastructure project are you working with, and what made you interested in that project, as opposed to some of the other options? What was the hardest part about getting… Read more »

Students of OpenStack: Meet Boosung Kim!

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As the academic year wraps up, seniors at Dickinson College have completed their capstone course, where they learned a lot during the past year, including new concepts, how OpenInfra works, working with the Swift core team, and we getting to attend the Project Teams Gathering (PTG). This year, James Nguyễn, Nathan Nguyễn, and Boosung Kim… Read more »

How to Have a Successful PTG as an OpenStack Operator

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Myth: Project Teams Gatherings (PTGs) are working events organized by the OpenInfra Foundation only for OpenStack developers to collaborate on an upcoming release.  Let’s break that down.  Project Teams Gatherings (PTGs) are working events organized by the OpenInfra Foundation: CORRECT. PTGs are only for OpenStack developers to collaborate on an upcoming release: WRONG.  While PTGs are for OpenStack… Read more »

User Group Newsletter – September 2017

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Sydney Summit news Let’s get excited! The Sydney Summit is getting close, and is less than 30 days away!! Get all your important information in this Summit guide. It includes suggestions about where to stay, featured speakers, a Summit timeline and much more. The schedule is LIVE! Plan it via the website or on the… Read more »

User Group Newsletter August 2017

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Sydney Summit Don’t miss out on your early bird tickets, sales end September 8 at 11:59pm PT . Find all you need to know in this Summit guide.  It includes information about where to stay, featured speakers, a Summit timeline and much more. An important note regarding travel. All non-Australian residents will need a visa to… Read more »