As you may know, the lineup and agenda for the second OpenNebula Conference (due this 2-4 December in Berlin) are already closed. These high quality contents ensure that the conference is the perfect place to learn about Cloud Computing, and to understand how industry leaders of different sectors are using OpenNebula in their datacenters.

There is however still a chance to contribute to the conference. The lightning talks are 5 minute plenary presentations focusing on one key point. This can be a new project, product, feature, integration, experience, use case, collaboration invitation, quick tip, or demonstration. This session is an opportunity for ideas to get the attention they deserve. Remember the rules:

• Five minutes and only five minutes
• Three slides and only three slides
• Focus on only one key point: use case, experience, new feature, demo…

We have two 30-minute sessions for lightning talks and there are still slots available, so now is the time to register and send us your proposal!

The first day of the conference we are going to have a couple of activities that I’m sure you’ll be interested in. There is one tutorial for people that wants to learn how to deploy and use OpenNebula and in parallel we will have free form hacking session.

This hacking session is meant for people that already has OpenNebula deployed and knows how to use it. There you can catch up with OpenNebula developers and have conversations that are a bit hard to have in the mailing list. It is also a great place to meet other people that may be doing things similar to you or have already sorted out some of the problems you may have. Here are some ideas on what you can do in the hacking session:

• Ask about some new feature that is coming in new releases
• Get help modifying Sunstone interface for your company
• Integrate your billing system with OpenNebula accounting
• Create a new Transfer Manager driver that knows how to talk to your SAN
• Migrate a driver you’ve made for an old OpenNebula version to the newest one
• Optimize your OpenNebula deployment

But you can also help us with the project! For example:

• Discuss about some feature you may want to have included
• Help improving or developing a new feature for OpenNebula
• Give advice or add new documentation
• Bug hunting!

This session will be held the first day (September 24) from 2pm to 6pm but we will be available the whole conference. In case there’s no time the first day or you want to talk to us any other day just come and say hi!

See you in Berlin!

Do you want to know what the fuzz is all about? Not really know about Cloud Computing but eager to find out? Well, look no further. The first OpenNebula Conference, to be held in Berlin in September, 24-26, is the perfect place to learn about practical cloud computing, useful for users, researchers, developers,  administrators, integrators, architects, executives and IT managers tackle their computational and business challenges.

This conference is highly valuable for those who want to understand and benefit from this massive trend of mainstream , with speakers covering topics from different technical ranges, from the birds eye view of Cloud Computing as a deep change in IT (and all the risks that changing involves!) to very specialised and technical talks covering tricky technical details. So, whether you are a tech layman or a devop hack guy, this is the right spot if you are interested or into Cloud Computing.

The contents are broad, ensuring a richness of different profiles, which will make attending the conference an awesome experience if you are interested in the business model of the cloud, in finding the cloud strategy that’s right for your infrastructure and enterprise, in the integration between different data center components or even if you just to know what on earth is going on with all this cloud madness. Come in for a treat!

The conference is a must attend for every person who wants to:

• Build, configure and operate your own cloud
• Hear cloud experts from leading companies
• Gather actionable and thought-provoking ideas from real hands-on experiences, industry case studies and deployment experiences
• Gain practical insight and knowledge from organizations building and running production cloud infrastructures
• Network with peers and discuss about latest cloud technology updates and features

We look forward to your participation!

There are multiple goodies packed with the OpenNebula Conf 2013 registration. Lightning talks, meeting OpenNebula users and developers, high-quality keynote speakers are some of the treats you are in for if you are attending the conference.

One of the major benefits is the possibility to attend an OpenNebula tutorial the day before of the conference. This 3-hour tutorial is included in the registration, so everyone is welcome to attend it on Tuesday 24th at 02:00pm. The tutorial is intended for devops and system administrators interested in deploying a private cloud solution, or in the integration of OpenNebula with other platforms.

The contents will cover an introduction to cloud computing, a vision of the architecture of the cloud, planning and installing OpenNebula as well as configuration and basic usage. The needed material is a laptop with VirtualBox installed, where throughout the tutorial a proof of concept cloud will be deployed. Attendees will gain knowledge of the different architectures for a cloud that can be deployed with OpenNebula, and also will learn how to deploy and configure their favourite CMP as well as how to operate it.

Looking to deepen your knowledge in OpenNebula?. Register now.