Highlights of the week

Save the Date – OpenStack Summit Spring 2013 http://www.openstack.org/blog/2013/01/save-the-date-openstack-summit-spring-2013/

*It’s official – the Spring 2013 OpenStack Summit https://www.openstack.org/summit/portland-2013/ will be held in Portland, April 15-18, at the Oregon Convention Center. *

We’re expecting 2000 OpenStack users, prospective users, ecosystem members and developers to attend the Spring Summit. As usual, we’ll have a variety of content and tracks, ranging from compelling user stories and technical deep dives to the business case for OpenStack and hands-on workshops.

If you’d like to submit a presentation, panel or workshop, the *call for speakers http://www.openstack.org/summit/portland-2013/call-for-speakersis now open* and will close February 15.

The call for sponsorships will open January 14*. *Event registration and discount hotel rates will be available the week of January 14, so stay tuned and check back for updates https://www.openstack.org/summit/.

OpenStack Board of Directors Talks: Episode 3 with Randy Bias, Co-Founder & CTO at Cloudscaling http://rafstack.tumblr.com/post/39582996936

Rafael Knuth chats with Randy Bias about Cloudscaling, OpenStack, cloud technology, API compatibility, enterprise adoption of cloud technologies, Dell and more.

Tips and tricks

* By Hui Cheng http://freedomhui.com/: How To Build A Small Hadoop Cluser In Openstack Using Hadoop1.0 Image http://freedomhui.com/2012/12/how-to-build-a-small-hadoop-cluser-in-openstack-using-hadoop1-0-image/ * By Thierry Carrez: development environment for Ubuntu-based release of OpenStack http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2013-January/004205.html

Upcoming Events

* Minnesota OpenStack: Part 2 http://www.meetup.com/Minnesota-OpenStack-Meetup/events/94227732/ Jan 07, 2013 – Minneapolis, MN Details http://www.meetup.com/Minnesota-OpenStack-Meetup/events/94227732/ * OpenStack DACH Meetup http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-DACH/events/96141772/ Jan 09, 2013 – Cologne (Köln), Germany Details http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-DACH/events/96141772/ * OpenStack Denver Meetup http://blog.scottlowe.org/2013/01/03/inaugural-openstack-denver-meetup/ Jan 09, 2013 – Denver, CO Details http://blog.scottlowe.org/2013/01/03/inaugural-openstack-denver-meetup/ * OpenStack Users January 2013 meetup http://www.meetup.com/Indian-OpenStack-User-Group/events/93144352/ Jan 19, 2013 – Bangalore, India Details http://www.meetup.com/Indian-OpenStack-User-Group/events/93144352/ * Openstack Developers Meetup http://wiki.openstack.org/DeveloperMeetupRaanana Jan 20, 2013 – Jerusalem, Israel Details http://wiki.openstack.org/DeveloperMeetupRaanana * FOSDEM’13 https://fosdem.org/2013/schedule/track/cloud/ Feb 02 – 03, 2013 – Bruxelles, Belgium Cloud track https://fosdem.org/2013/schedule/track/cloud/ * Second Swiss OpenStack User Group Meeting http://www.meetup.com/zhgeeks/events/97648722/ Feb 19, 2013 – Zurich, Switzerland Details http://www.meetup.com/zhgeeks/events/97648722/

Other news

* Details about OpenStack at linux.conf.au 2013 http://www.stillhq.com/openstack/000011.html * Grizzly-2 just around the corner http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2013-January/004206.html * OpenStack Project Meeting didn’t happen this week

Welcome new contributors

Celebrating the first patches submitted this week by:

* Janis Gengeris

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