Open Stack

    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-speakers>is 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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