On Thu, Aug 02, 2012 at 04:17:35AM +1000, Justin Clift wrote: > On 01/08/2012, at 6:08 AM, Mo Morsi wrote: > > See there have been a bunch of changes / suggestions on the document, > > which looks good but it is getting lengthy IMO. Abstracts should be on > > the shorter side and focus on what the audience will be gaining / taking > > away from the presentation / project. > > > > Just attaching a typical proposal template which I've used for > > conferences in the past: > > > > Title: Opening up Cloud Computing with Aeolus > > Presenter: Mo Morsi <[email protected]> <315.863.7088> > > > > > > Abstract: > > Recent years have seen an influx of Cloud Computing services offered by > > a plethora of vendors with many different APIs and interfaces. The > > diversity of these products offer many solutions at various levels of > > the stack, but increases the risk of proprietary cloud adoption due to > > vendor lock-in and downtime. > > > > With Aeolus we aim to provide a Free and Open Source cloud computing > > framework through which instances can be launched against any cloud provider > > using the same API and toolset. The infrastructure permits the > > description of software services and hardware components in such a way > > that any set of software packages can be deployed to any cloud provider > > matching specified criteria. > > > > For this <conf-name> presentation, I propose discussing how we > > represent many different cloud providers, some proprietary and others > > open, in a vendor-agnostic way, and the methodology through which > > software and hardware is described, instances are scheduled, and the > > entire framework is managed. > > > > > > Feel free to use as is, take pieces, or just continue in your own > > direction. Hope it helps, > > This is really good. Franto, are you ok to submit this "as is" ? >
Yes, sounds like a plan for me. Mo is ok for you? Cheers, Francesco > + Justin > > -- > Aeolus Community Manager > http://www.aeolusproject.org >
