On 08/01/2012 03:32 PM, Francesco Vollero wrote: > 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 >>
Sure thing Francesco, by all means. -Mo
