Matt: Thanks.
On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 4:41 PM, Matt Stephenson <matts...@apache.org>wrote: > Bk, > http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/jcloudsProposal is still somewhat > accurate. > > > On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 1:31 PM, Bk Lau <bklau2...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Everett: >> >> Do you have a handy list of which companies have one or more of their >> developers represented on the JCloud as contributors? This questions have >> popped up recently in one of my recent engagement with a partner. >> That is to say, support from prominent Cloud providers would help >> propelled JClouds as a de factor library to use against cloud providers. >> >> >> On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 3:07 PM, Everett Toews < >> everett.to...@rackspace.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi All, >>> >>> I know it's a bit of a long shot but if anyone on these lists is in Hong >>> Kong or is going there for the OpenStack Summit, I'll be speaking at the >>> HKJUG [1] on Nov. 4. Here are the details. >>> >>> Title: >>> >>> Application Development in the Cloud with jclouds >>> >>> Time: >>> >>> Monday 4th November, 2013, 19:30-21:00 >>> >>> Location: >>> >>> Room M109, Floor 1, Core M, Li Ka Shing Tower >>> Hong Kong Polytechnic University >>> >>> Abstract: >>> >>> The cloud has emerged as the next major platform. So where do developers >>> turn for the toolkits that will make them productive and effective in the >>> cloud? >>> >>> For Java, the answer is jclouds. >>> >>> Apache jclouds is an open source library that helps you get started in >>> the cloud and utilizes your Java or Clojure development skills. The jclouds >>> API gives you the freedom to use portable abstractions or cloud-specific >>> features. It's a multi-cloud toolkit that works with both public and >>> private clouds, enabling hybrid cloud workloads. >>> >>> There is a great community behind this toolkit working together to >>> provide a better experience for developers in the cloud. Their goal is to >>> simplify the control of many different clouds while still giving you the >>> freedom to use cloud-specific features. The result is a toolkit that allows >>> developers to write better code, in a shorter period of time, that works >>> with supported clouds. >>> >>> In this meeting, you will learn how to write Java that can control >>> multiple clouds using interoperable code with jclouds. The agenda is as >>> follows: >>> >>> 1. Overview of jclouds, its terminology and its community. >>> 2. Purpose and benefits of using jclouds. >>> 3. Install jclouds for use on the command line. >>> 4. Work through an example of using jclouds to start virtual machines in >>> the cloud. >>> 5. Work through an example of using jclouds to store files in the cloud. >>> >>> Speaker Biography: >>> >>> Everett Toews is a Developer Advocate at Rackspace making OpenStack and >>> the Rackspace Cloud easy to use for developers and operators. Sometimes >>> developer, sometimes advocate, and sometimes operator. He's a committer on >>> Apache jclouds and co-author of the OpenStack Operations Guide. In the past >>> he's built web applications, taught workshops, and presented at conferences >>> such as Gluecon, OSCON, and the OpenStack Summits. He has also deployed >>> OpenStack in production. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Everett >>> >>> [1] >>> http://hkjug.org/2013-11-04-application-development-in-the-cloud-with-jclouds >> >> >> >
