OSCON On The Horizon

It’s almost time for OSCON and we’re getting excited!

This year we have a lot going on during the conference. Between the Rackers who are speaking and the special events, it should be a jam-packed few days in Portland, OR – The City of Roses.

Rackspace Speakers at OSCON

The Gearman Cookbook

Eric Day, Sr. Systems Architect, The Rackspace Cloud

Cloud Computing – Monday, July 19 – 1:30 pm

Hands-on Cassandra

Eric Evans, Systems Architect, The Rackspace Cloud

Databases – Tuesday, July 20 – 1:30 pm

Cloudy Futures? The Role of Open Source in Creating Competitive Markets

Rick Clark, Project Lead, OpenStack Compute

Cloud Summit – Tuesday, July 20 – 3:50 pm

The Debate – Open Source and the Cloud

Panel Discussion – Rick Clark, Neil Levine, Marten Mickos & James Urquhart

Cloud Summit – Tuesday, July 20 – 4:10 pm

How to Build a Large, Distributed System to Operate at Scale

Will Reese, Project Lead, OpenStack Object Storage

Products & Services – Wednesday, July 21 – 10:40 am

Using Drizzle

Eric Day, Sr. Systems Architect, The Rackspace Cloud

Databases – Wednesday, July 21 – 11:30 am

Open Source Cloud

Lew Moorman, President, Cloud and Chief Strategy Officer, Rackspace Hosting

Keynote Address – Thursday, July 22 – 10:00 am

Rackspace Events at OSCON

In addition to the daytime conference events, we are also throwing a number of events!

On Wednesday, July 21^st, we will be throwing a special event at The Gerding Theater at the Armory. The event details are rather hush-hush at the moment, but it’s definitely something you’re going to want to be a part of if you are attending OSCON.

On Thursday, July 22^nd, we will be hosting an event called Meet & Geek right before the Linux Fund “Welcome Back to Portland Party.” Come join, mingle with our developers and, if you’re interested in working for Rackspace, chat with one of our recruiters about potential opportunities at The Rack. The event will be held at Club Barracuda from 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm.

We’re looking forward to meeting everyone at OSCON! Safe travels and we’ll see you next week!

In 2010, Michael joined Rackspace Hosting in San Antonio, TX to head up global employment branding initiatives. Since becoming a “Racker,” Michael launched RackerTalent.com and has brought together internal bloggers from three continents to share the authentic culture of the organization.

Michael is a graduate of Georgetown University with a degree in International Relations. He has lived multiple years abroad in both Guatemala and Argentina. In his spare time, Michael enjoys guitar, photography and exploring the social web.