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Hybrid Backup Software addresses local and cloud-based needs.

October 17, 2012 | Author: admin

LONGMONT, Colo. -- Rebit Inc., developers of award-winning, "ridiculously simple" backup software for consumers, professionals and small businesses, today announced its enhanced RebitPro hybrid backup software, which now backs up both clients and servers.

Developed for small businesses that require the speed and security of local backup but also want the redundancy and protection that offsite cloud backup provides, RebitPro seamlessly marries full system local backup and recovery with cloud backup to provide a comprehensive backup solution that is simple to use. Rebit's unique hybrid architecture leverages a single backup engine and user interface to back up both clients and servers, locally and in the cloud.

"Before RebitPro, backing up clients and servers both locally and in the cloud required multiple backup systems," commented Paul Guerin, CEO, Rebit Inc. "Running multiple independent backup systems results in duplication of effort, cost and unnecessary complexity. With RebitPro's innovative, hybrid architecture, businesses can now have simple, comprehensive, and cost-effective client and server backup and recovery in a single solution."

"Combining local and cloud backup for disaster recovery in one interface and backup package, Rebit has created what may be the missing link for solo attorneys and small law firms when it comes to an affordable, easy-to-use and comprehensive backup and disaster recovery solution," stated Nerino J. Petro Jr., technology editor, GPSolo magazine.

"I installed and tested RebitPro for a small police department requiring 24/7 operation," said Gerry Anthony, president, G-tech Solutions. "The installation went very smoothly, and took less than 30 minutes to complete and set up both a network and cloud backup schedule. RebitPro exceeded my expectations, allowing for multiple points of backup, local, network and cloud all at the same time. It is intuitive enough to keep both a local and network backup updated without any degradation in performance on the server."

"I plan to offer RebitPro to all of my clients with servers and small networks," added Mr. Anthony. "It will help them get away from multiple vendors - one for local backup and one for cloud backup - and will work in real time, giving a better point of recovery if something should happen. RebitPro will simplify the backup process for a significant number of my clients and remove the concerns they have about current backup processes with multiple vendors. For me, it provides a simple solution to a complex problem - server backup."

RebitPro is available through Rebit's network of authorized partners or online at http://www.rebit.com. For more information, visit the Rebit Pro product page. Rebit is also introducing major enhancements for its channel partner program. To become an authorized partner, visit http://www.rebit.com/partner.

For small office and home office users who simply require client backup, RebitPlus is available. More information about RebitPlus can be found at http://www.rebit.com.

About Rebit Inc.

Rebit Inc. is a software company committed to delivering automatic and complete backup for Windows, removing the burden of managing backup from users. Rebit was named a Top300 Startup in 2011. Rebit 5 has earned the Editors' Choice Awards from PC Magazine and the DigitalReviews Network. "Follow the frog" on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and the Frog Blog. http://www.rebit.com

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Zadara Storage Announces Integration with OpenStack Cloud Block Storage, 'Cinder'

October 17, 2012 | Author: admin

SAN DIEGO, Oct. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- OpenStack Summit -- Zadara Storage, the innovator in cloud block storage that brought Private Storage to the Public Cloud via Amazon Web Services, Rackspace, and Dimension Data (formerly OpSource), announced today their latest storage industry break-through: integration of their Virtual Private Storage Array (VPSA) service with OpenStack Cloud Block Storage (Cinder) for Public and Private Clouds.

The integration with OpenStack expands the availability of VPSA to developers and users world-wide, offering all the benefits of Zadara's solutions suite including Cloud Block Storage, Cloud File Storage, High Performance, True High Availability, RAID Protection, Flexibility and Elasticity (grow and shrink performance and capacity on the fly), and Security and Privacy (including data-at-rest encryption).

Zadara Storage is an active contributor and thought leader for OpenStack's Cloud Block Storage (Cinder) code, including Compute (Nova) and Block Storage (Cinder). "As early and ongoing supporters, developers and users of OpenStack, it is a delight to announce we have completed our integration with OpenStack Cloud Block Storage (Cinder)," states Zadara's CEO, Nelson Nahum, adding, "It is now easier than ever for Cloud Service Providers and Private Cloud Users to adopt and benefit from our Cloud Block Storage Software."

"OpenStack's flexible architecture and strong ecosystem of technology innovators like Zadara give users control when it comes to selecting the cloud technologies best suited for their business needs," said Mark Collier, COO of the OpenStack Foundation. "We appreciate Zadara's continued contributions to and support of the community, and are excited to see more Enterprise-class storage options available for OpenStack users."

Zadara's software-only solution for Cloud and Cloud Block Storage paves the way for the next generation of Enterprise-class Storage-as-a-Service. Cloud Providers and Private Clouds can adopt Zadara Storage software easily and efficiently. Channel Partners will also find benefits of economy and scale for their customers with the accessibility of Zadara's Cloud Block Storage and solutions suite. The Cloud is now ready for your critical Enterprise and web applications with Zadara's Virtual Private Storage Array and Cloud Block Storage integration with OpenStack Cloud Block Storage (Cinder).

About Zadara StorageWinner of Venturebeat's and Under the Radar cloud competitions, Zadara Storage offers Enterprise-class storage for the cloud. With Zadara Storage, cloud storage leapfrogs ahead to provide cloud servers with high-performance, fully configurable, highly available, fully private, tiered storage. By combining the best of Enterprise storage with the best of cloud and cloud block storage, Zadara Storage takes the cloud to the next level enabling Enterprises to migrate mission-critical applications to the Cloud. Discover the benefits of cloud without the compromise: zadarastorage.com.

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KineticD Introduces Hybrid Cloud Support for VMware Virtualized Machines

October 17, 2012 | Author: admin

TORONTO, Oct. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --KineticD, known for its cloud backup and data recovery services for small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs), today announced that its KineticCloud Backup for Servers product has been enhanced to protect VMware ESXi servers at the VM host level, providing fast, easy backups and restorations. It is now available in Beta for channel partners at no additional cost.

As more and more SMBs move to the cloud, many are looking at virtualization as a way to combine resources and reduce the costs of IT infrastructure. The VMware ESXi server allows customers to run multiple operating systems and/or machines from one physical server, saving hardware, data center space and resources. As a VMware Elite Partner, KineticD is able to deliver a cost-effective, smart, user-friendly way to safeguard virtualized machines, while providing greater flexibility and protection in the event of a disaster by allowing the user to keep local and remote copies of their machines.

"By integrating VMware into our product line, SMBs will be able to enjoy the same protection and assurance available to large enterprises," said Jamie Brenzel, CEO of KineticD. "As the adoption of virtualization grows, it is imperative that we deliver the technology that allows our customers to keep pace with these changes. We are excited to provide a product that meets the needs for local, virtual and cloud backup."

This true hybrid cloud solution ensures that if a machine does go down, it can be brought back up quickly, at the host level. By using the VMware Vstorage API, customers are able to back up data at the VM host level, simultaneously securing all or specific guest operating systems without causing downtime.

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KineticD, an early pioneer of cloud backup technology, has set a new industry standard by providing small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) with the same level of security and protection that is available to large enterprises. KineticD's patented KineticCloud Backup technology, known for its scalability, advanced data reduction capabilities and ease-of-use, has won prestigious industry awards and has been featured in many key industry publications. Founded in 2002, KineticD technologies and solutions are currently used daily by over 60,000 customers, 1,000 resellers, 100 MSPs and private label partners for online backup and recovery, archiving, disaster readiness, secure file sharing and remote access. For a free trial or to requestmore information, visitwww.kineticd.com/

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Old-School Web Hosts Fight Back Against Amazon Cloud

October 17, 2012 | Author: admin

Since its launch in 2006, Amazons Elastic Compute Cloud aka EC2 has changed the way companies and developers think about hosting software applications. In the past, you called up a web hosting outfit, negotiated a price, and signed contract, and they assigned you a certain number of servers sitting in a data center. But with EC2, you just opened a web browser and spun up a few virtual servers, paying only for what you needed.

But now, the traditional web hosts are fighting back.

This week, two of the biggest names in web hosting Dreamhost and Media Temple announced new cloud services based on OpenStack, an open source platform that seeks to mimic the Amazon way.

OpenStack has received tremendous hype since it was announced in 2010, but its only recently that the platform has been used in production. Rackspace officially switched its servers to OpenStack in August, offering a public cloud along the lines of Amazon, and HP rolled out its public cloud offering in May. Meanwhile, countless outfits are using OpenStack to help you set up a private cloud an Amazon-style service thats only available to your own employees.

Dreamhost is entering the public cloud fray with DreamCompute, while MediaTemple is adding private cloud services to its portfolio of offerings.

Dreamhosts entry into the public cloud market has been long anticipated. It joined the OpenStack Foundation in April and has not been quiet about its ambitions.

Central to Dreamhosts cloud computing strategy is Ceph, an open source storage system created by Dreamhost founder Sage Weil. DreamCompute is based on OpenStack with Ceph and network virtualization from VMwares recent acquisition Nicira.

Weil launched a separate company called Inktank in May to support Ceph, but Dreamhost does offer a Ceph-based storage service called DreamObjects that can integrate with DreamCompute.

Other companies looking to get into storage for OpenStack include Basho, which already has a partnership with Citrix to provide block storage for CloudStack, a competing open source cloud computing system.

Media Temples offering is based on an OpenStack appliance from Morphlabs called the mCloud Helix Solution. The appliance includes OpenStack running on Dell servers with solid-state disks, along with Dells open source deployment software Crowbar. The appliance will also include 24/7 remote support and maintenance.

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In Ongoing Effort to Make Cloud Hosting Accessible to Small Business, Infinitely Virtual Expands Basic Support Options

October 17, 2012 | Author: admin

SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

As part of its continuing effort to make cloud hosting accessible and affordable to small and midsize businesses, Infinitely Virtual, a leading provider of virtual server cloud computing services, has introduced its Basic + Support tier of services, adding an array of enhanced support features at a low monthly per-user price of $9.99.

The new Basic + Support tier includes software installation, user management, file system permissions management and unlimited data restores.

These new features expand the companys popular Basic Support program, which is automatically included with every Infinitely Virtual hosting plan, at no additional cost. Among the basic services: 24x7 phone and web support; complete case management; virtual hardware and operating system maintenance; managed firewall service with unlimited rules changes; limited data restore, and support for servers using vSphere, remote desktop, vnc, ssh, http and Outlook.

With the market for cloud hosting services both growing and evolving, were dedicated to removing barriers between small and midsize business users and this incredibly efficient way to harness IT resources, said Adam Stern, CEO and founder, Infinitely Virtual. Were listening closely to the market and responding accordingly, whether by adding a new level to our basic support service, or implementing truly useful hosting services, such as enabling QuickBooks in the cloud for our virtualization clients.

For organizations seeking comprehensive system and server support plans, Infinitely Virtual also offers a Premium Support tier at $39.99 a month per user, and a Premium + Support tier at $84.99 a month per user.

Premium Support includes all the features of Basic Support plus software installation and system customization, such as setting group policies, creating login scripts, configuring file sharing, security and Exchange public folders, and creating distribution lists. Infinitely Virtual also oversees system migration for Premium Support customers, and supports Windows 2000, 2003, 2008, along with Exchange 2003, 2007, and SQL 2005, 2008. Unlimited data restoration is included in the package.

Premium + Support includes all Premium and Basic features plus an additional layer of server and operating system support. This is our highest level of technical and operational support for those customers who desire more hands-on, continual support down to the individual user level, said Stern. Included in this tier is remote hands support for individual PC operating systems, for local servers (limited to supported operating systems), and for local networking equipment.

Also included in Premium + Support is complete system migration, limited to one local server for each 10 users, and network consulting.

Within the last quarter, Infinitely Virtual has taken a series of steps designed to attract small and midsize businesses to cloud hosting. During the summer, the company announced new pricing that enables customers to get the full benefits of premium McAfee anti-spam protection for 30 percent less, along with a similar 30 percent price reduction on email archiving options. Infinitely Virtual then unbundled its hosted, licensed Microsoft Office suite products, to enable customers to choose those products they need, at a per product price. And placing threat protection under one roof, the company teamed with McAfee to offer its SaaS Total Protection, a comprehensive hosted solution offering endpoint, email, Internet and network protection.

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Get an extra 25GB of storage in the Dropbox Great Space Race

October 16, 2012 | Author: admin

Among the many cloud storage services available today, Dropbox has continued to stand out from the pack by providing lots of ways to earn extra free storage. They offer an additional 500MB for referrals, and 125MB for connecting a Facebook account, following Dropbox on Twitter, or just providing feedback. Today the company announced a new way to get an even bigger boost to your storage limit: The Great Dropbox Space Race.

By registering a college email address and installing the Dropbox client, youll earn points for your school. As the schools point total climbs, everyone who participates can earn extra free storage for the next two years. Each person gets an extra 3GB just for signing up for the Space Race, but if the school reaches the top tier, the total bonus space will hit 25GB.

If youve already got a Dropbox account thats registered with a non-school email account, you can still participate by verifying your school address on the Space Race page. By registering youll earn 1 point for your school, and you can then tack on an additional 2 points by going through the Dropbox Get Started guide. If you refer one of your classmates to the promotion, youll also earn 1 point when he or she registers, and 2 when he or she completes the guide. And all of those referrals will still earn you the usual 500MB bonus.

There are four reward levels of 3GB, 8GB, 15GB, and 25GB. The number of points needed to reach them are different for each school, and are normalized according to the schools total enrollment. So even if youre at a smaller school, youve still got a shot at hitting that 25GB mark.

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Symform Hires Senior Sales Executive to Build Global Partnerships as Distributed Cloud Storage Network Surpasses 5.5 …

October 15, 2012 | Author: admin

SEATTLE, WA--(Marketwire - Oct 15, 2012) - Symform, the world's first distributed, crowdsourced cloud backup and storage service, is experiencing record growth fueled by users of Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices. NAS customers from more than 80 countries now account for 20 percent of all devices on the Symform Global Storage Network, storing more than 1.1 billion data fragments. Symform recently announced integrated solutions with Synology and NETGEAR NAS devices, adding to an already successful partnership with QNAP. To further accelerate its partnership strategy and network growth, Symform has brought on a seasoned executive, Bob DeSantis, as senior vice president of global sales and business development.

With more than 25 years of technology industry leadership, DeSantis is an ideal candidate to drive Symform's sales and partnership initiatives. Prior to Symform, he served as vice president of sales at DocuSign, building the sales organization from an early-stage startup to the global brand leader. As the managing director of DocuSign EMEA, he established and built the company's European presence. DeSantis also previously served as the regional VP of sales for Procuri, and held numerous leadership roles at ImageX, the on-demand commercial document solutions division of FedEx Kinko's.

"Symform has created the most disruptive and innovative cloud storage business model I've ever seen," said DeSantis. "Accelerating the Symform Cloud Storage Network will be critical for long-term success, and I'm looking forward to playing a key role in a business that is changing the industry as we know it."

As of Q3 2012, the Symform Cloud Storage Network stored over 5.5 billion data fragments and 150 million files, with users backing up data and contributing local drive space to the network from 156 countries. This represents a growth rate of over 300 percent in the third quarter compared to the same period last year. In addition to its NAS strategy, the accelerated network growth is due to the company's recently announced "Bytes or Bucks" pricing model, where customers can pay for unlimited cloud backup by contributing local drive space to the crowdsourced network.

NAS users have especially embraced the Bytes model, extending local storage devices to the Symform Cloud for secure online data backup and disaster recovery.In partnering with the leading NAS vendors, Symform is tapping into a fast-growing market and millions of prospective customers worldwide. According to Gartner, the worldwide vendor revenue for network-attached storage grew 21.5 percent to $4.5 billion last year,* and the market is expected to continue growing by 22 percent through 2016.**

"A NAS device coupled with Symform's cloud storage offering is an all-in-one solution for data backup," said Denton Meier, founder, partner and CTO at Firefly Technologies. "The NAS gets to serve its purpose for local backup and can be seamlessly integrated with Symform to obtain the power and protection of cloud storage." Firefly uses QNAP devices for local backup and pays for Symform cloud backup with 'Bytes' by contributing unused drive space in its NAS devices.

Customers leveraging Symform with NAS appliances receive cost-effective, high performing and secure two-tier storage, with benefits including free cloud backup, fast appliance to cloud backup and restore, no file size limit, data synchronization, and data redundancy for disaster recovery. For more information on Symform's NAS partnerships, visit http://www.symform.com/our-solutions/storage-backup/nas-cloud-backup/.

*Gartner, Inc., Market Share: Network-Attached Storage/Unified Storage, Worldwide, 2011, Pushan Rinnen, March 14, 2012.

**Gartner, Inc., Forecast Analysis: Network-Attached Storage, Worldwide, 2012-2016, Pushan Rinnen, April 9, 2012.

About Symform The Symform Cloud Storage Network is a better way to store and backup all of your data. As the world's first distributed and crowdsourced data backup solution, Symform enables users to pay with bytes instead of bucks. Every business on the network contributes excess local drive space to the grid in exchange for secure, fast and reliable cloud data backup. Before data leaves the source device, it is encrypted and shredded, redundancy added, and then geo-distributed across the global network. With its proprietary and patented technology, Symform is building the world's largest virtual datacenter using existing Internet infrastructure. Go to http://www.symform.com or email info@symform.com for more information.

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DreamHost Adds Public Cloud Computing Service: DreamCompute

October 15, 2012 | Author: admin

A Scalable, Resilient, and Secure OpenStack Powered Cloud for Entrepreneurs and Developers

LOS ANGELES, CA DreamHost, a global leader in Web hosting and cloud services, today announced DreamCompute, a highly scalable and cost-effective cloud computing platform for Internet entrepreneurs and developers. Using DreamComputes open source infrastructure-as-a-service platform that is Powered by OpenStack, customers can create and prosper in the cloud, powering Web and mobile applications, digital media and e-commerce Web sites, big data analytics, and test and development environments.

DreamCompute is an exciting new edition to DreamHosts growing portfolio of services, which include shared, virtual private, and dedicated Web hosting, as well as cloud object storage with DreamObjects. DreamHost sets itself apart from the cloud crowd by developing innovative and flexible Web and cloud services using open source software. Evolving new cloud capabilities are constantly created, dynamically deployed, and expertly supported. DreamCompute is engineered for scale and efficiency using best-of-breed open source solutions, including the OpenStack cloud platform, scalable Ceph block storage, and Nicira network virtualization. As a champion of the open source community, DreamHost makes major code contributions to open source projects for example, by working to integrate Ceph into OpenStack.

The newly launched DreamCompute cloud service is highly scalable, quick to provision, resilient, and secure. It is ready to go for any size workload with compute instances from 1GB to 64GB RAM for ultimate scalability. All of this power comes with no capital outlay or a lengthy procurement approval process; it can be billed to a credit card, making it easy to expense. Pricing for the services will be released publicly in the coming weeks and, in the tradition of DreamHost, will be very attractive to Internet entrepreneurs and developers. In addition, DreamCompute customers will benefit from DreamHosts long-standing focus on industry-leading customer support.

DreamCompute block storage is powered by Ceph, the open source, massively scalable, distributed storage software created by Sage Weil, founder of DreamHost. Ceph is now developed and supported by Inktank and a growing community of developers worldwide. The software is capable of auto-scaling to the exabyte level and beyond, it runs on off-the-shelf hardware, it is self-healing and self-managing, and it has no single point of failure.

DreamCompute works seamlessly with DreamObjects, DreamHosts low cost, object-based public storage service based on Ceph. Both DreamCompute and DreamObjects leverage advanced Ceph technology, which is highly scalable and reliable, cost effective, and fully open source. DreamHost customers can now both process and store virtually limitless data in their quest to write and test web-scale applications.

DreamCompute has been engineered from the operating system up to deliver the next generation cloud compute service that developers are craving, said Simon Anderson, CEO of DreamHost. With OpenStack virtual machine management, reliable and resilient Ceph block storage, and software-defined networking that truly isolates each instance in the infrastructure, DreamCompute sets a new standard for compute-as-a-service. Were very proud to be a part of delivering the future of the open and scalable cloud.

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How to get your first cloud computing job

October 15, 2012 | Author: admin

David Linthicum | Oct. 15, 2012

With the explosion of cloud computing jobs, now is the time to map your path to more money and more cloud

Cloud computing is expanding rapidly, with an accompanying need for for cloud computing "experts" to make this technology work. That translates into many new jobs chasing very few qualified candidates. At the same time, many IT professionals are attempting to figure out how they can cash in on the cloud.

Most of the cloud jobs to be found these days require deep knowledge around a particular technology, such as Amazon Web Services, OpenStack, Salesforce.com, or Azure. This is typically due to the fact that the company has standardized on a cloud technology. I call these jobs cloud technology specialists, in that they focus on a specific cloud technology: development, implementation, management, and so on.

Others jobs would be cloud planning or architecture positions, often around the configuration of new systems in the cloud or the migration of existing systems to the cloud. I call these cloud planners. While you'd think candidates for this position would also be in demand, in most instances the listings are filled by existing IT staffers who understand full well that having cloud computing experience on their CV translates into larger paychecks going forward. You can't blame them.

Those looking to break into cloud computing will have the best luck by learning a specific technology, then taking a cloud technology specialist job. The trick is getting the initial experience.

The most ambitious candidates will begin their own "shadow IT" projects using a hot cloud computing technology, then soon find their way to a formal and high-paying cloud gig. Cloud computing is littered with stories about self-taught successes, due to the lack of formal training offered.

Those seeking higher-level jobs such as cloud planners and architects won't entertain as many options, but they can be found. The best way to prepare for these jobs is to understand all you can about the technology, including use cases and existing architectural best practices and approaches.

If there's an upside to the emergence of cloud computing, it's the number of job opportunities it's creating, much like any hyped technology trend we've seen in the past. Cloud computing, however, is a further-reaching, more systemic change in the way we consume technology. Thus, the job growth around this change will last for many years. Perhaps it's time to take advantage.

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Piston Cloud to Exhibit and Present at the 2012 OpenStack Summit in San Diego

October 15, 2012 | Author: admin

SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire - Oct 15, 2012) - Piston Cloud Computing, Inc., the enterprise OpenStack company, today announced details of its participation at the OpenStack Summit taking place in San Diego, October 15-18, 2012. This year's OpenStack Summit will include speakers, panels and end user sessions for developers, users, and administrators of OpenStack. In addition to exhibiting, Piston Cloud's participation at the summit includes:

Tuesday, October 16 11:00 - 11:40 a.m. "OpenStack 101" Speaker: Joshua McKenty, co-founder and CEO of Piston Cloud Joshua will look at how OpenStack got its start, how it's changing the cloud computing landscape, and the future of OpenStack in this new era of cloud computing.

11:50 - 12:30 p.m. "From the Outside Looking In: The Analyst Perspective on OpenStack" Moderator: Gretchen Curtis, co-founder and CSO of Piston Cloud A panel of industry analysts will discuss a variety of topics, including the challenges they think OpenStack will face and where the community really needs to focus in 2013. Panelists include:

1:50 - 2:30 p.m. "The Future of Infrastructure Automation" Speaker: Joshua McKenty, co-founder and CEO of Piston Cloud Joshua will discuss infrastructure automation as it pertains to the adoption of private and public clouds. Learn how automating the integration of PaaS and IaaS on a technical level has the potential to drive greater adoption of public and private clouds.

Wednesday, October 17 11:00 - 11:40 a.m. "This is Your Career. This is Your Career on OpenStack" Panelist: Gretchen Curtis, co-founder and CSO of Piston Cloud This panel session, led by Niki Acosta, cloud evangelist at Rackspace, will explore the career paths of OpenStack heavyweights and how you can accelerate your career with OpenStack. Panelists include:

8:00 - 11:55 p.m. "Piston Cloud's Inaugural First Annual Fancy Classy So-Cal Kangaroo Open Cloud San Diego Infrastructure-as-a-Fiesta Sock-Hop Jubilee Party!" Piston Cloud invites all OpenStack Summit attendees to a party at The Stingaree, featuring live music, handcrafted beverages and of course, no Piston Cloud bash would be complete without canaps, cakes and other fine fare. Transit will be provided via trolley from the HP party to The Stingaree and back to the Manchester Grand Hyatt all night.

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For more information or to register for the OpenStack Summit, please visit http://www.openstack.org/summit/san-diego-2012/.

To RSVP for Piston Cloud's party, visit http://pistoncloud-sandiego2012.eventbrite.com.

About Piston Cloud Computing, Inc. Piston Cloud Computing, Inc. is the enterprise OpenStack company. Founded in early 2011 by technical team leads from NASA and Rackspace, Piston Cloud is built around OpenStack, the fastest growing, massively scalable open cloud framework. Piston Enterprise OpenStack is the first fully automated bare-metal cloud management platform built on OpenStack and the first OpenStack distribution specifically focused on security and easy operation of enterprise private clouds. Piston Cloud is based in San Francisco and funded by Hummer Winblad and True Ventures. Visit Piston Cloud online at http://www.pistoncloud.com.

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