February 2015 - Docker Networking, Cloud Security Issues, Sam Ramji and the Future of Cloud Foundry

ActiveState Newsletter - February 2015 Cloud Luminary Fireside Chat: Docker Networking Don't miss our next Cloud Luminary Fireside Chat, emanating live from London prior to Cloud Expo Europe! Guest: Alexis Richardson, Founder & CEO, Weaveworks Date/Time: Tues. March 10th, 9am PT / 12pm ET / 5pm GMT Entrepreneur and investor Alexis Richardson joins Bernard Golden to discuss the state of Docker and his open source project, Weave, which creates a virtual network that connects Docker containers deployed across multiple hosts. Alexis Richardson is the founder of Weaveworks, makers of Weave - a new product for Docker and containerized applications. Previously, Alexis was Head of Product for App Suite & Real Time Intelligence at Pivotal, where he led commercial vFabric products that moved to Pivotal from VMware, including open source projects Spring, RabbitMQ, Redis and Tomcat. Register   Sam Ramji on the Cloud Foundry Foundation and PaaS Watch the recording of Bernard Golden's interview with Sam Ramji, the newly appointed CEO of the Cloud Foundry Foundation. They discussed Sam's initial focus, his goals and the vision for Cloud Foundry as well as the impact Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) has for businesses. Below is a recording of the entire Fireside Chat and notable quotes from the new CEO. Watch Now   Forget About PaaS. It's About Enabling Applications Over the last couple of years I have talked to numerous enterprise customers, analysts, industry pundits, and others interested in cloud technologies, and one thing is abundantly clear…Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) seems to mean different things to different people. But the term PaaS is irrelevant--it's just noise. What is relevant, and what is important, is what PaaS does: enable applications! That's what enterprises care about. Read More   Unravelling the Internet of Things: What Does it Really Mean to be on the IoT? We have some great new blogs since our last newsletter - read the latest from the Cloud Foundry CAB meeting, Bernard Golden expands on the Cattle vs. Pets meme to include chickens, find out more about Docker and its challenges for Enterprise IT and John Wetherill discusses 18 cloud security issues that will keep you up at night! Read More   Microservices Tips & Tricks Learn how to successfully transition to a microservices-based architecture and, ultimately, how to accelerate and innovate your application development! Watch Now   Going to DockerCon? See You There We'll be at DockerCon so stop by and learn how we've incorporated Docker containers into Stackato. If you can't make it there, you can also visit us at Cloud Expo Europe in March, the Cloud Foundry Summit in May or maybe join us in Vancouver for OpenStack Summit this year.  Check out the list of events we'll be attending. Learn More   Keep up to date on all ActiveState news! Click here to read the complete newsletter   1700 - 409 Granville Street | Vancouver, BC V6C 1T2 | Canada Phone: (778) 786 1100 | Toll-Free: 1 (866) 631 4581 | Fax: (778) 786 1133

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Join tomorrow's LIVE Fireside Chat with Sam Ramji, CEO, Cloud Foundry Foundation

sherly, We are excited to invite you to join us tomorrow for a very special edition of the Cloud Luminary Fireside Chat webcast series. Following recent announcements made by Cloud Foundry and ActiveState, tomorrow's fireside chat welcomes Sam Ramji, the newly appointed CEO of the Cloud Foundry Foundation. Sam will join Bernard Golden, VP of Strategy at ActiveState, to discuss the state of the foundation, the PaaS industry and the Cloud Foundry community. Date: Tomorrow, Feb. 20, 2015 Time: 11 am PT / 2 pm ET Format: 60 min. with real-time Q&A. Tweet #CLFchat Register to attend tomorrow's LIVE webcast. If you have already registered for the fireside chats, you would have received a confirmation email with the link to attend. Please note this as a reminder. Discussion Topics: Why Sam joined the Cloud Foundry Foundation as CEO The future of PaaS in the cloud computing movement How the needs of end users will be integrated into the foundation The industry's current stance on the adoption of open source Guest Luminary: Sam Ramji, CEO, Cloud Foundry Foundation Sam Ramji is a 20 year veteran of the Silicon Valley and Seattle technology scenes. He has led corporate strategy for API powerhouse Apigee, designed and led Microsoft's open source strategy and driven product strategy for BEA WebLogic Integration. Host: Bernard Golden, VP of Strategy, ActiveState Named in Wired.com as one of the ten most influential people in cloud computing, Bernard Golden has authored or co-authored four books on virtualization, including Virtualization for Dummies and Amazon Web Services for Dummies. Attend Tomorrow's Fireside Chat Look forward to a lively and informative discussion! - The Stackato Team, ActiveState Invite your colleagues:   Copyright © 2014 ActiveState Software Inc. All rights reserved.  |  1700 - 409 Granville Street   Vancouver, BC, Canada V6C 1T2  |  ActiveState.com  |  Phone: (778) 786 1100  |  Toll-Free: 1 (866) 631 4581

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Webinar: Accelerate Your Application Development with Microservices Tips & Tricks!

Microservices Tips & Tricks Sign up for next week's Stackato webinar! Wednesday, February 25 at 10:00am PST  John Wetherill, Technology Evangelist  Phil Whelan, Technology Evangelist Microservices based architectures are not new but are suddenly in the spotlight due to their powerful and sophisticated practices enabling streamlined application development and deployment. However, transitioning from a monolithic approach to a microservices based architecture requires not only the technical expertise, but organizational buy-in as well. In this webinar, John Wetherill and Phil Whelan discuss a number of tips and tricks to help you transition to and get the most out a microservices based approach. Some of the topics they will cover are:  Scaling and monitoring from day one  Automation techniques  Eliminating IT barriers  Empowering developers  Quantifying success  Join us next week and learn how to successfully transition to a microservices-based architecture and, ultimately, how to accelerate and innovate your application development. Seating is limited, so save your spot! Best regards, Navrup Johal Product Marketing Manager  PS. Stackato makes it easy set up your own PaaS and start deploying applications to the cloud. Sign up for your free 20GB cluster and explore how simple it can be! 1700 - 409 Granville Street | Vancouver, BC V6C 1T2 | Canada | Phone: (778) 786 1100 | Toll-Free: 1 (866) 631 4581 | Fax: (778) 786 1133 www.activestate.com

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Announcement: ActiveState Named to Cloud Foundry Foundation Board; Fireside Chat Next Week

sherly, We are pleased to announce that ActiveState has been appointed to the board of the Cloud Foundry Foundation. The Cloud Foundry Foundation, the independent governing body overseeing today's leading open source PaaS technology, held a vote earlier this month, in which fellow foundation Gold members (Accenture, BNY Mellon, CapGemini, CenturyLink, Ericsson, GE, Hortonworks, NTT, SAS and Verizon) elected ActiveState to represent them. Following on this announcement, Sam Ramji, the newly appointed CEO of the Cloud Foundry Foundation, will be joining Bernard Golden, VP of Strategy at ActiveState, on the next Cloud Luminary Fireside Chat webcast. Don't miss this live discussion about the future of Cloud Foundry and the PaaS industry. Date: Next Friday, Feb. 20, 2015 Time: 11 AM PT / 2 PM ET Format: 60 min. with Q&A Register now to attend this LIVE webcast. Discussion Topics: Why Sam took on the role of CEO of the foundation The future of PaaS in the cloud computing industry How will the needs of end users be integrated into the foundation? Where does the industry stand on the adoption of open source? If you have already registered for the fireside chats, you will automatically be registered for next week's edition and will receive a confirmation email. Guest Luminary: Sam Ramji, CEO, Cloud Foundry Foundation Sam Ramji is a 20 year veteran of the Silicon Valley and Seattle technology scenes. He has led corporate strategy for API powerhouse Apigee, designed and led Microsoft's open source strategy and driven product strategy for BEA WebLogic Integration. Hosted by Bernard Golden, VP of Strategy, ActiveState Named in Wired.com as one of the ten most influential people in cloud computing, Bernard Golden has authored or co-authored four books on virtualization, including Virtualization for Dummies and Amazon Web Services for Dummies. Attend Next Week's Fireside Chat We look forward to seeing you next Friday! - The Stackato Team, ActiveState Invite your colleagues:   Copyright © 2014 ActiveState Software Inc. All rights reserved.  |  1700 - 409 Granville Street   Vancouver, BC, Canada V6C 1T2  |  ActiveState.com  |  Phone: (778) 786 1100  |  Toll-Free: 1 (866) 631 4581

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