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

Wednesday, February 11, 2015

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

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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.