Explore the Future of Data Centers - Next Cloud Fireside Chat, Oct. 29th

What's the future of the data center? What are the biggest barriers for companies to achieve data center operational and cost efficiency? And does the need for greater efficiency mean that the on-premise data center is a threatened species? Explore these questions and more in our next Cloud Luminary Fireside Chat, featuring Mark Thiele, Executive VP at Switch SUPERNAP, the world leader in data center ecosystem design, development and mission critical operations. Register to attend the Oct. 29 Fireside Chat. In this interactive discussion, Mark Thiele and host Bernard Golden will discuss topics such as: Pros and cons for a company to run its own data centers Expertise required for operating a data center vs. servers and storage Industry trends, such as the shift towards digitally-focused enterprises The state of data centers in 2020 and beyond Guest Luminary: Mark Thiele, Executive Vice-President, Data Center Technologies, Switch Mark Thiele evaluates new data center technologies, develops partners, and provides thought leadership at Switch, developer of the SUPERNAP chain of modern data centers, where he also writes the SwitchScribe blog. He is also founder and president of Data Center Pulse, a not-for-profit group focused on improving data center efficiency. 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 is the author or co-author of four books on virtualization, including Virtualization for Dummies and Amazon Web Services for Dummies, and is the cloud computing advisor for CIO Magazine. Attend This Fireside Chat More Insights at the IT Cloud Computing Conference (IC3) Bernard Golden will also be a keynote speaker at IC3, Oct. 27-28 in San Francisco. IC3 is the first enterprise cloud training conference with technical content and training for the leading cloud platforms. As sponsors, we are offering a $995 VIP registration. Simply go to www.icee3.com/promo and use promo code IC32014-VIP. Alternatively, women receive a 50% discount on registration, courtesy of Intel's sponsorship of the IC3 Cloud Scholars program. Visit http://icee3.com/ to learn more. We look forward to seeing you at our next Fireside Chat on Oct. 29th! 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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Join Tomorrow's LIVE Cloud Fireside Chat with Donnie Berkholz, RedMonk and Bernard Golden, ActiveState

sherly, Join us live tomorrow for an exciting conversation on the latest developments in the cloud, such as DevOps, new application architectures and their implications on IT. This premier edition of the Cloud Luminary Fireside Chats is hosted by Bernard Golden and features guest luminary Donnie Berkholz, Analyst and Resident PhD at RedMonk. Register for tomorrow's Fireside Chat. Date: Friday, Sep. 26th Time: 10 am PT / 1 pm ET / 5 pm GMT Duration: About 1 hour This interactive discussion will cover topics such as: What DevOps really means Are cloud and DevOps flipsides of the same coin? The perspective of developers vs. sysadmins DevOps and the Bay Area bubble Microservices vs. monolithic architecture Guest Luminary: Donnie Berkholz, Analyst and Resident PhD at RedMonk Donnie Berkholz is an IT industry analyst at RedMonk as well as an open-source developer and leader of Gentoo Linux. He brings a strong quantitative and analytical background as a Ph.D.-trained scientist to bear on software development and community management. 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 is the author or co-author of four books on virtualization, including Virtualization for Dummies and Amazon Web Services for Dummies. Attend Tomorrow's Fireside Chat We look forward to seeing you! 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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Introducing Cloud Luminary Fireside Chats - Talks on the Frontier of Cloud Computing

Are you ready to break out of the mold of traditional IT? Are you intrigued by new models of efficiency such as DevOps and IT as a Service that leverage the capabilities of cloud computing? Join us on Friday, Sep. 26th, 10 am PT / 1pm ET / 5pm GMT as we present Cloud Luminary Fireside Chats. This webcast series features world-renowned thought leaders discussing the latest developments in cloud computing and their impact on the software development and IT industries. Register for the Sep. 26 Fireside Chat. Hosted by Bernard Golden, the Sep. 26 webcast will feature Donnie Berkholz of RedMonk and cover topics such as: Implementing DevOps The business of data science and machine learning The role of software developers in the enterprise Microservices and other software design models Guest Luminary: Donnie Berkholz, Analyst and Resident PhD at RedMonk Donnie Berkholz is an IT industry analyst at RedMonk as well as an open-source developer and leader of Gentoo Linux. He brings a strong quantitative and analytical background as a Ph.D.-trained scientist to bear on software development and community management. 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 is the author or co-author of four books on virtualization, including Virtualization for Dummies, and is the cloud computing advisor for CIO Magazine. Attend the Next Fireside Chat We hope to see you on Sep. 26th! 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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Stackato 3.4 Released; Using PaaS to Enable Microservices

Hi sherly, Welcome to our September newsletter. Here's what's new at ActiveState: News Recommended Blogs Upcoming Events Webinars We're Hiring! Best Regards,  The ActiveState Team   News Stackato 3.4 Released! With the release of Stackato 3.4, you can now build your own cluster using up to 20GB of RAM running on your own infrastructure or public cloud. The cluster can be used for internal testing or in production for FREE. Download the Stackato Micro Cloud and sign up for your Stackato Cluster license. Learn more about the new 20GB Stackato Cluster as well as the latest functionality in Stackato 3.4, Application Rollback and Versioning (quickly and safely test the new features of you application - deploying to production will never be the same again!) Watch the recording of the webinar What's new in Stackato 3.4 to learn more. SysAdmin Appreciation Day Did you know that July 25 was System Administrator Appreciation Day? In honor of SysAdmins, we took to the streets to ask the general public for their thoughts. We asked: Do you know what a SysAdmin does? Check out the video for the answers. Keynotes and Talks by Cloud Expert Bernard Golden Bernard Golden will be speaking at several upcoming events and we hope to see you. For more information or to request for Bernard to speak at your organization or event, visit his speaking engagements page. September 17th speaking at DataWeek + API World, San Francisco: “IoT and Cloud Computing — Building Apps to Meet the Coming Data Deluge”. September 18th participating in a panel discussion on "Current and Future PaaS Trends" at Cloud Standards Customer Council: Preparing for the Post-IaaS Phase of Cloud Adoption. September 30th chairing workshop at CloudConnect / Interop, New York: “Cloud Applications: The Next Generation”. Attendees can expect to learn what’s on the frontier of cloud applications from world-class experts some of whom include Brent Smithurst, VP of Product Management at ActiveState, Sravish Sridhar, Founder & CEO of Kinvey and Mark Russinovich, Technical Fellow, Windows Azure at Microsoft. October 2nd keynote at CloudConnect / Interop, New York: “Working With, Not Against, Developers and Business Units to Succeed in the Cloud”. October 14th speaking at IEEE DevOps Symposium, Los Angeles: “DevOps Throughout the Application Lifecycle”. October 21st speaking at Encounters with Virtualization and the Cloud (Rencontres des Virtualisations et du Cloud), Paris: “Cloud Computing and Applications — Completing the Vision of Virtualization”.  October 28th keynote at the IT Cloud Computing Conference (IC3), San Francisco: “Achieving the Full Potential of Cloud Computing”. InformationWeek, ZDNet, InfoWorld, The Stack and more: ActiveState in Recent News Check out Bernard Golden’s latest CIO article, “Is Amazon Web Services Really Down and Out?” Media coverage of Stackato and ActiveState has been continuous for the month of August and we’d like to share some of the articles:  Alice MacGregor. “Interview with cloud expert Bernard Golden, VP Strategy at ActiveState.” The Stack, August 27, 2014. Charles Babcock. “PaaS Debate Heats Up At Interop.” InformationWeek, August 21, 2014. Gary MacFadden. “Cloud Innovators Create a Body and Soul for Big Data.” Parity Research, August 18, 2014. Joe McKendrick. “How to introduce DevOps into a moribund corporate culture.” ZDNet, August 14, 2014. Martin Heller. “PaaS shoot-out: Cloud Foundry vs. OpenShift.” InfoWorld, August 13, 2014.  Adrian Bridgwater. “Free Access To Stackato 20GB Cluster In Production.” Dr. Dobbs, August 5, 2014. David Delony. “ActiveState Releases Stackato Version 3.4.” TMCnet InfoTech Feature, August 5, 2014. Howard Solomon. “Vancouver firm updates software development environment.” IT World Canada, August 1, 2014. Richard Harris. “ActiveState's Stackato PaaS Now Provides Free 20GB Cluster For Your Apps.” App Developer Magazine, August 1, 2014.   Recommended Blogs The Road To DevOps by Phil Whelan PaaS Services Roundup (Featuring Stackato and Cloud Foundry) by Brent Smithurst Microservices and PaaS - Part II by John Wetherill  Microservices and PaaS - Part I by John Wetherill  DevOps: Tools Vs Culture by Phil Whelan Report from OSCON: Open Source and the Enterprise by Bernard Golden Get out of the Weeds by John Wetherill  Check Out More Blog Posts >   Upcoming Events Interop New York - Sep 29 to Oct 3 (New York, NY) Join us at Interop New York collocating with Cloud Connect East. We look forward to participating with Bernard Golden chairing the “Cloud Applications: The Next Generation” and Brent Smithurst is a panel member of this workshops. Bernard will also be providing the keynote ““Working With, Not Against, Developers and Business Units to Succeed in the Cloud”. Come visit us at booth 449 for a live demo of Stackato. iTech Conference - Oct 9 (Vancouver, BC) An event right in our backyard! iTech Conferences are well known across Canada and you can meet the Stackato team at iTech's Annual Conference in Vancouver. Register before 26th September to attend for free. Get your tickets here. IT Cloud Computing Conference - Oct 27 - 28 (San Francisco, CA) Get trained on Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform and the newest DevOps strategies at the IT Cloud Computing Conference (IC3), October 27-28 in San Francisco. Bernard Golden will be keynoting at this inaugural conference dedicated to technical content and training for leading cloud platforms. Register now. We'll be at many more events. Check out our Events Calendar to see where we'll be!  Webinars Microservices Not Monoliths: Using PaaS to Enable a Microservices Architecture featuring ActiveState Technology Evangelists Phil Whelan and John Wetherill  Wed, Sep 17, 2014 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM PDT Cloud computing requires a new approach to the application development process. Rapid software delivery is critical factor for success--companies need to focus on streamlining and removing the friction. In order to meet the fast pace of innovation enabled by cloud computing, a microservices approach to application design has emerged. Join ActiveState's Technology Evangelists, John Wetherill and Phil Whelan as they discuss using PaaS to enable a microservices architecture.  Register here. Webinars On Demand Looking for some videos to learn how the Cloud, PaaS or Stackato can help you or your company? Start off with our latest webinar, DevOps and the Cloud: Achieving Faster Application Delivery, and work your way through our webinar library (they are all completely FREE!). Here are some of our featured webinars: What's new in Stackato 3.4 featuring Phil Whelan and John Wetherill, Technology Evangelists, ActiveState 10 Steps to the Cloud featuring Phil Whelan, Technology Evangelist and Troy Topnik, Technical Communications Manager, ActiveState Workload Portability: Using PaaS to Achieve the Vision of Hybrid Cloud featuring Bernard Golden, Vice President of Strategy, ActiveState Bringing Your Legacy Apps to the Cloud featuring Phil Whelan, Technology Evangelist, ActiveState and Ho Ming Li, Cloud Engineer, ActiveState Orchestrating Docker Across Your Cloud featuring Phil Whelan, Technology Evangelist, ActiveState and Ho Ming Li, Cloud Engineer, ActiveState View More Webinars > We're Hiring! As the title says, we are looking for more awesome Activators (Ac·ti·va·tors [ak-tuh-vey-tors]: Talented, creative people, developing innovative and cutting-edge solutions one line of code at a time) to join our team. Looking for an exciting career and challenges to keep you driven? Click here to see our openings.   Keep up with the latest information about Stackato and ActiveState

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Happy SysAdmin Appreciation Day - Video

Hi sherly, Check out the latest blog by ActiveState's Technology Evangelist, Phil Whelan: Happy SysAdmin Appreciation Day It's SysAdmin Appreciation Day! To mark this wondrous day and spread the word, we thought we would head out onto the streets of Vancouver and find out more from the general public what they thought of SysAdmins. Remember to thank your SysAdmin for all that they do for you! Tweet this video! Watch Video Phil Whelan is a Technology Evangelist at ActiveState and has worked for many years building cloud solutions. You can find Phil on Twitter at @philwhln, where you can ask him any questions about Stackato. Alternatively, email philw@activestate.com   Follow us:   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 If you don't want to receive emails regarding the ActiveState blog, please click here.

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