Tech Talk, Deploy, manage, and scale your cloud using managed Red Hat OpenStack Platform and Rackspace

Join us in New York on Wednesday, April 4th

Deploy, manage, and scale your cloud more effectively

Red Hat and Rackspace have a history of collaboration throughout the years. Join us for an afternoon technical tech talk session about how Red Hat OpenStack Platform managed by Rackspace can work for your business. We'll go from high level to "into the weeds" with experts, covering such topics as:

• Why VMware shops are looking for an alternative platform to deliver self-service private clouds to give teams quicker access to resources
• How public cloud users (AWS, Azure, Google) can reduce expenses and move workloads to OpenStack
• Why highly regulated industries require a private cloud
• How containers can simplify application deployment
• How specific workloads, including Hadoop and video/image processing, can benefit from OpenStack
• How customers use Red Hat OpenStack Platform and OpenShift to succeed

After the presentation, join us for complimentary drinks and appetizers.

Note: Please make sure you check-in with the security desk when coming into the building. You will be asked to show an ID to be allowed into the 24th floor.

All attendees will be entered for a chance to win an Amazon Echo Spot.

Who Should Attend:

• Directors
• Infrastructure Architect
• Infrastructure Specialist
• Enterprise Architect

Speakers:

Jeff Ekstrom, cloud evangelist, Red Hat

Jeff Ekstrom, cloud evangelist for Red Hat Certified Cloud and Service Provider program, has extensive experience with cloud strategy and architecture in the Telecommunications, Federal Government, and Insurance industries. His cloud strategy focus includes both open source technologies and hybrid cloud enablement. Jeff joined Red Hat in late 2015, where he has been promoting and designing Red Hat solutions within Red Hat's partner ecosystem. Prior to that, his experience includes working at companies such as Accenture, The Coca-Cola Corporation, and SAIC.

Matthew Ward, specialist solution architect, Red Hat

Matthew Ward, Specialist Solution Architect, travels throughout North America helping customers and partners understand the Red Hat emerging technologies and Open Source. Matthew covers the emerging technologies portfolio which is a major growth area for Redhat. His focus is on delivering tactile solutions that customers can implement to improve their business.

David Crockett, solutions architect, Rackspace

David Crockett, Senior Solutions Architect, has extensive experience with software and infrastructure engineering and architecture. Some of his specialization includes cloud technologies such as OpenStack, containerization, DevOPs, and software development. David joined Rackspace in early 2015, where he has been focusing on designing infrastructure and processes to manage and operate OpenStack at scale for a diverse set of workloads such as telecommunications and big data.