Bk, http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/jcloudsProposal is still somewhat accurate.
On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 1:31 PM, Bk Lau <bklau2...@gmail.com> wrote: > Everett: > > Do you have a handy list of which companies have one or more of their > developers represented on the JCloud as contributors? This questions have > popped up recently in one of my recent engagement with a partner. > That is to say, support from prominent Cloud providers would help > propelled JClouds as a de factor library to use against cloud providers. > > > On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 3:07 PM, Everett Toews < > everett.to...@rackspace.com> wrote: > >> Hi All, >> >> I know it's a bit of a long shot but if anyone on these lists is in Hong >> Kong or is going there for the OpenStack Summit, I'll be speaking at the >> HKJUG [1] on Nov. 4. Here are the details. >> >> Title: >> >> Application Development in the Cloud with jclouds >> >> Time: >> >> Monday 4th November, 2013, 19:30-21:00 >> >> Location: >> >> Room M109, Floor 1, Core M, Li Ka Shing Tower >> Hong Kong Polytechnic University >> >> Abstract: >> >> The cloud has emerged as the next major platform. So where do developers >> turn for the toolkits that will make them productive and effective in the >> cloud? >> >> For Java, the answer is jclouds. >> >> Apache jclouds is an open source library that helps you get started in >> the cloud and utilizes your Java or Clojure development skills. The jclouds >> API gives you the freedom to use portable abstractions or cloud-specific >> features. It's a multi-cloud toolkit that works with both public and >> private clouds, enabling hybrid cloud workloads. >> >> There is a great community behind this toolkit working together to >> provide a better experience for developers in the cloud. Their goal is to >> simplify the control of many different clouds while still giving you the >> freedom to use cloud-specific features. The result is a toolkit that allows >> developers to write better code, in a shorter period of time, that works >> with supported clouds. >> >> In this meeting, you will learn how to write Java that can control >> multiple clouds using interoperable code with jclouds. The agenda is as >> follows: >> >> 1. Overview of jclouds, its terminology and its community. >> 2. Purpose and benefits of using jclouds. >> 3. Install jclouds for use on the command line. >> 4. Work through an example of using jclouds to start virtual machines in >> the cloud. >> 5. Work through an example of using jclouds to store files in the cloud. >> >> Speaker Biography: >> >> Everett Toews is a Developer Advocate at Rackspace making OpenStack and >> the Rackspace Cloud easy to use for developers and operators. Sometimes >> developer, sometimes advocate, and sometimes operator. He's a committer on >> Apache jclouds and co-author of the OpenStack Operations Guide. In the past >> he's built web applications, taught workshops, and presented at conferences >> such as Gluecon, OSCON, and the OpenStack Summits. He has also deployed >> OpenStack in production. >> >> Cheers, >> Everett >> >> [1] >> http://hkjug.org/2013-11-04-application-development-in-the-cloud-with-jclouds > > >
