CloudStack Collaboration
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The Biggest Get-together of the Global CloudStack Community

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November 20-22, 2024
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CloudStack Users and Developers from 40+ Countries
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About
CloudStack Collaboration Conference is an in-person get-together for the global CloudStack community and people interested in open-source technology.
The event is aimed at developers, operators and users to discuss and evolve the open-source software, its functionality and real-world operability. This event will introduce you to the CloudStack family, community leaders, project members and contributors.
Event Location
CCC 2024 will be taking place in the Orense 34 Meeting Place in Madrid. The venue is situated in the financial heart of Madrid, next to Paseo de la Castellana.
Tickets
All of the money received from tickets to the event are spent solely on the event and its organisation. This means that by attending #CSCollab2024, you are supporting the CloudStack community and project.
Please note that free passes are issued to: Speakers, Sponsors, Students and Committers.

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Each Ticket includes:

Hackathon Participation, Access to all sessions and workshops, Access to the Exhibitors zone, Coffee breaks, Lunch included for Nov 21 and Nov 22, Welcome drinks after the talks on Nov 21, Welcome bag with a CloudStack T-shirt and swags.

Committers & Students

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If you are a committer to the CloudStack project or you are a student interested to develop in an open-source community, you are eligible for a free ticket. Get in touch via info@cloudstackcollab.org to request a 100% discount code to use at registration.

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€99.00

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Unlock Exclusive Savings with Our Early Bird Ticket! Be among the first to secure your spot at the CloudStack Collaboration Conference with our limited-time Early Bird Ticket offer. The Early Bird Ticket sale ends on September 16th.
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Missed the Early Bird special? No worries! Our Regular Admission Ticket ensures you won’t miss out on the excitement and experiences that CCC 2024 has to offer. Starting from September 17th, you can purchase your Regular Admission Ticket.
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This Year’s Speakers

Abhisar Sinha

Software Developer, ShapeBlue

Abhishek Kumar

Software Engineer, ShapeBlue

Alex Saroyan

CEO, Netris

Alexandre Mattioli

Cloud Architect, ShapeBlue

Andrija Panic

Cloud Architect, ShapeBlue

Aron Wagner

CEO, American Cloud

Daan Hoogland

Software Engineer, ShapeBlue

Daven Winans

VP Engineering, US Signal

David Humes

VP of Product, US Signal

Giles Sirett

CEO, ShapeBlue

Giorgio Finazzi

Solutions Architect, Cloudian

Gor Poghosyan

Cloud Architect, Netris

Harikrishna Patnala

Software Engineer, ShapeBlue

Jithin Raju

Cloud Architect, ShapeBlue

Joffrey Luangsaysana

Systems Engineer, DIMSI

Johan Anderson

CTO, Severalnines

John White

COO, US Signal

Kaushik Bora

Principal Solution Architect, Yotta

Kshitish Purohit

CPO, Yotta

Marco Sinhoreli

Technical Marketing Manager, ShapeBlue

Marco Ziglioli

Cloud Architect, CDLAN

Matthias Dhellin

Consultant, DIMSI

Navid Abdoul

Cloud Engineer, DIMSI

Neven Dogovic

Product Owner, Leaseweb

Nicolas Vazquez

Software Engineer, ShapeBlue

Nikolay Tenev

Solutions Architect, StorPool

Olivier Lambert

CEO, Vates

Ousmane Diarra

Consultant, DIMSI

Pearl Dsilva

Software Engineer, ShapeBlue

Philipp Reisner

CEO, LINBIT

Pierre Charton

Senior Developer, DIMSI

Rene Peinthor

Software Developer, LINBIT

Richard Hotchkin

VP, Aptum

Rohit Yadav

VP of Engineering, ShapeBlue

Stephan Bienek

Head of Hosting, weSytems

Sunando Bhattacharya

Chief Strategy Officer, Yotta

Sunil Gupta

CEO, Yotta

Suresh Anaparti

Software Architect, ShapeBlue

Swen Brüseke

Managing Director, proIO GmbH

Tigran Martirosyan

Co-founder, Netris

Vikram Fernandes

Director of Business Development, Cloudian

Vishesh Jindal

Software Engineer, ShapeBlue

Wei Zhou

Software Engineer, ShapeBlue

Wido den Hollander

CTO, Your.Online

Will Stevens

CTO, Aptum
CCC 2024 Event schedule
WEDNESDAY HACKATHON
November 20th
THURSDAY
November 21st
FRIDAY
November 22nd
12:30 - 18:00
Hackathon
At Day 1 - join us for the CloudStack Collaboration Conference 2024 Hackathon, where innovation, creativity, and collaboration come together! This event invites developers, cloud architects, system admins, and open-source enthusiasts to team up and solve real-world challenges in the cloud ecosystem using Apache CloudStack. Whether you're a seasoned pro or new to the cloud community, this hackathon is your opportunity to dive into cutting-edge technologies, exchange ideas with fellow contributors, and push the boundaries of cloud computing.
During the hackathon, participants will work on exciting projects ranging from improving CloudStack features, developing new plugins, or tackling specific cloud-related problems. Expert mentors and CloudStack maintainers will be available to provide guidance and support, ensuring everyone can contribute and learn. The event will conclude with a showcase of the top solutions, with prizes awarded for the most innovative, impactful, and technically impressive projects.

Whether you’re here to code, network, or learn, the Hackathon promises a vibrant atmosphere of experimentation and collaboration. Let’s build the future of cloud computing together!

09:30 - 10:00
Registration and Morning Coffee
10:00 - 10:45
Welcome to the Apache CloudStack Community
Giles Sirett, Chairman of the CloudStack European User Group. Apache CloudStack PMC Member
10:45 - 11:15
Keynote: Navigating the Next Wave of Innovation
John White, COO, US Signal
In an era where technological advancements shape the future of industries, open source stands at the precipice of the next major disruption. This keynote will explore the current state of the industry and highlight the immense potential for transformation through open-source technologies. Historically, every decade has witnessed a groundbreaking technological leap—from the rise of the internet in 1998 to the advent of virtualization and the iPhone in 2008, the shift to public cloud in 2012, and now, as we approach 2028, the question remains: What will be the next seismic shift?

 

In this keynote, John White, Chief Operating Officer at US Signal will address:

  • The Why: The fundamental reasons driving the shift towards open source and its disruptive potential.
  • Future State: Projections and possibilities for what the technological landscape might look like with widespread open-source adoption.
  • Limiting Factors: Challenges and obstacles that could impede this transformation including compute processing limitations, government regulations, power constraints, AI oversight, vendor disruptions, and public cloud failures.
  • Gotchas: Unforeseen pitfalls and considerations businesses must be aware of.

 

Join us as we chart a course towards a future where open source is the driving force in the technological revolution. Together, we will unlock new opportunities, mitigate risks, and help shape a more innovative, efficient, and inclusive digital world.

11:15 - 11:45
Keynote: Building India's Sovereign Hyperscale Cloud with the CloudStack Ecosystem
Sunil Gupta, Co-founder, Managing Director & CEO, Yotta
Sunil will talk about the massive digital transformation in India and how Yotta has partnered with the Government to build multi-region hyperscale sovereign GovCloud (perhaps largest outside US & EU) using cloudstack and other partner’s technology stack.
11:45 - 12:00
Break - We invite you to explore the exhibitor area and connect with our partners and vendors.
12:00 - 12:30
How CloudStack is Helping Leaseweb to Run Cloud Globally
Neven Dogovic, Product Owner Public Cloud, Leaseweb
Leaseweb sharing experience on their extensive experience with Apache CloudStack as a leading cloud provider.
12:40 - 13: 25
What is New in Apache CloudStack
Rohit Yadav, VP of Engineering, ShapeBlue
In-depth session on the latest advancements in Apache CloudStack, with a special focus on the exciting new features and improvements in the 4.20 release. As one of the leading open-source cloud management platforms, CloudStack continues to evolve to meet the needs of modern cloud infrastructures. This session will cover key updates that enhance functionality, scalability, and user experience, empowering cloud operators and developers alike.

In this talk, we will explore the cutting-edge enhancements introduced in version 4.20, including new integrations, performance improvements, and security updates.

13:25 - 14:30
Lunch Break
Auditorium
14:30 - 15:00
Scaling CloudStack to 100K Hosts and Millions of Instances
Abhishek Kumar, Software Engineer, ShapeBlue
Discuss the why, how, and what of an exciting CloudStack scalability project aimed at significantly expanding its capacity to support 100,000 hosts and millions of VMs, volumes, networks, accounts, and domains. Explore CloudStack’s current scalability limits and assess how much further we can push its boundaries. Discuss the innovations, challenges, and strategies required for CloudStack to thrive in hyper-scale environments, and consider what it would take to achieve this ambitious level of performance and reliability.
15:10 - 15:40
The Importance of a Proper Out-of-Band Network When Running CloudStack
Wido den Hollander, CTO, Your.Online
Often overlooked, but super important: A proper Out-of-Band network. When everything goes wrong you need proper access to your CloudStack environment in order to diagnose and resolve any issues. A OOB network is very important. How to design and implement a good OOB network and have CloudStack benefit from it?
15:50 - 16:20
VMware/KVM to CloudStack/KVM Migration - tools and options within CloudStack
Andrija Panic, Cloud Architect, ShapeBlue
In this talk, you will learn how CloudStack can help you import/migrate VMware/KVM instances/volumes to CloudStack and what options there are for operators to migrate those external workloads.
Cloud Monkey Hall
14:30 - 15:00
Majority in DRBD
Philipp Reisner, CEO, LINBIT
LINSTOR/DRBD became a primary storage option for ApacheCloudStack nearly three years ago. In this session, Philipp will share insights about how DRBD avoids split-brain situations. DRBD relies on the principle of quorum, and Philipp will dive into the topic and explain all its interesting aspects. How does it deal with an even number of replicas, what does last-man-standing mean in the context, and how does it recover a primary that lost quorum? The session will also briefly discuss how it interacts with failover in CloudStack and how we could improve that with future development. The session will touch on all the theoretical aspects and also have the necessary configuration snippets relevant to the deployment of LINSTOR/DRBD in the context of ApacheCloudStack.
15:10 - 15:40
Enhancements to CloudStack Kubernetes Service
Pearl Dsilva, Software Engineer, ShapeBlue
With growing popularity of the CloudStack Kubernetes Service, efforts have been made to further improve this plugin and provide more flexibility. As of ACS 4.21, CKS will support deploying clusters with custom templates, with the ability of configuring different offerings and templates for different Kubernetes node types. It will also have support to add external nodes (VMs / bare metal hosts) as worker nodes to a pre-created CKS cluster. To adapt to production standards, CKS will now support unstacked ETCD as well and will also have a CNI plugin framework which will provide users the flexibility to use a CNI of their choice. In this talk, we will also delve into the CloudStack CSI driver and it’s integration with CloudStack.
15:50 - 16:20
CloudStack Networking in Action: Inspiration, Practical Tips and Sharing Experience
Stephan Bienek, Head of Hosting, WeSystems
CloudStack provides an awesome Networking feature-set, which enables building simple and complex solutions within one platform. In this session i will be sharing our experience and practical tips, how we use the various CloudStack Networking features to build tailored solution at weSystems. An inspiring tour through Isolated- , Shared- and Layer2-Networks using ConfigDrive, Service functions and external Gateways in IPv4 and IPv6 scenarios.
Workshops Hall
14:35 - 15:35
Workshop: Backup to the Future: Simplifying Data Backup and Recovery in Hybrid Cloud Environments
Giorgio Finazzi, Solutions Architect, Cloudian
15:45 - 16:25
Workshop: Leveraging Apiculus to bring the Cloudstack ecosystem together. How we are leveraging a multitude of Cloudstack ecosystem partners for delivering hyperscale sovereign clouds
Kshitish Purohit, Sunando Bhattacharya, Yotta
16:20 - 16:40
Coffee Break
Auditorium
16:40 - 17:10
Evaluating CloudStack Against Other Hypervisors: A Performance Analysis
Daven Winans, VP of Product, US Signal
In the evolving world of virtualization, the need for competitive analysis has never been more urgent. Licensing models and associated costs from most hypervisor providers are shifting, prompting businesses to explore new alternatives that balance performance with economic feasibility.

Through comprehensive performance benchmarking and user testing, this study evaluates CloudStack’s competitiveness within the hypervisor ecosystem, particularly focusing on performance per dollar. For organizations managing virtualized workloads, “performance” is not just a technical requirement but an economic imperative.

In response to these industry shifts, US Signal initiated a research and development project aimed at exploring alternative virtualization solutions to the dominant Broadcom option. The goal for us all is to ensure predictability in both pricing and performance for our users which we will explore in this conversation.

Join Daven Winans, VP of Engineering at US Signal, as he uncovers insights and strategies that can empower you to make more informed decisions about your virtualization infrastructure. Don’t miss this opportunity to see how CloudStack measures up against other hypervisors and how it can elevate your cloud operations.

17:15 - 17:45
Panel Discussion: Contributing to the Apache CloudStack Project
TBA
Cloud Monkey Hall
16:40 - 17:10
Integrating Wireguard into CloudStack
Marco Ziglioli, Cloud Architect, CDLAN
Cloudstack currently offers support for road warrior and site2site IPsec VPNs. WireGuard is a modern VPN solution known for its lightweight codebase, cryptographic security, and ease of configuration compared to traditional VPN protocols like IPsec or OpenVPN. Our goal is to generalize the vpn instantiation allowing the possibility to use wireguard instead of IPsec as protocol. By embedding WireGuard into CloudStack, the platform enhances its ability to provide secure and efficient access to cloud resources in isolated networks. This speech examines a possible implementation of WireGuard inside the Virtual Routers and its deployment and configuration through CloudStack.
17:15 - 17:45
Management Server Maintenance in CloudStack
Suresh Kumar Anaparti, Software Engineer, ShapeBlue
In this session, Suresh would brief about a new feature “Support for Management Server Maintenance in CloudStack”, which is set to be included in the upcoming release. This feature enables admins and operators to keep the management server in maintenance mode for patching or to apply any updates. He would also cover how the host agents connect to other available servers while preparing for maintenance, along with the introduction of new APIs.
Workshops Hall
16:45 - 17:45
Workshop: CloudOps Software Demo
Will Stevens, CTO, Aptum
09:00 - 09:30
Morning Coffee
Auditorium
09:30 - 10:00
Building a Sovereign DBaaS supporting CloudStack
Johan Andersson, CTO, Severalnines
In this talk Johan Andersson, CTO and Co-Founder of Severalnines, will discuss how Severalnines implemented a scalable, Sovereign DBaaS for open-source databases on CloudStack for Pappaya Cloud. Attendees will learn practical considerations for native Kubernetes Control Plane (CP) infrastructure design and get pointers on how to build integrations between the CP and CloudStack from authentication to Day 2 operations automation. They will also learn about the specific techniques and tooling needed to streamline and automate core DBaaS workflows, such as infrastructure integration, scaling, high availability and disaster recovery, user and tenant management, and more!
10:10 - 10:40
CDLAN Open to Innovation the Choice Was CloudStack
Marco Ziglioli, Cloud Architect, CDLAN
CDLAN is a Milan based Telecommunications provider in Italy specialized in the B2B market. When we began to look into offering cloud services, we were wary of being locked into a $$Vendor$$ Our choice fell on cloudstack and it is heavily used in our B2B cloud services today. Join us to hear our story on why and how cloudstack has become an integral part of our offering.
10:50 - 11:20
BACKROLL 1.0 is Out!
Matthias Dhellin, Ousmane Diarra, Pierre Charton, DIMSI
Backroll is an open-source backup solution for KVM guests provided by DIMSI. You will hear about the latest news of the project. We will also go through a demo to show you how to set up Backroll, configure your storage and hypervisor in order to backup and restore your VMs. We will also showcase the latest features such as a plugin which integrates Backroll into Apache CloudStack.
11:30 - 12:00
Routed Mode: Static and dynamic routing
Wei Zhou, Software Engineer, ShapeBlue
ACS 4.20 introduces the ROUTED mode for IPv4 networks. In ROUTED mode on isolated networks and VPCs the CloudStack VR no longer provides Source NAT, allowing for end-users to create purely routed networks, significantly improving network bandwidth and potentially allowing for public IPs to be allocated to user VMs without operator intervention. Simple dynamic routing introduces dynamic BGP capabilities to ACS, facilitating the use of ROUTED mode networks by automatically peering BGP sessions with upstream routers, thus removing from the cloud provider the onerous task of setting static routes on upstream routers.
12:10 - 12:40
External Deployment Integration in CloudStack
Harikrishna and Alexandre Mattioli, ShapeBlue
The CloudStack external deployment integration enables the deployment and management of external workloads such as baremetal servers, non-ACS VMs, and SaaS stacks directly from Apache CloudStack (ACS). This talk will explore the design, development, and practical utilization of the framework, showcasing its capabilities in managing diverse infrastructure and simplifying multi-environment operations. Attendees will gain a deeper understanding of how this integration enhances the flexibility and scope of ACS. This framework is set to be released with Apache CloudStack 4.21.
Cloud Monkey Hall
09:30 - 10:00
GPU as a first class feature in CloudStack
Vishesh Jindal, Software Engineer, ShapeBlue
With the rise of AI, VDI, cryptocurrency mining, simulations, and advanced graphics processing, the demand for GPU resources has surged dramatically. However, Apache CloudStack currently lacks first-class support for GPUs. This talk will cover the current state of GPU support in CloudStack, the challenges of managing GPU resources, and proposes a feature design to make GPU a first-class CloudStack resource. Attendees will gain insights into the technical hurdles and potential solutions to bring seamless GPU support into their IaaS platform.
10:10 - 10:40
Snapshot Copy Using Primary Storage
Nikolay Tenev, Solutions Architect, StorPool
Apache CloudStack 4.19 introduced a new feature called “Snapshot Copy.” It allows you to take a snapshot of a volume in one zone and copy it to another and can be employed in Disaster Recovery scenarios. The implementation depends on the secondary storage and secondary storage VM to copy the snapshots between the zones. This is good for infrequent snapshot copies, but it can become a problem when a large number of snapshots have to be regularly copied. To solve this, we added a new feature, “Snapshot Copy Using Primary Storage”. It optimizes the dataflow and improves efficiency and capacity by offloading the copy operation to the primary storage. Join us as we’ll discuss how it works and the specifics of the process. If you are planning to implement disaster recovery to your cloud services or want to implement this feature to different storage plugins you don’t want to miss this one.
10:50 - 11:20
Shared FileSystem as a First Class Feature
Abhisar Sinha, Software Engineer, ShapeBlue
Talk on the new feature Shared FileSystems. A fully managed file storage service, offering a simple way to create and use file systems that can be accessed by multiple instances simultaneously.
11:30 - 12:00
Cloud Security and Compliances
Kaushik Bora, Principal Solution Architect, Yotta
The session will include the challenges/solutions to mitigate the general Security and Compliances requirements and a few unresolved issues (specific to security) with Apache CloudStack.
12:10 - 12:40
Monetize CloudStack with CloudOps Software
Richard Hotchkin, Vice President & General Manager, Software, Aptum
Turn your CloudStack infrastructure into a revenue engine with the CloudOps software. Offer dynamic pricing, product catalogs, commitments, and invoicing, all while enabling reseller and branding capabilities across multi-tenant environments. Unlock integrations with AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes, and more to maximize your investment.
Workshops Hall
09:30 - 11:30
Workshop: Deploying CloudStack with BGP, EVPN and VXLAN
Wido den Hollander, CTO, Your.Online
11:40 - 12:10
Workshop: Native encryption support with LINSTOR
Rene Peinthor, Software Developer, LINBIT
12:40 - 13:30
Lunch Break
Auditorium
13:30 - 14:00
2 years of VMware Exodus: our perspective as a recognized Open-Source virtualization alternative
Olivier Lambert, CEO, Vates
This talk will explore open-source alternatives to VMware virtualization, based on the experience of Vates, a French software company specializing in virtualization with international reach. Combining both technical and market perspectives, we will discuss global trends, challenges in migrating to open-source solutions, and the potential implications of VMware’s acquisition by Broadcom. The presentation will cover technical aspects of the virtualization stack, including hypervisors, orchestration, and backups, and how these elements can be integrated into modern infrastructures. Additionally, we will examine the impact on cloud and edge computing, as well as the roles of major industry players such as Nutanix, Microsoft, and IBM/RedHat.
14:10 - 14:40
Seamless CloudStack Integration: Cloudian’s Role in Modern Cloud Architectures
Vikram Fernandes, Director of Business Development and Alliances, Cloudian
TBA
14:50 - 15:20
A New CloudStack Driver Model
Rohit Yadav, VP of Engineering, ShapeBlue
This talk proposes an exciting “Mother of All Plugins” framework for Apache CloudStack. This innovative meta-framework empowers vendors, operators, and admins to extend CloudStack’s capabilities using any programming language of their choice and offer more flexibility and speed for developing custom features and extensions. Join Rohit to discover how this game-changing driver model can empower you to customise CloudStack faster, giving you a competitive edge in driving cloud innovation and meeting evolving demands.
Cloud Monkey Hall
13:30 - 14:00
The Apache CloudStack Governance Model
Daan Hoogland, Application Architect, ShapeBlue
The Apache CloudStack project is part of the large portfolio of ASF projects and acts as an independent software project under the Apache umbrella. It is bound by the Apache bylaws, but also has its own bylaws and traditions. As part of the ASF it is bound by an honour code of inclusivity. It is also a consent based democratic entity. What this all means will be explained in this talk.
14:10 - 14:40
How Netris Integrates with Apache CloudStack for Scalable, Cloud Provider Networking?
Gor Poghosyan and Tigran Martirosyan, Netris
This talk will explore the integration between Netris and Apache CloudStack for a scalable public cloud provider use case. How we go beyond typical scalability limits leveraging EVPN/BGP-based VXLAN with Apache CloudStack leveraging horizontally scalable Netris SoftGate for delivering virtually unlimited VPC, Internet Gateway, NAT Gateway, Load Balancers, and Network Access Control rules. It will also cover the end-to-end automation of the network from Apache CloudStack to Switch Fabric, as well as the edge.
14:50 - 15:20
Using the Packer Provider for CloudStack: What's Missing
Swen Brüseke, CEO, ProIO
Wouldn’t it be nice to create CloudStack templates directly on CloudStack itself, fully automated, without any manual intervention? I want to show how we are using HashiCorp’s Packer to achieve this and what features we needed to develop for the community-driven provider to get closer to this goal. Demo included—fingers crossed!
Workshops Hall
13:30 - 14:15
Workshop: From zero to first restore
Joffrey Luangsaysana, Navid Abdoul, DIMSI
14:30 - 15:15
How Netris Automates the Edge/Border, Switch Fabric, and Compute networking end-to-end for cloud operators?
Alex Saroyan, CEO, Netris
15:20 - 15:40
Coffee Break
Auditorium
15:40 - 16:10
NSX Integration on CloudStack
Nicolas Vazquez, Software Engineer, ShapeBlue
In this talk, Nicolas will go through the VMware NSX integration on Apache CloudStack, to be introduced on version 4.20 as a CloudStack plugin. The NSX plugin introduces NSX 4 as a network service provider in CloudStack allowing users to create and manage Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs) in CloudStack utilizing NSX SDN, orchestrating the network functionalities such as: routing, port forwarding, load balancing, DNS, DHCP, ACLs and more.
16:20 - 16:50
Cloud Strategies in a Changing Landscape: Cost and Performance Analysis of CloudStack vs. Leading Hypervisors
David Humes, VP of Product, US Signal
In today’s cloud landscape, organizations face challenges in managing costs and optimizing performance. With VMware licensing fees rising after Broadcom’s acquisition, businesses must reassess their cloud strategies for financial and operational efficiency. Industry experts Patrick Cannon, Field CTO, and Daven Winans, VP of Engineering at US Signal, will explore cloud hosting solutions, focusing on CloudStack, VMware Private Cloud, AWS, and Azure.

The first segment presents a Comparative Costing Analysis, breaking down pricing models across providers and introducing a new tool to streamline cost evaluations. Attendees will learn how to compare costs effectively and understand the impact of VMware’s rising fees through practical tool demonstrations.

The second segment evaluates CloudStack’s performance against other hypervisors, emphasizing the importance of finding alternatives that balance performance and cost. Benchmarking and testing will highlight CloudStack’s competitiveness, focusing on performance-per-dollar metrics. Insights from US Signal’s R&D initiatives will offer strategies for maintaining pricing and performance predictability, equipping attendees with actionable knowledge to optimize their cloud operations.

17:00 - 17:30
CloudStack's role in the era of AI clouds
Kshitish Purohit, CPO, Yotta
What role can CloudStack play in the AI revolution? What are the opportunities for development? What value(s) and value system does CloudStack bring to the table?
Cloud Monkey Hall
15:40 - 16:10
Backup & Recovery in CloudStack
Jithin Raju, Cloud Architect, ShapeBlue
The ability to reliably back up and restore cloud instances is critical for maintaining operational continuity and safeguarding against data loss. This session provides an overview of the backup and recovery options available within CloudStack. The talk includes Backup and Recovery framework and providers: Veeam, Dell NetWorker, Dimsi Backroll, and NAS. This session is ideal for CloudStack administrators, IT managers, and anyone responsible for data protection in cloud environments.
16:20 - 16:50
Creating a Cloudstack Usage Service with Kafka
Aron Wagner, CEO, American Cloud
The current CloudStack usage service did not meet our needs to build a reliable billing engine, so we built a new one using Kafka and Cloudstack Events.
17:00 - 17:30
Evaluating Cloud Costs: On-Premise CloudStack vs. Hyperscalers
Marco Sinhorelli, Technical Marketing Manager, ShapeBlue
Choosing between running your own cloud infrastructure and using services from major providers like AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud can be a tough decision. In this talk, I’ll walk you through a comparison of the costs involved in both options using a Cloud Cost Calculator and Pricing Report. I’ll share insights into how these costs stack up over time, based on a case study of a mid-sized company. If you’re considering whether to stick with a public cloud or move to an on-premise setup, this session will give you a clear picture of the financial implications and help you make a more informed choice.
Workshops Hall
17:40 - 18:10
Panel Discussion and Closing: Expanding Horizons: How to Amplify Market Presence and User Growth for CloudStack
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