I have had the honor of speaking at the following events. I enjoy the opportunity to share ideas with engaged audiences. If you would like me to speak at your event, please contact me at bret.piatt @ r a c k s p a c e . c o m.
CloudCamp — Austin, TX (April 25, 2009), Rackspace Cloud, Introduction to Cloud Computing
Oracle OpenWorld — San Francisco, CA (October 15, 2009), Reducing Costs & Improving Service Levels w/ Java Platform as a Service
OpsCamp — Austin, TX (January 30, 2010), Computing as a Service — 7 Insights on the Future of Cloud Computing
InnoTech — San Antonio, TX (March 4, 2010), Cloud Computing — What can it do for you today and What it Promises in the Future
Cloudy Operations Workshop, Cloud Connect — Santa Clara, CA (March 15, 2010), Cloudops Fundamentals
Cloud Connect — Santa Clara, CA (March 16, 2010), Future of Open Source in a Cloudy World
EclipseCon — Santa Clara, CA (March 22, 2010), Cloud Deployment Toolkit: How the cloud reaches your IDE
DrupalCon — San Francisco, CA (April 20, 2010), A Match Made in the Cloud — How to best use Drupal on the Cloud
Velocity — Santa Clara, CA (June 22, 2010), Cassandra Workshop
DrupalCamp — New York, NY (July 24, 2010), Drupal in the Cloud
LinuxCon — Boston, MA (August 11, 2010), Alternative Database Technologies for the Cloud
Web 2.0 Expo — New York, NY (September 30, 2010), OpenStack-How Open Source Cloud Platforms Can Solve Big Data Needs…
Interop — New York, NY (October 21, 2010), Is the Cloud Security Risk Overrated?
Cloud Computing Expo West — Santa Clara, CA (November 2, 2010), Future of Data Storage in the Cloud
OpenStack Design Summit — San Antonio, TX (November 9, 2010), OpenStack Deployment
GICTF — Tokyo, Japan (November 22, 2010), OpenStack: Open Source Software to Build Public and Private Clouds
IEEE CloudCom — Indianapolis, IN (December 2, 2010), OpenStack Tutorial, Plenary Panel on Cloud Computing Standards
OMG Telecom Cloud Standards Information Day — Santa Clara, CA (December 6, 2010), Open Source Panel
I have also been interviewed by a number of reporters for both video and written distribution. Creating new technology is of limited use if you cannot articulate the value proposition of the solution to the user community. Requests for interviews can also be sent to the email address listed above.
InternetNews.com, Richard Adhikari — Internet (July 7, 2008), Rackspace Unveils PCI Compliance Bundle of Joy
Building 43, Robert Scoble — San Antonio, TX (September 8, 2009), The “Cloud Guy” at Rackspace
Oracle Partner Network, Matthew Chivers — San Francisco, CA (October 27, 2009), Rackspace — ‘Why build your own power plants?‘
.NET Rocks, Carl Franklin & Richard Campbell — Internet (February 11, 2010), Rackspace Cloud
ThisWeekIn, Amanda Coolong — Internet (June 3, 2010), This Week In Cloud Computing – Rackspace, Conformity, & CultureJam
O’Reilly Media, Mac Solcum — Santa Clara, CA (June 23, 2010), Fast By Default
Free Cloud Alliance — Internet (July 1, 2010), Cloud Deployment Toolkit
eWeek, Darryl Taft — Internet (July 19, 2010), Rackspace Open-Sources Cloud Platform, joins NASA in Launch of OpenStack Project
Dell, Barton George — Portland, OR (July 20, 2010), OpenStack insights and code
Dell, Barton George — Austin, TX (September 15, 2010), What’s happening — A Dell / OpenStack Update
Dell, Barton George — San Antonio, TX (November 10, 2010), PowerEdge C Powers OpenStack Installfest
