[occi-wg] Fwd: Cloud Plugfest Announcement - February 28 - March 01, 2012, Düsseldorf, DE - Sign-up Reminder & announcements

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Subject: Cloud Plugfest Announcement - February 28 - March 01, 2012, Düsseldorf, DE - Sign-up Reminder & announcements

Hi All,

As a reminder, if you are planning to participate in the next Cloud Plugfest please sign up as early as possible, so we can get an accurate headcount for the physical locations.

Other announcements:
1) Dusseldorf hotel & meeting location is now finalized. You may want to reserve your hotel room sooner than later due to other local events taking place around the same time.
2) The Taipei, Taiwan location is no longer available as an alternate hosting site option. Options are Dusseldorf and Virginia (physical) or remotely via dial-in.
3) Tuesday planning calls are now focused on building a test matrix. Those participating should plan to attend at least one call before the event.
4) If you have a presentation you would like to deliver during the plugfest please contact me to have it scheduled.

Additional Details can be found at the links below.

Regards,
- Tom

SNIA
Mobile: 719.491.2614
tom.mancuso at snia.org<mailto:tom.mancuso at snia.org>
www.snia.org<http://www.snia.org>

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MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR CLOUD PLUGFEST 2012 - Registration is now open!

The Storage Networking Industry Association's Cloud Storage Initiative (SNIA CSI) and the Open Grid Forum (OGF) are conducting the first in a series of international cloud plugfests slated for 2012.

What: Cloud Plugfest sponsored by SNIA CSI/OGF
When: February 28 through March 01, 2012
Where: Dusseldorf, DE (Primary Location)

Who's invited?
All cloud implementers are invited to participate either in person or remotely. Participants need not be members of the SNIA, CSI or OGF and the cost to attend is FREE!*

Why attend?
The cloud plugfest will offer a highly collaborative, vendor-neutral, environment for developers and vendors to perform interoperability testing of CDMI and OCCI implementations. The previous Cloud Plugfest, held in September 2011 in Santa Clara, California and remotely in Dusseldorf, Germany, attracted over 20 developers from nine companies.

By attending the cloud plugfest participants will:
.    Gain a greater understanding of what the needs are for establishing better interoperability with Cloud Computing and Cloud Storage standards, and the opportunity to refine those standards.
.    Gain a better understanding of the requirements for interoperability integration between Cloud Storage (CDMI) and Cloud Computing  (OCCI)
.    Interact directly with cloud implementers and early adopters of CDMI and OCCI

How to register?
The cost to register is free. Visit the cloud plugfest page at http://www.snia.org/cloud/cloudplugfest for additional details or go directly to the registration page http://snia.org/cloud/cloudplugfest/agreement. E-mail updates will be sent to registered participants as the plugfest nears.

Those interested in volunteering to help plan cloud plugfests or becoming a member of the SNIA Cloud Storage Initiative (http://www.snia.org/forums/csi) should contact Tom Mancuso, csimanager at snia.org<mailto:csimanager at snia.org>.


* Plugfest registration is free. Attendees are responsible for all other costs (travel, meals, etc.) associated with participating in this event including any participation fees imposed by co-located venues or event sponsors.


Tom Mancuso
Senior Program Manager, SMI
Storage Networking Industry Association _______________________________________
SNIA
Mobile: 719.491.2614
tom.mancuso at snia.org<mailto:tom.mancuso at snia.org>
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