Only last week, the Xen
Project team was at OSCON where we launched Mirage OS 2.0(event report to follow soon, but in
the meantime check out the following sessions Nymote and Mirage, Floss Weekly on Mirage OS and Community War Stories) and now our Developer
Summit is just round the corner. As we have seen tremendous
community growth in the last 12 months (>30%) and the most
feature reach Xen Project Hypervisor release coming up soon, I
thought I’d share what you can expect.
What to expect?
Xen Project Developer Summits
are packed with highly technical content where the core developers
of the Xen Project community come together to discuss the
evolution of the Xen Project. The conference is a mixture of talks
and interactive sessions in un-conference format (which we call
BoFs). Newcomers and those who are interested in the progress and
future of the Xen Project, it’s sub projects (Hypervisor on ARM
and x86, Upstreams and Downstreams, Embedded and Automotive
variants, Cloud Operating Systems such as Mirage OS) usually will
get tremendous value from attending the event.
Besides roadmap, feature
updates and developer topics, this year features a few themes:
- Network Function Virtualization
- Security
- Performance and Scalability
- Cloud Operating Systems
- Topics that are important for
automotive/embedded/mobile use-cases, such as Real-time
virtualization, certification and ARM support
Why not check out the agenda or watch last year’s sessions to get a sense of what is
coming. Note that BoF’s and discussion groups will be published
next week.
How to get the most out of the Summit?
Our developer events
are designed to help you make connections and to participate. A
good way to network are our evening social event and to network
during the breaks. Another great way to get the most out of the
summit is to submit a BoF/discussion groups about a topic you care
about or to participate in a BoF/discussion group. BoF submissions are open until August 11 and the BoF
schedule will be published the week before the event. Most of our
talks will have an extensive and interactive Q&A portion,
which is another way to engage.
Links:
http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/xen-project-developer-summit/program/schedule
http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/xen-project-developer-summit/attend/register
http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/xen-project-developer-summit
