The Southern California Linux Expo (SCALE) is an annual Linux, Open-Source, and Free Software conference held in Los Angeles. Now celebrating its tenth year, this community organized event will be held January 20-22, 2012 at the Hilton Los Angeles Airport hotel. SCALE offers over 100 seminars and presentation sessions, and an exhibit hall where non-profit and commercial organizations will demonstrate the latest developments in the open-source and free software realm.
SCALE team member Gerald Fontejon met with Chris Nolan (eHarmony) to discuss DevOps and the nVentory project. Chris Nolan and his colleagues will be presenting on nVentory at DevOps Day Los Angeles on Friday January 20th.
[Blogger's Note: SCALE 10X will be asking some of the speakers to weigh in on their presentations for the expo. This is the Q-and-A for Mark Burgess, who will give a talk on “3 Myths and 3 Challenges to Bring System Administration out of the Dark Ages” on Friday.]
Q: Could you please introduce yourself and tell us a little about your background?
At SCALE, in spite of having a lot of content for developers and sysadmins, we've always had a soft spot in our collective hearts for the newbie. Sadly, we've not been able to muster a lot of material oriented towards the raw beginner in Linux and Open Source.
The annual SCALE PGP Keysigning Party continues to grow: we already have over 70 people signed up! Are you one of them? Whether you're a PGP newbie or a crypto veteran, if you're interested in securing your communications we've got you covered.
SCALE had a chance to sit down with Cory Fields, a member of the XBMC community, to chat about XBMC and the future of the project.
Q: How did you first get involved with the free & open source community?
[Blogger's Note: SCALE 10X will be asking the keynoters and some of the speakers to weigh in on their presentations for the expo. This is the Q-and-A for Alison Chaiken, who will be giving a presentation on "Automotive: The Next Frontier for Mobile Linux" at 6 p.m. Saturday.]
Q: Could you please introduce yourself and tell us a little about your background?
[Blogger's Note: SCALE 10X will be asking the keynoters and some of the speakers to weigh in on their presentations for the expo. This is the Q-and-A for Greg DeKoenigsberg, who will be giving the SCALE 10X keynote on Saturday.]
Q: Could you please introduce yourself and tell us a little about your background?
A: My name is Greg DeKoenigsberg; I'm VP of Community for Eucalyptus Systems. Before that, I spent many years with Red Hat, working to build the Fedora community.
[Blogger's Note: SCALE 10X will be asking the keynoters and some of the speakers to weigh in on their presentations for the expo. This is the Q-and-A for Selena Deckelmann, who will be giving the SCALE 10X keynote on Sunday.]
Q: Could you please introduce yourself and tell us a little about your background?
By Guest Blogger: Phillip Banks
We get it. Sometimes there's just too much to see and do at a convention. The exhibitors have a lot to tell you about their products, services or what they are doing in the community. How on Earth do you squeeze all this into a day?
There have always been employment opportunities arising from a visit to the Southern California Linux Expo. In recent years a number of companies have had booths at SCALE, actively recruiting for new employees.
Employment opportunities in IT have been rising steadily the last year. So SCALE10X will have an unprecedented number of companies looking for your resume. Here's an almost complete list of those firms looking to hire you at SCALE:
