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Speaker Interview: Dustin Laurence

Submitted by Larry Cafiero on Tue, 2015-02-10 15:10

The details of how cryptographic algorithms are designed, implemented, verified, and assembled into cryptosystems require expert knowledge. Good thing, says Dustin Laurence, that fortunately, the big picture of how the resulting cryptosystems are used does not. Dustin's talk on Action-Movie Crypto will be given on SCALE 13x Saturday at 6 p.m. The SCALE Team caught up with Dustin to talk about this and Thai curry delivery.

Q: Could you please introduce yourself and tell us a little about your background?

Speaker Interview: Joe Brockmeier

Submitted by Larry Cafiero on Mon, 2015-02-09 17:15

Joe Brockmeier says you can do one or the other: You can solve the package problem or make it worse. In fact, this SCALE veteran is giving a talk based on that exact topic -- Solving the Package Problem (or Making It Infinitely Worse?) -- on SCALE 13x Saturday at 1:30. The SCALE Team caught up with him to ask the either/or question.

Q: Could you please introduce yourself and tell us a little about your background?

Speaker Interview: Ludovic Fauvet

Submitted by Larry Cafiero on Mon, 2015-02-09 17:00

So, why exactly is the VLC icon a traffic cone? Ha, if you thought the answer was easily forthcoming, you have another thing coming. Ludovic Fauvet will be giving the talk VideoLAN, VLS and its distribution infrastructure on SCALE 13x Sunday at 11:30. He will divulge why during the talk. The SCALE Team interviewed Ludovic and here's what he had to say.

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Speaker Interview: Rich Bowen

Submitted by Larry Cafiero on Mon, 2015-02-09 16:48

Rich Bowen, who will be giving the Intro to OpenStack talk at 11:30 on SCALE 13x Saturday, plans to give attendees a look at how all the various moving pieces of OpenStack fit together. Rich took a few minutes with the SCALE Team to answer some questions about his presentation.

Q: Could you please introduce yourself and tell us a little about your background?

Speaker Interview: Max Mether

Submitted by Larry Cafiero on Mon, 2015-02-09 16:36

Max Mether is giving a talk on Sharding Your Data with Spider. No, not with the arachnid, but with the Spider Storage Engine. The SCALE Team caught up with Max and asked him a few questions about his presentation, which is being given on SCALE 13x Saturday at 1:30.

Q: Could you please introduce yourself and tell us a little about your background?

Speaker Interview: Tarus Balog

Submitted by Larry Cafiero on Mon, 2015-02-09 16:24

If you were to ask, "Which topic will be the most controversial at SCALE 13x?" Tarus Balog's "Open Source is Dead - And This May Be a Good Thing" talk would probably be up there on the list. Tarus gives his talk at 11:30 on SCALE 13x Saturday, and the SCALE Team caught up with him to ask him why he feels Open Source has no pulse.

Q: Could you please introduce yourself and tell us a little about your background?

Speaker Interview: Don Marti

Submitted by Larry Cafiero on Sun, 2015-02-08 20:42

Over the years, Don Marti has never had a shortage of interesting material to present at SCALE. And SCALE 13x is no exception, as Don will regale us with tales of Showing Off Your Software with a Great Demo System, on SCALE 13x Sunday at 11:30 a.m. Rest assured that his presentation will be far more than one minute of setup and 44 minutes of Creative Commons photos, as the SCALE Team interview explains below.

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Speaker Interview: Jenn Greenaway

Submitted by Larry Cafiero on Sun, 2015-02-08 20:16

Jenn Greenaway has the unique distinciton of being present for 10 SCALEs -- probably a record for those who are speaking at SCALE 13x. Jenn is speaking on "Building a Better Brain" on Saturday SCALE 13x at 11:30 a.m. The SCALE Team caught up with Jenn and asked her a few questions about her talk.

Q: Could you please introduce yourself and tell us a little about your background?

Speaker Interview: Josh Berkus

Submitted by Larry Cafiero on Sun, 2015-02-08 14:13

Josh Berkus, another SCALE veteran, brings his wealth of PostgreSQL expertise to SCALE 13x in presenting "Shootout at the AWS Corral" on Sunday SCALE 13x at 3 p.m. The SCALE Team caught up with Josh, who talked about ongoing progress with his benchmarking project and what he plans to report at SCALE and subsequent upcoming FOSS shows.

Q: Could you please introduce yourself and tell us a little about your background?