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Speaker Interview: Rich Bowen

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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Speaker Interview: Alison Chaiken

 

Alison Chaiken returns to speak at SCALE 13x this year, giving a talk on "systemd for Developers" on SCALE 13x Saturday at 11:30 a.m. The SCALE Team caught up with Alison for a brief interview, which touches on the types of sessions at SCALE as well as beer-soaked Dance Dance Revolution sessions. To find out more, read on.

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Speaker Interview: Dave Stokes

 

Dave Stokes makes another speaking appearance at SCALE this year, giving a talk on "The Proper Care and Feeding of a MySQL Server for Busy Linux Admins" on SCALE 13x Sunday sessions at 3 p.m. The SCALE Team caught up with David and here's what he had to say about his talk, SCALE, and lunchtime at Carl's Jr.

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