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class="avatar__intro" itemprop="author" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><div class="avatar__name"><a href="https://github.com/jamiepell10" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" itemprop="url"><span itemprop="name">Jamie Pell</span></a></div><small class="avatar__subtitle" itemprop="description">Community Contributor</small></div></div></div></div></header><div id="__blog-post-container" class="markdown" itemprop="articleBody"><p><a href="/blog/ccc2023-vp-interview"><img loading="lazy" src="/assets/images/banner-c7e5f57a2665b2516df8e30e4bb56bda.png" title="CCC 2023 VP Interview" width="1384" height="715" class="img_ev3q"></a></p><p>The <a href="https://www.cloudstackcollab.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CloudStack Collaboration Conference |
| 2023</a> is only a few weeks away. This year’s |
| event will be taking place in Paris and online, on 23-24th November. |
| <a href="https://events.hubilo.com/cloudstack-collaboration-conference-2023/register" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Registration is still |
| open</a>, |
| with free tickets to anybody interested in the open-source project or cloud |
| technology. The event’s agenda has also been released, which you can see when |
| registering for the event.</p><p>I decided to interview the project’s current VP, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/rohityadavcloud/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Rohit |
| Yadav</a>, to get his thoughts on the |
| annual event.</p><p><strong>Why should individuals and organisations in the cloud industry be excited to |
| attend CloudStack Collab 2023?</strong></p><p><em>“I think the conference gives a great opportunity to everyone in the community, |
| be it an individual, a small and midsize business, or an enterprise, to |
| participate, collaborate, learn about what is coming in CloudStack and to meet |
| and network with people.</em></p><p><em>CloudStack Conferences and events provide a neutral space for the community to |
| come together, interact and learn about ongoing and future development of the |
| project, influence the direction of the project and form potential partnership |
| with one-another to support their objectives. This can also ensure long-term |
| stability of the contributor base, participation and health of the project.</em></p><p><em>The benefit of a hybrid event is those who aren't able to attend the conference |
| in person can still participate online, and watch the video streams or the |
| recordings later on.</em></p><p><em>It can also benefit people looking to learn about reducing cloud costs. It is |
| not a new thing that companies around the world are under financial pressure. We |
| have seen through various scenarios in the past, that moving from VMware to |
| CloudStack, or moving away from Hyperscalers to CloudStack can significantly |
| reduce the cost of ownership. So, the conference and its videos can help a lot |
| of people who are considering CloudStack, as well as those already implementing |
| it.”</em></p><p><strong>Are there any specific talks that stand out to you and that you are most looking forward to?</strong></p><p><em>“There are certainly several talks that I am really excited about – these are new |
| features in Apache CloudStack, use-cases of CloudStack, as well as sessions from |
| thought leaders who are going to talk about their perspective on CloudStack and |
| open-source. So, I am particularly excited about these talks.”</em></p><p><strong>Can you give a sneak peek into your ‘State of the Union’ talk?</strong></p><p><em>“One of the things I did was look at what previous VPs spoke about in their |
| State of the Union talks. So, there will be content about the community, changes |
| since last years, updates about releases and reflecting on what happened in the |
| community, in the last year.</em></p><p><em>I will also look into trends in the community, whether that is from the mailing |
| lists or from GitHub, as well as discuss new initiatives in the community. I'm |
| still figuring out a theme to stitch the content that I already have and |
| I am reaching out to people and organisations for quotes in support of |
| CloudStack.”</em></p><p><strong>How do you feel the CloudStack community has evolved in recent years?</strong></p><p><em>“Just like the project itself, the community has matured a lot alongside it. We |
| have over a decade of CloudStack releases, making it a stable and mature |
| product. A lot of people have been with the project since the early days and |
| they have a stable and mature outlook on using CloudStack</em></p><p><em>A term that can be applied here is <a href="https://wa.aws.amazon.com/wellarchitected/2020-07-02T19-33-23/wat.concept.mechanical-sympathy.en.html#:~:text=Mechanical%20sympathy%20is%20when%20you,Jackie%20Stewart%2C%20racing%20driver" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">mechanical |
| sympathy</a>, |
| which can explain how and why some people can become more intuitive than others |
| when it comes to the open-source software. As a result, CloudStack becomes an |
| extension of somebody who understands it better, as they will know its |
| limitations, thus meaning they know where to push it and where not to push it.”</em></p><p><strong>How does the CloudStack Collaboration Conference contribute to fostering |
| collaboration among the CloudStack community members?</strong></p><p><em>“There are a lot of users/vendors who have their idea of where CloudStack could |
| be extended and used. One of the great perks of CCC is that it gives networking |
| opportunities, where people can discuss their ideas, roadmaps and align with |
| others on where they want to see CloudStack go.</em></p><p><em>We have seen in the past where multiple parties have come together to push |
| CloudStack in a direction with respect to a feature or their roadmap or business |
| strategy.”</em></p><p><strong>Do you believe that open-source technologies will become more prevalent |
| among MSP’s and enterprises? If so, why? </strong></p><p><em>“Yes, I believe so. Any open-source project would have a community around it |
| and that it is easy to get access its the source code, modify and |
| redistribute it. What that unlocks is that for the same software, there might be |
| multiple vendors, which means there is not a vendor lock-in and therefore the |
| total cost of ownership is lower.</em></p><p><em>Open-source also fosters innovation, as every MSP or enterprise will have their |
| own roadmap and things they want to do with the software. Achieving these |
| objectives will require changes in the software, which is possible because |
| they’re not dependent on a vendor, meaning they can do it themselves or they can |
| partner with other parties in the relevant open-source ecosystem to achieve their |
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