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VP, Cloud Engineering at Citrix
November 21st, 2013
Help Me Help YouHow Should Citrix Best Work with CloudStack?
Steve Wilson - @virtualsteve
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Agenda
• A little bit about my background
• What does Citrix really do?
• Why the heck is Citrix so committed to CloudStack?
• About the CloudPlatform Team
• Citrix and Apache
Who is this Steve guy anyway?Just so you know who you’re working with
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Early Work Years
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Java, Java, Java
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Utility Computing, Virtualization & Cloud
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Guitar
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Martial Arts
Why is Citrix Here?
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Citrix Enables Mobile Work Styles
http://youtu.be/X2OQehB7kHs
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CloudPlatforms
CloudNetworking
DataSharing
SocialCollaboration
MobilePlatforms
DesktopVirtualizationCloud solutions to enable mobile workstyles
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Mobile &Desktop
55%
21% 24%
Network& Cloud
Collaboration& Data
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What Does CloudPlatform do for Citrix?
• Standalone Businessᵒ Service Providersᵒ Enterprisesᵒ Providing the back-end to the mobile workforce
• Cloudifying the Desktopᵒ Better deployments for in-house XenApp/XenDesktop customersᵒ Enabling public clouds to deliver on-demand desktops
• Driving into new markets (e.g. co-working with NetScaler team)
• Increasingly used by our in-house SaaS division
About the CloudPlatform Team
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Santa Clara
HyderabadBangalore
• Architects• Alex• Chiradeep• Darren
Citrix and ApacheDiscussion
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Citrix as a Community Member
• What are we doing well?
• What should we be doing differently?
• Can we be more transparent with our needs to the community?
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Release Planning and Timing
• Citrix has a large, commercial dependency on CloudStack
• We want to stay in sync with the community, but have other forces driving us as well
• Suggestions for how we best align CloudStack and CloudPlatform?
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Cloudstack.next
• What are your priorities?
• What does it mean to you?
• How do we plan for it?
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My Areas of Interest for Cloudstack.next
• Hackability!!!
• Easy maintenance
• Massive Scale
• Adopting the latest cloud technologies
Work better. Live better.
