#CiscoChampion Radio is a podcast series by Cisco Champions as technologists hosted by Amy Lewis (@CommsNinja). This week Ed Saipech, Director of Applied Research at Savvis joins Cisco Champions Josh Atwell and Jeremiah Dooley. The topic is OpenStack.

Listento the Podcast

Subject Matter Expert:
Ed Saipetch (@edsai), Director of Applied Research at Savvis

Cisco Champion:
Josh Atwell (@Josh_Atwell), Data Center Architect, Community Organizer, Blogger, Author
Jeremiah Dooley (@jdooley_clt), Technologist, Start-up Advisor, Seeker of Solutions, Cloud Architect

Highlights:
Cisco Webex Cloud and OpenStack
Setting up development stack on OpenStack locally
Where to find useful information on OpenStack

Transcripts:
CommsNinjaanyone involved w openstack
tnewshottI'd love to get involved in OpenStack, considering I just got a 4 month crash course in vSphere, vCenter, and now vCNS
bwhaynesQ: What do you recommend for training or reading for people that are new to OpenStack?
@gallifreyanThe translation model makes a lot of sense... as well as a feature overlap/overlay description.
tnewshottvBrownBag?
CommsNinjathat is right
@gallifreyanhttp://openstack.prov12n.com/vbrownbag-podcast-couch-to-openstack/ has some links
tnewshottAwesome, thanks!
@gallifreyanOr maybe http://openstack.prov12n.com/openstack_phase_1/ ... has more links.  There's a G+ group as well.
bwhaynesQ: What are some of the business advantages of an OpenStack cloud?
@gallifreyanbwhaynes: compared to something else, or just abstractly?
bwhaynesQ: What are some of the business advantages of an OpenStack cloud?
@gallifreyanbwhaynes: compared to something else, or just abstractly?
CommsNinjaquestions? sounds like we have some interest in learning more here!
tnewshottI think I need to learn more just to know what to ask
tnewshottI'll be there....
crajohnsonCisco Live social pass represent!!!
bwhaynesI will also be there at CiscoLive
CommsNinjasweet
CommsNinjawrapping up in 5-any last minute questions? We will work on deeper dives on the questions you do have!
tnewshottI would love to see some briefings on how OpenStack and APIC are going to play together
Carl_Nigeri second that
bwhaynesgood session, thanks