PyCon Ireland 2014, Ballsbridge Hotel, Dublin.
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Cloud Computing has changed everything. It has made creating, deploying and managing both open source and proprietary software simpler, more cost effective and secure, and within the reach of mere mortal humans. It is the driving force behind a series of disruptive positive transformations to Open Source community interactions. OpenSource Projects like OpenStack and OpenShift are being built with the help of numerous other Open Source technology communities; we embed our resources into other key projects to ensure each others mutual success. The interdependencies abound as technology borders blur between projects. We can no longer afford to be isolationists. New models for community development are emerging to facilitate the new realities. Our eco-systems support numerous other Open Source projects whom rely on our stability and openness to ensure their success. And in turn, users of the services we provide embed their resources into our projects contributing back, working with peers and ensuring the projects move forward in directions that enable them to ensure success. In this talk, Diane will dive into some fundamental shifts that are occurring in Open Source community development, discuss new models for facilitating effective cross-community collaboration and talk about her experiences helping bridge the divides between users, developers, and the organizations that support them.

Diane Mueller is RedHat's Cloud Ecosystem Evangelist and OpenShift Origin Open Source Community Manager. She is a thought leader in cloud computing, open source community building, and cat herding. Diane has been designing and implementing products and applications embedded into mission critical systems at F500 corporations for over 20 years. You can follow her on twitter @pythondj

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