Barcelona, Spain
October 25-28, 2016

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IBM Sponsor Keynote: Why Enterprise Clients are Serious About OpenStack
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At the last OpenStack Summit in Austin, stackers heard from IBM GM Don Rippert on why IBM is betting on OpenStack and his interop challenge to the community. At the Barcelona OpenStack Summit, Don announces the results of the Interop Challenge and then raises the stakes on Why Enterprises are Serious about OpenStack. Uwe Scariot, Senior VP IT Factory Materna, joins Don on stage to share their story about selecting OpenStack as their infrastructure of choice for their new cloud solution. Uwe will talk about their key criteria for selecting the platform for their next generation Cloud solution and how OpenStack stacked up as the clear winner for interoperability and innovation today and for the future.

Wednesday, October 26, 9:35am-9:50am (7:35am - 7:50am UTC)
CCIB - Centre de Convencions Internacional de Barcelona - P0 - Forum
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Don Rippert
General Manager, Cloud Strategy, Business Development Technology
Don Rippert is IBM’s General Manager, Strategy, Business Development & Technology, IBM Cloud.   In addition to setting the Cloud business and technology strategy for IBM, he created the IBM Cloud Advisor program to help engage clients on their Cloud transformation. Don began his career at Arthur Andersen & Co. Management Information Consulting Division in 1981 – the company now... FULL PROFILE
Uwe Scariot
Executive Vice President Business Line IT Factory, Materna
Since 2015, Uwe Scariot has been responsible for Business Line IT Factory as Executive Vice President. This business line is specialized in technologies and consulting for IT organizations in enterprises and the public sector. In this position he is in charge of sales delivery, portfolio management, and business development for this Business Line with approximately 350 employees. Uwe... FULL PROFILE
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Posted: 3085 days ago
Really true message and I think it is all true. Just don't trust the messenger.
Posted: 3087 days ago
Nice to see IBM forward their slot to a partner (Materna), but that architecture slide was to obvious, and didn't prove anything... Sorry, wasted time...
Posted: 3087 days ago
Boring
Posted: 3087 days ago
"Thank you for that beautiful presentation."