This will be a high-level technical overview of the major components of OpenStack:— the virtual machines, virtual hard-drives, object storage, virtual networks, image registry, and the dashboard — as well as the associated sub-projects and the OpenStack services that combine to provide an incredibly flexible self-service infrastructure platform.

We'll also talk about some of the diverse use cases for OpenStack, and finish with a demo of one of the use cases.

Food sponsored by https://www.hpcloud.com/.