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Lucas Welch
Former Chef Employee
Opscode @IBM Innovate
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By Lucas Welch
Are you headed to Orlando for IBM Innovate next week? If so, be sure to check out Opscode’s VP of Solutions, George Moberly, at the event spreading the good word on Chef.
Read moreIn the News – Cloud Mgmt & More
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By Lucas Welch
In hopes of helping all of you in the Community stay up-to-date on what tech press are providing in terms of news, opinions, and best practices from end-users, this post marks the first in an ongoing series of ‘news round-ups’ we’ll be posting every couple weeks here at Opscode’s blog.
Read moreIndiegogo crowd-funds projects around the world w/Chef
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By Lucas Welch
From raising money for those impacted by the tornado in Oklahoma, to helping people fight cancer, Indiegogo crowd-funds important, even life-changing projects the world over. To do so, the company uses Rackspace to power a flexible, scalable cloud infrastructure behind all the awesome projects and site traffic.
Read moreCheezburger Builds Massive Social Humor Website Network w/Hosted Chef
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By Lucas Welch
Coming out of a seriously rockin’ #ChefConf a week ago, it’s time to profile more customer awesomeness in the Chef Community. This go round it’s a neighbor of ours here in Seattle – Cheezburger, one of the largest social humor sites in the world.
Read moreOpscode Momentum Surges As Chef Community Unites at #ChefConf 2013
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By Lucas Welch
Today from #ChefConf 2013, we made a series of exciting announcements, including collaborations with IBM (see separate blog for more info) and Microsoft, to some serious business and community growth metrics.
Read moreOpscode and IBM Join Forces to Bring Open Source Cloud Automation to the Enterprise
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By Lucas Welch
This morning, we announced an exciting collaboration with our friends at IBM to bring the full power of Opscode Chef to IBM’s enterprise customers. From Opscode Chef integration with IBM SmartCloud, to new cookbooks, content and more, we’re working closely with IBM to deliver on the promise of DevOps in accelerating the speed of business.
Read moreIntroducing the New Opscode Brand – Code Can.
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By Lucas Welch
It’s a new era here at Opscode and all of us here are amped to unveil our new brand: This morning at #ChefConf 2013, our CEO Mitch Hill delivered a presentation detailing the reasoning, process, and meaning behind “Code Can.
Read more#ChefConf is SOLD OUT
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By Lucas Welch
Two days ago we let everyone know #ChefConf 2013 was nearly sold out. However, not even in our wildest imagination did we think just 48 hours later all the tickets would be gone. But that’s exactly what happened. #ChefConf is officially sold out!
Read more#ChefConf Is… Nearly Sold Out!
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By Lucas Welch
We’ve posted a number of blogs detailing the awesome speakers, dynamite sessions, cool events, and more taking place next week at #ChefConf 2013, April 25-26. Apparently, you all have been listening because #ChefConf is nearly sold out!
Read moreAwesome Chefs – Sonian Takes Archive & Search to the Cloud w/Opscode
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By Lucas Welch
Good news this morning, as we announced that Sonian, the pioneer in cloud-powered email archiving and search, has deployed Opscode Hosted Chef™. Sonian is using Hosted Chef to automate configuration, environment and application management across the multiple cloud infrastructure as a service (IaaS) providers powering the company’s innovative archive and search service.
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