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Linux Expo to Sponsor Software Freedom Day Activities

Linux Expo of SoCal — 2011-05-13T03:34:24

The Linux Expo of Southern California, parent organization of the popular Southern California Linux Expo, announced today that it will sponsor events during the observation of Software Freedom Day 2011, to be held Sept. 17, 2011.

By doing so, the Linux Expo expands its efforts to popularize the use of Free and Open Source Software beyond the Southern California Linux Expo, which is held annually in February.

The Linux Expo will accept proposals from Southern California groups for events observing Software Freedom Day, and will issue five grants of up to $500 each to support each event.  The funding may be used for space rental, media duplication, printing costs or other expenses related to their event.

Groups from San Luis Obispo County south to the California-Mexico border, and from the Pacific Ocean east to the California-Nevada border, are encouraged to apply.

Interested groups can send their proposals to press-+lTk9Ns4B/5zigNL44B2PbhSVCA9We0C< at >public.gmane.org  All proposals must be received by July 31, 2011.

SCALE Report: SCALE 9X ends on a high note

SCALE Team — 2011-03-04T04:08:53

SCALE REPORT - 3 March 2011

SUMMARY: Successful SCALE 9X ends on a high note; higher attendance numbers translate into healthy forecast for Linux and Free/Open Source Software (FOSS) in 2011

LOS ANGELES -- The 9th annual Southern California Linux Expo wrapped up three days of sessions and speakers -- and two days of exhibits -- on Sunday afternoon with a new record for attendance.

By the end of the three days, SCALE had printed over 1,800 badges, an increase over last year of approximately 20 percent. Some of the sessions were standing-room only while over 100 exhibitors got to meet the record-breaking crowd.

“Because SCALE is the first large Linux and FOSS show in 2011, it serves as an indicator of how the year may go,” said Orv Beach, the SCALE 9X publicity co-chair. “From what we’ve seen this weekend at SCALE, the upcoming months look very bright for FOSS.”

SCALE 9X links at a glance:

- Speaker survey: www.socallinuxexpo.org/speaker_survey/

- SCALE 9X photos: http://bit.ly/gqHIHC

- Compilation of tweets from SCALE 9X: http://chirpstory.com/li/829

The SCALE 9X presentation video and audio is currently being compiled and will be available soon. The location will be provided in the final SCALE 9X wrap-up to come soon.

We look forward to seeing you again at the Hilton Los Angeles Airport hotel for SCALE 10X in February 2012.

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SCALE Update: More people attend improved expo

SCALE Team — 2011-02-27T11:35:38

SUMMARY: SCALE 9X lifts off on Saturday; Leigh Honeywell kicks off Day 2 as attendance numbers rise

LOS ANGELES -- The 9th annual Southern California Linux Expo started its second day on Saturday with a keynote by Leigh Honeywell as the attendance numbers showed a significant increase over last year.

Honeywell, who spoke on the topic “Hackerspaces and Free Software,” headlined a wide variety of sessions that included a standing-room only crowd for Owen De Long’s “IPv6 Basics for Linux Adminstrators” and various education-related talks in the Open Source Software in Education (OSSIE) track.

Attendance figures for the show are up from last year, according to SCALE 9X staff. According to SCALE 9X chair Ilan Rabinovitch, last year’s show in 2010 had more than 1,300 registrants attend by Saturday. This year, SCALE 9X has had nearly 1,600 attendees get badges for the show, with 300 paid tickets still outstanding.

The day wrapped up with a conference reception and the “The World’s Weakest Geek” competition.

For those who attended talks on Saturday, SCALE 9X would like to know what you thought of them. Please consider filling out the SCALE speaker survey at
www.socallinuxexpo.org/speaker_survey/

Sunday’s SCALE 9X kicks off with Jane Silber’s keynote on ‘Cloud for Human Beings’ at 10 a.m. in the La Jolla room, for those of you at the show. For those who cannot attend, the keynote will be streamed live. To watch the keynote, visit http://www.ustream.tv/discovery/event/all?q=socallinuxexpo

The other sessions on Saturday will be streamed live by ConferenceByWire, a video-conferencing and video content distribution solution that brings live and on-demand conferences and conventions directly to one's computer.

Non-keynote sessions will be streamed at http://swarm.conferencebywire.com/web/guest/conference-page?cnid=55810

SCALE 9X is being held at the Hilton Los Angeles Airport hotel from Feb. 25-27, and registration is still open. Visit http://www.socallinuxexpo.org for details.

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SCALE UPDATE: SCALE 9X gets a head start

SCALE Team — 2011-02-26T17:54:09

SUMMARY: SCALE 9X hits the ground running on Friday; hundreds kick off Friday sessions

LOS ANGELES -- The 9th annual Southern California Linux Expo got off to a rousing start on Friday, with a significant number of registrants opting to come to the expo on Friday to participate in a variety of sessions appealing to a wide range of users at various levels.

By 11 a.m. on Friday, nearly 600 attendees had registered for SCALE, with more registering throughout the afternoon. This is a significant rise in the number of Friday attendees, according to SCALE 9X staff, who are cautiously optimistic that the number of attendees could break a record.

For those who attended talks on Friday, SCALE 9X would like to know what you thought of them. Please consider filling out the SCALE speaker survey at
www.socallinuxexpo.org/speaker_survey/

Saturday’s SCALE 9X kicks off with Leigh Honeywell’s keynote on ‘Hackerspaces and Free Software’ at 10 a.m. in the La Jolla room, for those of you at the show. The keynote will be streamed live. To watch the keynote, visit http://www.ustream.tv/discovery/event/all?q=socallinuxexpo

Non-keynote sessions will be streamed at http://swarm.conferencebywire.com/web/guest/conference-page?cnid=55810

SCALE 9X is being held at the Hilton Los Angeles Airport hotel from Feb. 25-27, and registration is still open. Visit http://www.socallinuxexpo.org for details.

SCALE UPDATE: In the starting blocks -- ready for SCALE 9X?

SCALE Team — 2011-02-24T17:50:36

SCALE UPDATE - 24 February 2011

SUMMARY: In the starting blocks -- ready for SCALE 9X?

LOS ANGELES -- The flights have been confirmed for some time and they're now being boarded. Speakers are packing and heading to Los Angeles, ready to rehearse their presentations before they go on sometime between Friday and Sunday. Exhibitors prepare to set up their booths. Registrations for the expo continue to roll in.

Are you ready for some Linux?

The 9th annual Southern California Linux Expo is set to start tomorrow, Friday, Feb. 25, at the Hllton Los Angeles Airport hotel.

SCALE 9X begins tomorrow with a wide range of presentations. Cloud.com presents an all-day session on building an open-source cloud. Fedora will host its Fedora Activity Day, in which it will offer attendees a path of study to help folks take the Red Hat Certified Engineer test. PostgreSQL will host a day-long sessions on uses for its database software. Ubuntu is hosting Ubucon, a gathering to cover what's going on in the community.

Friday will also have a Mentor track and a DevOps track with individual presentations. Friday concludes with a Happy Hour sponsored by Rackspace Hosting and the highlight of the evening, the UpSCALE Talks.

Nine topics featuring 13 speakers make up the UpSCALE talks, where the speakers are given 15 seconds per automatically advanced slide to give their five-minute presentation.

The expo floor opens Saturday, and runs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday the floor is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Mobile device users can get the guide via "The Conventionist" by visiting http://conventionist.com/getit . The SCALE 9X schedule and information will be under the "download guides" section of the application.

Registered already? Ready to go?

If not, there's still time to beat the rush at the front desk on Friday or Saturday by buying your SCALE 9X passes on-line. Prices range from $10 for a exhibit-only pass to $70 for access to all events.

To register for SCALE 9X, visit https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/reg7/

SCALE 9X will be held from Feb. 25-27 at the Hilton Los Angeles Airport hotel. for more information, visit http://www.socallinuxexpo.org

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SCALE Update: Mobile SCALE 9X and streaming keynotes

SCALE Team — 2011-02-23T23:52:51

SCALE UPDATE - 23 February 2011

SUMMARY: Mobile for SCALE 9X? There's an app for that;
Keynotes to be streamed Saturday and Sunday

LOS ANGELES -- The 9th annual Southern California Linux Expo has gone mobile using The Conventionist.

Those attendees with Android devices and other mobile technology like iPhones, iPads and iPod Touches can get an enhanced experience with the mobile guide to SCALE 9X. Plan your day with a personalized schedule and browse exhibitors, maps and general show info.

To get the guide, download "The Conventionist" from the Android Marketplace or the Apple App Store, or you can download it by visiting http://conventionist.com/getit

The SCALE 9X schedule and information will be under the "download guides" section of the application.

Also, the keynote speakers will have their talks streamed live from the venue in the Hilton Los Angeles Airport hotel. Leigh Honeywell will be giving the keynote on Saturday at 10 a.m. Pacific time, speaking on "Hackerspaces and Free Software." On Sunday at 10 a.m. Pacific time, Jane Silber will give her keynote on "Cloud for Human Beings."

To watch the keynotes from the comfort of your computer, visit http://www.ustream.tv/discovery/event/all?q=socallinuxexpo

The other sessions at SCALE 9X will be streamed live by ConferenceByWire, a video-conferencing and video content distribution solution that brings live and on-demand conferences and conventions directly to one's computer.

Non-keynote sessions will be streamed at http://swarm.conferencebywire.com/web/guest/conference-page?cnid=55810

Registered already? Ready to go?

To register for SCALE 9X, visit https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/reg7/

SCALE 9X will be held from Feb. 25-27 at the Hilton Los Angeles Airport hotel. for more information, visit http://www.socallinuxexpo.org

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SCALE Update: Special events abound; using social media

SCALE Team — 2011-02-23T04:53:23

SCALE UPDATE

SUMMARY: Special events at SCALE 9X abound;
Keep track of SCALE through the magic of social media

LOS ANGELES -- A wide variety of special events accent the usual fare of presentations and exhibits at the 9th annual Southern California Linux Expo.

FOSS standards like Fedora, OpenSUSE, PostgreSQL and Ubuntu are holding day-long sessions on Friday, and SCALE U and DevOps Day will have a variety of sessions as well.

But when the sessions are over, the fun begins. A happy hour, sponsored by Rackspace, runs from 6-8 p.m. on Friday, which leads up to the highlight of Friday evening: the UpSCALE talks, which begin at 8 p.m. in the La Jolla room.

On Saturday evening after a day of sessions and booth-hopping, SCALE 9X attendees can visit the conference reception and raffle, as well as participate in "The Weakest Geek," a geek trivia game.

After "The Weakest Geek," SCALE 9X will host a laser tag, video game and board game night in the Plaza Ballroom from 9 p.m. onward.

Also on tap for SCALE 9X on Sunday is the LPI certification test, offered by the Linux Professional Institute, at a discounted price of $99 for LPIC-1 and LPIC-2, and $219 for the LPIC-3. For more information on the LPI exam, visit http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale9x/special-events/lpi-testing

For a listing of special events at SCALE 9X, visit http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale9x/special-events

As far as using social media is concerned, you can keep track of events as they happen by following one of these social media networks:

Facebook Page:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/SCALE/329976144281

Facebook Event:
https://www.facebook.com/socallinuxexpo

LinkedIn Event:
http://events.linkedin.com/SCALE-9x-2011-Southern-California-Linux/pub/431336

Twitter:
www.twitter.com/socallinuxexpo

Identi.ca
www.identi.ca/socallinuxexpo

SCALE 9X will be held from Feb. 25-27 at the Hilton Los Angeles Airport hotel. For more information, visit http://www.socallinuxexpo.org

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SCALE Update: Recruiters on hand; streaming video on tap

SCALE Team — 2011-02-21T00:10:21

SCALE UPDATE -- Feb. 20, 2011

SUMMARY: Looking for an IT job? SCALE will have industry reps on hand; SCALE sessions streamed; hotel registration at 100 percent, but there’s always room for more

LOS ANGELES -- Get those resumes ready: IT industry representatives from a variety of technology companies will be present at the 9th annual Southern California Linux Expo seeking talent to hire.

Companies that will be on hand at SCALE 9X include Facebook, Google, eHarmony, CityGrid Media, TicketMaster and others. A full listing can be found at http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale9x/blog/it-recruting-scale-0

With the exception of the SCALE keynotes, the sessions at SCALE 9X will be streamed live by ConferenceByWire, a video-conferencing and video content distribution solution that brings live and on-demand conferences and conventions directly to one's computer.

The streamed sessions will be available at http://swarm.conferencebywire.com/web/guest/conference-page?cnid=55810

The Saturday and Sunday keynotes will be streamed live by the SCALE team on Ustream at a different link and will be available for later playback at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/scale-9x-keynotes

While the SCALE allotment of hotel rooms reached 100 percent recently, it doesn't mean that you're left out. The hotel is still honoring the $109 per night rate. SCALE attendees can take advantage of this deal by using the code at http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale9x/hotel-info when making reservations either on-line or by phone.

SCALE 9X will be held on Feb. 25-27 at the Hilton Los Angeles Airport hotel. For more information and to register, visit http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/SCALE9x/

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SCALE Update: UpSCALE Talks/Birds of a Feather

SCALE Team — 2011-02-15T22:34:59

SCALE UPDATE: Going ‘uptown’ with UpSCALE,
while Birds of a Feather flock together at SCALE 9X

LOS ANGELES – You have something to say, but you’re only allotted several minutes and the presentation slides automatically change as you speak. Think you can do it?

The 9th annual Southern California Linux Expo will hold its UpSCALE talks on Friday, Feb. 25 at 8 p.m. in the La Jolla room at the Hilton Los Angeles Airport hotel. It is part of SCALE 9X, the first Linux expo of the year, which is held at the same venue from Feb. 25-27.

UpSCALE talks, held in the style of the Ignite presentations made popular by various O'Reilly-sponsored events, allow the six scheduled participants five minutes to speak on a topic, accompanied by 20 automatically-advanced slides provided by each speaker. This makes UpSCALE a fast-paced, fun event for participants and audience.

For a schedule of the talks, visit http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale9x/special-events/upscale

Also, SCALE 9X will continue the tradition of providing space for groups to meet and discuss their common interests. These sessions are commonly referred to as Birds of a Feather sessions, or BOFs. The BOFs will be held on Friday and Saturday evening at the Hilton.

Groups who are interested in meeting at SCALE 9X can see which slots are available by visiting http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale9x/special-events/scale-9x-birds-feather and then contacting Gareth Greenaway at gareth< at >socallinuxexpo.org with a description of the session and the top two time preferences.

SCALE 9X will be held from Feb. 25-27 at the Hilton Los Angeles Airport hotel. For more information or to register for the event, visit http://www.socallinuxexpo.org

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SCALE 9X UPDATE: Register yet? OSSIE schedule set

SCALE Team — 2011-02-09T17:52:44

SCALE ANNOUNCEMENT

Hotel rooms in demand at SCALE 9X venue – don’t miss out;
Open Source Software in Education schedule affirmed

LOS ANGELES – With a little over two weeks left before the first-of-the-year Linux expo, the ninth annual Southern California Linux Expo is shaping up to set the tone for an outstanding Linux year in 2011.

If you haven’t taken advantage of SCALE’s hotel deal at the Hilton Los Angeles Airport hotel – the site of SCALE 9X on Feb. 25-27 – you’d be well advised to hurry. The $109 per night rate is available as long as allotted rooms last. SCALE attendees can take advantage of this deal by using the code at http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale9x/hotel-info when registering either on-line or by phone.

Also, the Open Source Software In Eduction (OSSIE) track at SCALE, providing an outstanding lineup of speakers connecting FOSS and its use in the scholastic realm, has been finalized.

Unlike in years past when OSSIE was held on Friday, this year OSSIE will be held on Saturday so educators may attend without missing classes.

The OSSIE schedule for Saturday's sessions can be found at https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale9x/special-events/open-source-software-education and tickets for OSSIE, which includes admission to the Exhibit Hall, are $15.

Students and teachers are eligible for a 50 percent discount on the SCALE 9X Full Access Pass – which will allow you to attend other sessions and visit the Exhibit Hall -- by using the STDNT promotional code when purchasing their ticket. If you’re an educator or student attending SCALE and using this promotion, don’t forget to bring a valid school ID with you and present it at SCALE check-in.

To attend OSSIE or to purchase one of two other ticket plans, register on the website at https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/reg7/

SCALE 9X will be held on Feb. 25-27 at the Hilton Los Angeles Airport hotel. For more information and to register, visit http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/SCALE9x/

All about IPv6 At SCALE 9X

SCALE Team — 2011-02-04T01:21:34

Most people in the tech industry know that the IPv4 address space will run dry over the next few months.  The forced march to IPv6, with all of its potential downsides -- including network slowdowns and downright outages -- has only just begun.   Has your organization started the move?  If not, consider attending SCALE!  We can help you come up to speed on how to get over the “address space” speed bump gracefully, with two presentations on IPv6:

* Richard Jimmerson, Chief Information Officer of the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN),  will speak on “Ready or Not, IPv6 is Here: Preparing Your Linux Networks for IPv6”.

* Owen DeLong is an IPv6 Evangelist at Hurricane Electric and a member of the ARIN Advisory Council, and will present “IPv6 Basics for Linux Administrators”

The 9th Annual Southern California Linux Expo is February 25-27, 2011.  For more information, or to register, go to https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale9x/

SCALE 9X Schedule Firms Up

SCALE Team — 2011-02-02T06:30:46

The 9th Annual Southern California Linux Expo is less than four weeks away. This Expo is shaping up to be the best SCALE ever, with five tracks of quality presenters, over 80 exhibitors, and more content than it’s ever had.

The theme for SCALE 9X is “Open Source: Rising to New Heights”. Both the program and the SCALE 9x t-shirt promote this theme. You can check them both out at the SCALE 9x event page on Facebook. This year’s t-shirt will be a collector’s item!

Traditionally, above and beyond the presentation tracks and expo floor SCALE provides space for Free and Open Source Software organizations to meet. It’s one way we give back to the FOSS community. This year there are more of these great activities at SCALE than ever. Here’s the current (but expected to grow) list:

-Build an Open Source Cloud Day
-DevOps Day Los Angeles
-FOSS Mentoring
-Fedora Activity Day
-LPI Testing
-Los Angeles PostgreSQL Day
-Open Source Software In Education
-PGP Keysigning Party
-SCALE University
-openSUSE Day

The SCALE schedule is online now at http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale9x/schedule. While it’s always subject to change, it’s essentially complete. Check out the great presentations that will be given over the course of the three-day event!

The block of hotel rooms allocated for SCALE attendees at the Hilton is going fast; if you plan on staying overnight, don’t wait too long to make your reservations!

There are only a few slots left at SCALE’s version of lightning talks, our “UpSCALE” event. If you’re contemplating presenting send your proposal to gareth-+lTk9Ns4B/5zigNL44B2PR2eb7JE58TQ< at >public.gmane.org

There’s tons to see and do at SCALE. Register now and join us!

SCALE 9X will be held on the weekend of Feb. 25-27 at the Hilton Los Angeles Airport hotel. To register, or for more information, visit http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/SCALE9x/

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SCALE 9X: Jane Silber to give one of two keynotes

SCALE Team — 2011-01-19T22:41:04

Keynote speakers finalized: Jane Silber joins Leigh Honeywell as the 2011 SCALE 9X keynoters

LOS ANGELES -- Canonical Chief Executive Officer Jane Silber has been added as a keynote speaker, with Leigh Honeywell, for the Southern California Linux Expo SCALE 9X in February.

Silber will give her keynote on "Cloud for Human Beings" during SCALE 9x, which runs from Feb. 25-27 in Los Angeles.

"We're fortunate and honored to have a speaker of Jane Silber's caliber joining Leigh Honeywell as the keynote speakers for SCALE this year," said, Ilan Rabinovitch, the chairperson for SCALE 9X. "These two outstanding speakers lead an impressive roster of people presenting at SCALE this year."

Silber started her career as a software developer and has continued to rely on that foundation in her years of business development, strategy, operations and product development experience. She served as Canonical's Chief Operating Officer from its founding and became its CEO last year.

Her work at Canonical has included leading the Ubuntu One project and ensuring that large organizations find Ubuntu "enterprise-ready."

Honeywell, co-founder and current president of HackLab TO in Toronto, will speak on "Hackerspaces and Free Software" in her keynote.

Traditionally, one keynote is given on Saturday and the other on Sunday. The order in which the two keynotes will take place has yet to be determined, and an announcement will be forthcoming once it is decided.

There are 64 speakers joining Honeywell and Silber in giving
presentations at SCALE. Among the presenters are OpenSUSE's Alan Clark, speaking on the topic "Create appliances with your own customized Linux OS;" PostgreSQL's Josh Berkus, speaking on "The Elephant Scales Out;" Cfengine's Mark Burgess, speaking on "The Future of Open Source Configuration Management;" and Meego advocate Quim Gil, who will speak
on "The Foundations of the Meego Project."

A complete list of speakers can be found at
http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/SCALE9x/speakers

SCALE 9X will be held on the weekend of Feb. 25-27 at the Hilton Los Angeles Airport hotel. To register, or for more information, visit http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/SCALE9x/

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SCALE registration, hotel reservations now open

SCALE Team — 2010-12-21T19:53:14

[MEDIA: Press contact information appears at the end of this announcement.]

Your end-of-the-year checklist should include SCALE reservations

LOS ANGELES – If you're making a personal checklist as we approach the beginning of a new year, you may want to include the following:

[X] Make New Year's resolutions
[X] Buy that bottle of champagne to celebrate 2011
[ ] Don't forget to book your SCALE registration and hotel room

Registration for the Southern California Linux Expo SCALE 9X, held at the Hilton Los Angeles Airport hotel, is now open and can be made by visiting https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/reg7/

Also, SCALE has negotiated a special conference room rate with the Hilton. Rooms are available at $109 her night plus tax if you use the link or the group code. Reservations can be made online at http://www.hilton.com/en/hi/groups/personalized/LAXAHHH-SLE-20110221/index.jhtml?WT.mc_id=POG

To make hotel reservations by phone, call 310-410-4000 and use the reference group code "SLE."

SCALE 9X will be held Feb. 25-27, 2011, at the Hilton Los Angeles Airport hotel. For more information, visit http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale9x/



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Leigh Honeywell 1st SCALE 9X keynoter

SCALE Team — 2010-12-15T21:38:20

[MEDIA: Press contact information appears at the end of this announcement.]

Leigh Honeywell tapped as first of two SCALE 9X keynote speakers

LOS ANGELES -- The Southern California Linux Expo is happy to announce that Leigh Honeywell has been chosen as the first keynote speaker for SCALE 9X.

Honeywell will be speaking on the topic of “Hackerspaces and Free Software,” and how the two communities are mutually beneficial to each other.

Honeywell is co-founder and current president of HackLab.TO, a hackerspace in downtown Toronto. She currently serves on the board of advisors of the SECtor security conference, has served as a Google Summer of Code mentor, and is one of the Tres Chix leading the Ubuntu Women project.

A second keynote speaker will be chosen, with keynotes to be delivered on Saturday and Sunday mornings at SCALE 9X.

SCALE 9X will be held Feb. 25-27, 2011, at the Los Angeles Airport Hilton. For more information, vist http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale9x/

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commercial entities can contact sponsorship-+lTk9Ns4B/5zigNL44B2PR2eb7JE58TQ< at >public.gmane.org, and non-profit & FOSS projects can contact gareth-+lTk9Ns4B/5zigNL44B2PR2eb7JE58TQ< at >public.gmane.org

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SCALE UPDATE: Is your paper submitted? Sponsors get ready fo

SCALE Team — 2010-12-03T17:11:34

[MEDIA: Press contact information appears at the end of this announcement.]

SCALE UPDATE: Less than two weeks left for SCALE Call for Papers; Sponsors start lining up for event

LOS ANGELES – As everyone's sights are set on the December holidays, the Southern California Linux Expo reminds those who plan to submit papers for SCALE 9X to get them in before the deadline, which is a little over a week away.

The deadline for the SCALE 9x Call for Papers is Dec. 13, with notification of acceptance being sent to speakers by Dec. 27.

For more information on the SCALE 9x Call for Papers and how to submit them, visit:

http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale9x/blog/scale-9x-call-papers

Sponsors opportunities still abound for SCALE 9X, and sponsors are starting to line up for the first-of-the-year major Linux expo. SCALE supporters include silver sponsors Softlayer and Facebook, and reception sponsor iX Systems. Media sponsors include Linux Journal, Linux Pro Magazine, Ubuntu User, Backbone Magazine, ACM Queue, Toolbox.com, Mashable, The Bitsource and LWN.net.

To be a SCALE sponsor, e-mail Ilan Rabinovitch at sponsorship< at >socallinuxexpo.org

SCALE 9X will be held Feb. 25-27, 2011, at the Hilton Los Angeles Airport hotel. For more information, visit http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale9x/

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SCALE Announcement: One month left in SCALE 9x Call for Pape

SCALE Team — 2010-11-04T23:38:59

[MEDIA: Press contact information appears at the end of this announcement.]

Sharpen those No. 2 pencils: One month remaining in the SCALE 9x Call for Papers

LOS ANGELES (Nov. 4, 2010) – In an effort to continue our efforts to promote and educate the public on Free/Open Source Software projects, the Southern California Linux Expo SCALE 9x invites you to share your work with the rest of the FOSS community by submitting a talk for the first-of-the-year Linux expo.

“As the first major Linux event of the year, SCALE 9x gives speakers an opportunity to set the tone for what’s ahead in the coming year,” said Shyam Kapadia, the chair of the SCALE 9x Speakers Committee. “For developers and those who advocate FOSS, it can serve as a springboard for further success as the year progresses.”

The deadline for the SCALE 9x Call for Papers is a little over a month away, on Dec. 13, with notification of acceptance being sent to speakers by Dec. 27.

Considering the rapid rise in the adoption of open source in the last few years, SCALE 9x encourages proposals directed toward open source success stories, open source expansion into different markets and fields, as well as novel applications.

Expanding on the success of the previous years, SCALE 9x will have five speaker tracks, including two specialized tracks, (the beginners' track and the developers' track) and a new system administration track catered toward the growing population of attendees interested in using open source alternatives for system administration tasks. The remaining two speaker tracks fall under a general category that will accommodate talks across a wide spectrum of interests and skill levels.

Some topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Call for Papers for SCALE 9x opens

SCALE Team — 2010-09-02T20:31:23

[Media: For media contact information, see bottom of this announcement.]

SCALE ANNOUNCEMENT: Call for Papers for Southern California Linux Expo 9x opens September 1st

LOS ANGELES – Organizers of the Southern California Linux Expo 9x have announced that the Call for Papers for SCALE 9x opens Wednesday, Sept. 1, with five speaker tracks.

With the continued growth of Open Source software in business, SCALE will address the need for system management knowledge by adding a speaker track focused on system administration. Combined with the two specialized tracks -- Beginners and Developers -- and the two general interest tracks, SCALE 9x will have content for every attendee.

“With a larger show and more opportunities for speakers, we’re looking for a cross-section of speakers that will coincide with the wide range of attendees expected for SCALE 9X,” said Shyam Kapadia, who chairs the SCALE speakers committee.

Proposal abstracts are reviewed by a committee and are evaluated solely on merit. The closing date for the call for papers is Dec. 13, 2010, and organizers ask that the submission dates be strictly honored in order to provide the committee enough time to choose the best proposals.

SCALE 9X will also host tutorial sessions under a separate track. Those submitting presentations are asked to mention if the presentation is appropriate for a lab in the proposal.
Technical set up – including a microphone, overhead projector and a laptop running Linux – can be available, but presentations must be done in a non-proprietary format.

For more information on submitting a paper, visit http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale9x/blog/scale-9x-call-papers

SCALE 9X runs from Feb. 25-27, 2011, at the Hilton Los Angeles Airport hotel. For more information on SCALE 9X, visit http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale9x/

Important Dates

Sept. 1, 2010: CFP Opens
Dec. 13, 2010: Deadline for abstracts/proposals submissions
Dec. 27, 2010: Last date for notification of acceptance
Feb. 25, 2011: Conference starts

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SCALE moves to larger venue in 2011

SCALE Team — 2010-06-24T18:19:12

SCALE UPDATE: SCALE moves to larger venue starting in 2011

LOS ANGELES – In order to accommodate its steady growth over the past few years, the Southern California Linux Expo (SCALE) will move to its new home, the Hilton Los Angeles Airport, starting with SCALE 9X in 2011.

The new venue – larger than SCALE’s former home for the last four years at the Westin Los Angeles Airport – will allow SCALE to expand its offerings at SCALE 9X, slated for Feb. 18-20, 2011.

“We are excited about our new home at the Hilton Los Angeles Airport hotel, and the opportunities it allows us to pursue,” said SCALE chairman Ilan Rabinovitch. “The larger venue will allow SCALE to provide more co-hosted community events and conference activities over the next few years.”

In addition to the larger floor space for the expo, the Hilton has larger speaker rooms to allow more participants per specialty conference track. The Hilton also has more rooms than the Westin, so SCALE’s new home can more easily accommodate out-of-town attendees spending the weekend at the expo.

While the event is moving to a nearby facility, Rabinovitch said that he and the SCALE staff are grateful for the hospitality and services the Westin provided over the years.

“The toughest part about leaving the Westin was the relationships we had built with the people there. The Westin had become like a second home, and their staff were true partners in making SCALE a success,” Rabinovitch said. “The move to the Hilton was entirely based on cost and space availability.”

For more information on SCALE 9X, visit http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/SCALE9x/

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SCALE RECAP: SCALE 8X a unparallelled success; don't forget

SCALE Team — 2010-02-24T04:25:07

SCALE UPDATE:  SCALE a huge success, and don’t forget to take the speaker survey

A HUGE SUCCESS: With attendance up over 10 percent from last year, organizers of the Southern California Linux Expo SCALE 8X contend that the event this year was an unparalleled success.

The spike in the number of attendees to the first-of-the-year Linux show caused most of the weekend’s sessions and talks to be full, and in some cases – as in the Saturday keynote – there was overflow into other rooms where the talks were simulcast.

The expo floor was packed during the course of the event as well, with many vendors pleased – and in some cases overwhelmed – by the number of people attending SCALE 8X.

Both the attendance and the number of new people drawn to the event serves as a testament to the robust health of Free/Open Source Software in today’s economy, and the forecast is bright for an increase in both the popularity and necessity of FOSS throughout our digital dealings on a personal and professional level. 

Photos of the event can be found here: http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=scale8x&m=tags

Webcasts for keynotes and UpSCALE talks can be found here: http://www.ustream.tv/discovery/live/all?q=scale+8x

[Note: Audio for other talks from SCALE 8X will be forthcoming and the final update for SCALE 8X will feature the link.]

SPEAKER SURVEY: SCALE 8X staff asks that if you attended the event this year and went to some of the sessions, please fill out the speaker survey. The survey assesses the speakers’ as well as monitors attendance for each topic, giving organizers a barometer regarding the interest in a particular topic or subject. It also provides a blueprint for what to provide in the event next year.

The survey is located at https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/speaker_survey/

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SCALE UPDATE: Streaming video of SCALE keynotes

SCALE Team — 2010-02-20T17:15:00

SCALE UPDATE: SCALE Keynotes to be streamed Saturday and Sunday

LOS ANGELES – The keynote addresses for the Southern California Linux Expo SCALE 8x will be streamed live for the benefit of those who may not be able to make the addresses.

The keynotes will be available at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/scale-8x-keynotes and each of the keynotes on Saturday and Sunday starts at 10 a.m US Pacific Standard Time (1800 UTC).

The Saturday keynote will be given by Karsten Wade, a 15 year IT industry veteran, a long time Fedora Project contributor, and general open source iconoclast. Wade will give the Saturday keynote on the topic “Being a Catalyst in Communities.”

On Sunday, Taurus Balog gives a keynote address on the topic, "So, You Think You Want to Start an Open Source Business." Balog has more than 20 years of network management experience in the telecom and datacom industries and he is currently a maintainer of the OpenNMS open source network management project and CEO of The OpenNMS Group.

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