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. George will be both a panelists and presenter as part of the Open Source Lifecycle Summit, talking about #opschef, OpenStack, #DevOps, and much […]
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Indiegogo crowd-funds projects around the world w/Chef
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. When MTV asked to Indiegogo to power its […]
Read MoreOpscode Momentum Surges As Chef Community Unites at #ChefConf 2013
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. Thanks to our awesome Chef Community, Opscode Chef is spreading like wildfire, empowering businesses of all sizes to use code to get ahead in […]
Read MoreOpscode and IBM Join Forces to Bring Open Source Cloud Automation to the Enterprise
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. Please […]
Read MoreIntroducing the New Opscode Brand – Code Can.
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.” For all of you unable to attend #ChefConf, we hope this blog serves as a […]
Read MoreReflections on 5 years as an Open Source company
As we head in to our second (sold out! Woohoo!) #ChefConf, I find myself getting all misty eyed, nostalgic, and reflective. My journey with Chef started with an empty terminal window and a consulting company that was having trouble scaling; from there it’s lead me to discover an entire world full of wonderful people who […]
Read MoreWelcoming Barry Crist, New Vice President, Enterprise, to Opscode
This morning, we added a new team member to the Opscode family, Barry Crist, our new Vice President, Enterprise. Barry was previously CEO of Likewise, a company with a strong open source to enterprise go-to-market model that had wide industry reach including OEM agreements with VMware, Dell, HP, Riverbed, and EMC. Likewise was acquired by […]
Read MoreAnnouncing #ChefConf 2013 Keynotes, Sponsors, and Awards
We’re heading into our second annual user conference and we couldn’t be more excited about our speaker lineup and sponsoring partners. But, before I get into all that, please remember Early Bird Pricing ends March 10th, so register today! Now, with that out of the way, I’m excited to announce our first-ever Awesome Community Chef […]
Read MoreAWS OpsWorks Uses Opscode Chef as Default Automation Engine
It has been an eventful February here at Opscode. As many of you know, on February 4th, we announced that Facebook is using Private Chef to automate the configuration and management of its web-tier infrastructure. That is some hefty validation of Chef at dramatic scale. Then, this week, both Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Opscode […]
Read MoreUpcoming Webinar with Edmunds.com: Managing a Hadoop Cluster with Opscode Chef
Interested in learning about how you can use Chef to stand up a Hadoop cluster and manage big data within your organization? We have teamed up with the folks at Edmunds.com who are using Chef to fully automate and manage their Hadoop infrastructure. Experts from both Edmunds and Opscode will discuss: Why Edmunds selected Chef Overview of […]
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