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27 July 2023
OpenStack Finds New Footing With Fewer But Larger Clouds
On the project’s growing heavy-duty user base and our infrastructure support for heavy-duty workshops at its recent summit.
20 July 2023
Developer Demos, All Day!
What we loved about our developer event and how to see all the demos if you missed it.
04 May 2022
How a Successful Open Source Project Becomes a Business
Open source projects aren’t profitable; businesses are. Andy Randall, of Kinvolk and Tigera fame, shares the wisdom.
07 December 2021
Spin Up to Win Up! Holiday Edition
See how fast you can provision a bare metal server somewhere in the world and win a prize.
30 September 2021
Web3 Builders Hope to Fix Open Source, ‘Broken’ by Web 2.0
If Web3 succeeds in becoming the third iteration of the internet that its builders envision, one big side effect would be a return of a healthy open source software ecosystem.
12 March 2021
Don't Talk About it, Show it
I’ll be the first to admit it. When I found out that our first technical conference was taking place
without
registrations — well, suffice to say, I wasn’t quite convinced.
04 February 2021
The Power of Proximity
I’ve spent the last twenty years hacking at the intersection of physical and digital.
23 December 2020
A Look Back at SRECon20
When this year started, I had big plans to spend a lot of time with my community–the SRE community.
05 May 2015
Packet Hits the Floor at TechCrunch Disrupt in NYC
In March, my colleague Aaron submitted Packet to TechCrunch Disrupt’s NYC “
Startup Battlefield
” competition. The Battlefield is a chance to face off in a pitch-session throwdown with a handpicked group of leading startups - get your name out, get feedback, and have the chance to win $50k!
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Jacob Smith
VP, Digital Services Strategy & Marketing
Zac Smith
Global Head, Edge Infrastructure Services
Adam Rothschild
Director, Network Engineering
David Laube
Senior Staff Software Engineer
Sam Machiz
Director, Equinix Metal Solutions
Steve Smyser
VP, Equinix Metal Finance & Commercial Solutions
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