451 Research, is having it's big cloud conferences this Fall, Oct. 6th to 8th. I'll have a session or two on developer relations and marketing, and other analysts will be talking about their area. Anyhow, if you're interested, I have a discount code you can use: go to the registration page, and enter the code MC200 to get $200 off the registration price.
Follow-up
Tech & Work World
"Chat Apps"
This is actually a good overview of the "post-IRC"/collab space. I'm shocked at how poorly white collar teams are at using modern software to collaborate better. Here's a good list of things to do. Most people still email Office documents and spreadsheets around. So, there's room for improvement.
The OpenStack Market
We just published our regular overview of the OpenStack market. It's a long piece written by two other analysts and it's great. I peer reviewed it, among others. Here's one of the, literally, "money slides:"
No fun today, just work. (Oh, I watched all of the last season of The Killing. It's great, just avoid the last 10-15 minutes and you'll feel better about how it ends.)