Our group seeks to create an environment where professionals can connect with others around the idea of SaaS, PaaS, IaaS and virtualization. Cloud computing is changing the world of how we run IT. Merrill Lynch estimates that within the next five years, the annual global market for cloud computing will jump to $95 billion. Some industry experts predict that cloud computing represents a sea change in the way computing is done in corporations.

GNU/Linux computer software and operating systems support end user freedom because they are Free/Libre (a.k.a. Free Software - a matter of liberty and not price). As our society grows more dependent on computers, the software we run is of critical importance to securing the future of a free society. Free software is about having control over the technology we use in our homes, schools and businesses, where computers work for our individual and communal benefit, not for proprietary soft …