This October, ShapeBlue is heading to Glasgow for Community Over Code 2026, the official open-source conference of The Apache Software Foundation (ASF).

Taking place from 11–14 October, Community Over Code brings together contributors, committers, users and organisations from across the Apache ecosystem for four days of technical sessions, real-world experiences and open source collaboration.

Apache CloudStack has a dedicated track in this year’s programme, and three members of the ShapeBlue team will be taking part, sharing their knowledge and experience across four sessions.

Meet the ShapeBlue Speakers

Giles Sirett, CEO

Introduction to Apache CloudStack

Giles Sirett will introduce Apache CloudStack and explore the fundamentals of the open source platform for building and managing IaaS clouds.

The session is an opportunity for those newer to the project to understand what Apache CloudStack is, where it fits within modern cloud infrastructure and how organisations around the world are using it to build and operate their cloud environments.

 

Daan Hoogland, Community Lead

Anything as a Service

Daan Hoogland will take the conversation beyond traditional cloud infrastructure with Anything as a Service.

 

 

Boris Stoyanov, Director of Engineering

How Scalable Is CloudStack?

How far can Apache CloudStack scale?

CloudStack has always known to be scalable, but just how scalable? In this talk, Boris will cover the known and anticipated CloudStack scalability limits. Will also share design decisions that can be made to accommodate growth and examples of organisations running CloudStack at a massive scale.
 
Orchestrating GPU with Apache CloudStack

In his second session Boris will explore how GPU resources can be orchestrated with Apache CloudStack.

Modern workloads such as AI/ML, HPC, and graphics require GPU acceleration. This session will explore how Apache CloudStack enables GPU orchestration, provisioning, and management to deliver scalable GPU powered infrastructure for cloud environment
 

Join Us in Glasgow

For ShapeBlue, contributing to Apache CloudStack goes far beyond the work we do for our customers. Our team has been actively involved in the project and its community for many years, and Community Over Code provides another opportunity to share that experience, exchange ideas and connect with people from across the wider Apache ecosystem.

If you’re attending Community Over Code Glasgow, join the Apache CloudStack track and come and meet Giles, Daan and Boris.
 

Join the next CloudStack Event

If you want to dive even deeper into Apache CloudStack, join the global community again this November at the CloudStack Collaboration Conference 2026.

Taking place in Edinburgh from 18–20 November, the conference brings together CloudStack users, contributors, operators, developers and technology partners for three days of technical sessions, real-world deployment stories, project updates and community collaboration.
 
Register now and join the Apache CloudStack community in Edinburgh.