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ALASCA Community Hackathon - Invitation
by Helena Ott March 30, 2026

March 30, 2026

Hey everyone, I am very excited to announce our second ALASCA community Hackathon. We are inviting you all to join us on July 1st and 2nd in Stuttgart at Urban Spaces (https://urbanspaces.de/de) to get together again and spend 2 days working on and further advancing our projects as well as related topics! 💯 Please reach out if you have a topic that you would like to bring to bring to the hackathon. We highly appreciate your initiative. On the evening of day 1, July 1st, all hackathon participants are once again invited to join the summer party of our member UhuruTec and enjoy some good food, conversation and overall great company. Since we were all quite happy with last year's event, we decided to keep it simple for everybody and chose the same location and agenda as last year. If you'd like to participate, please register for your free ticket and make sure to let us know if you'd like to stay for the evening event on day 1. You can do so here: https://pretix.eu/focis/alasca-hackathon/ We are really looking forward to get the chance to see everyone again! Make sure to share the information regarding the hackathon and extend the invitation to your companies, communities and networks! Greetings from Dresden Helena -- Helena Ott Communication and Documentation Specialist ALASCA - Verband für betriebsfähige, offene Cloud-Infrastrukturen e.V. c/o Cloud&Heat Technologies GmbH Königsbrücker Straße 96 | 01099 Dresden +49 351 479 367 00 hello(a)alasca.cloud |https://alasca.cloud/ Let's learn. Let's discuss. Let's inspire. Let's tech-talk. Alle News zu den ALASCA-Tech-Talks gibt es hier:https://alasca.cloud/alasca-tech-talks/ Verantwortliche i.S.d. § 55 Abs. 2 RStV: Dr. Marius Feldmann (Vorsitzender | Cloud&Heat Technologies GmbH) Josephine Seifert (Stellvertretende Vorsitzende) Steffen Brauß (Schatzmeister | Schwarz IT KG) Registergericht: Amtsgericht Dresden Registernummer: VR 12961 Steuernummer: 202/140/21049

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ALASCA is now active on mastodon!
by Helena Ott March 18, 2026

March 18, 2026

Hiii all and happy Wednesday 💚 Sharing some fun news with you all today! ALASCA is now active on mastodon and we're super excited to be sharing our ALASCA related topics, community news and announcements to our events. We'd love it if you could support us on that journey and make sure to follow our account, so that you don't miss out on any new information. In addition, we'd appreciate it, if you could share our account with your own communities and within your companies. We'd love to establish a space on Mastodon, where our community and the specific project communities can connect, share knowledge and keep informed on all ALASCA related topics. Thanks so much! Excited to get started! Greetins from dresden Helena -- Helena Ott Communication and Documentation Specialist ALASCA - Verband für betriebsfähige, offene Cloud-Infrastrukturen e.V. c/o Cloud&Heat Technologies GmbH Königsbrücker Straße 96 | 01099 Dresden +49 351 479 367 00 hello(a)alasca.cloud |https://alasca.cloud/ Let's learn. Let's discuss. Let's inspire. Let's tech-talk. Alle News zu den ALASCA-Tech-Talks gibt es hier:https://alasca.cloud/alasca-tech-talks/ Verantwortliche i.S.d. § 55 Abs. 2 RStV: Dr. Marius Feldmann (Vorsitzender | Cloud&Heat Technologies GmbH) Josephine Seifert (Stellvertretende Vorsitzende) Steffen Brauß (Schatzmeister | Schwarz IT KG) Registergericht: Amtsgericht Dresden Registernummer: VR 12961 Steuernummer: 202/140/21049

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Help needed: 3-Minute Survey for FOSS Backstage Talk
by Daniel Gerber March 5, 2026

March 5, 2026

Dear ALASCA members, developers, supporters and friends, In a few days I will be giving a talk at this years FOSS Backstage in Berlin. To ensure that I represent the perspectives and priorities of our community accurately, as well as help guiding ALASCA’s work going forward, I would appreciate it if you could take a moment to answer this short survey: https://nextcloud.cloudandheat.com/apps/forms/s/qMYM4FiNfjkzfCzybSGcoFYM It should not take you more then 3 minutes, the answer are anonymous and can be given till Friday the 13th of March, 23:59. Please excuse duplicate notification of this survey and please share it within our community. Cheers, Daniel P.S: In case you need an English version please contact me directly! —— Dr. Daniel Gerber Softwaredeveloper ALASCA - Verband für betriebsfähige, offene Cloud-Infrastrukturen e.V. c/o Cloud&Heat Technologies GmbH Königsbrücker Straße 96 | 01099 Dresden +49 351 479 367 00 daniel.gerber(a)alasca.cloud | https://alasca.cloud/ Let's learn. Let's discuss. Let's inspire. Let's tech-talk. Alle News zu den ALASCA-Tech-Talks gibt es hier: https://alasca.cloud/alasca-tech-talks/ Verantwortliche i.S.d. § 55 Abs. 2 RStV: Dr. Marius Feldmann (Vorsitzender | Cloud&Heat Technologies GmbH) Josephine Seifert (Stellvertretende Vorsitzende) Steffen Brauß (Schatzmeister | Schwarz IT KG) Registergericht: Amtsgericht Dresden Registernummer: VR 12961 Steuernummer: 202/140/21049

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ALASCA Summit 2026 - Call for Contribution is live
by Helena Ott March 3, 2026

March 3, 2026

Hi everybody! We're excited to announce, that we've officially opened up our*Call for Contribution* <https://alasca.cloud/en/alasca-summit-2026/alasca-summit-2026-programme/ala…> for the ALASCA Summit 2026! This year's motto: /With C – as in Community. Breaking down technical silos united for a digitally sovereign Europe./ Would you like to introduce a new project, present a use case or share „lessons learnt“ with the community? We are looking for a variety of technical submissions in the area of open source cloud infrastructure and look forward to many different topics. You can submit the following formats for this year's ALASCA Summit: * Lightning Talk (10 minutes) * Talk (20 minutes) * Workshop (3 hours): When submitting a workshop, we kindly ask you to include information regarding hardware, software and skill requirements in the abstract. The Call for Contribution is open until *31.05.2026. *In the weeks following that date, an evaluation and selection of all submitted contributions will be carried out and we will then inform you about the decision to include your submission in our programme for the ALASCA Summit 2026. We are super excited to see all of your contributions coming in throughout the following weeks and months and can't wait to curate a valuable, information packed programme for our community! Check out our*ALASCA Summit website * <https://alasca.cloud/en/alasca-summit-2026/>for more info regardign the event. Greetings from Dresden your ALASCA Summit Team __ *ALASCA - Verband für betriebsfähige, offene Cloud-Infrastrukturen e.V.* c/o Cloud&Heat Technologies GmbH Königsbrücker Straße 96 | 01099 Dresden +49 351 479 367 00 hello(a)alasca.cloud <mailto:hello@alasca.cloud> | https://alasca.cloud/ /Let's learn. Let's discuss. Let's inspire. Let's tech-talk./ Alle News zu den ALASCA-Tech-Talks gibt es hier: https://alasca.cloud/alasca-tech-talks/ Verantwortliche i.S.d. § 55 Abs. 2 RStV: Dr. Marius Feldmann (Vorsitzender | Cloud&Heat Technologies GmbH) Josephine Seifert (Stellvertretende Vorsitzende) Steffen Brauß (Schatzmeister | Schwarz IT KG) Registergericht: Amtsgericht Dresden Registernummer: VR 12961 Steuernummer: 202/140/21049

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ALASCA - Chemnitzer Linux Tage Booth Support
by Helena Ott Feb. 24, 2026

Feb. 24, 2026

Hi everyone, we've got some great news: ALASCA was accpeted for a talk, a workshop and a booth at the Chemnitzer Linux Tage on March 28th and 29th! 🎉 The FOCIS Team will be there and we are very excited about it. Since I unfortunately can't make the event, we have a free slot for the booth. We can bring 4 people to CLT free of charge to occupy the booth (you don't need to be at the booth ALL the time) and since it is an ALASCA booth, I'd like to extend the invitation to our community. Would anyone like to join us and represent ALASCA at CLT? We would love your support on this. If you have someone in mind, who'd like to join or if you'd like to join yourself, please reach out. Excited to hear from you. Greetings from Dresden Helena -- Helena Ott Communication and Documentation Specialist ALASCA - Verband für betriebsfähige, offene Cloud-Infrastrukturen e.V. c/o Cloud&Heat Technologies GmbH Königsbrücker Straße 96 | 01099 Dresden +49 351 479 367 00 hello(a)alasca.cloud |https://alasca.cloud/ Let's learn. Let's discuss. Let's inspire. Let's tech-talk. Alle News zu den ALASCA-Tech-Talks gibt es hier:https://alasca.cloud/alasca-tech-talks/ Verantwortliche i.S.d. § 55 Abs. 2 RStV: Dr. Marius Feldmann (Vorsitzender | Cloud&Heat Technologies GmbH) Josephine Seifert (Stellvertretende Vorsitzende) Steffen Brauß (Schatzmeister | Schwarz IT KG) Registergericht: Amtsgericht Dresden Registernummer: VR 12961 Steuernummer: 202/140/21049

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ALASCA Community Digest #7 - Updates, News, and More
by Franziska Feldmann Feb. 11, 2026

Feb. 11, 2026

Good morning, ALASCA Community, we're happy to inform you that a new ALASCA Community Digest has been recently published. In the current publication you can learn more about * Upcoming events, such as the 3rd ALASCA Summit * Updates from our Technical Steering Commitee and our Open Source Projects * News from ALASCA FOCIS as well as * Information on organizational matters Hop over to our website in order to read more: https://alasca.cloud/en/alasca-community-digest-no-7/ If you have any questions about the updates given, feel free to ask :) Have a wonderful day. All the best, Franziska -- Franziska Feldmann ALASCA - Verband für betriebsfähige, offene Cloud-Infrastrukturen e.V. c/o Cloud&Heat Technologies GmbH Königsbrücker Straße 96 | 01099 Dresden +49 351 479 367 00 hello(a)alasca.cloud |https://alasca.cloud/ Let's learn. Let's discuss. Let's inspire. Let's tech-talk. Alle News zu den ALASCA-Tech-Talks gibt es hier:https://alasca.cloud/en/alasca-tech-talks/ Verantwortliche i.S.d. § 55 Abs. 2 RStV: Dr. Marius Feldmann (Vorsitzender | Cloud&Heat Technologies GmbH) Josephine Seifert (Stellvertretende Vorsitzende) Steffen Brauß (Schatzmeister | Schwarz IT KG) Registergericht: Amtsgericht Dresden Registernummer: VR 12961 Steuernummer: 202/140/21049

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ALASCA Branding published on GitLab
by Helena Ott Feb. 10, 2026

Feb. 10, 2026

Hi there ALASCA community! sharing some great news with you all, as of last week, you can find all of our ALASCA logos, the project logos, as well as the color codes for all our projects and the association up on *GitLab* <https://gitlab.com/alasca.cloud/governance/logos-and-artwork>. With that, we were able to eliminate the extra step of you having to ask us for them. Feel free to grab the logos and download/use them as needed. Before doing so, we'd kindly ask you read the*terms and conditions of use <https://gitlab.com/alasca.cloud/governance/logos-and-artwork/-/blob/main/05…>* and strictly oblige by them. We would love to avoid seeing ALASCA within inappropriate contexts. Thanks so much! Greeting from Dresden Helena -- Helena Ott Communication and Documentation Specialist ALASCA - Verband für betriebsfähige, offene Cloud-Infrastrukturen e.V. c/o Cloud&Heat Technologies GmbH Königsbrücker Straße 96 | 01099 Dresden +49 351 479 367 00 hello(a)alasca.cloud |https://alasca.cloud/ Let's learn. Let's discuss. Let's inspire. Let's tech-talk. Alle News zu den ALASCA-Tech-Talks gibt es hier:https://alasca.cloud/alasca-tech-talks/ Verantwortliche i.S.d. § 55 Abs. 2 RStV: Dr. Marius Feldmann (Vorsitzender | Cloud&Heat Technologies GmbH) Josephine Seifert (Stellvertretende Vorsitzende) Steffen Brauß (Schatzmeister | Schwarz IT KG) Registergericht: Amtsgericht Dresden Registernummer: VR 12961 Steuernummer: 202/140/21049

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Yaook SCS Operator hackathon 2026-02-26, Hamburg - save the date!
by Friedrich Zahn Feb. 3, 2026

Feb. 3, 2026

Hi, the ALASCA-FOCIS team, supported by Dataport, UhuruTec and other community members, is planning a one day hackathon to work on a Yaook SCS Operator that will make it easier to run SCS-IaaS compliant Yaook cloud offerings. Save the date: 2026-02-26 in Hamburg. More details will follow soon, stay tuned! Feel free to get back to me with any questions or suggestions. Best regards Friedrich

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ALASCA Summit 2026 - Save the Date
by Helena Ott Jan. 22, 2026

Jan. 22, 2026

Hi there ALASCA Community, we've got some great news for you. We are delighted to send out our official *Save the Date* for the *ALASCA Summit 2026*, which will be taking place on *November 3rd and 4th* this year here in Dresden. We will be coming together at the *Mighty Twice Hotel <https://www.twicehotels.de/dresden>* for 2 days of knowledge exchange, talks, hands-on workshops and panel discussions all around the topic of open-source cloud infrastructure. More information towards registration, call for contribution and options for sponsoring will be following within the next few weeks. Stay tuned and get excited for the 3rd ALASCA Summit. Greetings from Germany your ALASCA Summit Team __ *ALASCA - Verband für betriebsfähige, offene Cloud-Infrastrukturen e.V.* c/o Cloud&Heat Technologies GmbH Königsbrücker Straße 96 | 01099 Dresden +49 351 479 367 00 hello(a)alasca.cloud <mailto:hello@alasca.cloud> | https://alasca.cloud/ /Let's learn. Let's discuss. Let's inspire. Let's tech-talk./ Alle News zu den ALASCA-Tech-Talks gibt es hier: https://alasca.cloud/alasca-tech-talks/ Verantwortliche i.S.d. § 55 Abs. 2 RStV: Dr. Marius Feldmann (Vorsitzender | Cloud&Heat Technologies GmbH) Josephine Seifert (Stellvertretende Vorsitzende) Steffen Brauß (Schatzmeister | Schwarz IT KG) Registergericht: Amtsgericht Dresden Registernummer: VR 12961 Steuernummer: 202/140/21049

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ALASCA Community SONiC Build Mailinglist
by Helena Ott Dec. 15, 2025

Dec. 15, 2025

Hi everybody, roughly two weeks ago, we had a lively discussion about our ALASCA Community SONiC Build (SCOMB). As promised, we have created a mailing list for it and would love to have you on it, if you are interested in participating this project. You can sign up for it *here* <https://lists.alasca.cloud/postorius/lists/scomb.lists.alasca.cloud/>. We'll be waiting a fews days for everyone to join, before we'll send the transkript of our last meeting around. Thanks everyone and have a great start to the week. Helena __ *ALASCA - Verband für betriebsfähige, offene Cloud-Infrastrukturen e.V.* c/o Cloud&Heat Technologies GmbH Königsbrücker Straße 96 | 01099 Dresden +49 351 479 367 00 hello(a)alasca.cloud <mailto:hello@alasca.cloud> | https://alasca.cloud/ /Let's learn. Let's discuss. Let's inspire. Let's tech-talk./ Alle News zu den ALASCA-Tech-Talks gibt es hier: https://alasca.cloud/alasca-tech-talks/ Verantwortliche i.S.d. § 55 Abs. 2 RStV: Dr. Marius Feldmann (Vorsitzender | Cloud&Heat Technologies GmbH) Josephine Seifert (Stellvertretende Vorsitzende) Steffen Brauß (Schatzmeister | Schwarz IT KG) Registergericht: Amtsgericht Dresden Registernummer: VR 12961 Steuernummer: 202/140/21049

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