Thanks for the note Samir, Indeed welcome to the CloudStack community.
It is great to hear your thoughts and high level views of what you are going to do with CloudPlatform and how you plan to engage with CloudStack. Let us know how we can help. -Sebastien > On Jan 26, 2016, at 10:04 AM, Nux! <n...@li.nux.ro> wrote: > > +1 what Wido said. Welcome aboard! :-) > > Lucian > > -- > Sent from the Delta quadrant using Borg technology! > > Nux! > www.nux.ro > > ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Wido den Hollander" <w...@widodh.nl> >> To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org >> Sent: Tuesday, 26 January, 2016 08:49:38 >> Subject: Re: Accelerite's acquisition of CloudPlatform - the Accelerite >> viewpoint > >> On 26-01-16 09:22, Samir Agarwal wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> This is a wide distribution. I hesitate to spam, but I do want to introduce >>> Accelerite to the Apache CloudStack community - who we are, how we do >>> things, >>> and what is our thinking on CloudStack. If you missed the announcement about >>> Accelerite acquiring CloudPlatform from Citrix, you can find it >>> here<https://www.citrix.com/blogs/2016/01/11/a-new-home-accelerite-to-acquire-cloudplatform/>. >>> >>> My name is Samir Agarwal, and I manage products at Accelerite. Our company >>> strives to be a preferred, premier provider of IT solutions to companies >>> around >>> the globe. The company has three key business lines - Mobility and endpoint >>> management, IoT, and Cloud Solutions. This last business line is where our >>> acquisition of CloudPlatform fits, and complements our already existing >>> self-service and disaster recovery & business continuity solutions. >>> >>> In addition to building products from scratch, Accelerite regularly acquires >>> assets from other companies - much like CloudPlatform from Citrix. Almost >>> always the first thing we do is bring a strong focus on support to make sure >>> our customers' needs are being met. In parallel we look to significantly >>> increase our investments in R&D. We want to make sure our existing and >>> future >>> customers see our commitment to the product, and an exciting roadmap to go >>> with >>> it. This is exactly what we are planning to do with CloudPlatform as well. >>> >>> So, what does all of this mean for CloudStack? I can tell you that our >>> commitment to CloudStack is rock solid. You should fully expect to see us >>> contributing to the CloudStack code base, and owning even more items on the >>> roadmap. We will be in meetups and CloudStack events to further promote the >>> cause of CloudStack and CloudPlatform. To say we are thrilled about the >>> possibilities doesn't do justice to our level of excitement. My colleague, >>> Lianghwa Jou, and I met Ilya H, John K and Animesh C - all members of the >>> CloudStack PMC - the other day over lunch. We learned a great deal from >>> them, >>> and left with a resolve to further engage with the community, and explore >>> how >>> we can make meaningful contributions. We are firmly of the belief that the >>> success of CloudPlatform lies in the success of CloudStack. Put more >>> plainly, >>> without CloudStack, there is no CloudPlatform! >>> >>> We look forward to an exciting relationship with the CloudStack community. >>> >> >> Great to hear! Looking forward to seeing what the future brings :) >> >> Wido >> >>> Samir >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> DISCLAIMER >>> ========== >>> This e-mail may contain privileged and confidential information which is the >>> property of Accelerite, a Persistent Systems business. It is intended only >>> for >>> the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed. If you are not >>> the intended recipient, you are not authorized to read, retain, copy, print, >>> distribute or use this message. If you have received this communication in >>> error, please notify the sender and delete all copies of this message. >>> Accelerite, a Persistent Systems business does not accept any liability for >>> virus infected mails.
