Hello again, everyone --I want to reiterate that it would be a very good idea
for us (= the Project) to solicit at few testimonials from the Apache
CloudStack user community.
One thing that we tout is that CloudStack "just works". It would be unusual for
us to make a formal announcement regarding a major release and not have any
testimonials.
As the ASF's VP Marketing & Publicity, I can attest that we have only had one
such announcement, which was received by the media/analyst community with
curiosity (to put it politely) ... "why won't anyone own up to using your
product?" is not something I'd like us to have to deal with, particularly as
that's not the case.
To that end, I will be happy to help work with you on this front, and strongly
recommend that we consider holding off on issuing the press release until we
have secured some user quotes.
Should we choose to do this, and if we can secure the quotes by Sunday evening,
I can issue the announcement as early as 4AM ET on Monday 22 August. Yes, I'll
be sleepy, but it's worth it <g>
Thoughts?
Warmly,
Sally = = = = = vox +1 617 921 8656gvox +1 646 598 4616skype sallykhudairi
From: Sally Khudairi <[email protected]>
To: Giles Sirett <[email protected]>;
"[email protected]" <[email protected]>;
"[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2016 10:32 AM
Subject: Re: [draft for review] -4.9 -press release
Thanks, Giles.
OK. Normally, we don't cross-collaborate on marketing/PR issues with public
lists, but we can't unstrike the bell at this point.
I'll await your clearance.
-Sally = = = = = vox +1 617 921 8656gvox +1 646 598 4616skype sallykhudairi
From: Giles Sirett <[email protected]>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>;
"[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Cc: Sally Khudairi <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2016 9:11 AM
Subject: RE: [draft for review] -4.9 -press release
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to dev@ - we’ve not had much input on marketing@, so I’d like some other
eyeballs on this if we’re going to turn it around today I agree, we need to
get this finalised ASAP My view would be to roll with the PR immediately. I
know Thurs/Fri aren’t great but we’ve already actually announced this so run
the risk of the PR being 10 days after the event Don’t think we’ll have
time to get testimonials – unless somebody wants to jump in here quickly
I’ve drafted a quote for Will below. I’ve also taken Madan’s feedback and
changed the order of the feature list Will – please chime in if you want
something different in the quote, what I’ve written is pretty bland Is Will
unable to confirm, you can attribute it to me as PMC member as an alternative
Kind Regards Giles [email protected]
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From: Sally Khudairi [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: 17 August 2016 13:50
To: Giles Sirett <[email protected]>; [email protected]
Subject: Re: [draft for review] -4.9 -press release Thanks so much, Giles.
This is a great draft. Glad to see that the template is still useful :-) Do
let me know when the copy is locked in. I'll need the final draft by 6PM ET
prior to the day we'll be issuing the announcement over the wire. Seeing
that we're at the end of the "ideal" release timeframe (Thursdays and Fridays
aren't best for global media visibility), were you wanting to go announce on
Monday or whenever you're ready? Also, if we could please include at least a
quote from the PMC Chair, that would be ideal. Are there any user
testimonials you'd like to include? If so, those will need to be secured.
Thanking you in advance, Sally = = = = = vox +1 617 921 8656 gvox +1 646 598
4616 skype sallykhudairi From: Giles Sirett <[email protected]>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Cc: Sally Khudairi <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2016 6:15 AM
Subject: [draft for review] -4.9 -press release All I’ve drafted the
following for the 4.9 press release. Please chime in with comments/changes/etc
(bearing in mind, that we really need to get a release out ASAP as its been
already 5 days since the [announce] was sent) Despite the scale of this
release , there are not many super-exciting/headline-grabbing new features so
I’ve cherry picked these for the Press release: - Enhancements to Cloudstack
networking model including deeper integration with Nuage VSP SDN -Out of band
power management of hosts through IPMI,iLO,DRAC -User defined security roles
-Over 180 minor enhancements and issues fixed Happy if somebody else can help
find some other headline features from the release notes (BTW – the 180 came
from the complete list of issues fixed) ##starts## [APACHE CLOUDSTACK
LOGO] Announcing Apache™ CloudStack™ v4.9 Mature, easy-to-deploy Open
Source Cloud computing software continues to meet the demands of the worlds
largest cloud providers. [DATELINE] —[date]—The Apache CloudStack project
today announced the immediate availability of Apache CloudStack v4.9, the
latest version of the turnkey Open Source cloud computing software platform
used for creating private-, public-, and hybrid cloud environments. Apache
CloudStack clouds enable billions of dollars' worth of business transactions
annually across their clouds, and its maturity, stability and ease of
deployment has led it to has become the Open Source platform for many service
providers to set up on-demand, elastic public cloud computing services, as well
as enterprises and others to set up a private or hybrid cloud for use by their
own employees. CloudStack includes an intuitive user interface and rich APIs
for managing the compute, networking, software, and storage infrastructure
resources. It supports a broad range of integration points for both traditional
and cloud-native workloads. CloudStack v4.9 reflects dozens of new features
and improvements, including: -Out of band power management of hosts through
IPMI,iLO,DRAC - Enhancements to Cloudstack networking model including deeper
integration with Nuage VSP SDN -User defined security roles -Over 180 minor
enhancements and issues fixed A complete overview of all new enhancements can
be found in the project release notes
athttp://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/projects/cloudstack-release-notes/en/4.9.0/
CloudStack has been used by thousands of organizations worldwide and is in
use/production at Alcatel-Lucent, Autodesk, BT Cloud, China Telecom, DataPipe,
Exoscale, Globo.com, GreenQloud, Hokkaido University, IDC Frontier, Ikoula,
Interoute, KDDI, KT/Korea Telecom, LeaseWeb, NTT, Orange, PCextreme, Schuberg
Philis, Shopzilla, Slovak Telekom, Tata, Trader Media Group, TomTom, University
of Melbourne, University of Sao Paolo, Verizon and WebMD among many others. A
list of known users of the software can be found
athttp://cloudstack.apache.org/users.html Will Stevens, VP of Apache
Cloudstack commented on the release: “we’re delighted to be releasing 4.9 of
Apache CloudStack. This version brings many new exciting features, with the
continued emphasis on making Apache Cloudstack the easiest to deploy and most
reliable platform for running IaaS environments. The release is the culmination
of many months of hard work by our broad developer community.” Availability
CloudStack v4.9 is available immediately as a free download
fromhttp://cloudstack.apache.org/downloads.html. Apache CloudStack software is
released under the Apache License v2.0. Governance and Oversight Apache
CloudStack is overseen by a self-selected team of active contributors to the
project. A Project Management Committee (PMC) guides the Project's day-to-day
operations, including community development and product releases. Get
Involved! Apache CloudStack welcomes contribution and community participation
through mailing lists as well as attending face-to-face MeetUps, developer
trainings, and user events. About Apache CloudStack Apache CloudStack is a
mature, turnkey integrated Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) Open Source
software platform that allows users to build feature-rich public and private
cloud environments. Hailed by Gartner Group as "a solid product", CloudStack
includes an intuitive user interface and rich APIs for managing the compute,
networking, software, and storage infrastructure resources. CloudStack entered
the Apache Incubator in April 2012 and became an Apache Top-level Project in
March 2013. For downloads, documentation, and ways to become involved with
Apache CloudStack, visithttp://cloudstack.apache.org/ and
https://twitter.com/CloudStack ##ends## Kind Regards Giles
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