Hi everyone --we received the following testimonial from Emil at Codero. Thank you, Emil!
“At Codero, we have been running our Public Cloud flawlessly on CloudStack since 2012 having selected it to power our Public and Hybrid Cloud due to its amazing stability, ease of use, and versatility," said Emil Sayegh, CEO and Chairman of Codero Hosting. "We are excited for the release of the next version of Apache CloudStack with its new features and capabilities that cement it as the Open Source platform of choice for leading hosting providers”. Regards, Sally [From the mobile; please excuse top-posting, spelling/spacing errors, and brevity] ----- Reply message ----- From: "Sally Khudairi" <s...@apache.org> To: "Giles Sirett" <giles.sir...@shapeblue.com>, "market...@cloudstack.apache.org" <market...@cloudstack.apache.org>, "dev@cloudstack.apache.org" <dev@cloudstack.apache.org> Subject: [draft for review] -4.9 -press release Date: Wed, Aug 17, 2016 12:15 Thank you, Giles. Also, re: "v4.9" vs. "4.9", the ASF House Style is to write it as "v4.9" in the heading of a press release and refer to it as "4.9" elsewhere. This is similar to our need to reference "CloudStack" as its full name, "Apache CloudStack" in its initial mention (press release, Website, etc.). This is a Trademarks/Brand Management thing, but still relevant. To that end, I will be going through the final draft of the press release and ensuring that we're in synch with respect to House Style, trademarks notice, etc., before going live. Of course, any proposed editorial changes will be forwarded to you before anything happens on that front. As always, feel free to let me know if you need anything! Kind thanks, Sally = = = = = vox +1 617 921 8656 gvox +1 646 598 4616 skype sallykhudairi From: Giles Sirett <giles.sir...@shapeblue.com> To: Sally Khudairi <s...@apache.org>; "market...@cloudstack.apache.org" <market...@cloudstack.apache.org>; "dev@cloudstack.apache.org" <dev@cloudstack.apache.org> Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2016 12:10 PM Subject: RE: [draft for review] -4.9 -press release Sally All noted. I’m asking some folks for a quote – will come back to you Kind Regards Giles giles.sir...@shapeblue.com www.shapeblue.com @shapeblue From: Sally Khudairi [mailto:s...@apache.org] Sent: 17 August 2016 17:07 To: market...@cloudstack.apache.org; Giles Sirett <giles.sir...@shapeblue.com>; dev@cloudstack.apache.org; Sally Khudairi <s...@apache.org> Subject: Re: [draft for review] -4.9 -press release 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 8656 gvox +1 646 598 4616 skype sallykhudairi From: Sally Khudairi <s...@apache.org> To: Giles Sirett <giles.sir...@shapeblue.com>; "market...@cloudstack.apache.org" <market...@cloudstack.apache.org>; "dev@cloudstack.apache.org" <dev@cloudstack.apache.org> 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 8656 gvox +1 646 598 4616 skype sallykhudairi From: Giles Sirett <giles.sir...@shapeblue.com> To: "market...@cloudstack.apache.org" <market...@cloudstack.apache.org>; "dev@cloudstack.apache.org" <dev@cloudstack.apache.org> Cc: Sally Khudairi <s...@apache.org> Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2016 9:11 AM Subject: RE: [draft for review] -4.9 -press release Sally I’m cross posting this 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 giles.sir...@shapeblue.com www.shapeblue.com @shapeblue From: Sally Khudairi [mailto:s...@apache.org] Sent: 17 August 2016 13:50 To: Giles Sirett <giles.sir...@shapeblue.com>; market...@cloudstack.apache.org 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 <giles.sir...@shapeblue.com> To: "market...@cloudstack.apache.org" <market...@cloudstack.apache.org> Cc: Sally Khudairi <s...@apache.org> 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 at http://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 at http://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 from http://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, visit http://cloudstack.apache.org/ and https://twitter.com/CloudStack ##ends## Kind Regards Giles giles.sir...@shapeblue.com www.shapeblue.com @shapeblue
