Giles, Thanks for sharing. I wonder if there are more current references(Zynga, Datapipe, ISWest) to use but otherwise I suspect you guys are vetting on a private list (don’t see a public link to marketing@apache) so double thrashing on two lists is probably not the most productive.
Regards, Mark On Mar 15, 2014, at 7:15 AM, Giles Sirett <[email protected]> wrote: > Mark > Sally posted it on @ marketing > > Here's the text ( sorry, iPhone copy/paste) > > The > Apache Software Foundation Announces Apache™ CloudStack™ v4.3 > > Flexible, > scalable, Open Source Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) used by > organizations such as Zynga, Datapipe, and ISWest, among others, for > creating, managing, and deploying public, private, and hybrid Cloud > Computing environments. > > Forest > Hill, MD –NN February 2014– The Apache Software Foundation > (ASF), the all-volunteer developers, stewards, and incubators of > nearly 150 Open Source projects and initiatives, today announced > Apache CloudStack v4.3, the latest feature release of the CloudStack > cloud orchestration platform. > > Apache > CloudStack is an integrated Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) > software platform that allows users to build feature-rich public, > private, and hybrid cloud environments. CloudStack includes an > intuitive user interface and rich APIs for managing the compute, > networking, software, and storage infrastructure resources. > CloudStack became an Apache Top-level Project (TLP) in March 2013. > > “We > are proud to announce CloudStack v4.3,” said Chip Childers, Vice > President of Apache CloudStack. “This release represents over five > months of work from the Apache CloudStack community with many new and > improved features.” > > Under > The Hood > CloudStack V4.3 > is the next feature release of the 4.x line which first released on > November 6, 2012. Some of the noteworthy new and improved features > include: > * Support for Microsoft Hyper-V - Apache CloudStack can now manage Hyper-V > hypervisors in addition to KVM, XenServer, VMware, LXC, and Bare Metal > * Juniper OpenContrail integration - OpenContrail is a software defined > networking controller from Juniper that CloudStack now integrates with to > provide SDN service > > * SSL Termination support for guest VMs - Apache CloudStack can configure > and manage SSL termination in certain load balancer devices > > * Palo Alto Firewall integration - Apache CloudStack can now manage and > configure Palo Alto firewall > > * Remote access VPN for VPC networks - CloudStack's remote access VPN is > now available for Virtual Private Cloud networks > > * Site to Site VPN between VRs - CloudStack now allows site-to-site VPN > connectivity to it's virtual routing devices. This permits your cloud > computing environment to appear as a natural extension of your local network, > or for you to easily interconnect multiple environments > > * VXLAN support expansion to include KVM - CloudStack's support for > integrating VXLAN, the network virtualization technology that attempts to > ameliorate scalability problems with traditional networking > * Solidfire plugin extension to support KVM - Solidfire provides > guaranteed Storage Quality of Service at the Virtual Machine level > * Dynamic Compute offering - CloudStack now has the ability to dynamically > scale the resources assigned to a running virtual machine instance for those > hypervisors which support it > > Downloads > and Documentation > The > official source code for the v4.3 release, as well as individual > contributors' convenience binaries, can be downloaded from the Apache > CloudStack downloads page athttp://cloudstack.apache.org/downloads.html > > Kind Regards > Giles > > D: +44 20 3603 0541<tel:+44%2020%203603%200541> | M: +44 796 111 > 2055<tel:+44%20796%20111%202055> > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > On 14 Mar 2014, at 18:23, "Mark Hinkle" > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Is there public list with a copy of the draft press release posted? > > Mark > > > On Mar 14, 2014, at 10:08 AM, Giles Sirett > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Guys > > I'm just comparing the press release that Sally put together for 4.3 with the > list of new 4.3 features from Jira. > > They don't match. > > This *could* (and is likely to be) my lack of understanding of some of the > features and their description - but I wanted somebody cleverer than me just > to validate that we've got the right stuff on the press release > > > > Sallys list > > - Support for Microsoft Hyper-V > - GPU and vGPU support for guest virtual machines > - Juniper Contrail integration > - SSL Termination support for guest VMs > - Palo Alto Firewall integration > - Remote access VPN for VPC networks > - VXLAN support expansion to include KVM > > From Jira > > New Features in 4.3: https://issues.apache.org/jira/issues/?filter=12325248 > > Improvement in 4.3: https://issues.apache.org/jira/issues/?filter=12325249 > > Issues fixed in 4.3 https://issues.apache.org/jira/issues/?filter=12326161 > > Known Issues in 4.3: https://issues.apache.org/jira/issues/?filter=12326162 > > > Kind Regards > Giles > > D: +44 20 3603 0541 | M: +44 796 111 2055 > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > > Need Enterprise Grade Support for Apache CloudStack? > Our CloudStack Infrastructure > Support<http://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-infrastructure-support/> offers the > best 24/7 SLA for CloudStack Environments. > > Apache CloudStack Bootcamp training courses > > **NEW!** CloudStack 4.2.1 training<http://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-training/> > 18th-19th February 2014, Brazil. > Classroom<http://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-training/> > 17th-23rd March 2014, Region A. 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