Thanks for this, Mark. Understood; the hiccup with the Apache mail servers caused quite a bit of back up. Some messages have yet to clear the queue.
The information below is fantastic. I'll get cracking on this, along with the pointers from Sebastien. I appreciate your following up and will be back with any questions. Kind regards, Sally >________________________________ > From: Mark Hinkle <[email protected]> >To: "<[email protected]>" <[email protected]>; >Sally Khudairi <[email protected]> >Cc: Sally Khudairi <[email protected]>; ASF Marketing & Publicity ><[email protected]> >Sent: Tuesday, 20 May 2014, 12:00 >Subject: Re: Introduction; assistance with CloudStack outreach > > > >Sally, > > >Your email showed up over a week after the date you sent it. Don't think it >was ignored, hopefully this reply will hit our list in a much more timely >manner though since you're cc'd you get my response crossing my fingers >someone else will as well. > > >- There is no boilerplate for Apache CloudStack you'd be the only one able to >do press releases AFAIK but if you want something I'd be glad to have a draft >and circulate it for discussion if that helps. >- We have a bunch of case studies and they are growing slowly you can find >them here - https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Case+Studies > > >Partners? > > >One of my many pet peeves how would someone partner with an Apache project >when everyone acts as an individual? These are the technologies and people >that do a lot to support the project it's not even close to being all >inclusive: > > > > >- ShapeBlue - Consulting >- Hostbill >- SolidFire Storage >- Juniper Networks - Contrail Integration >- Red Hat (Ceph(led by ON24) and Gluster) NetApp - Storage Integration >- OpenDaylight Integration - Lead by Schuberg Philis >- Trend Micro/TCloud Computing >- Scalr - Hybrid Cloud Management >- Zenoss - Monitoring plugins >- SwiftStack - S3 Object Store built on OpenStack >- Most of the Citrix Cloud Partners aslo support Apache CloudStack - >http://www.citrix.com/buy/citrix-cloud-advisors.html > > >Five Word Descriptor > > >Simple Cloud Computing Solution > > >Competitive Solutions > > >Eucalyptus, VMware vCloud, OpenStack (specifically OpenStack Compute, we >integrate with OpenStack storage) > > >How is CloudStack Better > > >Less breadth and focused on providing a quick, easy turnkey cloud solution, >easy to integrate other technologies, beautiful User Interface(UI) to delegate >and create self-service offerings, Java, Scalable (Production instances with >greater than 40,000 hosts), User-led development (VPs of ACS have both been >users not vendors) > > >Regards, Mark > > > > > > > > >On May 18, 2014, at 12:43 PM, Sally Khudairi <[email protected]> wrote: > >Hi folks --just making sure my message got through; there have been some >hiccups with the Apache mail servers over the past week. >> >>Is someone available to help me with my request below? >> >>Thanks in advance, >>Sally >> >> >> >> >> >> >>________________________________ >>>From: Sally Khudairi <[email protected]> >>>To: Apache CloudStack Marketing <[email protected]> >>>Cc: ASF Marketing & Publicity <[email protected]> >>>Sent: Wednesday, 7 May 2014, 10:52 >>>Subject: Introduction; assistance with CloudStack outreach >>> >>> >>> >>>Hello everyone --I hope this note finds you all well. >>> >>> >>> >>>For those who don't know me: I am the VP of Marketing & Publicity at The >>>Apache Software Foundation, and have been overseeing the ASF's >>>publicly-facing initiatives since its incorporation 15 years ago. >>> >>> >>>I understand that CloudStack is one of the small handfuls of Apache projects >>>with dedicated individuals who are focused on marketing the project. This is >>>a Very Good Thing. Your efforts are much needed and appreciated. Thank you! >>> >>> >>>I've subscribed to this list to become better acquainted with your >>>day-to-day activities, as well as to liaise with any opportunities for >>>Apache CloudStack from the Foundation level. The interest in >>>Project-specific marketing is slowly growing and I'd love to be able to point to CloudStack as one of our success stories. >>> >>> >>>To that end, please let me know if there any specific issues that require my >>>attention, as well as any project milestones where we can dovetail our >>>efforts in helping get the word out. >>> >>> >>>For my edification, and to bolster my outreach activities, if you can please >>>provide (or point me to) the following, that would be of help: >>> >>> >>> - Apache CloudStack boilerplate --is there more than one version? Who owns >>>this editorially? >>> - How we use it --demonstrate deployments of CloudStack that can be >>>presented publicly. Do we have any whitepapers? Use cases? >>> - Partners --testimonials, presentations from those who use CloudStack >>>across different use cases/perspectives: software provider, service >>>provider, end-user >>> >>> - What does CloudStack mean to you? --5 word descriptors >>> >>> - How is CloudStack better than other solutions? --who are the other >>>players, both usual suspects as well as up-and-comers >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>Thanks so much for your help with this. Feel free to drop me a note via the >>>Marketing & Publicity list at [email protected] or directly to [email protected] >>> >>> >>>Cheers & chat soon, >>>Sally >>> >>>= = = = = >>>vox +1 617 921 8656 >>>aux +1 917 725 2133 >>>skype sallykhudairi >>> >>> > > >
