Thanks so much, Joe. This is hugely helpful! I'll be incorporating this into my list of things to work on for the project. Much appreciated!
Chat soon, Sally >________________________________ > From: Joe Brockmeier <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Cc: ASF Marketing & Publicity <[email protected]> >Sent: Wednesday, 21 May 2014, 10:01 >Subject: Re: Introduction; assistance with CloudStack outreach > > >On 05/07/2014 09:52 AM, Sally Khudairi wrote: >> 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? > >This is the boilerplate used for 4.2.1. I *think* that's the one we've >been using for quite a while. Looks like it got dropped when the last >announcement was written up. (Sadly, off-list, it seems.) > >Apache CloudStack is an integrated Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) >software platform that allows users to build feature-rich public and >private cloud environments. CloudStack includes an intuitive user >interface and rich APIs for managing the compute, networking, software, >and storage infrastructure resources. The project became an Apache top >level project in March 2013. > >> - How we use it --demonstrate deployments of CloudStack that can be >> presented publicly. Do we have any whitepapers? Use cases? > >Case studies here: > >https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Case+Studies > >I don't think we've had any proper white papers, but I might be wrong on >that. > >> Partners --testimonials, presentations from those who use CloudStack >> across different use cases/perspectives: software provider, service >> provider, end-user > >Plenty, I think - I'll let other folks dig those up. Giles, Sebastien, >David, Mark, Chip? > >> - What does CloudStack mean to you? --5 word descriptors > >Are you looking for 5 words like "stable, open, mature, community, >flexible" or "A mature open source IaaS"? > > >> - How is CloudStack better than other solutions? --who are the other >> players, both usual suspects as well as up-and-comers > >Depends, I guess - you could say that ACS competes with OpenStack, or >AWS, or Eucalyptus, and/or VMware and Microsoft. > >I will say that I would not go heavy on competitive marketing for ACS. >Right now, its primary challenge is still awareness - and I'd leave the >competitive approach to commercial entities that are out in the market >trying to win deals. > >Best, > >jzb >-- >Joe Brockmeier >[email protected] >Twitter: @jzb >http://www.dissociatedpress.net/ > > > >
