Hi Sally, It's great! Can you send MS Word format? I'd like to share it with local members.
-Go Chiba from my iPhone 2014/06/18 22:49、Sally Khudairi <[email protected]> のメッセージ: > Hello, everyone -- > > As part of my working with media/analysts on All Things Apache, and the > inclusion of Apache CloudStack to my list of "hot" and newsworthy items, I've > created a tearsheet that can be used as a leave behind (digitally or > physically) as well as a quick point of reference. > > Below is the plaintext version; I'm also happy to forward a Word or ODF or > PDF > format to you upon request. > > Also, if you are aware of additional users/deployments that are not listed > below, do let me know :-) > > Thanks in advance for your continued support! > -Sally > > = = = > > Introducing Apache CloudStack™ > The mature, Open Source turnkey software platform used for creating > Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) cloud computing in private-, public-, and > hybrid cloud environments. > Faster to the Cloud > As organizations move towards cloud computing services to alleviate the > burden of managing/maintaining legacy systems, equipment, and networking, > many are choosing IaaS solutions to help reduce costs whilst minimizing > business layer repercussions. ZDNet projects that enterprises will spend > $650M for enterprise public cloud IaaS by 2018. > To facilitate the cloud transition, IaaS combines compute and cloud storage, > where the hardware (or virtual machines), computing power, cooling, and > networking are outsourced; users of IaaS solutions control the stack required > to operate it, such as the operating system, virtual machines, storage, > database servers, Web servers, load-balancing, monitoring, reporting, > logging, middleware, hardware/software upgrades, patches, security fixes, > licensing, etc. > The cloud offers massive computing power. The challenge, however, is that > many of today's cloud management platforms are cumbersome and difficult to > deploy, making it an often frustrating and resource-intensive investment. > Apache CloudStack is designed to deploy quickly and manage large networks of > virtual machines as a highly available, highly scalable cloud computing > platform. CloudStack integrates easily with other technologies, and includes > the entire "stack" of features most organizations are seeking with an IaaS > cloud: > elegant, Java-based framework > compute orchestration > advanced Network-as-a-Service functionality > user and account management > a full and open native API (compatible with Amazon Web Services Elastic > Compute Cloud (EC2) for organizations that wish to deploy hybrid clouds) > resource accounting > choice of first-class User Interface, command line tools, or > full-featured RESTful API to delegate and create self-service offerings > scalability (production instances with greater than 40,000 hosts in > geographically-distributed environments) > user-led development and deployment documentation > supports the most popular hypervisors (including VMware, KVM, XenServer, > Xen Cloud Platform (XCM), and Hyper-V to run the virtual machines as guests) > Apache CloudStack: The Cloud That Just Works! > "CloudStack is gaining better 'real world' adoption … because it's actually > usable in its current form without special effort" > –Gartner Group > Apache CloudStack is widely used in production by many service providers to > set up on-demand, elastic public cloud computing services, as well as > enterprises to set up a private or hybrid cloud for use by their own > employees. In addition, CloudStack is available to individuals and > organizations that wish to study and implement an IaaS for personal, > educational, and/or production use. > Apache CloudStack users power billions of dollars' worth of business > transactions annually across their clouds, and benefit from: > - Proven technology –CloudStack is among the earliest IaaS solutions > developed, with many long-term, large deployments that prove its stability > and scalability > - Stable codebase –the latest release reflects more than 1.5M lines of > code from 170 contributors > - Easy deployment –a Fortune 50 multinational had CloudStack up, running, > and usable within in a single day, as opposed to weeks using competing IaaS > solutions > - Highly scalable –CloudStack’s orchestration platforms have been used to > scale to [@@what is the right/best example to use here? Uri Cohen’s 200K > concurrent users at peak? Something else?] > - Flexibility –CloudStack is designed to handle the spectrum of > application/cloud styles that span "legacy virtualization" through > "cloud-native" style workloads, depending on how the cloud operator designs > the infrastructure environment(s) and configures CloudStack to offer services > - Reliability –CloudStack accommodates for redundancy and resiliency, > providing faster recovery and response time; Europe’s first CloudStack > deployment has been running consecutively for over 14 months at 100% uptime > - Robust community –openly developed "The Apache Way", CloudStack is > overseen by a diverse, active, meritocratic community > CloudStack originated at Cloud.com, which was acquired by Citrix in 2011. > CloudStack was submitted to the Apache Incubator in April 2012 and graduated > as an Apache Software Foundation Top-level Project in March 2013. > Global Footprint > Since its introduction nearly six years ago, Apache CloudStack has become the > go-to Open Source platform for a wide range of users such as 1 degreenorth, > 5th Planet, Accudata Systems, Acentrix, Add Value, Alcatel-Lucent, Amdocs, > Anolim, Apalia, Appcore, Appdel, AppSphere, Ascenty, ASG, AST Modular, > Autodesk, AXEKA, Axelaris, Backbone Technology, BT Cloud, BT Engage IT, > Bechtle AG, Business Connexion, CANCOM, Centracon, CentralWay, China Telecom, > Citrix, Clavis IT, Cloud3, Cloudera, CloudOps, COMBIS, COMLINE Computer + > Softwarelösungen, COMPAREX, Comping, Computer Services Group, Contegix, > Control Circle, Convergence Group, Datacentrix, DataPipe, Dell, Digital China > Advanced Systems, Disney, e-Contact, Edmunds.com, Entisys Solutions, Evry, > EXA Serve, Exoscale, Experteq IT Services, FPG Technologies & Solutions, > Fritz & Macziol, GreenQloud, Grid'5000, Hokkaido University, Homeaway, > Hostbill, Huawei, IDC Frontier, Ikoula, IndiQus Technologies, InMobi, > ISWest, Joe’s Cloud Computing, Juniper Networks, KDDI, KocSistem, Kommunale > Informatoinsverarbeitung Baden-Franken, KT/Korea Telecom, Kumo, Kyuden > Infocom, Kyushu University, LCS, LeaseWeb, Makro Factory oHG, MCPc, Microland > Ltd, NAMU Tech, NEOS, Networkers AG, Nokia, NTT, NVision Group, OpenERP, > Orange, OverBright, Ozona Consulting, PCextreme, PosAm, PPTV, > PromonLogicalis, Proteus, RedBridge, Redapt, Safe Swiss Cloud, Scalr, > Schuberg Philis, sepago GmbH, ShapeBlue, Shopzilla, Slovak Telekom, > SoftLayer, SoftwareONE, SolidFire Storage, Stratosec, SunGard AS, SwiftStack, > Taiwan Mobile, Targus Technologies, Tata, TNTG Limited, Trader Media Group, > TrendMicro/TCloud Computing, Tendril, TomTom, UniSystems, University of > Melbourne, University of Sao Paolo, Verizon, Xtendsys, WebMD, Zenoss, and > Zynga, among others. > Products + Availability > The latest Apache CloudStack release is v4.3.0, which reflects dozens of new > features, bug fixes, and documentation updates. Apache CloudStack CloudMonkey > v5.1.0 is the latest feature release of its command line interface tool. As > with all Apache products, 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! > Underscoring the ASF's edict of "Community over Code", Apache CloudStack > boasts a very diverse and open community comprising participants from around > the globe. All contributors are on an equal footing, whether they are writing > code or helping with other aspects of the project. > The many ways to get involved with the Apache CloudStack community include > participating online on mailing lists as well as attending face-to-face > MeetUps, developer trainings, and user events. Information on the CloudStack > community can be found at http://cloudstack.apache.org/ and @CloudStack on > Twitter. > Catch CloudStack in action at the next CloudStack Collaboration Conference, > the official user/developer conference of the Apache CloudStack community, > taking place November 19 - 21, 2014, in tandem with ApacheCon Europe. To > register and for more information, visit > http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/cloudstack-collaboration-conference-europe > and follow conference updates at @CCCEU14 on Twitter. > 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 > About The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) > Apache products power half the Internet, exabytes of data, teraflops of > operations, billions of objects, and enhance the lives of countless users and > developers world-wide. Established in 1999 to shepherd, develop, and incubate > Open Source innovations "The Apache Way", the ASF oversees 170+ projects led > by an all-volunteer community of over 400 individual Members and 3,500 > Committers across six continents. For more information, visit > http://www.apache.org/ or follow @TheASF on Twitter. > # # # > © The Apache Software Foundation. "Apache", "CloudStack", "Apache > CloudStack", the Apache CloudStack logo, and the Apache CloudStack Cloud > Monkey logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of The Apache Software > Foundation. All other brands and trademarks are the property of their > respective owners. > Contact > Apache CloudStack > [FULL NAME] > [telephone number with country code] > [email protected]
