Harm I know where you're coming from (but golf is a silly idea -stupid & frustrating game :-) )
In all seriousness, that comment by Barb Darrow stuck in my throat. Because its true. But *why* do we expect any different ? What are we doing to Here's the problem: we put a lot of effort into attending/sponsoring/speaking at opensource conferences. That certainly has value, and IMO we should continue to do so. We're opensource guys, its our natural hunting ground. But CIO's don't go to these. What we don't do however, is focus much on "the events that CIO's will be at". They don’t have to be literally CIO's: these are the business focussed events, where people wear suits not monkey tee-shirts We've got people who are capable of going and doing such talks, we're just not getting the opportunities Recently Chris Reid took the initiative on getting a speaking slot at such a conference [1]. Chris had to effectively cold-call the event organisers and pursued them to let him talk about ACS. In theory, there's nothing to stop any of us doing such cold calling, but it is hugely inefficient & I think will have a low hit rate. What I would love to do is: a)identify a list of people who have metaphoric suits in their closets b)identify a list of such events c) Get Sally (if that’s OK with Sally) to approach the organisers on some form of formal basis (I know we have rules around representing [or not] the project, but we'd need to figure something out). Hopefully this should get us many more hits [1] http://markmail.org/message/utuj64ezvw6xx2c2 Kind Regards Giles D: +44 20 3603 0541 | M: +44 796 111 2055 [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: Harm Boertien [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 24 June 2014 11:02 To: '<[email protected]>'; '[email protected]'; Arjan Eriks Subject: RE: GigaOm Structure Panel on Open Cloud I fear she is right though, CIO's see OpenStack on the billboards everywhere, and certainly in the news. So we have to start playing golf (he /brainfart, how about doing an open-source golf day sponsored by Citrix and invite some of these C-levels). I bet you can arrange something around that with the Linux Foundation. Instead of trying to get the C-levels to our conferences, let's go to their golf courses. Invite the OpenNebula's / OpenStacks / CloudStacks and let the customers talk about their experiences with either. Would be great if that could be pulled off. Harm I don't personally play golf, I know Arjan does :-). -----Original Message----- From: Mark Hinkle [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2014 21:25 To: <[email protected]> Subject: GigaOm Structure Panel on Open Cloud It's interesting to see the debate between Eucalyptus, Nebula and Citrix from last week's Structure about open source clouds. GigaOm - It's time to stop the open-on-open violence in cloud computing http://clds.co/1ieE80f Tidbits from the panel(video at bottom of the article): 9:30 - Chris Kemp, Nebula/OpenStack - "OpenStack is a toolkit not a product." 13:00 - Barb Darrow, GigaOm "In terms of CIOs OpenStack has won the war" 13:30 - Marten Mickos/Eucalyptus,"If you have too much money you buy VMware, if you have too much time you use OpenStack" The thing that is most troubling is the Barb Darrow comment...I hope she's wrong. Regards, Mark Find out more about ShapeBlue and our range of CloudStack related services IaaS Cloud Design & Build<http://shapeblue.com/iaas-cloud-design-and-build//> CSForge – rapid IaaS deployment framework<http://shapeblue.com/csforge/> CloudStack Consulting<http://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-consultancy/> CloudStack Infrastructure Support<http://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-infrastructure-support/> CloudStack Bootcamp Training Courses<http://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-training/> This email and any attachments to it may be confidential and are intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. Any views or opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Shape Blue Ltd or related companies. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you must neither take any action based upon its contents, nor copy or show it to anyone. Please contact the sender if you believe you have received this email in error. Shape Blue Ltd is a company incorporated in England & Wales. ShapeBlue Services India LLP is a company incorporated in India and is operated under license from Shape Blue Ltd. Shape Blue Brasil Consultoria Ltda is a company incorporated in Brasil and is operated under license from Shape Blue Ltd. ShapeBlue is a registered trademark.
