Thanks so much, Giles. I love love love reading this!
I am very keen on having this generified testimonial used in our promotions somehow (likely parts of it). Would you be kind enough to see if they are amenable to this in future? Many thanks in advance for your help with this. Happy Friday & bon weekend! -Sally >________________________________ > From: Giles Sirett <[email protected]> >To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >Sent: Friday, 27 June 2014, 12:31 >Subject: Its Friday and I'm smiling > > > > >All > >I know we can sometimes get a bit downbeat in this community about the looming >shadow of a certain other opensource IaaS platform that grabs all the >attention. > >I just thought I’d share this email that I was just CC’d on (edited slightly >for confidentiality). >========================= > >“I want to move to cloudstack, after pushing so hard for openstack. In >hindsight the glammer of an all singing-dancing cloud system has not happened >-just lots of pain and frustration at lack of implementation ( even with Fuel >v5). I wish cloudstack 4.3 had been released earlier as the previous version I >discounted as not offering the requirements. > >I now believe a change to cloudstack with xenserver hosts would be best >option. We use xenserver now for dev and test systems and from the mailing >lists understand we can redeploy these VMs to a cloudstack system. ……. when >deploying Openstack (what a nightmare that has been for a simple 4 node >system). > >I have to say that the cloustack mailing list is more responsive than >openstack which gives me comfort. I just need to get my line manager to agree >to change direction which will be decided tomorrow afternoon.” >============================== > > >It put a smile on my face and made me remember just how great CloudStack is. > >Keep up the good work everybody ! > > > > >Kind Regards >Giles > >Giles Sirett >CEO > > >D: +44 20 3603 0541 | S: +44 20 3603 0540 | M: +44 796 111 2055 > >[email protected]| www.shapeblue.com| Twitter:@shapeBlue > > >Find out more about ShapeBlue and our range of CloudStack related services > >IaaS Cloud Design & Build >CSForge – rapid IaaS deployment framework >CloudStack Consulting >CloudStack Infrastructure Support >CloudStack Bootcamp Training Courses > > >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. > >
