Thanks, Robyn --having a community-oriented quote would be fantastic, and always a good idea.
We often use this hook in our call-to-action closings; examples at [1], [2], and [3] are the most recent. I'll see what I can pull up on the Gartner quote. IIRC, it's from a couple of years ago. Cheers & chat soon, Sally + apologies for top-posting: running to a meeting and wanted to get this out sooner rather than later. [1] https://blogs.apache.org/foundation/entry/the_apache_software_foundation_announces60 [2] https://blogs.apache.org/foundation/entry/the_apache_software_foundation_announces59 [3] https://blogs.apache.org/foundation/entry/the_apache_software_foundation_announces58 = = = = = vox +1 617 921 8656 skype sallykhudairi >________________________________ > From: Robyn Bergeron <[email protected]> >To: [email protected]; Sally Khudairi <[email protected]> >Cc: Daan Hoogland <[email protected]>; Giles Sirett ><[email protected]>; [email protected]; Pierre-Luc Dion ><[email protected]>; Apache CloudStack Press Team ><[email protected]>; ASF Marketing & Publicity <[email protected]> >Sent: Monday, 28 July 2014, 12:49 >Subject: Re: [DRAFT FOR REVIEW] Announcing CloudStack v4.4 [was Re: press >release for 4.4] > > > > >----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Sally Khudairi" <[email protected]> >> To: "Daan Hoogland" <[email protected]>, "Giles Sirett" >> <[email protected]>, [email protected] >> Cc: [email protected], "Pierre-Luc Dion" <[email protected]>, >> "Apache CloudStack Press Team" >> <[email protected]>, "ASF Marketing & Publicity" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Monday, July 28, 2014 9:04:57 AM >> Subject: [DRAFT FOR REVIEW] Announcing CloudStack v4.4 [was Re: press >> release for 4.4] >> >> Hello again! As promised, please review the initial draft below and forward >> any comments/corrections/additions. >> >> Hugo, I'd also love a quote from you, as well as any supporting quotes from >> the community (let's limit this to no more than 3-5). >> >> Thanks in advance for your help with this. >> >> - Sally >> >> + copying [email protected] as well as [email protected] to keep everyone >> in the loop. I'd like to move the final editing process over to press@ once >> comments/quotes are received. >> >> = = = >> >> The Apache Software Foundation Announces Apache™ CloudStack™ v4.4 >> >> >> Mature, easy-to-deploy Open Source IaaS Cloud computing software platform now >> more efficient, with improved storage, monitoring, resource scheduling, >> virtualization, and performance. >> >> >> Forest Hill, MD –NN August 2014– The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), the >> all-volunteer developers, stewards, and incubators of more than 170 Open >> Source projects and initiatives, announced today the availability of Apache™ >> CloudStack™ v4.4, the mature, Open Source turnkey software platform used for >> creating Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) cloud computing in private-, >> public-, and hybrid cloud environments. >> >> >> "QUOTE," said Hugo Trippaers, Vice President of Apache CloudStack. "MORE FROM >> HUGO." > >Not to put words in Hugo's mouth (ha ha) - as he of course may have his own >ideas - but just a suggestion... > >Much of the press release focuses on what's new/features, and that it's >"enterprise ready" with a long list of companies implementing - and a bit >light on the community angle, outside of the info on the wider apache >foundation community. > >While I know it's a bit tricky, given that folks are contributing "as >individuals" - but somehow highlighting that the work in the release continues >to reflect the increasing community participation and contributions by a >diverse group of developers and operators seems like it might ... highlight a >nice unified community feeling :) > > >> >> >> Apache CloudStack users power billions of dollars' worth of business >> transactions annually across their clouds, and has become the Open Source >> platform for 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. >> >> >> Lauded by Gartner Group as "a solid product", > >Is a citation/permission needed for this? (At least, a year, or "in their >yearly report," or something a bit more concrete seems like it would have more >authenticity.) > > >-robyn > > > > > >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. >> >> >> CloudStack v4.4 reflects dozens of new features and improvements, including >> root disk resize and storage management, support for DRS VMware and >> Microsoft Windows Hyper-V, Virtual Router notification, and 135 bug fixes, >> as detailed in the release notes >> http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/projects/cloudstack-release-notes/en/latest/ >> >> >> CloudStack is in use/production at Alcatel-Lucent, ASG, Autodesk, BT Cloud, >> Bechtle AG, China Telecom, Cloudera, DataPipe, Dell, Digital China Advanced >> Systems, Disney, Edmunds.com, Exoscale, GreenQloud, Hokkaido University, >> Huawei, IDC Frontier, Ikoula, Juniper Networks, KDDI, KT/Korea Telecom, >> Kyuden Infocom, Kyushu University, LeaseWeb, MCPc, Microland Ltd, Nokia, >> NTT, NVision Group, Orange, PCextreme, PPTV, Safe Swiss Cloud, Schuberg >> Philis, ShapeBlue, Shopzilla, Slovak Telekom, SolidFire Storage, Stratosec, >> SunGard AS, Taiwan Mobile, Targus Technologies, Tata, Trader Media Group, >> TrendMicro/TCloud Computing, TomTom, University of Melbourne, University of >> Sao Paolo, Verizon, WebMD, Zenoss, and Zynga, among others. >> >> >> [@@CLOSING QUOTE FROM HUGO.] >> >> >> Catch Apache CloudStack in action at the 20th Japan CloudStack User Group >> MeetUp (Osaka Prefecture; 1 August 2014 @cloudstackja, >> http://lanyrd.com/2014/csstudy20/) and CloudStack Collaboration Conference, >> the official user/developer conference of the Apache CloudStack community >> (Budapest, Hungary, 19-21 November 2014). For more information and to >> register, visit >> http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/cloudstack-collaboration-conference-europe >> and follow @CCCEU14 on Twitter. >> >> >> Availability and Oversight >> CloudStack v4.4 is available immediately as a free download from >> http://cloudstack.apache.org/downloads.html. As with all Apache products, >> Apache CloudStack software is released under the Apache License v2.0, and 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. For >> documentation and ways to become involved with Apache CloudStack, visit >> http://cloudstack.apache.org/ and @CloudStack on Twitter. >> >> >> About The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) >> Established in 1999, the all-volunteer Foundation oversees more than one >> hundred and seventy leading Open Source projects, including Apache HTTP >> Server --the world's most popular Web server software. Through the ASF's >> meritocratic process known as "The Apache Way," more than 450 individual >> Members and 3,500 Committers successfully collaborate to develop freely >> available enterprise-grade software, benefiting millions of users worldwide: >> thousands of software solutions are distributed under the Apache License; >> and the community actively participates in ASF mailing lists, mentoring >> initiatives, and ApacheCon, the Foundation's official user conference, >> trainings, and expo. The ASF is a US 501(c)(3) charitable organization, >> funded by individual donations and corporate sponsors including Budget >> Direct, Citrix, Cloudera, Comcast, Facebook, Google, Hortonworks, HP, >> Huawei, IBM, InMotion Hosting, Matt Mullenweg, Microsoft, Pivotal, Produban, >> WANdisco, and Yahoo. >> For more information, visit http://www.apache.org/ or follow @TheASF on >> Twitter. >> >> >> "Apache", "Apache CloudStack", "CloudStack", "ApacheCon", the Apache >> CloudStack logo, and the Apache CloudStack Cloud Monkey logo are trademarks >> of The Apache Software Foundation. All other brands and trademarks are the >> property of their respective owners. >> >> >> # # # >> >> [MEDIA CONTACT -SALLY] >> >> >> >________________________________ >> > From: Sally Khudairi <[email protected]> >> >To: Daan Hoogland <[email protected]>; Giles Sirett >> ><[email protected]> >> >Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; >> >Pierre-Luc Dion <[email protected]> >> >Sent: Monday, 28 July 2014, 10:06 >> >Subject: Re: press release for 4.4 >> > >> > >> > >> >Thanks so much for the suggestion, Daan. >> > >> > >> >I can start drafting something this week. >> > >> >Kind regards, >> >Sally >> > >> >= = = = = >> >vox +1 617 921 8656 >> >skype sallykhudairi >> > >> > >> > >> >>________________________________ >> >> From: Daan Hoogland <[email protected]> >> >>To: Sally Khudairi <[email protected]>; Giles Sirett >> >><[email protected]> >> >>Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; >> >>Pierre-Luc Dion <[email protected]> >> >>Sent: Monday, 28 July 2014, 4:06 >> >>Subject: press release for 4.4 >> >> >> >> >> >>Sally et al, >> >> >> >>The vp asked me if I could arrange with you to create a press release >> >>that will be inviting to write articles. Pierre-Luc's release notes >> >>should help with that. I can assist but am not the person to do this. >> >> >> >>-- >> >>Daan >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> > >
