> From: Sally Khudairi <sallykhuda...@yahoo.com> >To: Robyn Bergeron <rberg...@redhat.com>; "marketing@cloudstack.apache.org" ><marketing@cloudstack.apache.org> >Cc: Daan Hoogland <daan.hoogl...@gmail.com>; Giles Sirett ><giles.sir...@shapeblue.com>; "h...@apache.org" <h...@apache.org>; Pierre-Luc >Dion <pd...@cloudops.com>; Apache CloudStack Press Team ><pr...@cloudstack.apache.org>; ASF Marketing & Publicity <pr...@apache.org> >Sent: Monday, 28 July 2014, 12:58 >Subject: Re: [DRAFT FOR REVIEW] Announcing CloudStack v4.4 [was Re: press >release for 4.4] > > >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.
FOUND! It was from Lydia Leong's blog post in 2012. We can leave as-is or adjust the sentence to read: > Lauded by Lydia Leong of Gartner Group as "a solid product", CloudStack > includes an intuitive user interface ... Thoughts? -Sally >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 <rberg...@redhat.com> >>To: marketing@cloudstack.apache.org; Sally Khudairi <s...@apache.org> >>Cc: Daan Hoogland <daan.hoogl...@gmail.com>; Giles Sirett >><giles.sir...@shapeblue.com>; h...@apache.org; Pierre-Luc Dion >><pd...@cloudops.com>; Apache CloudStack Press Team >><pr...@cloudstack.apache.org>; ASF Marketing & Publicity <pr...@apache.org> >>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" <s...@apache.org> >>> To: "Daan Hoogland" <daan.hoogl...@gmail.com>, "Giles Sirett" >>> <giles.sir...@shapeblue.com>, h...@apache.org >>> Cc: marketing@cloudstack.apache.org, "Pierre-Luc Dion" >>> <pd...@cloudops.com>, "Apache CloudStack Press Team" >>> <pr...@cloudstack.apache.org>, "ASF Marketing & Publicity" >>> <pr...@apache.org> >>> 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 press@cloudstack.a.o as well as pr...@apache.org 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 <s...@apache.org> >>> >To: Daan Hoogland <daan.hoogl...@gmail.com>; Giles Sirett >>> ><giles.sir...@shapeblue.com> >>> >Cc: "marketing@cloudstack.apache.org" <marketing@cloudstack.apache.org>; >>> >Pierre-Luc Dion <pd...@cloudops.com> >>> >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 <daan.hoogl...@gmail.com> >>> >>To: Sally Khudairi <s...@apache.org>; Giles Sirett >>> >><giles.sir...@shapeblue.com> >>> >>Cc: "marketing@cloudstack.apache.org" <marketing@cloudstack.apache.org>; >>> >>Pierre-Luc Dion <pd...@cloudops.com> >>> >>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 >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> > >>> > >>> >> >> > >
