Hi there --just checking in to see if there's been any discussion/decision on this, as it will help drive the proper "tone" for the announcement.
Thanking you in advance, Sally = = = = = vox +1 617 921 8656 skype sallykhudairi >________________________________ > From: Sally Khudairi <[email protected]> >To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; Mark >R. Hinkle <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" ><[email protected]>; Sally Khudairi <[email protected]> >Cc: Robyn Bergeron <[email protected]>; Daan Hoogland ><[email protected]>; Giles Sirett <[email protected]>; >"[email protected]" <[email protected]>; Pierre-Luc Dion <[email protected]>; ASF >Marketing & Publicity <[email protected]> >Sent: Monday, 28 July 2014, 14:54 >Subject: Re: [DRAFT FOR REVIEW] Announcing CloudStack v4.4 [was Re: press >release for 4.4] > > > >Just to clarify --we can issue this as an announcement from either: > > >- Apache CloudStack (the project), where the format would follow what I had >created for the CloudMonkey news release; or >- The ASF, where the format would follow our "major Apache project milestones" >outline, so the content will have more formal boilerplate, etc. > > >Your choice; I'm happy to help either way. Mark's comments on the draft made >me realize that I had both hats on during the drafting process. > > >Thanks for your patience, >Sally > >= = = = = >vox +1 617 921 8656 >skype sallykhudairi > > > > > > >>________________________________ >> From: Sally Khudairi <[email protected]> >>To: Mark R. Hinkle <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" >><[email protected]> >>Cc: Robyn Bergeron <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" >><[email protected]>; Daan Hoogland <[email protected]>; >>Giles Sirett <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" >><[email protected]>; Pierre-Luc Dion <[email protected]>; ASF Marketing & >>Publicity <[email protected]> >>Sent: Monday, 28 July 2014, 14:13 >>Subject: Re: [DRAFT FOR REVIEW] Announcing CloudStack v4.4 [was Re: press >>release for 4.4] >> >> >> >>Thanks, Mark. I appreciate your editorial input! >> >> >>I'll take a peek and the googledoc and will follow-up online. >> >> >>Kind regards, >>Sally >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>>________________________________ >>> From: Mark R. Hinkle <[email protected]> >>>To: [email protected]; Sally Khudairi <[email protected]> >>>Cc: Robyn Bergeron <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" >>><[email protected]>; Daan Hoogland <[email protected]>; >>>Giles Sirett <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" >>><[email protected]>; Pierre-Luc Dion <[email protected]>; ASF Marketing & >>>Publicity <[email protected]> >>>Sent: Monday, 28 July 2014, 14:10 >>>Subject: Re: [DRAFT FOR REVIEW] Announcing CloudStack v4.4 [was Re: press >>>release for 4.4] >>> >>> >>>IMHO the wording is a little awkward given the inputs from so many people in >>>working on our messaging. I took a shot at making it read a little smoother >>>in this edition. Not a final draft just a more easily digested version with >>>my comments and some questions. >>> >>>https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-PNizgMsvPLbhKLwXv2ntSQpIbl0PcHp1-ac38nq5Q8/edit?usp=sharing\ >>> >>>I also think the list of users is too comprehensive I pared that down and put it into a project boilerplate I think we should pare it down farther as I am proud of our users it does make things a bit hard to read. >>> >>>Regards, Mark >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>On Jul 28, 2014, at 12:58 PM, Sally Khudairi >>><[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> 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 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> > >
