Thanks so much, Giles! Can you please confirm your title, both at $dayjob as well as with the ASF --e.g., are you a member of the Apache CloudStack PMC or are you a Committer? (We'll need to include some sort of Apache affiliation here, as it's a project announcment, originating from the ASF)
Also, I've edited the quote to read: "We are delighted and excited to be releasing version 4.4.1 of Apache CloudStack," said Giles Sirett, TITLE. "This latest version of CloudStack reflects months of hard work by our diverse developer community and brings even more features to help our service-provider and enterprise users enhance their cloud platforms. Apache CloudStack continues to grow in both deployments and developer community size, and is the platform of choice for thousands of organisations that need to build IaaS environments quickly and securely with a proven, production-grade, technology." I presume you're OK with this, yes? Many thanks again, Sally ________________________________ From: Giles Sirett <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, 21 October 2014, 17:27 Subject: FW: FINAL CALL: Apache CloudStack v4.4.1 announcement [was Re: 4.4.1] Sally Getting late here, but this should do (feel free to hack/edit) We are delighted and excited to be releasing version 4.4.1 of Apache CloudStack. This latest version of CloudStack reflects months of hard work by our diverse developer community and brings even more features to help our service-provider and enterprise users enhance their public, private or hybrid cloud platforms. Despite not always grabbing the headlines, Apache CloudStack continues to grow in both deployments and developer community size. CloudStack is already in use in thousands of organisations and continues to be the platform of choice for organisations that need to build IaaS environments quickly and securely with a proven, production-grade, technology. Kind Regards Giles D: +44 20 3603 0541 | M: +44 796 111 2055 [email protected] From:Sally Khudairi [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 21 October 2014 22:02 To: Giles Sirett Subject: Re: FINAL CALL: Apache CloudStack v4.4.1 announcement [was Re: 4.4.1] Yes --of course! No rush, Giles! I really appreciate you pulling this rabbit out of your hat :-) -Sally ________________________________ From:Giles Sirett <[email protected]> To: Sally Khudairi <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, 21 October 2014, 17:00 Subject: Re: FINAL CALL: Apache CloudStack v4.4.1 announcement [was Re: 4.4.1] 10 mins Kind Regards Giles D: +44 20 3603 0541 | M: +44 796 111 2055 [email protected] On 21 Oct 2014, at 22:00, "Sally Khudairi" <[email protected]> wrote: Thanks, Sebastien. > >I'm standing by. > >-Sally > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: sebgoa <[email protected]> >To: [email protected]; Sally Khudairi <[email protected]>; >Giles Sirett <[email protected]> >Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; >"[email protected]" <[email protected]> >Sent: Tuesday, 21 October 2014, 16:56 >Subject: Re: FINAL CALL: Apache CloudStack v4.4.1 announcement [was Re: 4.4.1] > >Wait for a quote from Giles, since we did not hear from Hugo. > >might have to hold until tomorrow > > > > >On Oct 21, 2014, at 10:47 PM, Sally Khudairi <[email protected]> >wrote: > > >Thank you, Daan. > >OK, we can go without the quote. Below is the final draft. > >Please forward any last changes by 6PM ET today. I'm planning to issue the >announcement at 6AM ET and will notify you when that has happened. > >Many kind thanks, >Sally > >+ bcc PMC + press@ teams. > >= = = > >Announcing Apache™ CloudStack™ v4.4.1 > >Mature, easy-to-deploy Open Source Cloud computing software platform boasts >improved efficiency and performance. > >Forest Hill, MD —22 October 2014— The Apache CloudStack project today >announced the immediate availability of Apache CloudStack v4.4.1, the latest >version of the turnkey Open Source cloud computing software platform used for >creating private-, public-, and hybrid cloud environments. > >Apache CloudStack clouds enable billions of dollars' worth of business >transactions annually across their clouds, and its maturity and stability has >led it to has become the Open Source platform for many service providers to >set up on-demand, elastic public cloud computing services, as well as >enterprises and others to set up a private or hybrid cloud for use by their >own employees. > >Lauded by Gartner Group, CloudStack includes an intuitive user interface and >rich APIs for managing the compute, networking, software, and storage >infrastructure resources. > >CloudStack v4.4.1 reflects dozens of new features and improvements, including: > >- Improved Storage Management >- Virtual Private Cloud tiers can now span guest networks across availability >zones >- Support for VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler >- Improved Support for Hyper-V Zones, VPC and Storage Migration > >A complete overview of all new enhancements can be found in the project >release notes at >http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/projects/cloudstack-release-notes/en/4.4.1/ > >CloudStack has been used by thousands of organizations worldwide and is in >use/production at Alcatel-Lucent, Autodesk, BT Cloud, China Telecom, >DATACAENTER Services, DataPipe, Edmunds.com, Exoscale, GreenQloud, Hokkaido >University, IDC Frontier, Ikoula, KDDI, KT/Korea Telecom, LeaseWeb, NTT, >Orange, PCextreme, Schuberg Philis, Shopzilla, Slovak Telekom, SunGard AS, >Taiwan Mobile, Tata, Trader Media Group, TomTom, University of Melbourne, >University of Sao Paolo, Verizon, WebMD and Zynga, among others. > >CloudStack originated at Cloud.com, which was acquired by Citrix in 2011. >CloudStack was submitted to the Apache Incubator in April 2012 and graduated >as an Apache Software Foundation Top-level Project in March 2013. > >Availability >CloudStack v4.4.1 is available immediately as a free download from >http://cloudstack.apache.org/downloads.html. Apache CloudStack software is >released under the Apache License v2.0. > >Governance and Oversight >Apache CloudStack 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. > >Get Involved! >Apache CloudStack welcomes contribution and community participation through >mailing lists as well as attending face-to-face MeetUps, developer trainings, >and user events. Catch CloudStack in action at the CloudStack Collaboration >Conference, the official user/developer conference of the Apache CloudStack >community, 19-21 November 2014 in Budapest, Hungary @CCCEU14 and >http://cloudstackcollab.org > >About Apache CloudStack >Apache CloudStack is a mature, turnkey integrated Infrastructure-as-a-Service >(IaaS) Open Source software platform that allows users to build feature-rich >public and private cloud environments. Hailed by Gartner Group as "a solid >product", 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. For downloads, documentation, and ways >to become involved with Apache CloudStack, visit http://cloudstack.apache.org/ >and https://twitter.com/CloudStack > ># # # > >© The Apache Software Foundation. "Apache", "CloudStack", "Apache CloudStack", >the Apache CloudStack logo, and the Apache CloudStack Cloud Monkey logo are >registered trademarks or trademarks of The Apache Software Foundation. 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