Hi Wiliam, Same as Giles. You can reach me on Skype: sebgoasguen Or send me some time slots and we can talk on the phone.
Cheers, -Sebastien On Jan 21, 2015, at 3:24 AM, Giles Sirett <giles.sir...@shapeblue.com> wrote: > Hi William > Sorry, some crossed wires here: I thought Amy had arranged for you to speak > with Nate. > > If not, then yes, I’m happy to do a call with you. I’m based in UK (GMT) , so > send me some timeslots when you’d like to do a call and I’ll set up a > conference bridge > > Kind Regards > Giles > > D: +44 20 3603 0541 | M: +44 796 111 2055 > giles.sir...@shapeblue.com > > > > From: William Van Winkle [mailto:willia...@gmail.com] > Sent: 21 January 2015 00:03 > To: Giles Sirett; marketing@cloudstack.apache.org; David Nalley; sebgoa; > Julio Urquidi > Subject: Fwd: CloudStack questions... > > Hi, all. Just circling back on this. Any thoughts? Would it be easier if I > could catch one of you on the phone? > > Many thanks! > > William > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > William Van Winkle | williamvanwinkle.com > 446 NE 60th Ave. | Hillsboro, OR 97124 > office: 503-213-3199 | cell: 503-809-9406 > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: William Van Winkle <willia...@gmail.com> > Date: Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 8:36 PM > Subject: Re: CloudStack questions... > To: Julio Urquidi <jurqu...@tomsitpro.com> > Cc: Giles Sirett <giles.sir...@shapeblue.com>, > "marketing@cloudstack.apache.org" <marketing@cloudstack.apache.org>, David > Nalley <da...@gnsa.us>, sebgoa <run...@gmail.com> > > > Hello, Team! Thanks to you all for being available and willing to help with > my research for this project. > > I'll open with a small plea of ignorance. I'm not half as informed on IaaS as > I should be, which leaves me twice as in need of pointers on background and > some patient hand-holding. As such, I'd be most comfortable offering up the > topical outline that Julio baked up the other day, then working with whomever > you feel would be the best fit for setting the right pieces in play by email. > This might be one article, or it might merit breaking up into a series. I > guess we'll play that by ear, and I'll take my cue from you guys. But my > overall mission is to provide a high-level, comparative overview of > CloudStack and OpenStack to general IT workers and decision makers. Your help > in guiding this would be incredibly appreciated. > > That all said, here's the tentative outline: > > · Intro > > · IaaS Options > > o Vendor (RackSpace, Amazon, MS, etc) > > o Open Source (OpenStack, CloudStack) > > § Vendor provided OpenStack, CloudStack (ie RedHat, HP) > > o Advantages of Open Source vs Vendor IaaS > > o Disadvantages of Open Source vs Vendor IaaS > > · Features (Comparison starts here) > > o Architecture > > § Basics (Hypervisor used, OSes supported, > > § Complexity (ex. how many techs needed to manage) > > § Key Modules (I would refer to a vendor and get their input on necessity vs > optional modules) > > § Scalability > > o Infrastructure needed (hardware/VMs) > > o Management (cloud tools, UIs, API’s) > > § Expertise needed (or is convergence a key factor that might simplify > management) > > o Support (big part of pricing) > > · Deployment Options > > o Is there a business case for going with a Vendor provided product? > > · When does using OpenStack make sense? > > · When does using CloudStack make sense? > > > > What makes sense and what doesn't? Please ping me back at your earliest > convenience. Thank you! > > > > William > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > William Van Winkle | williamvanwinkle.com > 446 NE 60th Ave. | Hillsboro, OR 97124 > office: 503-213-3199 | cell: 503-809-9406 > > > On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 12:38 PM, Julio Urquidi <jurqu...@tomsitpro.com> > wrote: > Thanks folks. > > I'll be cc'ing our writer, William Van Winkle as he's currently working on an > article about open source IaaS. I'm sure he'll appreciate any help you can > give him. > > William, meet the CloudStack Team! > > julio > > Julio Urquidi > Senior Editor > Tom’s Hardware – http://tomshardware.com > Tom's IT Pro - http://tomsitpro.com > jurqu...@tomsitpro.com > Twitter: @tomsitprojulio > Mobile: 310 351-3757 > Tom’s IT Pro | Tom’s Hardware > > -----Original Message----- > From: Giles Sirett [mailto:giles.sir...@shapeblue.com] > Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2015 6:46 AM > To: marketing@cloudstack.apache.org; Julio Urquidi > Cc: David Nalley; sebgoa > Subject: RE: CloudStack questions... > > thanks Joe > > Hi Julio > > > Either myself, David or Sebastien I'm sure would be able to help you. > What have you got in mind ? an interview ? - in which case, I would suggest > that you give us an idea of time slots and a summary of what you need to know > and we'll get the best person to speak to you > > > > Kind Regards > Giles > > D: +44 20 3603 0541 | M: +44 796 111 2055 giles.sir...@shapeblue.com > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Joe Brockmeier [mailto:j...@zonker.net] > > Sent: 14 January 2015 14:38 > > To: Julio Urquidi; marketing@cloudstack.apache.org > > Subject: Re: CloudStack questions... > > > > Hi Julio, > > > > On 01/13/2015 05:18 PM, Julio Urquidi wrote: > > > We're working on a Open Source cloud article and need to reach > > > someone involved with CloudStack. Would that be you or can you > > > introduce me to someone who we can speak to? > > > > I'm CC'ing marketing@cloudstack.apache.org, as I'm sure someone on the > > marketing list will be able to help you out. My involvement with > > CloudStack is a bit limited these days, so I'd prefer to put you in > > touch with someone who's doing CloudStack-related work more regularly. > > > > Hope that helps! 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