Thanks, Giles.
I'm on standby for the additional testimonials.
As mentioned, I'll be updating the headline and quotes to meet the ASF House
Style before the announcement goes out. If everything comes in by 6PM ET on
Sunday, we'll be good to go first thing on Monday.
Kind regards,
Sally
= = = = = vox +1 617 921 8656gvox +1 646 598 4616skype sallykhudairi
From: Giles Sirett <[email protected]>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Cc: Will Stevens <[email protected]>; Sally Khudairi <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2016 9:37 AM
Subject: RE: [draft for review] -4.9 -press release
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I’m dropping this now from Dev because its getting confusing Ok – Will,
looks good. On the version below, I’ve added a link to the contribute page (as
per Tims feedback) I’ve also added in Emil’s quote. Sally, unless anybody
else chimes in, I think we’re good to go with the exception of the additional
quotes/testimonials, which we should have in next 24 hours. It may be that we
need to move Will’s quote up a little to separate it from the user quotes
[APACHE CLOUDSTACK LOGO] Announcing Apache™ CloudStack™ v4.9
Mature, easy-to-deploy Open Source Cloud computing software which meets the
demands of the worlds largest cloud providers. [DATELINE] -[date]- The
Apache CloudStack project announced today the immediate availability of Apache
CloudStack 4.9, 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. Its maturity, stability and
ease of deployment has led it to become the Open Source platform of choice for
many service providers offering on-demand, elastic public cloud computing
services. CloudStack is also leveraged by many enterprises to provide private
or hybrid clouds for use by their employees. CloudStack includes an
intuitive user interface and rich APIs for managing the compute, networking,
software, and storage infrastructure resources. It supports a broad range of
integration points for both traditional and cloud-native workloads.
CloudStack 4.9 reflects dozens of new features and improvements, including:
- Out of band power management of hosts through IPMI, iLO, DRAC - Enhancements
to CloudStack networking model including deeper integration with Nuage VSP SDN
- User defined security roles - Over 180 minor enhancements and issues fixed
A complete overview of all new enhancements can be found in the project release
notes
athttp://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/projects/cloudstack-release-notes/en/4.9.0/
CloudStack has been used by thousands of organizations worldwide and is in
use/production at Alcatel-Lucent, Autodesk, BT Cloud, China Telecom, DataPipe,
Exoscale, Globo.com, GreenQloud, Hokkaido University, IDC Frontier, Ikoula,
Interoute, KDDI, KT/Korea Telecom, LeaseWeb, NTT, Orange, PCextreme, Schuberg
Philis, Shopzilla, Slovak Telekom, Tata, Trader Media Group, TomTom,
University of Melbourne, University of Sao Paolo, Verizon, WebMD andcloud.ca
among many others. A list of known users of the software can be found
athttp://cloudstack.apache.org/users.html Will Stevens, VP of Apache
CloudStack commented on the release: "we're delighted to be releasing 4.9 of
Apache CloudStack. This version brings many new and exciting features, with the
continued emphasis on making Apache CloudStack the easiest cloud platform to
deploy and most reliable platform for running IaaS environments. This release
is the culmination of many months of hard work by our broad developer
community." Emil Sayegh, CEO and Chairman of Codero Hosting said: “At
Codero, we have been running our Public Cloud flawlessly on CloudStack since
2012 having selected it to power our Public and Hybrid Cloud due to its amazing
stability, ease of use, and versatility. We are excited for the release of the
next version of Apache CloudStack with its new features and capabilities that
cement it as the Open Source platform of choice for leading hosting providers”.
Availability CloudStack 4.9 is available immediately as a free
download fromhttp://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. Anybody wishing to get involved in the
project can find out more at http://cloudstack.apache.org/contribute.html
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,
visithttp://cloudstack.apache.org/ and https://twitter.com/CloudStack
Kind Regards Giles [email protected]
www.shapeblue.com
@shapeblue
From: Will Stevens [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: 17 August 2016 19:02
To: [email protected]; Sally Khudairi <[email protected]>
Cc: Giles Sirett <[email protected]>; [email protected]
Subject: Re: [draft for review] -4.9 -press release I went through and fixed
some grammatical items and made it read a little easier. Hopefully you are
happy with my changes. Cheers, Will ----- [APACHE CLOUDSTACK LOGO]
Announcing Apache™ CloudStack™ v4.9 Mature, easy-to-deploy Open Source
Cloud computing software which meets the demands of the worlds largest cloud
providers. [DATELINE] -[date]- The Apache CloudStack project announced today
the immediate availability of Apache CloudStack 4.9, 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. Its maturity, stability and ease of deployment has led it to
become the Open Source platform of choice for many service providers offering
on-demand, elastic public cloud computing services. CloudStack is also
leveraged by many enterprises to provide private or hybrid clouds for use by
their employees. CloudStack includes an intuitive user interface and rich
APIs for managing the compute, networking, software, and storage infrastructure
resources. It supports a broad range of integration points for both traditional
and cloud-native workloads. CloudStack 4.9 reflects dozens of new features
and improvements, including: - Out of band power management of hosts through
IPMI, iLO, DRAC - Enhancements to CloudStack networking model including deeper
integration with Nuage VSP SDN - User defined security roles - Over 180 minor
enhancements and issues fixed A complete overview of all new enhancements
can be found in the project release notes
athttp://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/projects/cloudstack-release-notes/en/4.9.0/
CloudStack has been used by thousands of organizations worldwide and is in
use/production at Alcatel-Lucent, Autodesk, BT Cloud, China Telecom, DataPipe,
Exoscale, Globo.com, GreenQloud, Hokkaido University, IDC Frontier, Ikoula,
Interoute, KDDI, KT/Korea Telecom, LeaseWeb, NTT, Orange, PCextreme, Schuberg
Philis, Shopzilla, Slovak Telekom, Tata, Trader Media Group, TomTom,
University of Melbourne, University of Sao Paolo, Verizon, WebMD andcloud.ca
among many others. A list of known users of the software can be found
athttp://cloudstack.apache.org/users.html Will Stevens, VP of Apache
CloudStack commented on the release: "we're delighted to be releasing 4.9 of
Apache CloudStack. This version brings many new and exciting features, with the
continued emphasis on making Apache CloudStack the easiest cloud platform to
deploy and most reliable platform for running IaaS environments. This release
is the culmination of many months of hard work by our broad developer
community." Availability CloudStack 4.9 is available immediately as a free
download fromhttp://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. 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, visithttp://cloudstack.apache.org/ and
https://twitter.com/CloudStack ----- On Wed, Aug 17, 2016 at 1:39 PM,
Will Stevens <[email protected]> wrote:
Sorry, just saw this. I will do a once through and get back to you... On
Wed, Aug 17, 2016 at 12:15 PM, Sally Khudairi <[email protected]> wrote:
Thank you, Giles. Also, re: "v4.9" vs. "4.9", the ASF House Style is to
write it as "v4.9" in the heading of a press release and refer to it as "4.9"
elsewhere. This is similar to our need to reference "CloudStack" as its full
name, "Apache CloudStack" in its initial mention (press release, Website,
etc.). This is a Trademarks/Brand Management thing, but still relevant. To
that end, I will be going through the final draft of the press release and
ensuring that we're in synch with respect to House Style, trademarks notice,
etc., before going live. Of course, any proposed editorial changes will be
forwarded to you before anything happens on that front. As always, feel free
to let me know if you need anything! Kind thanks, Sally = = = = = vox+1
617 921 8656 gvox+1 646 598 4616 skype sallykhudairi From: Giles Sirett
<[email protected]>
To: Sally Khudairi <[email protected]>; "[email protected]"
<[email protected]>; "[email protected]"
<[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2016 12:10 PM
Subject: RE: [draft for review] -4.9 -press release Sally All noted. I’m
asking some folks for a quote – will come back to you Kind Regards Giles
[email protected]
www.shapeblue.com
@shapeblue
From: Sally Khudairi [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: 17 August 2016 17:07
To: [email protected]; Giles Sirett
<[email protected]>;[email protected]; Sally Khudairi
<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [draft for review] -4.9 -press release Hello again, everyone --I
want to reiterate that it would be a very good idea for us (= the Project) to
solicit at few testimonials from the Apache CloudStack user community. One
thing that we tout is that CloudStack "just works". It would be unusual for us
to make a formal announcement regarding a major release and not have any
testimonials. As the ASF's VP Marketing & Publicity, I can attest that we
have only had one such announcement, which was received by the media/analyst
community with curiosity (to put it politely) ... "why won't anyone own up to
using your product?" is not something I'd like us to have to deal with,
particularly as that's not the case. To that end, I will be happy to help
work with you on this front, and strongly recommend that we consider holding
off on issuing the press release until we have secured some user quotes.
Should we choose to do this, and if we can secure the quotes by Sunday evening,
I can issue the announcement as early as 4AM ET on Monday 22 August. Yes, I'll
be sleepy, but it's worth it <g> Thoughts? Warmly,
Sally = = = = = vox+1 617 921 8656 gvox+1 646 598 4616 skype sallykhudairi
From: Sally Khudairi <[email protected]>
To: Giles Sirett <[email protected]>;
"[email protected]" <[email protected]>;
"[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2016 10:32 AM
Subject: Re: [draft for review] -4.9 -press release Thanks, Giles. OK.
Normally, we don't cross-collaborate on marketing/PR issues with public lists,
but we can't unstrike the bell at this point. I'll await your clearance.
-Sally = = = = = vox+1 617 921 8656 gvox+1 646 598 4616 skype sallykhudairi
From: Giles Sirett <[email protected]>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>;
"[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Cc: Sally Khudairi <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2016 9:11 AM
Subject: RE: [draft for review] -4.9 -press release Sally I’m cross posting
this to dev@ - we’ve not had much input on marketing@, so I’d like some other
eyeballs on this if we’re going to turn it around today I agree, we need to
get this finalised ASAP My view would be to roll with the PR immediately. I
know Thurs/Fri aren’t great but we’ve already actually announced this so run
the risk of the PR being 10 days after the event Don’t think we’ll have
time to get testimonials – unless somebody wants to jump in here quickly I’ve
drafted a quote for Will below. I’ve also taken Madan’s feedback and changed
the order of the feature list Will – please chime in if you want something
different in the quote, what I’ve written is pretty bland Is Will unable to
confirm, you can attribute it to me as PMC member as an alternative
Kind Regards Giles [email protected]
www.shapeblue.com
@shapeblue
From: Sally Khudairi [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: 17 August 2016 13:50
To: Giles Sirett <[email protected]>;[email protected]
Subject: Re: [draft for review] -4.9 -press release Thanks so much, Giles.
This is a great draft. Glad to see that the template is still useful :-) Do
let me know when the copy is locked in. I'll need the final draft by 6PM ET
prior to the day we'll be issuing the announcement over the wire. Seeing that
we're at the end of the "ideal" release timeframe (Thursdays and Fridays aren't
best for global media visibility), were you wanting to go announce on Monday or
whenever you're ready? Also, if we could please include at least a quote from
the PMC Chair, that would be ideal. Are there any user testimonials you'd
like to include? If so, those will need to be secured. Thanking you in
advance, Sally = = = = = vox+1 617 921 8656 gvox+1 646 598 4616 skype
sallykhudairi From: Giles Sirett <[email protected]>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Cc: Sally Khudairi <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2016 6:15 AM
Subject: [draft for review] -4.9 -press release All I’ve drafted the
following for the 4.9 press release. Please chime in with comments/changes/etc
(bearing in mind, that we really need to get a release out ASAP as its been
already 5 days since the [announce] was sent) Despite the scale of this
release , there are not many super-exciting/headline-grabbing new features so
I’ve cherry picked these for the Press release: - Enhancements to Cloudstack
networking model including deeper integration with Nuage VSP SDN -Out of band
power management of hosts through IPMI,iLO,DRAC -User defined security roles
-Over 180 minor enhancements and issues fixed Happy if somebody else can help
find some other headline features from the release notes (BTW – the 180 came
from the complete list of issues fixed) ##starts## [APACHE CLOUDSTACK
LOGO] Announcing Apache™ CloudStack™ v4.9 Mature, easy-to-deploy Open
Source Cloud computing software continues to meet the demands of the worlds
largest cloud providers. [DATELINE] —[date]—The Apache CloudStack project
today announced the immediate availability of Apache CloudStack v4.9, 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, stability and ease of
deployment 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. CloudStack includes an intuitive user interface and rich APIs
for managing the compute, networking, software, and storage infrastructure
resources. It supports a broad range of integration points for both traditional
and cloud-native workloads. CloudStack v4.9 reflects dozens of new features
and improvements, including: -Out of band power management of hosts through
IPMI,iLO,DRAC - Enhancements to Cloudstack networking model including deeper
integration with Nuage VSP SDN -User defined security roles -Over 180 minor
enhancements and issues fixed A complete overview of all new enhancements can
be found in the project release notes
athttp://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/projects/cloudstack-release-notes/en/4.9.0/
CloudStack has been used by thousands of organizations worldwide and is in
use/production at Alcatel-Lucent, Autodesk, BT Cloud, China Telecom, DataPipe,
Exoscale, Globo.com, GreenQloud, Hokkaido University, IDC Frontier, Ikoula,
Interoute, KDDI, KT/Korea Telecom, LeaseWeb, NTT, Orange, PCextreme, Schuberg
Philis, Shopzilla, Slovak Telekom, Tata, Trader Media Group, TomTom, University
of Melbourne, University of Sao Paolo, Verizon and WebMD among many others. A
list of known users of the software can be found
athttp://cloudstack.apache.org/users.html Will Stevens, VP of Apache
Cloudstack commented on the release: “we’re delighted to be releasing 4.9 of
Apache CloudStack. This version brings many new exciting features, with the
continued emphasis on making Apache Cloudstack the easiest to deploy and most
reliable platform for running IaaS environments. The release is the culmination
of many months of hard work by our broad developer community.” Availability
CloudStack v4.9 is available immediately as a free download
fromhttp://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. 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, visithttp://cloudstack.apache.org/
andhttps://twitter.com/CloudStack ##ends## Kind Regards Giles
[email protected]
www.shapeblue.com
@shapeblue
