Hello everyone --below is the latest draft.
We have just under 11 hours to go before I have to lock in the copy and ramp
the announcement up on the newswire for dissemination tomorrow.
Please forward any final additions/corrections no later than 6PM ET tonight.
Anything coming in after this time can be adjusted in the press release at
blogs.apache.org. Note that, if required, whilst not ideal, we can also make
adjustments online after the press release is live.
A reminder that there usually is a version of the press release published on
https://blogs.apache.org/cloudstack/ --not sure if someone will be posting a
copy of the announcement (or any supporting documentation) there as well; I'm
planning to publish under the top, "Foundation" level. Also, please make sure
that there are authorized spokespeople (usually from the PMC) available for any
media/analyst queries.
Kind thanks,Sally
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DRAFT :: NOT FOR DISSEMINATION
Announcing Apache® CloudStack™ v4.9
Mature, easy-to-deploy Open Source Cloud computing software meets the demands
of the world’s largest Cloud providers
Forest Hill, MD —22 August 2016— The Apache CloudStack project announced today
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. 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.
"We're delighted to be releasing Apache CloudStack 4.9,” said Will Stevens,
Vice President 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 diverse developer community."
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
- More than 180 minor enhancements and issues fixed
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/4.9.0/
Apache CloudStack has been used by thousands of organizations worldwide and is
in use/production at Alcatel-Lucent, Autodesk, BT Cloud, China Telecom,
cloud.ca, Cloudops, Codero Hosting, 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, Telia Latvia, Trader Media Group, TomTom, University of Melbourne,
University of Sao Paolo, Verizon, WebMD and Cloud.ca among many others. A list
of known users of the software can be found at
http://cloudstack.apache.org/users.html "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," said Emil Sayegh, CEO and Chairman of Codero Hosting. "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."
"Apache CloudStack has enabled us at Exoscale to build a public Cloud
infrastructure offering that targets Cloud native teams directly," said
Marc-Aurèle Brothier, Senior Developer at Exoscale. "CloudStack's flexibility
lets us choose standard components for most workloads and then swap in our own
code where our product and customers' needs demand it. We're excited to have
contributed to CloudStack and also for the future of our CloudStack-based
business."
"Apache CloudStack has been at the very foundation of Telia CLOUDY SERVICES
already for more than 3 years," said Mārtiņš Paurs, CCO of CLOUDY SERVICES by
Telia Latvia. "After starting with regular IaaS services, during time it has
taken over orchestration of Cloud based video surveillance, CDN and video
lifecycle management workloads, all for the benefit of our customers. And
CloudStack does it really well! The ease of use, stability, professional and
community support, powerful features and scale we can achieve by using
CloudStack has turned upside down the way and pace we innovate together with
the very demanding market." "cloud.ca is an avid supporter of Apache Cloudstack
not only because we value the stability and robustness of the platform, but
because we highly value the power of the Cloudstack community to drive
innovation," said Mike Gero, Vice President of Product & Business Development
at cloud.ca. "We look forward to benefiting from the myriad of improvements and
fixes in Cloudstack 4.9, as well as beginning to work with new features like
the enhanced networking model."
AvailabilityCloudStack 4.9 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 OversightApache
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
CloudStackApache 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", and "Apache
CloudStack" are registered trademarks or trademarks of the Apache Software
Foundation in the United States and/or other countries. All other brands and
trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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