Perfect. I'll ramp it up now and will let you know when we're live. Have a great evening, Sally
- - - Vice President Marketing & Publicity Vice President Sponsor Relations The Apache Software Foundation Tel +1 617 921 8656 | [email protected] On Tue, Mar 19, 2019, at 17:56, Rohit Yadav wrote: > Hi Sally, > > Given we've what we needed, I'm okay for the announcement tomorrow. Thanks. > > Regards. > > Regards, > Rohit Yadav > [email protected] > www.shapeblue.com > @shapeblue > > > > *From:* Sally Khudairi <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Tuesday, March 19, 2019 11:23:50 PM > *To:* Rohit Yadav; Pierre-Luc Dion; Apache CloudStack Marketing > *Subject:* Re: [Review] CloudMonkey v6.0.0 release announcement review > request > > Beautiful! Thank you, PIerre-Luc! > > Question: may I write out "less than second" or "under a second" vs. "0.5s"? > It would be OK if written, but as these are considered spoken quotes, it > might read oddly as "oh-point-five-ess", if you know what I mean <g> > > This is excellent. We have a well-written announcement, with enough community > support to send the right message that reinforces that Apache CloudStack > stable, reliable, dependable, and here to stay. > > So back to you, Rohit: shall we announce tomorrow? If so, I'll lock in the > copy in a few hours. > > Warm thanks, everyone, for your help here. It really makes a difference! > > - - - > Vice President Marketing & Publicity > Vice President Sponsor Relations > The Apache Software Foundation > > Tel +1 617 921 8656 | [email protected] > > > On Tue, Mar 19, 2019, at 13:36, Rohit Yadav wrote: >> Great, thanks PL! >> >> Sally, I've added Pierre-Luc's quote on the draft and also fixed a blog URL. >> I think we've good set of quotes now. Kindly review, thanks. >> >> Regards, >> Rohit Yadav >> Software Architect, ShapeBlue >> https://www.shapeblue.com >> >> >> [email protected] >> www.shapeblue.com >> @shapeblue >> >> >> >> >> *From:* Pierre-Luc Dion <[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 19, 2019 10:40:51 PM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Cc:* Rohit Yadav >> *Subject:* Re: [Review] CloudMonkey v6.0.0 release announcement review >> request >> >> if I may contribute as a cloudmonkey fan and long timer user: >> >> Pierre-Luc Dion, cloud architect at cloud.ca: "CloudMonkey is now written in >> Golang, and with version 6.0 loading speed has been drastically improved >> (accessing the CLI in under 0.5s). This simplifies installation, >> deployments, updates, and operational efficiency." >> >> Python version used to take 15s to load on my side ! >> >> PL >> >> On Tue, Mar 19, 2019 at 12:29 PM Sally Khudairi <[email protected]> wrote: >>> __ >>> OK, so we have a few adjustments to the quotes. Two from vendors, and two >>> from the Apache CloudStack community. >>> >>> I've added a teeny tweak to the sub-head ("faster/easier"). >>> >>> We'd like the blog post to be referenceable from apache.org, if at all >>> possible. >>> >>> Once that's in place, we can announce. As early as Wednesday <g> >>> >>> Kind thanks, >>> Sally >>> >>> - - - >>> Vice President Marketing & Publicity >>> Vice President Sponsor Relations >>> The Apache Software Foundation >>> >>> Tel +1 617 921 8656 | [email protected] >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Mar 19, 2019, at 11:28, Sally Khudairi wrote: >>>> ...two minutes later ... >>>> >>>> "Apache CloudStack is a significant part of our Cloud portfolio right now >>>> – we run large deployments all over the world, often supporting critical >>>> customer applications. CloudMonkey is an invaluable tool for interacting >>>> with CloudStack-based clouds, and it's the go-to tool that we recommend to >>>> our customers when they want to use command-line interaction with our >>>> CloudStack platforms." --Robert van der Meulen, Product Strategy Lead, >>>> Leaseweb Global B.V. >>>> >>>> :-D >>>> >>>> I've got a draft at >>>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/14ER9WcNpHjsZBjHV0dL0J6InTDPfhFZmhHFnpr1XyV8/edit?usp=sharing >>>> >>>> Is Andrija a member of the PMC? We can work around this, possibly. >>>> >>>> Many thanks. >>>> >>>> - - - >>>> Vice President Marketing & Publicity >>>> Vice President Sponsor Relations >>>> The Apache Software Foundation >>>> >>>> Tel +1 617 921 8656 | [email protected] >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Mar 19, 2019, at 11:17, Sally Khudairi wrote: >>>>> Thank you, but we also need some diversity here, please. >>>>> >>>>> The ASF is vendor-neutral and does not include multiple quotes from a >>>>> single vendor. Right now we only have testimonials from folks employed by >>>>> ShapeBlue. >>>>> >>>>> How is it that we cannot find a single other user to participate? >>>>> >>>>> @Rohit, I'd like us to consider holding off on announcing this until >>>>> Monday. Let's give folks a chance to respond to the request. >>>>> >>>>> Is there a reason to rush this out for tomorrow? It's not CloudStack >>>>> itself, and it's been a few years since the last major release, so there >>>>> *should* be a bit of wiggle room here. >>>>> >>>>> Your thoughts on this? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> Sally >>>>> >>>>> - - - >>>>> Vice President Marketing & Publicity >>>>> Vice President Sponsor Relations >>>>> The Apache Software Foundation >>>>> >>>>> Tel +1 617 921 8656 | [email protected] >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Mar 19, 2019, at 11:14, Rohit Yadav wrote: >>>>>> Thanks Andrija. (add Sally on the thread) >>>>>> >>>>>> Kindly include Andrija's quote as well, for reference see the quote >>>>>> below. Thanks. >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards, >>>>>> Rohit Yadav >>>>>> >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> www.shapeblue.com >>>>>> @shapeblue >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> *From:* Andrija Panic <[email protected]> >>>>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 19, 2019 6:26:45 PM >>>>>> *To:* [email protected] >>>>>> *Subject:* RE: [Review] CloudMonkey v6.0.0 release announcement review >>>>>> request >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi Sally, >>>>>> >>>>>> Incoming.... : >>>>>> >>>>>> Andrija Panic, who recently joined ShapeBlue as a Cloud Architect, said: >>>>>> "After many years of managing a production CloudStack deployments, I >>>>>> consider CloudMonkey a core tool in anyone's CloudStack toolkit, and now >>>>>> also being available for Windows makes me really happy. I can certainly >>>>>> see a major speed improvements, but also having backward compatibility >>>>>> is what is so great with this new release." >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> www.shapeblue.com >>>>>> Amadeus House, Floral Street, London WC2E 9DPUK >>>>>> @shapeblue >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>> From: Sally Khudairi <[email protected]> >>>>>> Sent: 19 March 2019 13:33 >>>>>> To: Giles Sirett <[email protected]>; Apache CloudStack >>>>>> Marketing <[email protected]> >>>>>> Subject: Re: [Review] CloudMonkey v6.0.0 release announcement review >>>>>> request >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks, Giles. This is great. >>>>>> >>>>>> Ideally we'll have a quote from at least one other user... :-D >>>>>> >>>>>> I can ask someone from the CloudStack community if they can help. Not >>>>>> sure of their availability due to time zones, but I'll keep you posted. >>>>>> >>>>>> Warm regards, >>>>>> Sally >>>>>> >>>>>> - - - >>>>>> Vice President Marketing & Publicity >>>>>> Vice President Sponsor Relations >>>>>> The Apache Software Foundation >>>>>> >>>>>> Tel +1 617 921 8656 | [email protected] >>>>>> >>>>>> On Tue, Mar 19, 2019, at 05:23, Giles Sirett wrote: >>>>>> > Guys, if you want/need a quote: >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > Giles Sirett, CEO of ShapeBlue commented "Cloudmonkey is a effective >>>>>> > tool for the operators of Cloudstack environments and it becomes >>>>>> > essential in large-scale Cloudstack deployments. Its great to see this >>>>>> > new version of cloudmonkey: having a CLI that can run on Windows >>>>>> > desktops as well as linux and Mac is important as we see more enterise >>>>>> > adoption of Apache Cloudstack" >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > Kind regards >>>>>> > Giles >>>>>> > >>>>>> > [email protected] >>>>>> > www.shapeblue.com >>>>>> > Amadeus House, Floral Street, London WC2E 9DPUK @shapeblue >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > -----Original Message----- >>>>>> > From: Rohit Yadav <[email protected]> >>>>>> > Sent: 19 March 2019 07:37 >>>>>> > To: Sally Khudairi <[email protected]>; [email protected]; >>>>>> > Apache >>>>>> > CloudStack Marketing <[email protected]>; >>>>>> > [email protected] >>>>>> > Subject: Re: [Review] CloudMonkey v6.0.0 release announcement review >>>>>> > request >>>>>> > >>>>>> > Hi Sally, >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > Thanks for reviews, please proceed with the changes you've advised. >>>>>> > >>>>>> > While I've requested people already for their quotes, we don't have >>>>>> > any so far. I've reached out to PMCs again today, so please include >>>>>> > any quotes if they do arrive on this thread (on marketing@ ML). >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > I think let's lock on the date, 20th March 2019. After you can confirm >>>>>> > the announcement, I'll send the email to various lists and put the >>>>>> > same on cloudstack asf blog. >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > Regards, >>>>>> > >>>>>> > Rohit Yadav >>>>>> > >>>>>> > Software Architect, ShapeBlue >>>>>> > >>>>>> > https://www.shapeblue.com >>>>>> > >>>>>> > ________________________________ >>>>>> > From: Sally Khudairi <[email protected]> >>>>>> > Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2019 5:46:17 AM >>>>>> > To: Rohit Yadav; [email protected]; Apache CloudStack >>>>>> > Marketing; [email protected] >>>>>> > Subject: Re: [Review] CloudMonkey v6.0.0 release announcement review >>>>>> > request >>>>>> > >>>>>> > Hello again, Rohit --following up on this: >>>>>> > >>>>>> > - we need a headline and subhead; how about >>>>>> > >>>>>> > The Apache Software Foundation Announces Apache(r) CloudMonkey(r) v6.0 >>>>>> > >>>>>> > Popular Open Source Command Line Interface Tool Simplifies Apache >>>>>> > CloudStack Configuration and Management >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > - we'll need to update the ASF boilerplate. I can do that on my end. >>>>>> > >>>>>> > If we're aiming to announce on 20 March, we'll need to lock in the >>>>>> > copy no later than 6PM ET (UTC -5) on Tuesday 19 March. Do you have >>>>>> > additional testimonials to include? >>>>>> > >>>>>> > Are there any outstanding issues that I can help with? >>>>>> > >>>>>> > Kind thanks, >>>>>> > Sally >>>>>> > >>>>>> > - - - >>>>>> > Vice President Marketing & Publicity >>>>>> > Vice President Sponsor Relations >>>>>> > The Apache Software Foundation >>>>>> > >>>>>> > Tel +1 617 921 8656 | [email protected] >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > [email protected] >>>>>> > www.shapeblue.com >>>>>> > Amadeus House, Floral Street, London WC2E 9DPUK @shapeblue >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > On Thu, Mar 14, 2019, at 04:56, Rohit Yadav wrote: >>>>>> > >>>>>> > All, >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > Kindly review the release announcement for CloudMonkey v6.0.0, and >>>>>> > also share your quotes/comments that we can use in the release wrt >>>>>> > cloudmonkey v6.0: >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > ### START ### >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > <Date: 20 March 2019> - The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), the >>>>>> > all-volunteer developers, stewards, and incubators of more than 350 >>>>>> > Open Source projects and initiatives, announced today Apache(r) >>>>>> > CloudStack(r) CloudMonkey v6.0, the latest version of the turnkey >>>>>> > enterprise Cloud orchestration platform's command line interface tool. >>>>>> > >>>>>> > Apache CloudStack is the proven, highly scalable, and easy-to-deploy >>>>>> > IaaS platform used for rapidly creating private, public, and hybrid >>>>>> > Cloud environments. Thousands of large-scale public Cloud providers >>>>>> > and enterprise organizations use Apache CloudStack to enable billions >>>>>> > of dollars worth of business transactions annually across their clouds. >>>>>> > Apache CloudMonkey v6.0.0 is the latest major release since the >>>>>> > previous major 5.x release in September 2013. CloudMonkey v6.0.0 is a >>>>>> > rewrite of the original tool in Go programming language, and can be >>>>>> > used both as an interactive shell and as a command line tool that >>>>>> > simplifies CloudStack configuration and management. >>>>>> > >>>>>> > Some of the new features and major changes include: >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > * Rewrite in Go, ships as single binary for Linux, Mac, and Windows >>>>>> > * Drop-in replacement for legacy Python-based cloudmonkey >>>>>> > * About 5-20x faster than legacy Python-based cloudmonkey >>>>>> > * Interactive UX for parameter and arg completion and selection >>>>>> > * JSON is the default output format >>>>>> > * New column based output >>>>>> > * Enable debug mode using set debug true option, file-based logging >>>>>> > removed >>>>>> > * Per server profile based API cache >>>>>> > * New syntax arg=@/path/to/file to pass the content of file as API >>>>>> > argument value similar to curl >>>>>> > * Improve help docs using -h argument >>>>>> > * Removed: XML output, coloured output, several set options >>>>>> > >>>>>> > "This release is the work of over one year of effort and driven by the >>>>>> > people operating CloudStack clouds," said Rohit Yadav, Apache >>>>>> > CloudStack CloudMonkey v6.0 author, and release manager. "I would like >>>>>> > to thank the contributors across all of these organizations for >>>>>> > supporting this release, which reflects both the user-driven nature of >>>>>> > our community and the Apache CloudStack project's commitment to >>>>>> > continue to be the most stable, easily deployable, scalable Open >>>>>> > Source platform for IaaS. Along with ease of installation, usage and >>>>>> > availability of cross-platform dependency-free builds including >>>>>> > Windows builds, v6.0 brings many changes and optimizations such as >>>>>> > more interactive shell for parameter completion, faster API requests >>>>>> > processing, server profile specific API caching, improved API help >>>>>> > docs and a new syntax to pass content of files as API parameter >>>>>> > argument." >>>>>> > The background and story of v6.0 effort was recently blogged here: >>>>>> > https://www.shapeblue.com/whats-coming-in-the-new-cloudmonkey-6-0/ >>>>>> > >>>>>> > <stick more quotes from community members, kindly share your >>>>>> > comments!> >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > Downloads and Documentation >>>>>> > >>>>>> > The official source code for CloudMonkey v6.0.0 can be downloaded from >>>>>> > http://cloudstack.apache.org/downloads.html. The community-maintained >>>>>> > builds are available at the project's Github release page at >>>>>> > https://github.com/apache/cloudstack-cloudmonkey/releases >>>>>> > >>>>>> > CloudMonkey's usage is documented at >>>>>> > https://github.com/apache/cloudstack-cloudmonkey/wiki >>>>>> > >>>>>> > Availability and Oversight >>>>>> > >>>>>> > 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 downloads, documentation, and ways to become involved >>>>>> > with Apache CloudStack, visit http://cloudstack.apache.org/ and >>>>>> > https://twitter.com/CloudStack >>>>>> > >>>>>> > About The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) >>>>>> > >>>>>> > Established in 1999, the all-volunteer Foundation oversees more than >>>>>> > 350 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 680 >>>>>> > individual Members and 6,500 Committers across six continents >>>>>> > 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 Aetna, Alibaba Cloud Computing, ARM, Baidu, Bloomberg, >>>>>> > Budget Direct, Capital One, Cash Store, Cerner, Cloudera, Comcast, >>>>>> > Facebook, Google, Hortonworks, Huawei, IBM, Inspur, iSIGMA, ODPi, >>>>>> > LeaseWeb, Microsoft, PhoenixNAP, Pivotal, Private Internet Access, Red >>>>>> > Hat, Target, Union Investment, and Yahoo. For more information, visit >>>>>> > http://apache.org/ and https://twitter.com/TheASF >>>>>> > >>>>>> > (c) The Apache Software Foundation. "Apache", "CloudStack", "Apache >>>>>> > CloudStack", and "ApacheCon" 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. >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > ### END ### >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > Regards, >>>>>> > >>>>>> > Rohit Yadav >>>>>> > >>>>>> > Software Architect, ShapeBlue >>>>>> > >>>>>> > https://www.shapeblue.com >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > [email protected] >>>>>> > www.shapeblue.com >>>>>> > @shapeblue >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> >>>> >>> >
