Great; thank you, Giles. I'll get back on the draft later today. Feel free to ping if you need anything in the interim.
Best, Sally - - - Vice President Marketing & Publicity Vice President Sponsor Relations The Apache Software Foundation Tel +1 617 921 8656 | [email protected] On Tue, Jan 12, 2021, at 12:05, Giles Sirett wrote: > Hi Sally (I've dropped the people CCd and just kept this to the marketing > list) > > That’s great - thanks > Your draft crossed with Rohits email from this morning with some edits > on the features and URLs I've therefore pasted the updated feature > list in your draft and consolidated the two different sets of URLs > > I've put some feelers out for quotes - will drop them straight in as > soon as I receive any > > > Kind regards > Giles > > [email protected] > www.shapeblue.com > 3 London Bridge Street, 3rd floor, News Building, London SE1 9SGUK > @shapeblue > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sally Khudairi <[email protected]> > Sent: 12 January 2021 16:27 > To: Giles Sirett <[email protected]>; Apache CloudStack > Marketing <[email protected]> > Cc: Sven Vogel <[email protected]>; Daan Hoogland > <[email protected]>; Wido den Hollander <[email protected]>; > Simon Weller <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: draft [ANNOUNCE]ment version 4.15 [DISCUSS] > > Hello again, everyone --I hope you are all well. > > I decided to change the announcement a bit; the draft is available at > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NJpmdu385Ivxi38ja7TI9M_W48IlPJWCqh8lX_yrhrs/edit?usp=sharing > > ...credentials are set to "Comment" so I can track progress and > incorporate edits. I'm happy to issue the press release on the wire > whenever we're ready. > > Kindly note that I have a placeholder quote for Sven (please > edit/adjust/de-"Sally-fy" as appropriate), as well as at least one > other testimonial. Ideally we'll have at least three quotes in a press > release. Is there anyone from the CloudStack Marketing list interest in > dropping something in? > > Do let me know your thoughts on the tone and content. > > Best, > Sally > > - - - > Vice President Marketing & Publicity > Vice President Sponsor Relations > The Apache Software Foundation > > Tel +1 617 921 8656 | [email protected] > > On Mon, Jan 11, 2021, at 10:08, Sally Khudairi wrote: > > Thank you, Giles; hello, everyone. > > > > We might be making this a "Project press release" vs. "ASF Project > > Milestone" announcement. Minor difference, primarily of the voice as > > well as testimonials (you can include more Committers, vs. corporate > > users if needed). > > > > The Gartner pointer is too old to be impressive at this stage. Any > > idea of a more recent analyst highlight? > > > > What's your intended timeframe for this? > > > > Best, > > Sally > > > > - - - > > Vice President Marketing & Publicity > > Vice President Sponsor Relations > > The Apache Software Foundation > > > > Tel +1 617 921 8656 | [email protected] > > > > On Mon, Jan 11, 2021, at 09:53, Giles Sirett wrote: > > > Hi Daan > > > [Sally in CC by way of a heads-up that this is coming] > > > > > > Good start. I've updated below to keep more inline with previous > > > release announcements and also added a summary of the 4.15 major > > > enhancements > > > > > > It would be good if we can get a couple of quotes from: > > > a) release Manager (you) > > > b) VP - Sven > > > c) some users - I've copied Wido and Si as theyre usually an easy > > > touch for a quote 😊 > > > > > > Anybody happy to send in a quote, reply to this thread and I'll edit > > > it into the release > > > > > > = ========= [start]======== > > > > > > The Apache Software Foundation Announces Apache® CloudStack® v 4.15 > > > Mature Open Source Enterprise Cloud platform powers billions of > > > dollars in transactions for the world's largest Cloud providers, > > > Fortune 5 multinationals, educational institutions, and more. > > > > > > The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), the all-volunteer developers, > > > stewards, and incubators of more than 350 Open Source projects and > > > initiatives, announced today Apache® CloudStack® 4.15, the latest > > > version of the mature, turnkey enterprise Cloud orchestration platform. > > > > > > Apache CloudStack is the proven, highly scalable IaaS platform of > > > choice to rapidly and easily create private, public, and hybrid > > > Cloud > > > environments: it "just works". Apache CloudStack includes the entire > > > "stack" of features in an IaaS cloud: compute orchestration, > > > Network-as-a-Service, user and account management, full and open > > > native API, resource accounting, and a first-class user interface. > > > > > > [Insert quote from VP/User/etc) > > > > > > The new 4.15 release ships with over 200 new features, improvements > > > and bug fixes including: > > > > > > -A new, modern user interface at general availability -Secondary > > > storage Management tools -vSphere advanced capabilities to support > > > VMware storage policies, vSAN, VMFS6, etc -"deploy-as-is" templates > > > for deploying virtual appliances in CloudStack clouds -Roles based > > > users in projects -Dynamic roles enhancements for more granular RBAC > > > -Configure root disk via service offering -noVNC console for > > > performance improvements to VM console access -Redfish support for > > > out of band management Support for Centos 8, Ubuntu 20.4, XCP-ng 8.1 > > > and MySQL 8 -Boot into hardware setup > > > > > > > > > [another nice quote from somebody] > > > > > > # Documentation > > > The full list of new features can be found in the project release > > > notes at > > > http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/4.15.0.0/releasenotes/changes.h > > > tml The CloudStack documentation includes upgrade instructions from > > > previous versions of Apache CloudStack, and can be found at: > > > http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/4.15.0.0/upgrading/index.html > > > The official installation, administration and API documentation for > > > each of the releases are available on our documentation page: > > > http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/ > > > > > > # Downloads > > > The official source code for the 4.15.0.0 release can be downloaded > > > from our downloads page: > > > http://cloudstack.apache.org/downloads.html > > > > > > In addition to the official source code release, individual > > > contributors have also made convenience binaries available on the > > > Apache CloudStack download page, and can be found at: > > > http://download.cloudstack.org/ubuntu/dists/ > > > http://download.cloudstack.org/centos/7/ > > > http://www.shapeblue.com/packages/ > > > > > > Apache CloudStack powers numerous elastic Cloud computing services, > > > including solutions that have ranked as Gartner Magic Quadrant leaders. > > > Highlighted in the Forrester Q4 2017 Enterprise Open Source Cloud > > > Adoption report, Apache CloudStack "sits beneath hundreds of service > > > provider clouds", including Fortune 5 multinational corporations. A > > > list of known Apache CloudStack users are available at > > > http://cloudstack.apache.org/users.html > > > > > > ======[ends]=== ==================== > > > > > > Kind regards > > > Giles > > > > > > [email protected] > > > www.shapeblue.com > > > 3 London Bridge Street, 3rd floor, News Building, London SE1 9SGUK > > > @shapeblue > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Daan Hoogland <[email protected]> > > > Sent: 11 January 2021 13:23 > > > To: Apache CloudStack Marketing <[email protected]>; > > > dev <[email protected]> > > > Subject: draft [ANNOUNCE]ment version 4.15 [DISCUSS] > > > > > > As a draft announcement and discussion item the text for an > > > announcement mail below. Note that the features list is far from > > > complete and any suggestions on that will be incorporated. > > > > > > > > > *The Apache Software Foundation Announces Apache**®** > > > CloudStack**®** v4.15* > > > > > > The Apache CloudStack project is pleased to announce the release of > > > Apache CloudStack v4.15. Apache CloudStack 4.15 is a 4.15 LTS > > > release which contains over 250 new features, enhancements and fixes > > > since 4.14, such as > > > - advanced capabilities for Vmware, > > > - a UI overhaul, > > > - DB engine support for mysql 8. > > > > > > Highlights include: > > > > > > - Supporting advanced storage configuration for VMware > > > - VMware 7 support > > > - New UI > > > > > > # Documentation > > > The full list of new features can be found in the project release > > > notes at > > > http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/4.15.0.0/releasenotes/changes.h > > > tml The CloudStack documentation includes upgrade instructions from > > > previous versions of Apache CloudStack, and can be found at: > > > http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/4.15.0.0/upgrading/index.html > > > The official installation, administration and API documentation for > > > each of the releases are available on our documentation page: > > > http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/ > > > > > > # Downloads > > > The official source code for the 4.15.0.0 release can be downloaded > > > from our downloads page: > > > http://cloudstack.apache.org/downloads.html > > > > > > In addition to the official source code release, individual > > > contributors have also made convenience binaries available on the > > > Apache CloudStack download page, and can be found at: > > > http://download.cloudstack.org/ubuntu/dists/ > > > http://download.cloudstack.org/centos/7/ > > > http://www.shapeblue.com/packages/ > > > > > > Apache CloudStack powers numerous elastic Cloud computing services, > > > including solutions that have ranked as Gartner Magic Quadrant leaders. > > > Highlighted in the Forrester Q4 2017 Enterprise Open Source Cloud > > > Adoption report, Apache CloudStack "sits beneath hundreds of service > > > provider clouds", including Fortune 5 multinational corporations. A > > > list of known Apache CloudStack users are available at > > > http://cloudstack.apache.org/users.html > > > > > > -- > > > Daan > > > >
