Re: [draft for review] -4.9 -press release
Hi everyone --we received the following testimonial from Emil at Codero. Thank you, Emil! “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”. Regards, Sally [From the mobile; please excuse top-posting, spelling/spacing errors, and brevity] - Reply message - From: "Sally Khudairi" To: "Giles Sirett" , "market...@cloudstack.apache.org" , "dev@cloudstack.apache.org" Subject: [draft for review] -4.9 -press release Date: Wed, Aug 17, 2016 12:15 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 To: Sally Khudairi ; "market...@cloudstack.apache.org" ; "dev@cloudstack.apache.org" 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 giles.sir...@shapeblue.com www.shapeblue.com @shapeblue From: Sally Khudairi [mailto:s...@apache.org] Sent: 17 August 2016 17:07 To: market...@cloudstack.apache.org; Giles Sirett ; dev@cloudstack.apache.org; Sally Khudairi 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 Thoughts? Warmly, Sally = = = = = vox +1 617 921 8656 gvox +1 646 598 4616 skype sallykhudairi From: Sally Khudairi To: Giles Sirett ; "market...@cloudstack.apache.org" ; "dev@cloudstack.apache.org" 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 To: "market...@cloudstack.apache.org" ; "dev@cloudstack.apache.org" Cc: Sally Khudairi 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 tes
Re: [draft for review] -4.9 -press release
, 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 >> *To:* Sally Khudairi ; "market...@cloudstack.apache.org" < >> market...@cloudstack.apache.org>; "dev@cloudstack.apache.org" < >> dev@cloudstack.apache.org> >> *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 >> >> giles.sir...@shapeblue.com >> www.shapeblue.com >> @shapeblue >> >> >> *From:* Sally Khudairi [mailto:s...@apache.org] >> *Sent:* 17 August 2016 17:07 >> *To:* market...@cloudstack.apache.org; Giles Sirett < >> giles.sir...@shapeblue.com>; dev@cloudstack.apache.org; Sally Khudairi < >> s...@apache.org> >> *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 >> >> Thoughts? >> >> Warmly, >> Sally >> >> = = = = = >> vox +1 617 921 8656 >> gvox +1 646 598 4616 >> skype sallykhudairi >> >> -- >> *From:* Sally Khudairi >> *To:* Giles Sirett ; " >> market...@cloudstack.apache.org" ; " >> dev@cloudstack.apache.org" >> *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 >> *To:* "market...@cloudstack.apache.org" ; >> "dev@cloudstack.apache.org" >> *Cc:* Sally Khudairi >> *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
Re: [draft for review] -4.9 -press release
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 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 > *To:* Sally Khudairi ; "market...@cloudstack.apache.org" < > market...@cloudstack.apache.org>; "dev@cloudstack.apache.org" < > dev@cloudstack.apache.org> > *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 > > giles.sir...@shapeblue.com > www.shapeblue.com > @shapeblue > > > *From:* Sally Khudairi [mailto:s...@apache.org] > *Sent:* 17 August 2016 17:07 > *To:* market...@cloudstack.apache.org; Giles Sirett < > giles.sir...@shapeblue.com>; dev@cloudstack.apache.org; Sally Khudairi < > s...@apache.org> > *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 > > Thoughts? > > Warmly, > Sally > > = = = = = > vox +1 617 921 8656 > gvox +1 646 598 4616 > skype sallykhudairi > > -- > *From:* Sally Khudairi > *To:* Giles Sirett ; " > market...@cloudstack.apache.org" ; " > dev@cloudstack.apache.org" > *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 > *To:* "market...@cloudstack.apache.org" ; > "dev@cloudstack.apache.org" > *Cc:* Sally Khudairi > *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 th
Re: [draft for review] -4.9 -press release
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 8656gvox +1 646 598 4616skype
sallykhudairi
From: Giles Sirett
To: Sally Khudairi ; "market...@cloudstack.apache.org"
; "dev@cloudstack.apache.org"
Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2016 12:10 PM
Subject: RE: [draft for review] -4.9 -press release
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div.yiv4977100104WordSection1 {}#yiv4977100104 Sally All noted. I’m asking some
folks for a quote – will come back to you Kind Regards Giles
giles.sir...@shapeblue.com
www.shapeblue.com
@shapeblue
From: Sally Khudairi [mailto:s...@apache.org]
Sent: 17 August 2016 17:07
To: market...@cloudstack.apache.org; Giles Sirett ;
dev@cloudstack.apache.org; Sally Khudairi
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/an
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 giles.sir...@shapeblue.com www.shapeblue.com 53 Chandos Place, Covent Garden, London WC2N 4HSUK @shapeblue From: Sally Khudairi [mailto:s...@apache.org] Sent: 17 August 2016 17:07 To: market...@cloudstack.apache.org; Giles Sirett ; dev@cloudstack.apache.org; Sally Khudairi 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 Thoughts? Warmly, Sally = = = = = vox +1 617 921 8656 gvox +1 646 598 4616 skype sallykhudairi From: Sally Khudairi mailto:s...@apache.org>> To: Giles Sirett mailto:giles.sir...@shapeblue.com>>; "market...@cloudstack.apache.org<mailto:market...@cloudstack.apache.org>" mailto:market...@cloudstack.apache.org>>; "dev@cloudstack.apache.org<mailto:dev@cloudstack.apache.org>" mailto:dev@cloudstack.apache.org>> 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 mailto:giles.sir...@shapeblue.com>> To: "market...@cloudstack.apache.org<mailto:market...@cloudstack.apache.org>" mailto:market...@cloudstack.apache.org>>; "dev@cloudstack.apache.org<mailto:dev@cloudstack.apache.org>" mailto:dev@cloudstack.apache.org>> Cc: Sally Khudairi mailto:s...@apache.org>> 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 giles.sir...@shapeblue.com<mailto:giles.sir...@shapeblue.com> www.shapeblue.com<http://www.shapeblue.com> @shapeblue From: Sally Khudairi [mailto:s...@apache.org] Sent: 17 August 2016 13:50 To: Giles Sirett mailto:giles.sir...@shapeblue.com>>; market...@cloudstack.apache.org<mailto:market...@cloudstack.apache.org> 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 mailto:giles.sir...@shapeblu
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
Thoughts?
Warmly,
Sally = = = = = vox +1 617 921 8656gvox +1 646 598 4616skype sallykhudairi
From: Sally Khudairi
To: Giles Sirett ;
"market...@cloudstack.apache.org" ;
"dev@cloudstack.apache.org"
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 8656gvox +1 646 598 4616skype sallykhudairi
From: Giles Sirett
To: "market...@cloudstack.apache.org" ;
"dev@cloudstack.apache.org"
Cc: Sally Khudairi
Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2016 9:11 AM
Subject: RE: [draft for review] -4.9 -press release
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div.yiv0330137803WordSection1 {}#yiv0330137803 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 giles.sir...@shapeblue.com
www.shapeblue.com
@shapeblue
From: Sally Khudairi [mailto:s...@apache.org]
Sent: 17 August 2016 13:50
To: Giles Sirett ; market...@cloudstack.apache.org
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 annou
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 8656gvox +1 646 598 4616skype sallykhudairi From: Giles Sirett To: "market...@cloudstack.apache.org" ; "dev@cloudstack.apache.org" Cc: Sally Khudairi 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 giles.sir...@shapeblue.com www.shapeblue.com @shapeblue From: Sally Khudairi [mailto:s...@apache.org] Sent: 17 August 2016 13:50 To: Giles Sirett ; market...@cloudstack.apache.org 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 To: "market...@cloudstack.apache.org" Cc: Sally Khudairi 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 bee
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 giles.sir...@shapeblue.com www.shapeblue.com 53 Chandos Place, Covent Garden, London WC2N 4HSUK @shapeblue From: Sally Khudairi [mailto:s...@apache.org] Sent: 17 August 2016 13:50 To: Giles Sirett ; market...@cloudstack.apache.org 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 mailto:giles.sir...@shapeblue.com>> To: "market...@cloudstack.apache.org<mailto:market...@cloudstack.apache.org>" mailto:market...@cloudstack.apache.org>> Cc: Sally Khudairi mailto:s...@apache.org>> 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 at http://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, Tat
