awesome news, congrat cloud will become mainstream platform On Mar 25, 2013 9:19 PM, "Joe Brockmeier" <j...@zonker.net> wrote:
> Sending to users@ - this is now officially official! Please spread the > word on Twitter, Facebook, etc. > > http://is.gd/acsgrad > > Thanks! > > Joe > > Mature, Open Source turn-key platform widely used for delivering > scalable, full-featured Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) clouds. > > Forest Hill, MD –25 March 2013– The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), > the all-volunteer developers, stewards, and incubators of nearly 150 > Open Source projects and initiatives, today announced that Apache > CloudStack has graduated from the Apache Incubator to become a Top-Level > Project (TLP), signifying that the Project's community and products have > been well-governed under the ASF's meritocratic process and principles. > > "When CloudStack first became an Apache Incubator project, it was a > well-established cloud management platform with a mature codebase," said > Chip Childers, Vice President of Apache CloudStack. "Our work in the > Incubator has focused on growing a really strong community around the > code and establishing the governance practices expected of a top-level > project within The Apache Software Foundation." > > Widely used in production by many organizations, CloudStack is formerly > the product of Cloud.com, which was acquired by Citrix in 2011, and was > submitted to the Apache Incubator by Citrix in April 2012. > > Apache CloudStack is a complete software suite for creating > Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) cloud computing in private-, public-, > and hybrid cloud environments. It has been proven to be both stable and > highly scalable, underpinning production clouds with more than 30,000 > physical nodes, in geo-distributed environments. > > "Becoming a TLP is an important step in the project's evolution and > growth," added Childers. "CloudStack had the advantage of having many > long-term, large deployments which had proven the stability and > scalability of the technology. This helped us concentrate on adopting > the 'Apache Way' of governance, which is well understood and open, > delivering so many great pieces of software over the years." > > CloudStack's target environments include service providers and > enterprises; it is used by many service providers to set up an > on-demand, elastic cloud computing services and by enterprises to set up > a private cloud for use by their own employees. Apache CloudStack is > also available to individuals and organizations that wish to study and > implement an IaaS for personal, educational, and/or production use. > > "We believe that Infrastructure-as-a-Service is the next generation of > IT infrastructure, and that people will demand open standards and open > governance for such an important layer in their IT stack," explained > Childers. That is why having the CloudStack project meet the rigorous > standards of ASF governance is so significant." > > Underscoring the ASF's edict of "Community over Code", Childers said: > "we've managed to build a diverse, friendly and very open community > around CloudStack. New participants receive a really warm welcome and we > make sure that all contributors are on an equal footing, whether they > are writing code or helping with any other aspect of the project. > Anybody thinking of getting involved in the project would quickly find > what a great community we are. In addition to online involvement, we've > already had a global collaboration conference and there are many > CloudStack groups established in many different countries." > > 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. Apache CloudStack source code, documentation, mailing lists, > and related resources are available at http://cloudstack.apache.org/. > > About the Apache Incubator > The Apache Incubator is the entry path for projects and codebases > wishing to become part of the efforts at The Apache Software Foundation. > All code donations from external organizations and existing external > projects wishing to join the ASF enter through the Incubator to: 1) > ensure all donations are in accordance with the ASF legal standards; and > 2) develop new communities that adhere to our guiding principles. > Incubation is required of all newly accepted projects until a further > review indicates that the infrastructure, communications, and decision > making process have stabilized in a manner consistent with other > successful ASF projects. While incubation status is not necessarily a > reflection of the completeness or stability of the code, it does > indicate that the project has yet to be fully endorsed by the ASF. For > more information, visit http://incubator.apache.org/. > > About The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) > Established in 1999, the all-volunteer Foundation oversees nearly one > hundred fifty 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 400 individual > Members and 3,500 Committers 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(3)(c) > not-for-profit charity, funded by individual donations and corporate > sponsors including AMD, Basis Technology, Citrix, Cloudera, Facebook, Go > Daddy, Google, HP, Hortonworks, Huawei, IBM, InMotion Hosting, Matt > Mullenweg, Microsoft, PSW Group, SpringSource/VMware, > WANdisco, and Yahoo!. For more information, visit http://www.apache.org/ > or follow @TheASF on Twitter. > > "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. > > # # # > > Contact: > Sally Khudairi > Vice President > The Apache Software Foundation > pr...@apache.org > +1 617 921 8656 > > Best, > > jzb > -- > Joe Brockmeier > j...@zonker.net > Twitter: @jzb > http://www.dissociatedpress.net/ >