February 2013 - Marketing - lists.openinfra.dev

[OpenStack Marketing] OpenStack Analyst Day 4/15
by Lauren Sell 21 Feb '13

21 Feb '13

Hi everyone, The 2013 OpenStack Analyst Day will be April 15th in Portland, and we have already confirmed that Gartner and Forrester will be in attendance. This is a private event, where analysts can hear directly from OpenStack users, who can share their experiences in confidence even if they are not comfortable doing so publicly. We are looking for big name users with interesting private cloud use cases. If your company has a customer that fits this description, we would like to connect with them ASAP and confirm their attendance. We may also be able to help with travel costs, and will make sure your customer is prepared and treated well. Ideal OpenStack Private Cloud use cases: Brand name company and speaker who can articulate business case in addition to technical overview (senior IT leader) Operational, supporting users and mission-critical workloads in production (not dev/test, academic computing, research, pilot not yet rolled out, etc.) Running at scale - thousands of cores or users (multi-region / availability zones a plus) Any operational history, performance metrics and business results delivered Segments of interest: Retail SaaS apps / large scale web apps Gaming Finance Large Enterprises Benefits to your company: Attribution as a solution provider for the customer, in their presentation and on the day's schedule You can send a representative to the presentation, to participate in the post-presentation Q&A Note that we are also organizing a servive provider panel, so if you or your customers operate large scale OpenStack public clouds, we will be in touch separately to organize that session. Other data points we are looking for to prepare for Analyst Day: Major product announcements in 2013 Any stats regarding momentum (increase in customer interest, deployments, etc) Investment news (company funding, hiring / job openings etc) We have quite a few RSVPs already, but please let us know if there are any specific analysts you would like to see in attendance. Thanks, Lauren

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Re: [OpenStack Marketing] WHD
by Simon Anderson 21 Feb '13

21 Feb '13

Marianna & kathy, I may be at WHD presenting on a panel with Dell on March 20. I could potentially do a 3 hour slot in the OpenStack booth telling the DreamHost story of contributing to and using OpenStack. I'd also be happy to do any other supporting things at the show. On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 4:00 AM, <marketing-request(a)lists.openstack.org>wrote: > Send Marketing mailing list submissions to > marketing(a)lists.openstack.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/marketing > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > marketing-request(a)lists.openstack.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > marketing-owner(a)lists.openstack.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Marketing digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Requesting European volunteers to help staff the OpenStack > booth at World Hosting Days, 19-21 March in Rust, Germany > (kathyc(a)openstack.org) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2013 12:18:55 -0600 (CST) > From: kathyc(a)openstack.org > To: marketing(a)lists.openstack.org, community(a)lists.openstack.org > Cc: Marianna Raffaele <m.raffaele05(a)gmail.com> > Subject: [OpenStack Marketing] Requesting European volunteers to help > staff the OpenStack booth at World Hosting Days, 19-21 March in > Rust, > Germany > Message-ID: <1361384335.187222680(a)mail.openstack.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > > > > Marianna Raffaele in the UK is helping coordinate OpenStack's presence at > World Hosting Days 2013. Please support her on this request for booth > staff volunteers. Thank you to StackOps and eNovance for their commitments > to date! > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > The OpenStack Foundation is the proud Gold Sponsor of World Hosting Days > 2013 (WHD.global) in Germany, one of the largest worldwide hosting events > with over 4,200 attendees from the international hosting industry. > > > At this event, OpenStack will raise awareness of the value of OpenStack > cloud software for hosting and SaaS providers, including the pace of > innovation, terrific community, ecosystem of tools and applications, and > economies of scale. We will focus our participation on our users which are > achieving these benefits. We're pleased to announce Kurt Garloff of > Deutsche Telekom AG will speak about their use of OpenStack in a general > session on 21 March. > > > We're looking for a few volunteers from our member and sponsor companies > to help staff the OpenStack booth. Here are the details, for your > consideration. Thank you. > > > Event Logistics: > > Dates: 19-21 March, 9am-6pm > > Location: Europa Park, Rust, Germany (near Frankfurt) > > Agenda: See attached > > Type of volunteers: People who can converse about the value and benefits > of OpenStack, and have experienced these directly or indirectly with their > hosting clients. > > Availability at the booth: There are 3 hour time slots available all three > days; volunteer for one or more at your convenience. > > Registration: You will be provided with a code to register for the event > free of charge and to book accommodation (if needed) in one of the > recommended hotels at a discounted rate. > > We would love to hear from you and have your OpenStack skilled people on > board to represent us during this event! > > > Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. > > > I look forward to hearing from you. > > > Kind regards, > Marianna Raffaele > Events Assistant > OpenStack Foundation > > [mailto:m.raffaele05@gmail.com] m.raffaele05(a)gmail.com > Tel. [http://tel:%2B44%207940%20889129] +44 7940 889129 > [http://www.worldhostingdays.com/eng/index.php] > http://www.worldhostingdays.com/eng/index.php > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Regards, > > Kathy Cacciatore > OpenStack Industry Event Planner > 1-512-970-2807 (mobile) > Part time: Monday - Thursday, 9am - 2pm US CT > kathyc(a)openstack.org >

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[OpenStack Marketing] Looking for a technical writer on a project basis.
by Sandeep Singh Kohli 21 Feb '13

21 Feb '13

Team, I am looking for a technical writer in the orchestration (preferably cloud networking) space. Can you please recommend someone that you have personally worked with. Need this on an immediate basis and preference is in the Silicon Valley/SF bay area. PS: Lauren, my apologies if this is not the intent of the alias - thought where better to tap than into this marketing brain bank. Best, Sandeep. Sr. Mgr, Marketing, Cloud Orchestration, Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.

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[OpenStack Marketing] Open Marketing Meeting Feb27
by Lauren Sell 21 Feb '13

21 Feb '13

Hi everyone, The next OpenStack open marketing meeting is scheduled for February 27 at 10 am CST / 16:00 UTC. In the next meeting, we'd like to run through through the marketing slides presented in the February 12 board meeting, including marketing plans for the year and an update on the Summits. Please let me know if there are any specific questions or topics you'd like to discuss, and we'll add them to the agenda. We've also been asked to adjust the monthly meetings an hour earlier to better accommodate schedules in Asia. If we continue to grow participants, we should consider scheduling two separate meetings to cover time zones. REGISTER FOR THE MEETING http://openstack.enterthemeeting.com/m/FEKH7ZB3 password: openstack SUBSCRIBE TO THE OPENSTACK MARKETING CALENDAR We've also set up a google calendar feed, so you can subscribe to the meetings and events moving forward -- iCal: http://www.google.com/calendar/ical/openstack.org_rvn1khmtu6pec9f7cl95rfhbk… HTML: http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=openstack.org_rvn1khmtu6pec9f7cl95… Thanks for your continued participation and support. Best, Lauren 713-398-8700

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[OpenStack Marketing] Requesting European volunteers to help staff the OpenStack booth at World Hosting Days, 19-21 March in Rust, Germany
by kathyc＠openstack.org 20 Feb '13

20 Feb '13

Marianna Raffaele in the UK is helping coordinate OpenStack's presence at World Hosting Days 2013. Please support her on this request for booth staff volunteers. Thank you to StackOps and eNovance for their commitments to date! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The OpenStack Foundation is the proud Gold Sponsor of World Hosting Days 2013 (WHD.global) in Germany, one of the largest worldwide hosting events with over 4,200 attendees from the international hosting industry. At this event, OpenStack will raise awareness of the value of OpenStack cloud software for hosting and SaaS providers, including the pace of innovation, terrific community, ecosystem of tools and applications, and economies of scale. We will focus our participation on our users which are achieving these benefits. We're pleased to announce Kurt Garloff of Deutsche Telekom AG will speak about their use of OpenStack in a general session on 21 March. We're looking for a few volunteers from our member and sponsor companies to help staff the OpenStack booth. Here are the details, for your consideration. Thank you. Event Logistics: Dates: 19-21 March, 9am-6pm Location: Europa Park, Rust, Germany (near Frankfurt) Agenda: See attached Type of volunteers: People who can converse about the value and benefits of OpenStack, and have experienced these directly or indirectly with their hosting clients. Availability at the booth: There are 3 hour time slots available all three days; volunteer for one or more at your convenience. Registration: You will be provided with a code to register for the event free of charge and to book accommodation (if needed) in one of the recommended hotels at a discounted rate. We would love to hear from you and have your OpenStack skilled people on board to represent us during this event! Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. I look forward to hearing from you. Kind regards, Marianna Raffaele Events Assistant OpenStack Foundation [mailto:m.raffaele05@gmail.com] m.raffaele05(a)gmail.com Tel. [http://tel:%2B44%207940%20889129] +44 7940 889129 [http://www.worldhostingdays.com/eng/index.php] http://www.worldhostingdays.com/eng/index.php ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regards, Kathy Cacciatore OpenStack Industry Event Planner 1-512-970-2807 (mobile) Part time: Monday - Thursday, 9am - 2pm US CT kathyc(a)openstack.org

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[OpenStack Marketing] OpenStack Q4 2012 Media Analysis
by Lauren Sell 15 Feb '13

15 Feb '13

Hi everyone, We commissioned a Q4 2012 media analysis from TrendKite and wanted to share the results. It's pretty amazing to see how OpenStack is driving trends and coverage of the cloud computing industry, and you can see additional detail by region and company. I discussed the report in the Board Meeting on Tuesday, and received some very positive feedback. One of the next steps for future reports will be to include vCloud. As a reminder, the data is for Q4 2012 (October 1, 2012 - December 31, 2012), and we'll continue producing and sharing reports like this on a quarterly basis. https://speakerdeck.com/openstack/openstack-q4-2012-media-analysis Best, Lauren

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[OpenStack Marketing] Inviting OpenStack partners to join us at OSCON 2013
by kathyc＠openstack.org 15 Feb '13

15 Feb '13

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[OpenStack Marketing] Reminder, Sponsorship Agreement posted Today!
by Claire Massey 01 Feb '13

01 Feb '13

A note for those interested in sponsoring the April OpenStack Summit in Portland… The Sponsorship Agreement is now live at: https://www.openstack.org/summit/portland-2013/ In an effort to maintain fairness, limited sponsorships will be fulfilled on a first come, first serve basis with a signed agreement. As a reminder, if you are interested in sponsoring an evening event, please be prepared to rank your time/time preferences when you sign the agreement. Please check the Summit website for updated sponsorship package and evening event availability: https://www.openstack.org/summit/portland-2013/how-to-sponsor/ Registration is also live today, and please continue checking back to the Summit website for updates as they are available. We look forward to seeing you in Portland! Cheers, Claire Massey OpenStack Marketing Coordinator claire(a)openstack.org

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