April 2013 - Marketing - lists.openinfra.dev

[OpenStack Marketing] Network World Media Opp
by Lauren Sell 12 Apr '13

12 Apr '13

Brandon Butler from Network World is planning an article for Tuesday, April 16, which will include a slideshow all OpenStack-related product news happening around the Summit timeframe. If you would like your product news to be included in the slideshow, please fill out the attached template provided by Brandon and send it to openstack(a)jones-dilworth.com (copied) by Friday, April 12. He will honor embargoes if you clearly mark the date/time of your announcement. Please contact me if you have any questions. Thanks! Lauren

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[OpenStack Marketing] OpenStack CEE Day
by Márton Kiss 08 Apr '13

08 Apr '13

Hi Everyone, The OpenStack CEE Day website is now alive here: http://openstackceeday.com We are looking for sponsors and speakers for this 1 day event that covers the Central European Region. OpenStack presence is growing here, and beside strengthening your brand, this event also offers a good option to meet with new talents looking for job in the cloud industry. We are expecting around 300 attendees from Hungary and neighborhood countries, and actively using the newly created regional user groups (including OpenStack and Python), local media for event advertising. So if you are interested or like to get more information about the event, please drop me an email at event(a)openstackceeday.com or meet with me personally at Portland Summit. Regards, Márton Kiss, CTO Xemeti Kft. Phone: +36202733115

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[OpenStack Marketing] Grizzly Release
by Lauren Sell 04 Apr '13

04 Apr '13

Hi everyone, The Grizzly release is out today, and the press release is now live! Please retweet @openstack https://twitter.com/OpenStack/status/319834067153612800 and promote the URL OpenStack.org/Grizzly. Helpful materials: Grizzly URL: http://www.openstack.org/grizzly Press release: https://www.openstack.org/software/grizzly/press-release PPT deck: http://www.slideshare.net/laurensell/openstack-grizzly-release PTL Release Notes: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/ReleaseNotes/Grizzly Grizzly Dashboard demo video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4eW78gHfCg Grizzly Dashboard screenshots: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ubswbkts9m5u137/4HGtaYVr0i/Grizzly%20Dashboard%2… Key stats: Over 517 contributors to Grizzly; a 56% increase from Folsom release Top 12 companies contributing Red Hat, Rackspace, IBM, HP, Nebula, Intel, eNovance, Canonical, VMware, Cloudscaling, DreamHost and SINA Approximately 230 new features 5 new Networking plugins and 10 total Block Storage Plugins & Drivers drivers 7,620 patches merged during in the Grizzly development cycle On average, we deploy an OpenStack cloud for testing 700 times per day Best, Lauren

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[OpenStack Marketing] Several 2013 Conference Call for Papers (speaking opportunities) Deadlines Approaching
by Kathy Cacciatore 03 Apr '13

03 Apr '13

If you'd like to be considered for a speaking session about OpenStack at key 2013 industry and regional events, several Call for Papers (CFP) deadlines are approaching. Here is a list in deadline order with links for submissions. We appreciate your participation, especially with new success stories and topics! Here is a list in CFP deadline order with links for submissions. PyCon Australia speaker [http://2013.pycon-au.org/programme/call_for_proposals] deadline is this Friday, April 5th! Get your submissions in quickly if you’re interested in speaking. The event is July 5-7th, with a Python on OpenStack mini-conference organized by Aptira on July 5th. The CFP for the mini-conf closes on April 15th - submit your topic at [http://aptira.wufoo.com/forms/pyconau2013-openstack-miniconf-call-for-prese…] http://aptira.wufoo.com/forms/pyconau2013-openstack-miniconf-call-for-prese… The Call for Papers for [http://www.cloudcomputingexpo.com/general/papers2013east.htm] Cloud Expo East deadline is also this Friday, April 5! Event is June 10-13th in New York City. [http://www.openstack-israel.org/] OpenStack Israel 2013. Join Jonathan Bryce on the agenda on May 27th. Call for Speakers open until April 15th. Sponsor speaking opportunities are still available for [http://www.gluecon.com/2013/] GlueCon, held May 22-23rd in Broomfield, CO. Get your sponsor requests in asap if interested. [http://utrconf.com/nominate-to-present/] Under the Radar submissions accepted on a rolling basis, but we recommend getting them in soon to be considered. The call for papers is open until April 26th for [http://poweringthecloud.com/call4papers_2013.php] Powering the Cloud, a SNW Europe, Virtualization World and Datacenter Technologies co-located conference in Germany. held October 29-30th. [http://www.cloudconnectevent.com/chicago/call-for-submissions/] Cloud Connect Chicago open for submissions through April 29th. Event dates are October 21-24th. [http://velocityconf.com/velocityny2013/public/cfp/261] O’Reilly Velocity is open for submissions until April 29th. Conference taking place in New York City, October 14-16th. [https://www.usenix.org/conference/lisa13/call-for-participation] Usenix LISA 2013 Call for Participation is open until April 30th. Event is November 3-8th in Washington, D.C. [https://ep2013.europython.eu/call-for-proposals] EuroPython 2013. The event is July 1-7th in Florence, Italy; please submit your sessions and development sprints soon! [http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/linuxcon] LinuxCon North America and co-hosted event, [http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/cloudopen/cfp] CloudOpen North America, accepting submissions until June 17th. Events held together on September 16-18th in New Orleans, LA. -- 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 in the.org pavilion at the MySQL Users Conference and Expo - let's make it work!
by Kathy Cacciatore 02 Apr '13

02 Apr '13

Thanks to Mark Atwood for fielding the offer for an OpenStack presence at the MySQL conference in the Santa Clara Convention Center. I spoke to the .org pavilion organizer today. The offer is no charge and includes a 6' table, chairs, sign and 1 electrical outlet (no Internet). We can do this with enough volunteers. I'll support it by drawing up a booth volunteer schedule and shipping the following: - tablecloth - hanging banner - 6' popup quickscreen summarizing the software - collateral - stickers to giveaway - pens to giveaway - videos and ppt presentations in a Dropbox for advance download to laptops (no monitor rental; and no Internet for onsite download) Mark has offered to setup and Colin McNamara has volunteered for Wednesday, I assume for the daytime hours. We need a bunch of volunteers to make this work. The expo hours are Monday, 4/22, 1:00-4:15 setup (Mark Atwood) Monday, 4/22 4:30-6:30 opening reception Tuesday, 4/23 10:20-5:20 Wednesday 4/24: 10:20-4:50 (Colin McNamara) and 6-9pm reception Thursday, 4/25: 10:45-1:20 Thursday, 4/25 1:20-3:45 teardown, packing, return shipping. If possible to commit by Thursday, we can get in the conference guide. Thanks everyone for making it happen!-- 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] Unsubscribe
by Liz Nelson 02 Apr '13

02 Apr '13

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[OpenStack Marketing] Percona Live has invited OpenStack to the .org pavilion at the MySQL Users Conference and Expo
by Atwood, Mark 02 Apr '13

02 Apr '13

Hi! I have been approached directly by the CEO of Percona Systems suggesting and inviting that the OpenStack project be represented at the .ORG pavilion of the expo hall at MySQL Users Conference & Expo, which will be held the week after the OpenStack Summit. Would anyone here like to participate? Mainly what would be needed would be some OpenStack people who would be willing to do some shifts manning the booth and giving out shwag, and some OpenStack branded shwag to give out. ..m -- Mark Atwood <mark.atwood(a)hp.com> Director - Open Source Evangelism for HP Cloud Services +1-206-473-7118

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[OpenStack Marketing] OpenStack Marketing Bulletin - April 2013
by Lauren Sell 02 Apr '13

02 Apr '13

Easier to view online: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MRX9DiuvTk-4-nYGUv4JxOFjMDiRGl5p5TpO8KB… OpenStack Monthly Marketing Bulletin April 2, 2013 Please check out the latest OpenStack marketing bulletin with information, news and events to keep you up-to-date on community happenings. Updates & Calls to Action The Grizzly release is coming Thursday, April 4. Keep reading for lots of great info and stats, and please help us promote the release on Thursday! The OpenStack Summit agenda is now live! Users Best Buy, Bloomberg, Cisco WebEx, CERN, Cloudup, Comcast, Deutsche Telekom, eNovance, HP, IBS Datafort, NeCTAR, NSA, PayPal, Rackspace and Samsung will be speaking at the Summit. Register for the OpenStack Summit (or redeem your speaker/sponsor codes) no later than April 7. Starting April 8, the codes will no longer be valid and registration prices will jump to $800! We have more than 2000 registrants and will likely sell out! OpenStack Day Tokyo, which took place March 12, was a resounding success with more than 700 attendees and 22 sponsors! OpenStack was a clear hit with the 2500+ attendees at PyCon 2013. Volunteers from Cloudscaling, Red Hat, PLUMgrid, Nexus IS, Riverbed and Rackspace helped staff our constantly busy booth and packed our job board with openings, and the OpenStack Object Storage Developer Sprint was a resounding success. The buzz around OpenStack among the leading service providers in Europe was undeniable at the World Hosting Days conference in Germany. Kurt Garloff spoke about how Deutsche Telekom has built their TelekomCloud Business Marketplace on OpenStack, and the booth buzzed with activity. Thank you to staffers from Canonical, eNovance, Rackspace and StackOps. Highlighted Messages & Stats: Grizzly Edition Grizzly Release Themes: Production operations at scale: Compute Cells & NoDB data layer LBaaS framework implemented (with ha-proxy reference implementation) Block Storage Intelligent scheduler Object Storage quotas & bulk operations Greater support for and integration with Enterprise Technologies Strong Hyper-V support Five new networking plugins Ten block storage backends Easier Deployment & Upgrade Path Improved UI Tested upgrade path Backwards compatible dashboard Key Message: As more organizations are running OpenStack in production, the community has focused on making it better for deployers and operators. Proof: Best Buy, Cisco WebEx,Comcast, CERN, HP, NeCTAR, NSA, PayPal, Rackspace and Samsung will be speaking about running OpenStack at the Summit, April 15-18, in Portland, OR. Proof: Moving from people interested in installation and deployment to operations. New Operations Guide written by seven OpenStack operators with experience running OpenStack in production. Key Message: Rapid innovation through community growth Proof: 480 contributors made 7,620 updates in the Grizzly release. Proof: OpenStack is the center of innovation and the first place technology companies will want to make sure their technology is integrated. There were 5 new networking plugins and 10 total block storage drivers in the Grizzly release. Proof: Top companies making contributions include Red Hat, Rackspace, IBM, HP, Canonical, Nebula, eNovance, Intel, DreamHost Key Message: Quality and upgradability Proof: Significant effort put into testing and systems to manage the velocity of contributions and complexity of the code base by the core infrastructure team. - 700 clouds per day being spun up Proof: Implemented upgrade testing with each commit. Proof: The Grizzly Dashboard is backwards compatible and can expose features from the Folsom release. Looking Forward: Havana Metering (Ceilometer): Central collection for metering/monitoring data Example: Collect usage information for billing systems Orchestration (Heat): template-based orchestration engine for OpenStack Example: Developers define application deployment patterns Expect an ecosystem to build plugins for LBaaS like we have seen for Networking and Block Storage Developer growth Over 480 contributors to Grizzly, a 45% increase from Folsom release Top Contributors by Employer Red Hat, Rackspace, IBM, HP, Canonical, Nebula, eNovance, Intel, DreamHost Number of Features Approximately 230 blueprints completed Attracting New Plugins & Drivers 5 new networking plugins and 10 total block storage drivers Patches Merged 7,620 Testing On average, we deploy a complete OpenStack cloud for testing 700 times per day Latest News IBM will spin up a private cloud service based on OpenStack. -- March 4, 2013 Rackspace announces new OpenCenter dashboard. -- March 6, 2013 VMware is working on a project that will allow customers to move their on-premise private cloud workloads to public cloud infrastructure -- March 7, 2013 Talkin Cloud: “OpenStack Summit 2013: Five Questions CSPs Must Ask” -- March 8, 2013 Oracle buys private-cloud pioneer Nimbula -- March 13, 2013 SwiftStack gets $6.1m in funding, comes out of stealth with OpenStack-based object storage system -- March 18, 2013 InfoWorld: “OpenStack: Vive la revolution!” -- March 19, 2013 Mirantis open-sources its OpenStack cloud management tools -- March 25, 2013 DataCenterKnowledge: “As Cloud Wars Heat Up, Server OEMs Bet on OpenStack” -- March 26, 2013 Brocade evolves the storage network -- March 26, 2013 GigaOM hosted an OpenStack-themed webinar sponsored by Intel -- March 27, 2013 Welcome to the Mind-Bending World of Cloud-on-Cloud Computing -- April 1, 2013 MapR Partners with Canonical to Ease Ubuntu, OpenStack Deployments -- April 1, 2013 Nebula Builds Cloud Computer for the Masses -- April 2, 2013 Industry & Regional Events OpenStack DACH Day, May 24, Berlin Fairgrounds: Local community member hastexo co-organized this inaugural event, co-located with LinuxTag 2013. OpenStack Israel 2013, May 27, Tel Aviv: 300 OpenStack users, prospective users, ecosystem members and developers are expected at this year’s event, organized by the IGT (Israeli Association of Grid Technologies) and GigaSpaces. The Call for Speakers is open until April 15. OpenStack CEE Day, May 29, Budapest: OpenStack is booming in the Central and Eastern Europe region. Website is coming soon; contact Marton Kiss at marton.kiss(a)xemeti.com to participate or attend. HostingCon 2013, June 17-19, Austin: OpenStack will sponsor HostingCon for web hosting and cloud service providers as the official t-shirt sponsor and exhibiting in booth #912. If your staff would like to volunteer in our booth, please contact Kathy Cacciatore at kathyc(a)openstack.org. GigaOM Structure, June 19-20, San Francisco: OpenStack will be a Primetime Plus sponsor of this 6th annual event, examining the future of cloud computing and internet infrastructure. OpenStack will be highly visible with a number of participation points including a 40 minute workshop and main stage video. If you are planning to attend Structure and would like to get involved, please contact Kathy Cacciatore at kathyc(a)openstack.org. Thank you for your enthusiastic response to co-sponsoring OSCON in the OpenStack Pavilion, July 22-26. All eight spots are committed. We are also planning a similar Pavilion at the Gartner Data Center Conference, December 9-12 in Las Vegas. The cost to participate with a pod is $12K and all participants must be approved by Gartner. Three of four spots are committed, however we can increase our booth to an eight pod Pavilion with enough interest. Please contact Kathy Cacciatore (kathyc(a)openstack.org) if you would like to be considered. More speaking opps arranged by the submission deadline (not the event date): PyCon Australia speaker deadline is this Friday, April 5th! Get your submissions in quickly if you’re interested in speaking. The event is July 5-7th, with a Python on OpenStack mini-conference organized by Aptira on July 5th. The CFP for the mini-conf closes on April 15th - submit your topic at http://aptira.wufoo.com/forms/pyconau2013-openstack-miniconf-call-for-prese… The Call for Papers for Cloud Expo East deadline is also this Friday, April 5! Event is June 10-13th in New York City. OpenStack Israel 2013. Join Jonathan Bryce on the agenda on May 27th. Call for Speakers open until April 15th. Sponsor speaking opportunities are still available for GlueCon, held May 22-23rd in Broomfield, CO. Get your sponsor requests in asap if interested. Under the Radar submissions accepted on a rolling basis, but we recommend getting them in soon to be considered. The call for papers is open until April 26th for Powering the Cloud, a SNW Europe, Virtualization World and Datacenter Technologies co-located conference in Germany. held October 29-30th. Cloud Connect Chicago open for submissions through April 29th. Event dates are October 21-24th. O’Reilly Velocity is open for submissions until April 29th. Conference taking place in New York City, October 14-16th. Usenix LISA 2013 Call for Participation is open until April 30th. Event is November 3-8th in Washington, D.C. EuroPython 2013. The event is July 1-7th in Florence, Italy; please submit your sessions and development sprints soon! LinuxCon North America and co-hosted event, CloudOpen North America, accepting submissions until June 17th. Events held together on September 16-18th in New Orleans, LA. ###

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