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[OpenStack Marketing] URGENT: Sept 19 Sponsorship Deadline - OpenStack Summit
by Erica Aguilar 23 Oct '14

23 Oct '14

Good Afternoon, I know this is a little unrelated but I need to submit budget for 2015 events and we cannot find the prospectus for Openstack in Atlanta that we attended this year. Is there any way you can resend us the 2014 prospectus for Openstack Atlanta so we can be sure to enter it in for 2015. If you already have 2015 that would also be most helpful! Thank you! Erica Aguilar Corporate Tradeshow and Events Communications eaguilar(a)vmware.com<mailto:eaguilar@vmware.com> 3401 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304 Office: 650.427.3506 Mobile: 925.699.7344 [VMware Healthcare]<https://communities.vmware.com/community/vmtn/partner-exchange> From: Claire Massey [mailto:claire@openstack.org] Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2014 10:03 AM To: marketing(a)lists.openstack.org Subject: [OpenStack Marketing] Sept 19 Sponsorship Deadline - OpenStack Summit Quick reminder - Tomorrow, September 19 is the deadline to sign contracts to sponsor the November OpenStack Summit<http://www.openstack.org/summit> in Paris. If you are interested in participating please contact us immediately. Full details in the email string below. Cheers, Claire On Sep 11, 2014, at 11:03 AM, Shari Mahrdt <shari(a)openstack.org<mailto:shari@openstack.org>> wrote: Hi everyone, As you know we're very excited to bring the OpenStack Summit<http://www.openstack.org/summit> to Europe for the first time! The Summit will take place in Paris, November 3-7, at the Palais des Congrès. The event will draw thousands of participants from around the world. The most recent installment of the twice-annual Summit was held in May, in Atlanta, Georgia, and drew more than 4,500 users, developers and CIOs from service providers, major telcos and enterprises. A video recap of the Atlanta summit<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v%…> and session videos and slides<https://www.openstack.org/summit/openstack-summit-atlanta-2014/session-vide…> demonstrate the depth of user engagement and energy surrounding the community. The OpenStack community is global, and Europe is one of the strongest user and industry ecosystems. Paris has one of the most active local user groups, and the city is home to an established OpenStack event series that has brought together cloud computing pioneers. Across Europe, government interest in open source and cloud is growing, and OpenStack has seen strong telco and carrier adoption across the continent partially driven by data sovereignty issues. Summit links: · Register<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=https://openstacksummitnov2014.e…> to attend - hurry, prices increase on October 2. · Discounted Hotel Rooms <https://www.openstack.org/summit/openstack-paris-summit-2014/hotels/> - stay in one of the convenient, official event hotels. · Sponsor<https://www.openstack.org/summit/openstack-paris-summit-2014/become-a-spons…> the Summit - join this list <https://www.openstack.org/summit/openstack-paris-summit-2014/sponsors/> of current Summit sponsor companies. · Official Summit Schedule<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=https://openstacksummitnovember2…> - check out the selected breakout sessions. Stay tuned for updates with keynote and sponsor content soon. Having a presence at the OpenStack Summit is a great way to engage with the OpenStack community.<http://www.openstack.org/foundation/companies/> There are seven available levels of Summit sponsorship and many add-on opportunities. We encourage you to review the Sponsorship Prospectus<https://www.openstack.org/assets/paris-summit/PARISprospectusFINAL.pdf>. September 19 is the deadline to sign sponsorship contracts - so please act quickly. In order to sponsor the Summit you will need to complete two electronic contracts: 1) The Master Sponsorship Agreement<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=https://openstack.echosign.com/p…> 2) The OpenStack Paris Summit Sponsorship Agreement<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=https://openstack.echosign.com/p…> If you have any sponsorship questions, please watch the recording of the sponsor overview webinar <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3…> or email events(a)openstack.org<mailto:events@openstack.org>. We look forward to hopefully hosting you in Paris this November! Cheers, Shari Shari Mahrdt OpenStack Marketing shari(a)openstack.org<mailto:shari@openstack.org>

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[OpenStack Marketing] MEF Requests OpenStack Speaker for GEN14 Breakfast, Nov. 19 in Washington DC
by Kathy Cacciatore 23 Oct '14

23 Oct '14

The [ MEF (Metro Ethernet Forum) ]( https://metroethernetforum.org/ ) requests an OpenStack participant in the following session at their [ GEN14 ]( http://www.gen14.com/ ) conference. It is a breakfast meeting 7:30-8:50am, Wednesday, November 19, at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center, Washington DC. Please contact Rami Yaron, [ rami(a)metroethernet.org ]( mailto:rami@metroethernet.org ) if interested in representing the OpenStack Foundation at this breakfast. Many OpenStack members are already speaking. If you work with them, please inform them so they may also convey the OpenStack message. Thank you. Standards Update Breakfast - Network Technology Building Blocks Enabling Higher-Value Cloud-Centric Services Chair: Stan Hubbard, GEN14 Program Director | Ralph Santitoro, Director of Solutions Planning - Emerging Markets, Fujitsu Network Communications, Board, MEF | Nicolas "Neela" Jacques, Executive Director, OpenDaylight | Mehmet Toy, Distinguished Engineer, Comcast; Board, CloudEthernet Forum; Co-Chair of CEF's Architecture Working Group; Chair, IEEE Cable Networks & Services Committee | Marc Cohn, Senior Director, Market Development, Ciena; Chairman, Market Education Committee, ONF; Board, OpenDaylight | Scott Mansfield, Principal Engineer, Ericsson; Board, MEF - Perspective on IETF & ITU-T Initiatives -- Regards, Kathy Cacciatore Consulting Marketing Manager OpenStack Foundation 1-512-970-2807 (mobile) Part time: Monday - Thursday, 9am - 2pm US CT kathyc(a)openstack.org

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[OpenStack Marketing] Your company in the OpenStack Pavilion at Gartner Data Center Conference
by Kathy Cacciatore 21 Oct '14

21 Oct '14

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[OpenStack Marketing] Can you help staff the OpenStack booth at USENIX LISA, Nov 12-13?
by Kathy Cacciatore 20 Oct '14

20 Oct '14

Hi everyone, [ USENIX LISA ]( https://www.usenix.org/conference/lisa14 ) (Large Installation System Administration Conference) is coming up November 9-14 in Seattle, WA. Yes, it's the week after the Paris Summit! 1000+ sysadmins, DevOps, architects, software engineers, and more will attend. OpenStack is a silver sponsor and a premier exhibitor. We have a limited number of full conference passes to offer to experienced OpenStack operators, architects and developers who would like to help staff our booth to talk to the attendees about OpenStack - and attend sessions. The no-charge passes cover the main conference program, meals, and evening events Wednesday-Friday, Nov 12-14. The booth is open for staffing Wed., Nov 12 from 12-7pm and Thurs., Nov 13 from 10am-2pm. Please reply with your role in your company. We'll confirm technical candidates on a first-come, first-served basis. If/when we run out of full conference passes, we have expo passes to offer. Other OpenStack activities at LISA: Half day training on Monday, Nov. 10 by Mirantis (fee applies) Dreamhost providing OpenStack-based virtual machines to LISA Lab OpenStack demo on Thursday, Nov. 13 by Canonical Thank you for your support! -- Regards, Kathy Cacciatore Consulting Marketing Manager OpenStack Foundation 1-512-970-2807 (mobile) Part time: Monday - Thursday, 9am - 2pm US CT kathyc(a)openstack.org

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[OpenStack Marketing] Juno Release Materials & Stats
by Lauren Sell 16 Oct '14

16 Oct '14

Hi everyone, The Juno release is out, and the press release is live. Please retweet @openstack to help promote the webinar at 9 am PT. You can find all of the release info at OpenStack.org/Juno. Early Press Coverage OpenStack Juno Packs in Features, Pursues Wider Adoption - InfoWorld OpenStack Juno Brings Big Data to the Cloud - eWeek OpenStack Juno update will support Hadoop for big data processing — V3.co.UK OpenStack Juno Cloud Features Trove Database-as-a-Service Updates — eWeek Helpful Materials Juno Landing Page Press release Slide deck Juno Graphic Technical Release Notes and documentation Key Stats Juno is the 10th release of OpenStack software OpenStack provides broad support for popular enterprise and open source technologies. 97 drivers and plugins across compute, storage and networking are supported in the Juno release 1,419 contributors to Juno; a 16% increase from the Icehouse release; individuals affiliated with 133 organizations contributed to the Juno release 342 new features and 3,219 bug fixes across the integrated release and common libraries, marking a 10% increase in bug fixes from Icehouse The infrastructure team ran 1,776,065 jobs storing and analyzing 18 terabytes of log data during the six-month release cycle. These figures include all 440 related projects making use of OpenStack infrastructure, not just the integrated and incubated projects. Approximately 500,000 lines of documentation were modified, along with with a new Architecture Design Guide. The Internationalization team translated nearly 700,000 words during the Juno release cycle Top companies contributing code included Red Hat, HP, IBM, Mirantis, Rackspace, SUSE, OpenStack Foundation, B1 Systems, VMware, NEC and independents (source: http://activity.openstack.org). Top users contributing code included Yahoo!, Time Warner Cable and eBay (source: http://activity.openstack.org). Release Highlights Overall focus on stability and maturity for the integrated release, with improvements to performance and upgrades New data processing capability automates provisioning and management of big data clusters using Hadoop and Spark Enterprise features such as storage policies for better control of cost and performance, the Identity service making it easier to connect to LDAP, and more HA networking options New subteam and features landing in the Compute project to lay the foundation for Network Functions Virtualization (NFV), a massive shift in how many networking and telco services are developed and deployed Featured Case Studies Top 10 automaker turning customer insights into action with OpenStack Cloud & Heat brings OpenStack clouds to your basement With OpenStack, Pacnet reduces provisioning time from weeks to seconds Intelemage uses OpenStack-powered cloud for medical image sharing GoDaddy Builds their Open Cloud with OpenStack Webinar Today Today at 9 am PDT, Mark Collier will host a webinar to discuss Juno with Andrew Mitry of Comcast and Kyle Mestery, PTL of the Networking program. They will explain what’s new in the Juno release, how OpenStack is enabling users as well as update the group on the upcoming OpenStack Summit in Paris. OpenStack Summit The next OpenStack Summit will take place in Paris, November 3-7. Join us to learn more about how organizations are using OpenStack and the vibrant ecosystem behind it. Thanks, Lauren

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[OpenStack Marketing] OpenStack Speaking and Support Opportunities SAP TechEd && d-code Events
by Kathy Cacciatore 06 Oct '14

06 Oct '14

SAP has offered the OpenStack community the following opportunities at their TechEd && d-code technical education events in Las Vegas (Oct 20-24) and Berlin (Nov 11-13). If interested in one or more, or for more information, please contact Inga Bereza at [ inga.bereza(a)sap.com ]( mailto:inga.bereza@sap.com ). Thank you. Open Source Area: Technical expert/developer for the Open Source counter in the exhibit area, in Las Vegas and Berlin. SAP will provide 3-day show floor pass to the OpenStack expert(s). Tech Talk: 30-min talk(s) on OpenStack followed by 15 min of Q&A. If you would like to participate in a Tech Talk, please provide Inga with the topic, speaker, and paragraph describing the talk. Open Source panel session at SAP Live studio: Thomas Grassl will be moderating an open source panel with 3-4 open source project representatives. Topics and questions will be discussed with the panelists closer to the event dates. Meetings with bloggers and SAP Mentors: Meetings will be arranged closer to the event dates. Details of the events: [ SAP TechEd && d-code Las Vegas ]( http://www.sapdcode.com/2014/usa/home.htm ) [ SAP TechEd && d-code Berlin ]( http://www.sapdcode.com/2014/emea/home.htm ) -- Regards, Kathy Cacciatore Consulting Marketing Manager OpenStack Foundation 1-512-970-2807 (mobile) Part time: Monday - Thursday, 9am - 2pm US CT kathyc(a)openstack.org

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[OpenStack Marketing] OpenStack Event Policy
by Kathy Cacciatore 03 Oct '14

03 Oct '14

If you are planning an OpenStack-branded event, please review the Event Policy at [ http://www.openstack.org/brand/event-policy/ ]( http://www.openstack.org/brand/event-policy/ ). One change: you can now post your OpenStack events directly to the openstack.org/community/events page at the upper right "Post An Event For Free" link. Exciting additions for regional event organizers are in the works for later this year (post-Paris Summit); stay tuned! Thank you. -- Regards, Kathy Cacciatore Consulting Marketing Manager OpenStack Foundation 1-512-970-2807 (mobile) Part time: Monday - Thursday, 9am - 2pm US CT kathyc(a)openstack.org

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[OpenStack Marketing] May 2015 OpenStack Summit - Save the Date
by Claire Massey 03 Oct '14

03 Oct '14

Save the Date! The next OpenStack Summit will be held in Vancouver, BC: May 18-22, 2015. Stay tuned for details!

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[OpenStack Marketing] Free passes to CloudOpen EU Dusseldorf available for Booth Volunteers
by Shari Mahrdt 03 Oct '14

03 Oct '14

Hi all, The OpenStack Foundation is sponsoring CloudOpen / LinuxCon Europe in Düsselorf, Germany on October 13-15, 2014. We have 8 complimentary Full Access Conference Passes to offer to 8 knoweldgeable volunteers who can staff the OpenStack booth in shifts (see times below). If you are available, live in or around Germany and have at least one year of experience contributing to or using OpenStack, please contact me - shari(a)openstack.org - and we can set you up as booth staff. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions! Cheers, Shari Technology Showcase Hours • Monday, October 13th: 10:45am - 4:30pm • Tuesday, October 14th: 10:45am - 2:30pm; 5:00pm - 7:00pm • Wednesday, October 15th: 10:45am - 2:30pm Set-up Hours: • Sunday, October 12th: 4:00pm - 7:00pm Tear-Down Hours: • Wednesday, October 15th: 2:30pm - 5:00pm Shari Mahrdt OpenStack Foundation shari(a)openstack.org

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