March 2014 - Marketing - lists.openinfra.dev

[OpenStack Marketing] Last Call to Sponsor Summit & Early Bird Deadline
by Claire Massey 28 Mar '14

28 Mar '14

Hi everyone, Quick reminder - Today, March 28, at 11:55pm CST is the last day to save 50% off the full price and register for the May 2014 OpenStack Summit at the discounted Early Bird rate. Don’t miss out - prices will increase on March 29. Register here: https://openstacksummitmay2014.eventbrite.co.uk Also note that next Monday, March 31, is the final day to sign contracts to sponsor the Summit. You can execute electronic sponsorship contracts here: https://www.openstack.org/summit/openstack-summit-atlanta-2014/become-a-spo…. A BIG THANK YOU to all of the current Summit sponsors. We look forward to seeing you in Atlanta! Cheers, Claire OpenStack Summit May 2014 Sponsors:

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[OpenStack Marketing] Commercial Logo Consolidation - Meeting Recap
by Lauren Sell 27 Mar '14

27 Mar '14

Hi everyone, Thank you to those who joined the open marketing meeting today; we appreciated your feedback and questions. We discussed a plan to simplify and consolidate the number of commercial logos available for products related to OpenStack. For those who were unable to attend, we've gotten feedback over the last few months that the number of commercial logos (http://www.openstack.org/brand) can be confusing, both for companies to understand how their OpenStack product fits in the program, and for users who are looking for OpenStack products. To address this feedback, we are reducing the six current logos (Distribution, Cloud, Powered by, Storage Powered by, Built for and Training) to three logos (Powered, Compatible and Training). There will be no changes to the technical requirements for each program, nor the wordmark use for Distributions and Public Clouds. Please take a look at the slides and recording from today's meeting for more background and details: Slides: http://www.slideshare.net/openstack/openstack-marketing-meeting-march-2014 Recording: http://www.meetingburner.com/b/openstack/watch?c=N77VO9&h=f We are working to finalize the new commercial logo license agreements with our legal team, and will make an announcement to the marketing list and update the brand site as soon as they are available. In the meantime, please let us know if you have any feedback or contact logo(a)openstack.org if you have specific questions. Thanks, Lauren

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[OpenStack Marketing] OpenStack Summit Schedule & Registration Deadlines
by Shari Mahrdt 25 Mar '14

25 Mar '14

Hi everyone, The May 2014 OpenStack Summit is quickly approaching! The official Summit agenda is now live: http://openstacksummitmay2014atlanta.sched.org Adjustments, edits, additions to the schedule may be made between now and the Summit. Continue to visit the site for updates. Upcoming deadline reminders: March 28* is the last day to save 50% off the full price and register for the Summit at the discounted Early Bird rate. Don’t miss out - prices will increase on March 29. Register here: https://openstacksummitmay2014.eventbrite.co.uk March 31* is the deadline to sign contracts to sponsor the Summit. We still have a few Event and Startup sponsorship levels available. Contact events(a)openstack.org if you are interested. April 14* is the deadline to redeem all sponsor and speaker registration codes. If you are a sponsor or a confirmed speaker - please check your email inbox or junk folder for the code. When registering on Eventbrite you will need to enter your code before you select the ticket. It's easy to miss, so please reference the following illustration. Please contact events(a)openstack.org with any questions or concerns. * The time for each deadline listed above is 11:55pm CST. Cheers, Shari

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[OpenStack Marketing] Upcoming Marketing Meetings
by Lauren Sell 25 Mar '14

25 Mar '14

Hi everyone, Just a reminder that we have a marketing meeting scheduled Thursday at 9 am PT / 16:00 UTC to discuss the commercial logo program. Please join as we are looking for feedback. Register for the meeting: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Governance/Foundation/Marketing You can find the full meeting schedule, as well as slides and recordings from past meetings at https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Governance/Foundation/Marketing Thanks, Lauren

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[OpenStack Marketing] OpenStack Marketing Bulletin - March 2014
by Margaret Callard 18 Mar '14

18 Mar '14

OpenStack Marketing Bulletin March 18, 2014 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 Register for the OpenStack Summit Atlanta, taking place May 12-16. We’ve extended early bird pricing to March 28, as speakers are being notified this week and the agenda is expected to go live early next week. The deadline to become a sponsor is March 31. Contact events(a)openstack.org for details. Save the date. The OpenStack Summit Paris will take place the week of November 3 at Le Palais des Congres (Etoile) with keynotes/expo/breakouts running Monday – Wednesday and the design summit running Wednesday - Saturday across the street at Le Meridien. The Analyst Relations team met on March 6 to discuss preliminary plans for the Analyst Session in Atlanta. The invitation-only event will take place Monday, May 12 from 12:45 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. The team also reviewed current OpenStack industry analyst research efforts in the works. In the March 12 marketing meeting, we ran through upcoming events and the updates from the last Board meeting and Operator’s mini-Summit that took place the week of March 3. You can grab the slides here: http://slidesha.re/1dlX3ye The Content Working Group met on March 14 to discuss marketing content updates in progress for the Icehouse release and plans for the future. Icehouse feedback: we are in the process of interviewing users/operators regarding their thoughts on the upcoming Icehouse release. Please send us any users that might want to chat with us on trends they are excited about, new changes or features that will make a difference and so on. Conversations are informal and about 20 minutes. No prep needed. Join the content working group: we created a mailing list for those interested in volunteering their time to help create and edit content. General team goals are to develop marketing content that can then be used by all community members. We also work to prioritize content that is in progress. Please volunteer even if you cannot make the meeting time. Mark your calendars: The next marketing meeting will take place March 27, where we’ll discuss the commercial logo program. Please join us; we’re looking for feedback. The Icehouse release is coming Thursday, April 17. We’ll talk about what’s coming on the April 10 marketing meeting and the next marketing bulletin. See a full list and register for upcoming marketing, analyst, and content working meetings on the wiki: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Governance/Foundation/Marketing The next User Survey is coming soon. We’ll alert the marketing list when available and please help us promote it. Industry & Regional Events Note: If you missed the Open Marketing Meeting on March 12 please reference the slides for more information on these events and speaking opportunities: http://slidesha.re/1dlX3ye Industry Events Cloud Connect Summit / Interop: March 31 – April 4, 2014/Las Vegas. OpenStack keynote with PayPal case study; OpenStack Boot Camp run by Randy Bias; Speaking opp by Francesco Paola/Seth Fox; Community Pavilion on the expo floor and panels. If you are exhibiting at Cloud Connect / Interop, please let us know if you would like to display an “OpenStack to the Core” banner! World Hosting Days: April 1 – April 3, 2014/Rust, Germany. OpenStack booth, community kiosks (still available!), also hosting an executive dinner for hosting cos. PyCon: April 10-12, 2014/Montreal, Canada. OpenStack booth needs volunteers; submit your job openings for the popular job board in the booth! Cloud World Forum Europe: June 17-18, 2014/London, U.K. No sponsorship or booth, but OpenStack will be on the agenda with a featured speaking position and panel. If you have any questions about industry events, please contact kathyc(a)openstack.org Regional Events March 25, Toronto organized by eNovance March 27, Vancouver organized by eNovance April 29, Mexico City organized by KIO Networks May 9, Berlin organized by hastexo May 26, Budapest May 28, Paris organized by eNovance May 29, Milan organized by Red Hat June 2, Tel Aviv organized by GigaSpaces June 5, London organized by Canonical Additional meetups and community events can also be found on the OpenStack website: openstack.org/events Speaking opps arranged by the submission deadline (note the event date): LinuxCon Cloud Open Japan/ May 20-22, Tokyo: closes March 14 GigaOM Structure NA/ June 18-19, San Francisco: closes March 21 GTEC 2014/Oct 27-30, Ottawa: closes March 28 Texas Linux Fest 2014/ June 13-14, Austin: closes April 5 USENIX LISA ‘14/ November 9-14, Seattle: closes April 14 LinuxCon/CloudOpen North America/Aug 20-22, Chicago: closes May 2 LinuxCon/CloudOpen Europe/Oct 13-15, Dusseldorf: closes July 11 ###

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[OpenStack Marketing] Upcoming meeting reminders: OpenStack Marketing & Open Content Team Meetings
by Margaret Callard 10 Mar '14

10 Mar '14

Hi all, I wanted to remind you that we are holding two marketing related meetings this week all are welcome to join. 1) Wednesday, March 12, 2014 at 14:00 UTC: Marketing Team Meeting Update - Discuss the 2014 Industry and Regional Events we have planned as well as the upcoming OpenStack Summits 2) Thursday, March 13, 2014 at 16:00 UTC: Open Content Team Meeting - Review content we are working on and discuss plans. This team needs volunteers to help produce and curate content, so please come if you want to raise your hand. Please refer to the wiki to sign-up and hope to see you there: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Governance/Foundation/Marketing#Marketing_M… Thanks, Margie

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[OpenStack Marketing] 2 Pavilion pods available at Gartner IT Infrastructure and Data Center Conference in Sydney
by Kathy Cacciatore 05 Mar '14

05 Mar '14

OpenStack and eight community members were successful at this conference in December in Las Vegas. Each collected a smaller number of contacts than at a typical event, but much higher quality. This Gartner conference attracts the perfect audience for us. We're excited to be expanding our presence at Gartner events in a similar Pavilion with a theater, in Sydney, May 21-22. Four community members are already committed. There are two spots left. The cost is about 10,000 AUD (approx $9,000 US), and includes a pod, two 15-20 minute theater presentations/demos, logo/url on the web site, a 1-1 analyst meeting, a full conference pass, booth staff passes, and more. Please reply to me, kathyc(a)openstack.org, if interested. Thank you. -- 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] Industry Events: Call for Papers update
by Kathy Cacciatore 05 Mar '14

05 Mar '14

Here are the Call for Papers submission deadlines for upcoming industry events. Please help spread the OpenStack excitement by speaking at one or more of these events. In addition if you are interested in speaking on behalf of OpenStack at [http://cloudwf.com/] Cloud World Forum in London on June 17, please let me know (kathyc(a)openstack.org). We have a 20 minute theater session and additional panelist opportunity for an executive or manager with an enterprise IT focus. Thank you. [https://www.usenix.org/conference/hotcloud14] HotCloud '14, 6th USENIX Workshop on Hot Topics in Cloud Computing, event date June 17-18, Philadelphia. [http:://www.usenix.org/conference/hotcloud14/call-for-papers] CFP open through March 6. [http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/linuxcon-japan] LinuxCon/CloudOpen Japan, event date May 20-22 in Tokyo. [http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/linuxcon-japan/program/cfp] CFP open until March 14. [http://events.gigaom.com/structure-2014/] GigaOM Structure NA, event date is June 18-19 in San Francisco. [http://events.gigaom.com/structure-2014/speakers/speaker-proposal/] CFP deadline is March 21. [http://www.gtec.ca/] GTEC 2014, event date October 27-30 in Ottawa. [http://www.gtec.ca/conference/?_mc=EM_DB_LE_GTEC14_EM2B] CFP deadline is March 28. [http://texaslinuxfest.org/] Texas Linux Fest 2014, event date June 13-14, Austin. [http://www.texaslinuxfest.org/content/call-papers] CFP deadline is April 5. [https://www.usenix.org/conference/lisa14] USENIX LISA '14, 28th Large Installation Systems Administration Conference, event date November 9-14, Seattle. [https://www.usenix.org/conference/lisa14/call-for-participation] CFP deadline is April 14. [http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/linuxcon-north-america] LinuxCon/CloudOpen North America, event date is August 20-22 in Chicago. [http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/linuxcon-north-america/program/cfp] CFP deadline is May 2. [http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/cloudopen-europe] LinuxCon/Cloud Open Europe, event date is October 13-15 in Dusseldorf. [http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/cloudopen-europe/program/cfp] CFP open until July 11. -- 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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