June 2014 - Marketing - lists.openinfra.dev

[OpenStack Marketing] OpenStack Paris Summit Sponsorship Prospectus
by Claire Massey 30 Jun '14

30 Jun '14

Hi Everyone, Below are details regarding the next OpenStack Summit that will take place in Paris, November 3-7. The Paris Sponsorship Prospectus is now available HERE Please carefully read the prospectus, the how to become a sponsor page and plan to join the Summit sponsor overview webinar at 11:00am CDT on July 9. If you have any sponsorship questions - the webinar is the ideal time to ask. If your company did NOT previously sponsor one of the Summits in Atlanta, Hong Kong or Portland then you will need to sign the Master Sponsorship Agreement BEFORE you sign the Paris Summit Sponsorship Agreement. If your company has any overdue balances owed to the OpenStack Foundation then you will not be eligible to sign the Paris Summit Sponsorship Agreement until all overdue balances are paid in full. The executable Paris Sponsorship Agreement will be made available for signature at 11:00am CDT on July 17. Please mark your calendars and plan to sign the agreement as soon as possible once it is made available. The sponsorship opportunities are limited and the top tier levels tend to sell-out very quickly. Due to production deadlines, September 19 is the final day when sponsorship contracts will be accepted. By the end of this week we will open the Call for Speakers portal at openstack.org/summit. Please encourage your colleagues to submit a presentation for the Paris Summit. The Call for Speakers will only be open for one month - so please act quickly! Discounted hotel room blocks will soon be made available at both the Le Meridien Etoile and Hyatt Regency Etoile hotels. Please check back at openstack.org/summit in the next couple of weeks for direct links to reserve hotel rooms. Cheers, Claire

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[OpenStack Marketing] Announcing: OpenStack Silicon Valley, Community Conference 16 September 2014
by David Fishman 23 Jun '14

23 Jun '14

Mirantis is pleased to announce OpenStack Silicon Valley 2014, a 1-day community conference we are organizing this fall at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View. We've taken our cue from key trends in the marketplace and ecosystem in building the infrastructure required for "software to eat the world", or, at a minimum, the "software defined economy." - The conference features keynotes and fireside chats in the morning, to debate and deliberate on key questions across the landscape ahead. Speakers include Jonathan Bryce, Executive Director of the OpenStack Foundation; Mark Shuttleworth, Founder of Canonical; Martin Mickos, CEO of Eucalyptus; Martin Casado, CTO of Networking, VMWare; Randy Bias, CEO of CloudScaling; our own Boris Renski; and many others. - In the afternoon, a range of technology tracks deep-dive into some of those same questions, with a succession of track intensives on topics including: Networking and SDN; agile methodology, continuous integration and automated deployment; emerging OpenStack trends from tooling to containers; and more. We'll also offer an afternoon-long bootcamp on OpenStack architecture, both in the abstract, and in production reference architectures. Information and background below at the links below; questions welcome. - Registration information here <http://www.eventbrite.com/e/openstack-silicon-valley-2014-an-openstack-comm…> - More background on the conference on my blog post here <http://www.mirantis.com/blog/openstack-silicon-valley-2014-towards-software…> . - Conference details are here <http://www.openstacksv.com>. - Sponsorship information here <http://openstacksv.com/sponsors/>. Cheers, DMF -- David M. Fishman VP Marketing www.mirantis.com Mountain View, CA m. +1 408 242 6210

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[OpenStack Marketing] 2 passes left for OpenStack volunteers for EuroPython
by Kathy Cacciatore 19 Jun '14

19 Jun '14

Interested in attending EuroPython in Berlin, July 21-27? OpenStack has a table there. Red Hat has kindly offered several volunteers, but we'd love to extend the last two opportunities to other community members. If you're available to talk to developers about using and contributing to OpenStack, and attend sessions and parties, please let me know. The registration deadline is coming up soon. Thank you! PS - you'll receive an OOO message from me, but I'll be checking email occasionally while on holiday. -- 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 speakers
by Lori Cohen 19 Jun '14

19 Jun '14

Tesora is sponsoring a one-day conference in August to coincide with the Trove mid-cycle meetup that we are also hosting. The day will primarily focus on DBaaS on OpenStack, but will include a session on MagnetoDB and we are trying to pull together a session on Sahara. Can anyone recommend a speaker on Sahara? I’m not having any luck. It’s August 19th in Cambridge, MA. Thanks, Lori Lori Cohen | Marketing [Tesora]<http://tesora.com/> Direct: 617.922.7577 Read our blog<http://tesora.com/blog>> Twitter <https://twitter.com/tesoracorp> | Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/tesoracorp> | Linkedin <http://www.linkedin.com/company/parelastic> | Google+<https://plus.google.com/u/0/117928183275955181789/posts>

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[OpenStack Marketing] (no subject)
by BONANNI, CATHERINE (CATHERINE) 18 Jun '14

18 Jun '14

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[OpenStack Marketing] OpenStack Community Marketing Meeting Tomorrow/Wednesday, June 18 Reminder
by Margaret Callard 17 Jun '14

17 Jun '14

All, Reminder that there is an OpenStack Community Marketing Meeting update call tomorrow, Wednesday, June 18, 2014 at 10 a.m. central. Topics we'll cover include a recap of the Atlanta Summit, a look forward to Paris, as well as an Event Calendar for the 2H of 2014. We post the replay to the Marketing Wiki as well post-meeting: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Governance/Foundation/Marketing#Open_Market… Please join us: Wednesday, June 18, 2014 at 16:00 UTC Marketing Team Meeting Topic: Marketing Plans and Events in 2H 2014 Register: http://openstack.enterthemeeting.com/m/VWAXJKU8%20 Thanks, Margie

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[OpenStack Marketing] OpenStack Marketing Bulletin Update: June 2014
by Margaret Callard 03 Jun '14

03 Jun '14

OpenStack Marketing Bulletin June 3, 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 We’ve received incredible feedback on the Atlanta Summit, and want to thank you not only for your sponsorship, but for all the work that goes into preparing product launches, speaking sessions, booth activities, evening events etc. Key themes we discussed at the Summit were the Software-Defined Economy and rise of the Superuser, which are change agents, who we believe are making their organizations competitive in the software-defined era. All session videos are now available to view. Jonathan Bryce summarized user involvement and growth in a blog post after the Summit. We’ve also created a user story playlist highlighting the amazing users who spoke at the Summit, like Wells Fargo, Disney, Bloomberg, AT&T, Sony, DigitalFilm Tree, Comcast and more. The Foundation made some big announcements at the Summit, and we welcome your feedback and participation as we grow these initiatives: OpenStack Marketplace - A new destination for users to discover and research OpenStack-related products and services. We currently offer five categories of products & services, which we plan to expand over the next year. Get your company listed or provide feedback by contacting ecosystem(a)openstack.org. Superuser publication - A new publication to facilitate knowledge sharing and collaborative problem solving among individuals who are running and using OpenStack clouds of all sizes, across all industries. We’re looking for innovative case studies and how-to articles, please contact: editor(a)openstack.org. Next up: Paris! Save the date. The OpenStack Summit Paris will take place November 3 - 7 at Le Palais des Congrés (Etoile). Keynotes, expo and presentations will run Monday – Wednesday, and the “k” release Design Summit will run Tuesday - Friday across the street at Le Meridien. Please note the new Design Summit dates. Based on feedback from the Atlanta Summit, we moved the “k” release Design Summit (which was planned to run Wednesday - Saturday) back to Tuesday - Friday. Check back for the Paris prospectus and call for speakers in the next few weeks. We’ll make an announcement to this list. Want your customers featured on the main stage? We had a great mix of users in Atlanta, and we’re on the hunt for notable users with compelling stories to speak in Paris, especially any users based in Europe. Please let us know if you have any customers that might be a good fit. A new ‘Win the Enterprise’ team formed at the Summit with support from the Board of Directors with two different focus areas: addressing technical gaps for running enterprise workloads and marketing to enterprise users. The team is working through a charter and initial gap analysis with plans to break into sub-teams (working groups) shortly. We’ll continue to update you on deliverables as this team takes shape. The User Committee covered the latest user survey results at the Summit, and the data and presentation is now available. In July we are celebrating the OpenStack 4th Birthday, which is a time for the community to reflect on progress and consider opportunities and challenges that lie ahead. We invite all registered user groups to get involved and again host a local birthday party in your region. The Foundation will provide some monetary support, birthday graphics and video/slide content to present during the party. To participate please answer the questions in this Google Form by June 9 and contact Allison Price, allison(a)openstack.org, with any questions. Meeting Schedule Analyst Relations Team Meeting - 11:00 a.m. central - Friday, June 13, 2014 - Agenda: review ATL results, discuss Paris analysts/requests. Register Content Team Meeting - 2 p.m. central - Tuesday, June 17, 2014 - Agenda: review content team goals/add into Enterprise efforts or keep separate. Register Marketing Community Meeting - 10:00 a.m. central - Wednesday, June 18, 2014 - Agenda: review 2H marketing initiatives and events. Register 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 Q2/Q3 Industry and Regional Events Industry Events Cloud World Forum Europe: June 17-18/London, U.K. - No sponsorship or booth, but OpenStack will be on the agenda with a featured speaking position and panel. OSCON, July 20-24/Portland, OR - We will not have a booth, but there are several speaking sessions and we’ll be hosting a happy hour on Tuesday. Open Cloud Day will take place Monday, and we are looking for a flagship user to speak. CloudOpen, Aug 20-24/Chicago, IL - we are with the Linux Foundation organizers again to spotlight a big OpenStack user. Please contact us with leads. If you have any questions or users who can speak at industry events, please contact kathyc(a)openstack.org. Regional Events June 4th, OpenStack London organized by Canonical September 19th, OpenStack Benelux Conference organized by Fairbanks We just wrapped up fabulous events in Budapest, Paris, Milan and Tel-Aviv, and will be sharing pictures and takeaways shortly! Thank you to the organizers! Additional meetups and community events can also be found on the OpenStack website: openstack.org/events. Please contact claire(a)openstack.org if you have any questions or are planning an event. Speaking opps arranged by the submission deadline (note the event date): Cloud Expo West, Internet of Things Expo, and DevOps Summit @ Cloud Expo (co-located events). All 3 CFPs open through June 15. Events are November 4-6 in Santa Clara, CA. Fossetcon. CFP open until June 15. Event is September 13-15 in Orlando. DEVIEW 2014 (DEveloper's VIEW). CFP submissions due by June 30. Event is September 29-30 in Seoul, South Korea. CloudOpen and LinuxCon Europe. Submit by July 11. Event is October 13-15 in Dusseldorf, Germany. Ubucon.DE. CFP deadline is July 31; go to site, click on Call for Papers. Event is October 17-19 in Katlenburg, Germany. Software Defined Enterprise World Forum. CFP available now, no deadline listed. Event is September 10-14 in London, England. FSOSS. CFP is open now, no deadline listed. Event is October 23-24 in Toronto, Canada. ###

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