July 2014 - Marketing - lists.openinfra.dev

[OpenStack Marketing] OpenStack 4th Birthday
by Allison Price 05 Aug '14

05 Aug '14

Hi everyone, As you know, throughout the month of July we’ve been celebrating the OpenStack 4th birthday with the entire OpenStack community via local user group parties! The official OpenStack birthday is July 19th but because this date falls on a weekend this year, we are celebrating on Monday, July 21 in an anniversary blog post, and Tuesday, July 22nd with a party during OSCON We also encourage the community to share their own birthday blog posts. If you send us the link to your post, we will included mention of it in the OpenStack birthday blog that is published Monday. In case you missed the last open marketing meeting, we have the following activities planned: More than 50 user groups around the world are coordinating celebrations. Our birthday landing page featuring stats, twitter feeds and upcoming birthday parties thrown by our global user groups. View the latest stats and slides. We are throwing a birthday party during OSCON for OpenStack community members, Foundation staff and the board of directors to mingle and celebrate the community growth and progress. If you're attending OSCON next week, RSVP for the party. This month, we have been celebrating contributors who have made OpenStack successful with the #OpenMic series and featuring active user groups on the Superuser publication How you can participate: Join the conversation - tweet, blog and post pictures using the #OpenStack4Bday hashtag to be included in our aggregate blog post July 21, as well as twitter feeds on the birthday landing page and OSCON party If you are planning to post a blog about the significance of the milestone for the community, please send the intended URL for inclusion in our aggregate blog post by July 21 at 11am CDT (send to allison(a)openstack.org) Share your user story to be featured on the Superuser publication with editor(a)openstack.org Access the fourth birthday graphics and latest presentation Attend or promote the birthday party at OSCON and your local user group celebrations! Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks! Allison

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[OpenStack Marketing] Session Voting Open - Nov OpenStack Summit in Paris
by Claire Massey 30 Jul '14

30 Jul '14

Hi everyone, Session voting is now open for the November 2014 OpenStack Summit in Paris. Help select which talks will be presented at the Summit by casting your vote. VOTE HERE. Hurry, voting closes at 11:59pm CDT on August 6. Continue to visit openstack.org/summit for all Summit specific information including registration, hotels, sponsorship, visa letter, etc. Cheers, Claire

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[OpenStack Marketing] Free passes to CloudOpen NA Chicago available for OpenStack volunteers
by Shari Mahrdt 28 Jul '14

28 Jul '14

The OpenStack Foundation is pleased to sponsor CloudOpen North America, August 20 - 22, 2014 in Chicago, IL. OpenStack has a Bronze sponsorship and has 5 complimentary full conference passes to offer to 5 volunteers who can staff the OpenStack booth in shifts covering the following times: Setup: •Tuesday, August 19th: 7:00pm - 10:00pm •Wednesday, August 20th: 6:00am - 9:00am Open: •Wednesday, August 20th: 10:45am - 4:50pm •Thursday, August 21st: 10:30am - 4:30pm; 5:15pm - 7:30pm •Friday, August 22nd: 10:00am - 2:45pm Teardown: •Friday, August 22nd: 2:45pm - 6:00pm Please send an email to shari(a)openstack.org if you are available and can help inspire the Cloud Open NA attendees to use and contribute to OpenStack. We greatly appreciate any support. Cheers, Shari Shari Mahrdt OpenStack Marketing shari(a)openstack.org

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[OpenStack Marketing] Sponsorship Contract Available - Paris OpenStack Summit
by Claire Massey 17 Jul '14

17 Jul '14

Hi everyone, If you are interested in sponsoring the Openstack Summit November 2014 in Paris - the executable contract is now available for signature HERE. BEFORE signing the contract please make sure that you have fully read and completed ALL required steps outlined on the how to Become A Sponsor page. If you have any outstanding/overdue balances owed to OpenStack Foundation these bills will need to be paid in full before you sign the contract. Due to production deadlines September 19 is the last day that signed Summit contracts will be accepted. The following information is also available at openstack.org/summit * Current list of available sponsorships, Sponsorship Prospectus, contract links, etc * Call for Speakers - hurry, the deadline to submit a talk is July 28! * Hotel room blocks * Summit registration * Visa information * Travel Support program application Cheers, Claire

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[OpenStack Marketing] Webinar Recording & Slides: Paris Summit Sponsor Overview
by Claire Massey 09 Jul '14

09 Jul '14

Hi everyone, Thank you to those who joined today’s Paris Summit Sponsor Overview webinar. Here’s the content that was presented: Webinar slides with audio recording Basic slides without audio If you plan to sponsor the Summit please mark your calendars for July 17 at 11:00am CT when the executable Paris sponsorship contract will be made available for signature. Continue to visit openstack.org/summit for updates. If you have any additional Summit questions please email events(a)openstack.org. Cheers, Claire

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[OpenStack Marketing] Reminder Summit Sponsor Webinar Tomorrow
by Claire Massey 08 Jul '14

08 Jul '14

Hi Everyone, Reminder: if your company is interested in sponsoring the November OpenStack Summit in Paris then please plan to attend tomorrow’s Sponsor Overview webinar at 11:00am CDT. Please fully read the Sponsorship Prospectus beforehand. All Summit information is available at openstack.org/summit. Register for the webinar here: http://openstack.enterthemeeting.com/m/Z8TX7GZJ Thanks! Claire

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[OpenStack Marketing] 50% discount on passes to Cloud Connect China in Shanghai, September 16-18
by Kathy Cacciatore 07 Jul '14

07 Jul '14

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[OpenStack Marketing] Call for Speakers Open, OpenStack Summit in Paris
by Claire Massey 01 Jul '14

01 Jul '14

Hi Everyone, The Call for Speakers is OPEN for the November OpenStack Summit in Paris! Submit your talks here: https://www.openstack.org/summit/openstack-paris-summit-2014/call-for-speak…. There are a few new speaking tracks in the Summit lineup this year so please review the below list before you submit a talk. Don't wait! The Call for Speakers will close on July 28 at 11:59pm CDT. The Summit will take place in Paris at Le Palais des Congrès, November 3-7. The main conference and expo will run Monday - Wednesday and the design summit will run Tuesday - Friday. Continue to visit openstack.org/summit for information including: event format, registration, hotel room blocks, visa letters, etc. If you have any Summit related questions please email events(a)openstack.org. Cheers, Claire Proposed Speaking Tracks for the OpenStack Summit in Paris: Enterprise IT Strategies Enterprise IT leaders building their cloud business case are facing unique requirements to manage legacy applications, new software development and shadow IT within industry regulations and business constraints. In this track, we'll discuss how OpenStack is meeting enterprise IT technical requirements and cover topics relevant to planning your cloud strategy, including culture change, cost management, vendor strategy and recruiting. Telco Strategies Telecommunications companies are one of the largest areas of growth for OpenStack around the world. In this track, we'll feature content relevant to these users, addressing the evolution of the network and emerging NFV architecture, the global IaaS market and role of telcos, industry regulation and data sovereignty, and industry cooperation around interoperability and federation. How to Contribute The How to Contribute track is for new community members and companies interested in contributing to the open source code, with a focus on OpenStack community processes, tools, culture and best practices. Planning Your OpenStack Project If you are new to OpenStack or just getting started planning your cloud strategy, this track will cover the basics for you to evaluate the technology, understand the different ways to consume OpenStack, review popular use cases and determine your path forward. Products, Tools & Services OpenStack's vibrant ecosystem and the different ways to consume it are among it's greatest strengths. In this track, you'll hear about the latest products, tools and services from the OpenStack ecosystem. User Stories Sharing knowledge is a core value for the OpenStack community. In the user stories track, you'll hear directly from enterprises, service providers and application developers who are using OpenStack to address their business problems. Learn best practices, challenges and recommendations directly from your industry peers. Community Building OpenStack is a large, diverse community with more than 75 user groups around the world. In the community building track, user group leaders will share their experiences growing and maturing their local groups, community leaders will discuss new tools and metrics, and we'll shine a spotlight on end user and contributing organizations who have experienced a significant internal culture change as participants of the OpenStack community. Related OSS Projects There is a rich ecosystem of open source projects that sit on top of, plug into or support the OpenStack cloud software. In this track, we'll demonstrate the capabilities and preview the roadmaps for open source projects relevant to OpenStack. This presentation track is separate from the open source project working sessions, which allow the contributors to those projects to gather and discuss features and requirements relevant to their integration with OpenStack. A separate application for those working sessions will be announced. Operations The Operations track is 100% focused on what it takes to run a production OpenStack cloud. Every presenter has put endless coffee-fueled hours into making services scale robustly, never go down, and automating, automating, automating. The track will cover efficient use of existing tools, managing upgrades and staying up-to-date with one of the world's fastest-moving code bases and "Architecture show and tell," where established clouds will lead a discussion around their architecture. If you're already running a cloud, you should also join us in the Ops Summit for some serious working sessions (no basic intros here) on making the OpenStack software and ops tools for it better. Cloud Security The Security track will feature technical presentations, design and implementation disussions relevant to cloud security and OpenStack. Compute Computing is a broad topic, but this track will offer technical presentations, use cases, and design and implementation specific to the OpenStack Compute project. Topics will include new features, integration with tools and technologies and configuration as well as hypervisors, HA, schedulers, bare metal computing and databases. Cloud Storage The Storage track will feature technical presentations, use cases, design and implementation discussions relevant to cloud storage and OpenStack. Cloud Networking The Networking track will feature technical presentations, use cases, design and implementation discussions relevant to cloud networking, specifically topics like SDN, scale, IPv6, policies, HA and performance. Public & hybrid clouds The public and hybrid clouds track will cover issues and considerations unique to organizations who are making use of public or hybrid cloud infrastrucutre, or are considering this approach. Hands-On Labs (90 minutes) Hands-on Labs offers a window into OpenStack training for operators and application developers. Sessions are typically 90 minutes and set classroom style for interaction. Bring your laptop and walk away with OpenStack skills. Targeting Apps for OpenStack Clouds A large community of application developers and ecosystem of development tools is growing around OpenStack. This track will be for users who are building and deploying applications on OpenStack clouds, and cover topics like automating and managing application deployment, application software configuration, SDKs, tools, PaaS and big data.

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