September 2014 - Marketing - lists.openinfra.dev

[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] 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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[OpenStack Marketing] OpenStack Open Marketing Meeting/Thursday, October 2, 2014
by Margaret Callard 30 Sep '14

30 Sep '14

Hi all, Remember to sign up for our Open Marketing Meeting scheduled for this Thursday, October 2 at 8 a.m. Pacific/11 a.m. Eastern. We'll be walking through a preview of the Juno release. Hope to see you. Register: http://openstack.enterthemeeting.com/m/CAQXV4YU Thanks, Margie

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[OpenStack Marketing] Looking for funds to a new round of Outreach Program for Women
by Stefano Maffulli 29 Sep '14

29 Sep '14

Continuing the tradition, the OpenStack project is joining GNOME Outreach Program for Women and looking for sponsors to support the Winter 2014 edition. We already have six interested candidates for OpenStack and only one grant available, offered by OpenStack Foundation. We're looking for more sponsors. The starting level for one intern is $6250, and you can find out more about additional support levels at https://wiki.gnome.org/OutreachProgramForWomen/Admin/InfoForOrgs#Action. In the past editions, the Foundation, HP, RedHat, and Rackspace have contributed grants, and Intel is a contributing sponsor for the GNOME program. If you have funding available to support more Women in OpenStack please contact me or Anne Gentle. Reports from past rounds on http://www.openstack.org/blog/category/women-of-openstack/ thanks stef -- Ask and answer questions on https://ask.openstack.org

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[OpenStack Marketing] October 1 Price Increase - OpenStack Summit
by Claire Massey 25 Sep '14

25 Sep '14

Hi everyone, If you’re planning to attend the November OpenStack Summit in Paris - it’s time to register! Prices will increase next week on October 1 at 11:30pm CEST (France time zone). Register HERE! Online registration will officially close on October 24 - don’t miss out. Important Summit links: * Format & Passes * Schedule * Hotels * Sponsors Full Summit details available at openstack.org/summit. Please contact events(a)openstack.org if you have any questions. Cheers, Claire Claire Massey OpenStack Marketing claire(a)openstack.org

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[OpenStack Marketing] UK-based Customers?
by Lauren Sell 19 Sep '14

19 Sep '14

Just a quick note / heads up for the marketing community. Last week we did the final walkthrough at the Paris Summit venue and also did some press briefings in London and Paris to build some buzz leading into November. Two of the journalists we met in London are very interested in featuring UK-based OpenStack users and case studies: Archana Venkatraman of Computer Weekly and Dan Robinson of V3. If your you have customers in the region who are willing to talk, we’d be happy to make an intro, or feel free to reach out to them directly if you have the relationship.

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[OpenStack Marketing] Sept 19 Sponsorship Deadline - OpenStack Summit
by Shari Mahrdt 18 Sep '14

18 Sep '14

Hi everyone, As you know we’re very excited to bring the OpenStack 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 and session videos and slides 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 to attend - hurry, prices increase on October 2. Discounted Hotel Rooms - stay in one of the convenient, official event hotels. Sponsor the Summit - join this list of current Summit sponsor companies. Official Summit Schedule - 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. There are seven available levels of Summit sponsorship and many add-on opportunities. We encourage you to review the Sponsorship Prospectus. 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 2) The OpenStack Paris Summit Sponsorship Agreement If you have any sponsorship questions, please watch the recording of the sponsor overview webinar or email events(a)openstack.org. We look forward to hopefully hosting you in Paris this November! Cheers, Shari Shari Mahrdt OpenStack Marketing shari(a)openstack.org

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[OpenStack Marketing] OpenStack Interop Opportunities
by Kathy Cacciatore 16 Sep '14

16 Sep '14

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[OpenStack Marketing] Superuser Award Nominations Now Open!
by Allison Price 09 Sep '14

09 Sep '14

We are now accepting submissions for the Superuser Awards! During the last Marketing call, we introduced the inaugural Superuser Awards that will celebrate the transformational work of OpenStack end users and operators. You can now nominate a team (your own, or from another organization) to be recognized for using OpenStack to improve their business while contributing meaningfully to the OpenStack community. The deadline for submissions is September 19, and winners of the award will be announced on stage at the OpenStack Summit in Paris, November 3-7. Please let me know if you have any questions, and you can also visit the Superuser Awards page to find additional details on the selection criteria and nomination form. Cheers, Allison Allison Price OpenStack Marketing allison(a)openstack.org

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[OpenStack Marketing] Searching for Third Party Analytics / Research Firm
by Lauren Sell 03 Sep '14

03 Sep '14

Hi everyone, In previous cycles of the user survey [http://www.openstack.org/user-survey], it’s taken quite a few hours to analyze the data and qualitative responses. It’s been understandably difficult for user committee volunteers to pull away from their day jobs to do it. To combat this problem, we would like to hire an independent researcher or boutique firm that can provide some extra manpower working with the user committee. We’re looking for a person or organization that would be able to take on the bulk of the quantitative analysis, as well as conduct some categorization of the qualitative feedback under the direction of the user comittee members. In this case, we are not looking to commission an industry analyst report (that would be a separate project). Ideally this would be an independent / third party resource that we can put under NDA for the confidential responses (no direct ties to ecosystem companies). If you have any recommendations, please let us know!

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