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Hi everyone,

The Havana release is out, and the press release is live. Please retweet https://twitter.com/OpenStack/status/390847144833589248.

Early Press Coverage:

OpenStack Havana Goes Live, but here's what's important: New Users! http://gigaom.com/2013/10/17/openstack-havana-goes-live-but-heres-whats-important-new-users/
With Havana Release, OpenStack Adds Enterprise Features: http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2013/10/17/havana-openstack-enterprise-features/
OpenStack Demand is High as Havana Debut Nears: http://www.serverwatch.com/server-news/openstack-demand-is-high-as-havana-debut-nears-report.html

Helpful Materials:
Havana URL: http://www.openstack.org/havana/ 
Press release: http://www.openstack.org/software/havana/press-release/
Slide deck from 10/8 marketing meeting: http://www.slideshare.net/openstack/openstack-havana-release
Technical Release Notes: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/ReleaseNotes/Havana
Havana Dashboard demo video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vm7aHJtQMQE
Havana Dashboard screenshots with captions: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/3y88s2zm8p2c47c/EjTTdpnZyp
Key Stats:
OpenStack has users in more than 72 countries and 358 cities
Over 910 contributors to Havana; a 76% increase from Havana release 
145 organizations employed contributors to the Havana release
Nearly 400 new features across the platform
More than 20,000 patches merged during in the Havana development cycle
Contributor stats: http://activity.openstack.org/dash/releases/index.html?data_dir=data/havana
Release Highlights:
New services with OpenStack Orchestration (Heat) and OpenStack Metering (Ceilometer)
New app-driven capabilities with Orchestration, global Object Storage clusters, QoS 
Better operational experience with more features exposed in the Dashboard, improved UI, metering
More enterprise features such as boot from volume, end-to-end encryption across Block Storage drivers, SSL support across all APIs, VPN and Firewall-as-a-service
More users (who are not monetizing OpenStack directly) contributing to the code base, such as CERN, Comcast, Intel IT, NeCTAR, PayPal, Shutterstock and Workday
OpenStack Summit Hong Kong

We're looking forward to the next OpenStack Summit, November 5-8, in Hong Kong, where we have a lot of exciting users on the agenda, including Baidu, CERN, Concur, Ctrip, HP, Intel, MIT, PayPal, Qihoo360, Qiyi, Rackspace, Shutterstock and Workday.

http://www.openstack.org/summit/hk/
http://www.openstack.org/summit/hkc

Thanks,
Lauren


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