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Congratulations OpenStack community and Foundation team!

Best,
Simon

On Oct 17, 2013, at 7:33 AM, Lauren Sell <lauren at openstack.org> wrote:

> 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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