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draft [ANNOUNCE]ment version 4.15 [DISCUSS]
As a draft announcement and discussion item the text for an announcement
mail below. Note that the features list is far from complete and any
suggestions on that will be incorporated.
*The Apache Software Foundation Announces Apache**®** CloudStack**®** v4.15*
The Apache CloudStack project is pleased to announce the release of Apache
CloudStack v4.15. Apache CloudStack 4.15 is a 4.15 LTS release which
contains
over 250 new features, enhancements and fixes since 4.14, such as
- advanced capabilities for Vmware,
- a UI overhaul,
- DB engine support for mysql 8.
Highlights include:
- Supporting advanced storage configuration for VMware
- VMware 7 support
- New UI
# Documentation
The full list of new features can be found in the project release notes at
http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/4.15.0.0/releasenotes/changes.html
The CloudStack documentation includes upgrade instructions from previous
versions of Apache CloudStack, and can be found at:
http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/4.15.0.0/upgrading/index.html
The official installation, administration and API documentation for each of
the releases are available on our documentation page:
http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/
# Downloads
The official source code for the 4.15.0.0 release can be downloaded from
our downloads page:
http://cloudstack.apache.org/downloads.html
In addition to the official source code release, individual contributors
have also made convenience binaries available on the Apache CloudStack
download page, and can be found at:
http://download.cloudstack.org/ubuntu/dists/
http://download.cloudstack.org/centos/7/
http://www.shapeblue.com/packages/
Apache CloudStack powers numerous elastic Cloud computing services,
including solutions that have ranked as Gartner Magic Quadrant leaders.
Highlighted in the Forrester Q4 2017 Enterprise Open Source Cloud Adoption
report, Apache CloudStack "sits beneath hundreds of service provider
clouds", including Fortune 5 multinational corporations. A list of known
Apache CloudStack users are available at
http://cloudstack.apache.org/users.html
--
Daan
Re: draft [ANNOUNCE]ment version 4.15 [DISCUSS]
Posted by Rohit Yadav <ro...@shapeblue.com>.
All,
I've added some missing new/key features and fixed the URLs, please review/amend on top of:
### START ###
The Apache Software Foundation Announces Apache® CloudStack® v4.15
Mature Open Source Enterprise Cloud platform powers billions of dollars
in transactions for the world's largest Cloud providers, Fortune 500
multinationals, educational institutions, and more.
The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), the all-volunteer developers,
stewards, and incubators of more than 350 Open Source projects and
initiatives, announced today Apache® CloudStack® 4.15, the latest
version of the mature, turnkey enterprise Cloud orchestration platform.
Apache CloudStack is the proven, highly scalable IaaS platform of
choice to rapidly and easily create private, public, and hybrid Cloud
environments: it "just works". Apache CloudStack includes the entire
"stack" of features in an IaaS cloud: compute orchestration,
Network-as-a-Service, user, and account management, full and open native
API, resource accounting, and a first-class user interface.
[Insert quote from VP/User/etc)
The new 4.15 release ships with over 250 new features, improvements, and bug
fixes including:
- A new, modern user interface at general availability
- vSphere advanced storage capabilities to support VMware storage policies, vSAN, VMFS6, vVols and datastore clusters
- VMware "deploy-as-is" templates with OVF properties support for deploying virtual appliances in CloudStack clouds
- Secondary storage management tools
- Roles based users in projects
- Dynamic roles enhancements for more granular RBAC
- Support for CentOS 8, Ubuntu 20.04, XCP-ng 8.1, and MySQL 8
- noVNC console for performance improvements to VM console access
- Redfish support for out of band management
- Unmanaging guest VMs
- PVLAN support for L2 networks
- Boot into hardware setup (VMware)
- Configure root disk via service offering
More at https://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/4.15.0.0/releasenotes/about.html
[another nice quote from somebody]
# Documentation
The full list of new features can be found in the project release notes
at https://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/4.15.0.0/releasenotes/changes.html
The CloudStack documentation includes upgrade instructions from
previous versions of Apache CloudStack, and can be found at:
https://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/4.15.0.0/upgrading/
The official installation, administration, and API documentation for
each of the releases is available on our documentation page:
https://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/4.15.0.0/
http://cloudstack.apache.org/api/apidocs-4.15/
# Downloads
The official source code for the 4.15.0.0 release can be downloaded
from our downloads page:
https://cloudstack.apache.org/downloads.html
In addition to the official source code release, individual
contributors have also made convenience binaries available on the
Apache CloudStack download page, and can be found at:
https://download.cloudstack.org/centos/7/
https://download.cloudstack.org/centos/8/
https://download.cloudstack.org/ubuntu/dists/
https://www.shapeblue.com/packages/
Apache CloudStack powers numerous elastic Cloud computing services,
including solutions that have ranked as Gartner Magic Quadrant leaders.
Highlighted in the Forrester Q4 2017 Enterprise Open Source Cloud
Adoption report, Apache CloudStack "sits beneath hundreds of service
provider clouds", including Fortune 500 multinational corporations. A
list of known Apache CloudStack users are available at
https://cloudstack.apache.org/users.html
### END ###
Regards.
________________________________
From: Sally Khudairi <sk...@apache.org>
Sent: Monday, January 11, 2021 20:38
To: Giles Sirett <gi...@shapeblue.com>; Apache CloudStack Marketing <ma...@cloudstack.apache.org>
Cc: Sven Vogel <S....@ewerk.com>; Daan Hoogland <da...@gmail.com>; Wido den Hollander <wi...@denhollander.io>; Simon Weller <si...@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: draft [ANNOUNCE]ment version 4.15 [DISCUSS]
Thank you, Giles; hello, everyone.
We might be making this a "Project press release" vs. "ASF Project Milestone" announcement. Minor difference, primarily of the voice as well as testimonials (you can include more Committers, vs. corporate users if needed).
The Gartner pointer is too old to be impressive at this stage. Any idea of a more recent analyst highlight?
What's your intended timeframe for this?
Best,
Sally
- - -
Vice President Marketing & Publicity
Vice President Sponsor Relations
The Apache Software Foundation
Tel +1 617 921 8656 | sk@apache.org
rohit.yadav@shapeblue.com
www.shapeblue.com
3 London Bridge Street, 3rd floor, News Building, London SE1 9SGUK
@shapeblue
On Mon, Jan 11, 2021, at 09:53, Giles Sirett wrote:
> Hi Daan
> [Sally in CC by way of a heads-up that this is coming]
>
> Good start. I've updated below to keep more inline with previous
> release announcements and also added a summary of the 4.15 major
> enhancements
>
> It would be good if we can get a couple of quotes from:
> a) release Manager (you)
> b) VP - Sven
> c) some users - I've copied Wido and Si as theyre usually an easy
> touch for a quote 😊
>
> Anybody happy to send in a quote, reply to this thread and I'll edit it
> into the release
>
> = ========= [start]========
>
> The Apache Software Foundation Announces Apache® CloudStack® v 4.15
> Mature Open Source Enterprise Cloud platform powers billions of dollars
> in transactions for the world's largest Cloud providers, Fortune 5
> multinationals, educational institutions, and more.
>
> The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), the all-volunteer developers,
> stewards, and incubators of more than 350 Open Source projects and
> initiatives, announced today Apache® CloudStack® 4.15, the latest
> version of the mature, turnkey enterprise Cloud orchestration platform.
>
> Apache CloudStack is the proven, highly scalable IaaS platform of
> choice to rapidly and easily create private, public, and hybrid Cloud
> environments: it "just works". Apache CloudStack includes the entire
> "stack" of features in an IaaS cloud: compute orchestration,
> Network-as-a-Service, user and account management, full and open native
> API, resource accounting, and a first-class user interface.
>
> [Insert quote from VP/User/etc)
>
> The new 4.15 release ships with over 200 new features, improvements and
> bug fixes including:
>
> -A new, modern user interface at general availability
> -Secondary storage Management tools
> -vSphere advanced capabilities to support VMware storage policies,
> vSAN, VMFS6, etc
> -"deploy-as-is" templates for deploying virtual appliances in
> CloudStack clouds
> -Roles based users in projects
> -Dynamic roles enhancements for more granular RBAC
> -Configure root disk via service offering
> -noVNC console for performance improvements to VM console access
> -Redfish support for out of band management
> Support for Centos 8, Ubuntu 20.4, XCP-ng 8.1 and MySQL 8
> -Boot into hardware setup
>
>
> [another nice quote from somebody]
>
> # Documentation
> The full list of new features can be found in the project release notes
> at
> http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/4.15.0.0/releasenotes/changes.html
> The CloudStack documentation includes upgrade instructions from
> previous versions of Apache CloudStack, and can be found at:
> http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/4.15.0.0/upgrading/index.html
> The official installation, administration and API documentation for
> each of the releases are available on our documentation page:
> http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/
>
> # Downloads
> The official source code for the 4.15.0.0 release can be downloaded
> from our downloads page:
> http://cloudstack.apache.org/downloads.html
>
> In addition to the official source code release, individual
> contributors have also made convenience binaries available on the
> Apache CloudStack download page, and can be found at:
> http://download.cloudstack.org/ubuntu/dists/
> http://download.cloudstack.org/centos/7/
> http://www.shapeblue.com/packages/
>
> Apache CloudStack powers numerous elastic Cloud computing services,
> including solutions that have ranked as Gartner Magic Quadrant leaders.
> Highlighted in the Forrester Q4 2017 Enterprise Open Source Cloud
> Adoption report, Apache CloudStack "sits beneath hundreds of service
> provider clouds", including Fortune 5 multinational corporations. A
> list of known Apache CloudStack users are available at
> http://cloudstack.apache.org/users.html
>
> ======[ends]=== ====================
>
> Kind regards
> Giles
>
> giles.sirett@shapeblue.com
> www.shapeblue.com<http://www.shapeblue.com>
> 3 London Bridge Street, 3rd floor, News Building, London SE1 9SGUK
> @shapeblue
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daan Hoogland <da...@gmail.com>
> Sent: 11 January 2021 13:23
> To: Apache CloudStack Marketing <ma...@cloudstack.apache.org>; dev
> <de...@cloudstack.apache.org>
> Subject: draft [ANNOUNCE]ment version 4.15 [DISCUSS]
>
> As a draft announcement and discussion item the text for an
> announcement mail below. Note that the features list is far from
> complete and any suggestions on that will be incorporated.
>
>
> *The Apache Software Foundation Announces Apache**®** CloudStack**®** v4.15*
>
> The Apache CloudStack project is pleased to announce the release of
> Apache CloudStack v4.15. Apache CloudStack 4.15 is a 4.15 LTS release
> which contains over 250 new features, enhancements and fixes since
> 4.14, such as
> - advanced capabilities for Vmware,
> - a UI overhaul,
> - DB engine support for mysql 8.
>
> Highlights include:
>
> - Supporting advanced storage configuration for VMware
> - VMware 7 support
> - New UI
>
> # Documentation
> The full list of new features can be found in the project release notes
> at
> http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/4.15.0.0/releasenotes/changes.html
> The CloudStack documentation includes upgrade instructions from
> previous versions of Apache CloudStack, and can be found at:
> http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/4.15.0.0/upgrading/index.html
> The official installation, administration and API documentation for
> each of the releases are available on our documentation page:
> http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/
>
> # Downloads
> The official source code for the 4.15.0.0 release can be downloaded
> from our downloads page:
> http://cloudstack.apache.org/downloads.html
>
> In addition to the official source code release, individual
> contributors have also made convenience binaries available on the
> Apache CloudStack download page, and can be found at:
> http://download.cloudstack.org/ubuntu/dists/
> http://download.cloudstack.org/centos/7/
> http://www.shapeblue.com/packages/
>
> Apache CloudStack powers numerous elastic Cloud computing services,
> including solutions that have ranked as Gartner Magic Quadrant leaders.
> Highlighted in the Forrester Q4 2017 Enterprise Open Source Cloud
> Adoption report, Apache CloudStack "sits beneath hundreds of service
> provider clouds", including Fortune 5 multinational corporations. A
> list of known Apache CloudStack users are available at
> http://cloudstack.apache.org/users.html
>
> --
> Daan
>
Re: draft [ANNOUNCE]ment version 4.15 [DISCUSS]
Posted by Sally Khudairi <sk...@apache.org>.
Great; thank you, Giles.
I'll get back on the draft later today. Feel free to ping if you need anything in the interim.
Best,
Sally
- - -
Vice President Marketing & Publicity
Vice President Sponsor Relations
The Apache Software Foundation
Tel +1 617 921 8656 | sk@apache.org
On Tue, Jan 12, 2021, at 12:05, Giles Sirett wrote:
> Hi Sally (I've dropped the people CCd and just kept this to the marketing list)
>
> That’s great - thanks
> Your draft crossed with Rohits email from this morning with some edits
> on the features and URLs I've therefore pasted the updated feature
> list in your draft and consolidated the two different sets of URLs
>
> I've put some feelers out for quotes - will drop them straight in as
> soon as I receive any
>
>
> Kind regards
> Giles
>
> giles.sirett@shapeblue.com
> www.shapeblue.com
> 3 London Bridge Street, 3rd floor, News Building, London SE1 9SGUK
> @shapeblue
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sally Khudairi <sk...@apache.org>
> Sent: 12 January 2021 16:27
> To: Giles Sirett <gi...@shapeblue.com>; Apache CloudStack
> Marketing <ma...@cloudstack.apache.org>
> Cc: Sven Vogel <S....@ewerk.com>; Daan Hoogland
> <da...@gmail.com>; Wido den Hollander <wi...@denhollander.io>;
> Simon Weller <si...@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: draft [ANNOUNCE]ment version 4.15 [DISCUSS]
>
> Hello again, everyone --I hope you are all well.
>
> I decided to change the announcement a bit; the draft is available at
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NJpmdu385Ivxi38ja7TI9M_W48IlPJWCqh8lX_yrhrs/edit?usp=sharing
>
> ...credentials are set to "Comment" so I can track progress and
> incorporate edits. I'm happy to issue the press release on the wire
> whenever we're ready.
>
> Kindly note that I have a placeholder quote for Sven (please
> edit/adjust/de-"Sally-fy" as appropriate), as well as at least one
> other testimonial. Ideally we'll have at least three quotes in a press
> release. Is there anyone from the CloudStack Marketing list interest in
> dropping something in?
>
> Do let me know your thoughts on the tone and content.
>
> Best,
> Sally
>
> - - -
> Vice President Marketing & Publicity
> Vice President Sponsor Relations
> The Apache Software Foundation
>
> Tel +1 617 921 8656 | sk@apache.org
>
> On Mon, Jan 11, 2021, at 10:08, Sally Khudairi wrote:
> > Thank you, Giles; hello, everyone.
> >
> > We might be making this a "Project press release" vs. "ASF Project
> > Milestone" announcement. Minor difference, primarily of the voice as
> > well as testimonials (you can include more Committers, vs. corporate
> > users if needed).
> >
> > The Gartner pointer is too old to be impressive at this stage. Any
> > idea of a more recent analyst highlight?
> >
> > What's your intended timeframe for this?
> >
> > Best,
> > Sally
> >
> > - - -
> > Vice President Marketing & Publicity
> > Vice President Sponsor Relations
> > The Apache Software Foundation
> >
> > Tel +1 617 921 8656 | sk@apache.org
> >
> > On Mon, Jan 11, 2021, at 09:53, Giles Sirett wrote:
> > > Hi Daan
> > > [Sally in CC by way of a heads-up that this is coming]
> > >
> > > Good start. I've updated below to keep more inline with previous
> > > release announcements and also added a summary of the 4.15 major
> > > enhancements
> > >
> > > It would be good if we can get a couple of quotes from:
> > > a) release Manager (you)
> > > b) VP - Sven
> > > c) some users - I've copied Wido and Si as theyre usually an easy
> > > touch for a quote 😊
> > >
> > > Anybody happy to send in a quote, reply to this thread and I'll edit
> > > it into the release
> > >
> > > = ========= [start]========
> > >
> > > The Apache Software Foundation Announces Apache® CloudStack® v 4.15
> > > Mature Open Source Enterprise Cloud platform powers billions of
> > > dollars in transactions for the world's largest Cloud providers,
> > > Fortune 5 multinationals, educational institutions, and more.
> > >
> > > The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), the all-volunteer developers,
> > > stewards, and incubators of more than 350 Open Source projects and
> > > initiatives, announced today Apache® CloudStack® 4.15, the latest
> > > version of the mature, turnkey enterprise Cloud orchestration platform.
> > >
> > > Apache CloudStack is the proven, highly scalable IaaS platform of
> > > choice to rapidly and easily create private, public, and hybrid
> > > Cloud
> > > environments: it "just works". Apache CloudStack includes the entire
> > > "stack" of features in an IaaS cloud: compute orchestration,
> > > Network-as-a-Service, user and account management, full and open
> > > native API, resource accounting, and a first-class user interface.
> > >
> > > [Insert quote from VP/User/etc)
> > >
> > > The new 4.15 release ships with over 200 new features, improvements
> > > and bug fixes including:
> > >
> > > -A new, modern user interface at general availability -Secondary
> > > storage Management tools -vSphere advanced capabilities to support
> > > VMware storage policies, vSAN, VMFS6, etc -"deploy-as-is" templates
> > > for deploying virtual appliances in CloudStack clouds -Roles based
> > > users in projects -Dynamic roles enhancements for more granular RBAC
> > > -Configure root disk via service offering -noVNC console for
> > > performance improvements to VM console access -Redfish support for
> > > out of band management Support for Centos 8, Ubuntu 20.4, XCP-ng 8.1
> > > and MySQL 8 -Boot into hardware setup
> > >
> > >
> > > [another nice quote from somebody]
> > >
> > > # Documentation
> > > The full list of new features can be found in the project release
> > > notes at
> > > http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/4.15.0.0/releasenotes/changes.h
> > > tml The CloudStack documentation includes upgrade instructions from
> > > previous versions of Apache CloudStack, and can be found at:
> > > http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/4.15.0.0/upgrading/index.html
> > > The official installation, administration and API documentation for
> > > each of the releases are available on our documentation page:
> > > http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/
> > >
> > > # Downloads
> > > The official source code for the 4.15.0.0 release can be downloaded
> > > from our downloads page:
> > > http://cloudstack.apache.org/downloads.html
> > >
> > > In addition to the official source code release, individual
> > > contributors have also made convenience binaries available on the
> > > Apache CloudStack download page, and can be found at:
> > > http://download.cloudstack.org/ubuntu/dists/
> > > http://download.cloudstack.org/centos/7/
> > > http://www.shapeblue.com/packages/
> > >
> > > Apache CloudStack powers numerous elastic Cloud computing services,
> > > including solutions that have ranked as Gartner Magic Quadrant leaders.
> > > Highlighted in the Forrester Q4 2017 Enterprise Open Source Cloud
> > > Adoption report, Apache CloudStack "sits beneath hundreds of service
> > > provider clouds", including Fortune 5 multinational corporations. A
> > > list of known Apache CloudStack users are available at
> > > http://cloudstack.apache.org/users.html
> > >
> > > ======[ends]=== ====================
> > >
> > > Kind regards
> > > Giles
> > >
> > > giles.sirett@shapeblue.com
> > > www.shapeblue.com
> > > 3 London Bridge Street, 3rd floor, News Building, London SE1 9SGUK
> > > @shapeblue
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Daan Hoogland <da...@gmail.com>
> > > Sent: 11 January 2021 13:23
> > > To: Apache CloudStack Marketing <ma...@cloudstack.apache.org>;
> > > dev <de...@cloudstack.apache.org>
> > > Subject: draft [ANNOUNCE]ment version 4.15 [DISCUSS]
> > >
> > > As a draft announcement and discussion item the text for an
> > > announcement mail below. Note that the features list is far from
> > > complete and any suggestions on that will be incorporated.
> > >
> > >
> > > *The Apache Software Foundation Announces Apache**®**
> > > CloudStack**®** v4.15*
> > >
> > > The Apache CloudStack project is pleased to announce the release of
> > > Apache CloudStack v4.15. Apache CloudStack 4.15 is a 4.15 LTS
> > > release which contains over 250 new features, enhancements and fixes
> > > since 4.14, such as
> > > - advanced capabilities for Vmware,
> > > - a UI overhaul,
> > > - DB engine support for mysql 8.
> > >
> > > Highlights include:
> > >
> > > - Supporting advanced storage configuration for VMware
> > > - VMware 7 support
> > > - New UI
> > >
> > > # Documentation
> > > The full list of new features can be found in the project release
> > > notes at
> > > http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/4.15.0.0/releasenotes/changes.h
> > > tml The CloudStack documentation includes upgrade instructions from
> > > previous versions of Apache CloudStack, and can be found at:
> > > http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/4.15.0.0/upgrading/index.html
> > > The official installation, administration and API documentation for
> > > each of the releases are available on our documentation page:
> > > http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/
> > >
> > > # Downloads
> > > The official source code for the 4.15.0.0 release can be downloaded
> > > from our downloads page:
> > > http://cloudstack.apache.org/downloads.html
> > >
> > > In addition to the official source code release, individual
> > > contributors have also made convenience binaries available on the
> > > Apache CloudStack download page, and can be found at:
> > > http://download.cloudstack.org/ubuntu/dists/
> > > http://download.cloudstack.org/centos/7/
> > > http://www.shapeblue.com/packages/
> > >
> > > Apache CloudStack powers numerous elastic Cloud computing services,
> > > including solutions that have ranked as Gartner Magic Quadrant leaders.
> > > Highlighted in the Forrester Q4 2017 Enterprise Open Source Cloud
> > > Adoption report, Apache CloudStack "sits beneath hundreds of service
> > > provider clouds", including Fortune 5 multinational corporations. A
> > > list of known Apache CloudStack users are available at
> > > http://cloudstack.apache.org/users.html
> > >
> > > --
> > > Daan
> > >
>
RE: draft [ANNOUNCE]ment version 4.15 [DISCUSS]
Posted by Giles Sirett <gi...@shapeblue.com>.
Hi Sally (I've dropped the people CCd and just kept this to the marketing list)
That’s great - thanks
Your draft crossed with Rohits email from this morning with some edits on the features and URLs I've therefore pasted the updated feature list in your draft and consolidated the two different sets of URLs
I've put some feelers out for quotes - will drop them straight in as soon as I receive any
Kind regards
Giles
giles.sirett@shapeblue.com
www.shapeblue.com
3 London Bridge Street, 3rd floor, News Building, London SE1 9SGUK
@shapeblue
-----Original Message-----
From: Sally Khudairi <sk...@apache.org>
Sent: 12 January 2021 16:27
To: Giles Sirett <gi...@shapeblue.com>; Apache CloudStack Marketing <ma...@cloudstack.apache.org>
Cc: Sven Vogel <S....@ewerk.com>; Daan Hoogland <da...@gmail.com>; Wido den Hollander <wi...@denhollander.io>; Simon Weller <si...@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: draft [ANNOUNCE]ment version 4.15 [DISCUSS]
Hello again, everyone --I hope you are all well.
I decided to change the announcement a bit; the draft is available at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NJpmdu385Ivxi38ja7TI9M_W48IlPJWCqh8lX_yrhrs/edit?usp=sharing
...credentials are set to "Comment" so I can track progress and incorporate edits. I'm happy to issue the press release on the wire whenever we're ready.
Kindly note that I have a placeholder quote for Sven (please edit/adjust/de-"Sally-fy" as appropriate), as well as at least one other testimonial. Ideally we'll have at least three quotes in a press release. Is there anyone from the CloudStack Marketing list interest in dropping something in?
Do let me know your thoughts on the tone and content.
Best,
Sally
- - -
Vice President Marketing & Publicity
Vice President Sponsor Relations
The Apache Software Foundation
Tel +1 617 921 8656 | sk@apache.org
On Mon, Jan 11, 2021, at 10:08, Sally Khudairi wrote:
> Thank you, Giles; hello, everyone.
>
> We might be making this a "Project press release" vs. "ASF Project
> Milestone" announcement. Minor difference, primarily of the voice as
> well as testimonials (you can include more Committers, vs. corporate
> users if needed).
>
> The Gartner pointer is too old to be impressive at this stage. Any
> idea of a more recent analyst highlight?
>
> What's your intended timeframe for this?
>
> Best,
> Sally
>
> - - -
> Vice President Marketing & Publicity
> Vice President Sponsor Relations
> The Apache Software Foundation
>
> Tel +1 617 921 8656 | sk@apache.org
>
> On Mon, Jan 11, 2021, at 09:53, Giles Sirett wrote:
> > Hi Daan
> > [Sally in CC by way of a heads-up that this is coming]
> >
> > Good start. I've updated below to keep more inline with previous
> > release announcements and also added a summary of the 4.15 major
> > enhancements
> >
> > It would be good if we can get a couple of quotes from:
> > a) release Manager (you)
> > b) VP - Sven
> > c) some users - I've copied Wido and Si as theyre usually an easy
> > touch for a quote 😊
> >
> > Anybody happy to send in a quote, reply to this thread and I'll edit
> > it into the release
> >
> > = ========= [start]========
> >
> > The Apache Software Foundation Announces Apache® CloudStack® v 4.15
> > Mature Open Source Enterprise Cloud platform powers billions of
> > dollars in transactions for the world's largest Cloud providers,
> > Fortune 5 multinationals, educational institutions, and more.
> >
> > The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), the all-volunteer developers,
> > stewards, and incubators of more than 350 Open Source projects and
> > initiatives, announced today Apache® CloudStack® 4.15, the latest
> > version of the mature, turnkey enterprise Cloud orchestration platform.
> >
> > Apache CloudStack is the proven, highly scalable IaaS platform of
> > choice to rapidly and easily create private, public, and hybrid
> > Cloud
> > environments: it "just works". Apache CloudStack includes the entire
> > "stack" of features in an IaaS cloud: compute orchestration,
> > Network-as-a-Service, user and account management, full and open
> > native API, resource accounting, and a first-class user interface.
> >
> > [Insert quote from VP/User/etc)
> >
> > The new 4.15 release ships with over 200 new features, improvements
> > and bug fixes including:
> >
> > -A new, modern user interface at general availability -Secondary
> > storage Management tools -vSphere advanced capabilities to support
> > VMware storage policies, vSAN, VMFS6, etc -"deploy-as-is" templates
> > for deploying virtual appliances in CloudStack clouds -Roles based
> > users in projects -Dynamic roles enhancements for more granular RBAC
> > -Configure root disk via service offering -noVNC console for
> > performance improvements to VM console access -Redfish support for
> > out of band management Support for Centos 8, Ubuntu 20.4, XCP-ng 8.1
> > and MySQL 8 -Boot into hardware setup
> >
> >
> > [another nice quote from somebody]
> >
> > # Documentation
> > The full list of new features can be found in the project release
> > notes at
> > http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/4.15.0.0/releasenotes/changes.h
> > tml The CloudStack documentation includes upgrade instructions from
> > previous versions of Apache CloudStack, and can be found at:
> > http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/4.15.0.0/upgrading/index.html
> > The official installation, administration and API documentation for
> > each of the releases are available on our documentation page:
> > http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/
> >
> > # Downloads
> > The official source code for the 4.15.0.0 release can be downloaded
> > from our downloads page:
> > http://cloudstack.apache.org/downloads.html
> >
> > In addition to the official source code release, individual
> > contributors have also made convenience binaries available on the
> > Apache CloudStack download page, and can be found at:
> > http://download.cloudstack.org/ubuntu/dists/
> > http://download.cloudstack.org/centos/7/
> > http://www.shapeblue.com/packages/
> >
> > Apache CloudStack powers numerous elastic Cloud computing services,
> > including solutions that have ranked as Gartner Magic Quadrant leaders.
> > Highlighted in the Forrester Q4 2017 Enterprise Open Source Cloud
> > Adoption report, Apache CloudStack "sits beneath hundreds of service
> > provider clouds", including Fortune 5 multinational corporations. A
> > list of known Apache CloudStack users are available at
> > http://cloudstack.apache.org/users.html
> >
> > ======[ends]=== ====================
> >
> > Kind regards
> > Giles
> >
> > giles.sirett@shapeblue.com
> > www.shapeblue.com
> > 3 London Bridge Street, 3rd floor, News Building, London SE1 9SGUK
> > @shapeblue
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Daan Hoogland <da...@gmail.com>
> > Sent: 11 January 2021 13:23
> > To: Apache CloudStack Marketing <ma...@cloudstack.apache.org>;
> > dev <de...@cloudstack.apache.org>
> > Subject: draft [ANNOUNCE]ment version 4.15 [DISCUSS]
> >
> > As a draft announcement and discussion item the text for an
> > announcement mail below. Note that the features list is far from
> > complete and any suggestions on that will be incorporated.
> >
> >
> > *The Apache Software Foundation Announces Apache**®**
> > CloudStack**®** v4.15*
> >
> > The Apache CloudStack project is pleased to announce the release of
> > Apache CloudStack v4.15. Apache CloudStack 4.15 is a 4.15 LTS
> > release which contains over 250 new features, enhancements and fixes
> > since 4.14, such as
> > - advanced capabilities for Vmware,
> > - a UI overhaul,
> > - DB engine support for mysql 8.
> >
> > Highlights include:
> >
> > - Supporting advanced storage configuration for VMware
> > - VMware 7 support
> > - New UI
> >
> > # Documentation
> > The full list of new features can be found in the project release
> > notes at
> > http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/4.15.0.0/releasenotes/changes.h
> > tml The CloudStack documentation includes upgrade instructions from
> > previous versions of Apache CloudStack, and can be found at:
> > http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/4.15.0.0/upgrading/index.html
> > The official installation, administration and API documentation for
> > each of the releases are available on our documentation page:
> > http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/
> >
> > # Downloads
> > The official source code for the 4.15.0.0 release can be downloaded
> > from our downloads page:
> > http://cloudstack.apache.org/downloads.html
> >
> > In addition to the official source code release, individual
> > contributors have also made convenience binaries available on the
> > Apache CloudStack download page, and can be found at:
> > http://download.cloudstack.org/ubuntu/dists/
> > http://download.cloudstack.org/centos/7/
> > http://www.shapeblue.com/packages/
> >
> > Apache CloudStack powers numerous elastic Cloud computing services,
> > including solutions that have ranked as Gartner Magic Quadrant leaders.
> > Highlighted in the Forrester Q4 2017 Enterprise Open Source Cloud
> > Adoption report, Apache CloudStack "sits beneath hundreds of service
> > provider clouds", including Fortune 5 multinational corporations. A
> > list of known Apache CloudStack users are available at
> > http://cloudstack.apache.org/users.html
> >
> > --
> > Daan
> >
Re: draft [ANNOUNCE]ment version 4.15 [DISCUSS]
Posted by Rohit Yadav <ro...@shapeblue.com>.
Copy thanks.
Regards.
Regards,
Rohit Yadav
________________________________
From: Sally Khudairi <sk...@apache.org>
Sent: Friday, January 15, 2021 11:43:16 PM
To: Rohit Yadav <ro...@shapeblue.com>; Giles Sirett <gi...@shapeblue.com>; dev@cloudstack.apache.org <de...@cloudstack.apache.org>
Cc: ASF Marketing & Publicity <pr...@apache.org>
Subject: Re: draft [ANNOUNCE]ment version 4.15 [DISCUSS]
Thank you, Rohit.
As confirmed with the PMC, this press release is planned for distribution on Monday. Not sure how/why we jumped onto a public dev list, but here we are.
Please, do not distribute anything without coordination and before we go live on Monday.
Much appreciated,
Sally
- - -
Vice President Marketing & Publicity
Vice President Sponsor Relations
The Apache Software Foundation
Tel +1 617 921 8656 | sk@apache.org
rohit.yadav@shapeblue.com
www.shapeblue.com
3 London Bridge Street, 3rd floor, News Building, London SE1 9SGUK
@shapeblue
On Fri, Jan 15, 2021, at 13:06, Rohit Yadav wrote:
Thanks Giles and Sally - LGTM, I've made some spelling tweaks. I'll wait for Sally's confirmation before sending the announcement to various lists.
Regards.
rohit.yadav@shapeblue.com
www.shapeblue.com
@shapeblue
________________________________
From: Sally Khudairi <sk...@apache.org>
Sent: Friday, January 15, 2021 20:02
To: Giles Sirett <gi...@shapeblue.com>
Cc: dev@cloudstack.apache.org <de...@cloudstack.apache.org>
Subject: Re: draft [ANNOUNCE]ment version 4.15 [DISCUSS]
Excellent; thank you, Giles. I'll be happy to include.
No content edit, but there may need to be some minor formatting tweaks. Not sure yet, as I haven't seen it, but wanted to let you know it might be possible.
Best,
Sally
- - -
Vice President Marketing & Publicity
Vice President Sponsor Relations
The Apache Software Foundation
Tel +1 617 921 8656 | sk@apache.org
On Fri, Jan 15, 2021, at 09:29, Giles Sirett wrote:
> Hi Sally
>
> I have received a quote from Wido at PC extreme
>
> I (Giles) have also provided one in case you feel that we need more -
> but don’t feel obliged to use
>
> I've dumped both Wido's an my quote at the end of the doc - are you
> able to hack them into the flow in the release ?
>
> (all 3 provided quotes come with permission to edit/hack as long as
> context isn’t changed)
>
>
>
> Kind regards
> Giles
>
> giles.sirett@shapeblue.com
> www.shapeblue.com<http://www.shapeblue.com>
> 3 London Bridge Street, 3rd floor, News Building, London SE1 9SGUK
> @shapeblue
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Giles Sirett
> Sent: 14 January 2021 10:54
> To: Sally Khudairi <sk...@apache.org>
> Cc: dev@cloudstack.apache.org
> Subject: RE: draft [ANNOUNCE]ment version 4.15 [DISCUSS]
>
> Sally - I'm waiting for one more testimonial - and it’s a new worth
> waiting for IMO Hopefully will have today
>
>
> I'm bringing this back into the dev list to make sure everybody would
> be happy with the announcement going Mnoday
>
>
> Kind regards
> Giles
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sally Khudairi <sk...@apache.org>
> Sent: 14 January 2021 10:50
> To: Giles Sirett <gi...@shapeblue.com>
> Subject: Re: draft [ANNOUNCE]ment version 4.15 [DISCUSS]
>
> Thank you, Giles.
>
> I haven't heard anything from Sven since Monday.
>
> So we're good to go on that front.
>
> I'll take a look at the draft later today to see what else is
> outstanding. Are we expecting any other testimonials to come in?
>
> If we're ready to announce, I can ramp us up for Monday, if that's
> convenient for everyone.
>
> Best,
> Sally
>
> - - -
> Vice President Marketing & Publicity
> Vice President Sponsor Relations
> The Apache Software Foundation
>
> Tel +1 617 921 8656 | sk@apache.org
>
>
>
Re: draft [ANNOUNCE]ment version 4.15 [DISCUSS]
Posted by Sally Khudairi <sk...@apache.org>.
Thank you, Rohit.
As confirmed with the PMC, this press release is planned for distribution on Monday. Not sure how/why we jumped onto a public dev list, but here we are.
Please, do not distribute anything without coordination and before we go live on Monday.
Much appreciated,
Sally
- - -
Vice President Marketing & Publicity
Vice President Sponsor Relations
The Apache Software Foundation
Tel +1 617 921 8656 | sk@apache.org
On Fri, Jan 15, 2021, at 13:06, Rohit Yadav wrote:
> Thanks Giles and Sally - LGTM, I've made some spelling tweaks. I'll wait for Sally's confirmation before sending the announcement to various lists.
>
> Regards.
>
>
> rohit.yadav@shapeblue.com
> www.shapeblue.com
> @shapeblue
>
>
>
> *From:* Sally Khudairi <sk...@apache.org>
> *Sent:* Friday, January 15, 2021 20:02
> *To:* Giles Sirett <gi...@shapeblue.com>
> *Cc:* dev@cloudstack.apache.org <de...@cloudstack.apache.org>
> *Subject:* Re: draft [ANNOUNCE]ment version 4.15 [DISCUSS]
>
> Excellent; thank you, Giles. I'll be happy to include.
>
> No content edit, but there may need to be some minor formatting tweaks. Not sure yet, as I haven't seen it, but wanted to let you know it might be possible.
>
> Best,
> Sally
>
> - - -
> Vice President Marketing & Publicity
> Vice President Sponsor Relations
> The Apache Software Foundation
>
> Tel +1 617 921 8656 | sk@apache.org
>
> On Fri, Jan 15, 2021, at 09:29, Giles Sirett wrote:
> > Hi Sally
> >
> > I have received a quote from Wido at PC extreme
> >
> > I (Giles) have also provided one in case you feel that we need more -
> > but don’t feel obliged to use
> >
> > I've dumped both Wido's an my quote at the end of the doc - are you
> > able to hack them into the flow in the release ?
> >
> > (all 3 provided quotes come with permission to edit/hack as long as
> > context isn’t changed)
> >
> >
> >
> > Kind regards
> > Giles
> >
> > giles.sirett@shapeblue.com
> > www.shapeblue.com
> > 3 London Bridge Street, 3rd floor, News Building, London SE1 9SGUK
> > @shapeblue
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Giles Sirett
> > Sent: 14 January 2021 10:54
> > To: Sally Khudairi <sk...@apache.org>
> > Cc: dev@cloudstack.apache.org
> > Subject: RE: draft [ANNOUNCE]ment version 4.15 [DISCUSS]
> >
> > Sally - I'm waiting for one more testimonial - and it’s a new worth
> > waiting for IMO Hopefully will have today
> >
> >
> > I'm bringing this back into the dev list to make sure everybody would
> > be happy with the announcement going Mnoday
> >
> >
> > Kind regards
> > Giles
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Sally Khudairi <sk...@apache.org>
> > Sent: 14 January 2021 10:50
> > To: Giles Sirett <gi...@shapeblue.com>
> > Subject: Re: draft [ANNOUNCE]ment version 4.15 [DISCUSS]
> >
> > Thank you, Giles.
> >
> > I haven't heard anything from Sven since Monday.
> >
> > So we're good to go on that front.
> >
> > I'll take a look at the draft later today to see what else is
> > outstanding. Are we expecting any other testimonials to come in?
> >
> > If we're ready to announce, I can ramp us up for Monday, if that's
> > convenient for everyone.
> >
> > Best,
> > Sally
> >
> > - - -
> > Vice President Marketing & Publicity
> > Vice President Sponsor Relations
> > The Apache Software Foundation
> >
> > Tel +1 617 921 8656 | sk@apache.org
> >
> >
> >
Re: draft [ANNOUNCE]ment version 4.15 [DISCUSS]
Posted by Rohit Yadav <ro...@shapeblue.com>.
Thanks Giles and Sally - LGTM, I've made some spelling tweaks. I'll wait for Sally's confirmation before sending the announcement to various lists.
Regards.
________________________________
From: Sally Khudairi <sk...@apache.org>
Sent: Friday, January 15, 2021 20:02
To: Giles Sirett <gi...@shapeblue.com>
Cc: dev@cloudstack.apache.org <de...@cloudstack.apache.org>
Subject: Re: draft [ANNOUNCE]ment version 4.15 [DISCUSS]
Excellent; thank you, Giles. I'll be happy to include.
No content edit, but there may need to be some minor formatting tweaks. Not sure yet, as I haven't seen it, but wanted to let you know it might be possible.
Best,
Sally
- - -
Vice President Marketing & Publicity
Vice President Sponsor Relations
The Apache Software Foundation
Tel +1 617 921 8656 | sk@apache.org
rohit.yadav@shapeblue.com
www.shapeblue.com
3 London Bridge Street, 3rd floor, News Building, London SE1 9SGUK
@shapeblue
On Fri, Jan 15, 2021, at 09:29, Giles Sirett wrote:
> Hi Sally
>
> I have received a quote from Wido at PC extreme
>
> I (Giles) have also provided one in case you feel that we need more -
> but don’t feel obliged to use
>
> I've dumped both Wido's an my quote at the end of the doc - are you
> able to hack them into the flow in the release ?
>
> (all 3 provided quotes come with permission to edit/hack as long as
> context isn’t changed)
>
>
>
> Kind regards
> Giles
>
> giles.sirett@shapeblue.com
> www.shapeblue.com<http://www.shapeblue.com>
> 3 London Bridge Street, 3rd floor, News Building, London SE1 9SGUK
> @shapeblue
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Giles Sirett
> Sent: 14 January 2021 10:54
> To: Sally Khudairi <sk...@apache.org>
> Cc: dev@cloudstack.apache.org
> Subject: RE: draft [ANNOUNCE]ment version 4.15 [DISCUSS]
>
> Sally - I'm waiting for one more testimonial - and it’s a new worth
> waiting for IMO Hopefully will have today
>
>
> I'm bringing this back into the dev list to make sure everybody would
> be happy with the announcement going Mnoday
>
>
> Kind regards
> Giles
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sally Khudairi <sk...@apache.org>
> Sent: 14 January 2021 10:50
> To: Giles Sirett <gi...@shapeblue.com>
> Subject: Re: draft [ANNOUNCE]ment version 4.15 [DISCUSS]
>
> Thank you, Giles.
>
> I haven't heard anything from Sven since Monday.
>
> So we're good to go on that front.
>
> I'll take a look at the draft later today to see what else is
> outstanding. Are we expecting any other testimonials to come in?
>
> If we're ready to announce, I can ramp us up for Monday, if that's
> convenient for everyone.
>
> Best,
> Sally
>
> - - -
> Vice President Marketing & Publicity
> Vice President Sponsor Relations
> The Apache Software Foundation
>
> Tel +1 617 921 8656 | sk@apache.org
>
>
>
Re: draft [ANNOUNCE]ment version 4.15 [DISCUSS]
Posted by Sally Khudairi <sk...@apache.org>.
Excellent; thank you, Giles. I'll be happy to include.
No content edit, but there may need to be some minor formatting tweaks. Not sure yet, as I haven't seen it, but wanted to let you know it might be possible.
Best,
Sally
- - -
Vice President Marketing & Publicity
Vice President Sponsor Relations
The Apache Software Foundation
Tel +1 617 921 8656 | sk@apache.org
On Fri, Jan 15, 2021, at 09:29, Giles Sirett wrote:
> Hi Sally
>
> I have received a quote from Wido at PC extreme
>
> I (Giles) have also provided one in case you feel that we need more -
> but don’t feel obliged to use
>
> I've dumped both Wido's an my quote at the end of the doc - are you
> able to hack them into the flow in the release ?
>
> (all 3 provided quotes come with permission to edit/hack as long as
> context isn’t changed)
>
>
>
> Kind regards
> Giles
>
> giles.sirett@shapeblue.com
> www.shapeblue.com
> 3 London Bridge Street, 3rd floor, News Building, London SE1 9SGUK
> @shapeblue
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Giles Sirett
> Sent: 14 January 2021 10:54
> To: Sally Khudairi <sk...@apache.org>
> Cc: dev@cloudstack.apache.org
> Subject: RE: draft [ANNOUNCE]ment version 4.15 [DISCUSS]
>
> Sally - I'm waiting for one more testimonial - and it’s a new worth
> waiting for IMO Hopefully will have today
>
>
> I'm bringing this back into the dev list to make sure everybody would
> be happy with the announcement going Mnoday
>
>
> Kind regards
> Giles
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sally Khudairi <sk...@apache.org>
> Sent: 14 January 2021 10:50
> To: Giles Sirett <gi...@shapeblue.com>
> Subject: Re: draft [ANNOUNCE]ment version 4.15 [DISCUSS]
>
> Thank you, Giles.
>
> I haven't heard anything from Sven since Monday.
>
> So we're good to go on that front.
>
> I'll take a look at the draft later today to see what else is
> outstanding. Are we expecting any other testimonials to come in?
>
> If we're ready to announce, I can ramp us up for Monday, if that's
> convenient for everyone.
>
> Best,
> Sally
>
> - - -
> Vice President Marketing & Publicity
> Vice President Sponsor Relations
> The Apache Software Foundation
>
> Tel +1 617 921 8656 | sk@apache.org
>
>
>
RE: draft [ANNOUNCE]ment version 4.15 [DISCUSS]
Posted by Giles Sirett <gi...@shapeblue.com>.
Hi Sally
I have received a quote from Wido at PC extreme
I (Giles) have also provided one in case you feel that we need more - but don’t feel obliged to use
I've dumped both Wido's an my quote at the end of the doc - are you able to hack them into the flow in the release ?
(all 3 provided quotes come with permission to edit/hack as long as context isn’t changed)
Kind regards
Giles
giles.sirett@shapeblue.com
www.shapeblue.com
3 London Bridge Street, 3rd floor, News Building, London SE1 9SGUK
@shapeblue
-----Original Message-----
From: Giles Sirett
Sent: 14 January 2021 10:54
To: Sally Khudairi <sk...@apache.org>
Cc: dev@cloudstack.apache.org
Subject: RE: draft [ANNOUNCE]ment version 4.15 [DISCUSS]
Sally - I'm waiting for one more testimonial - and it’s a new worth waiting for IMO Hopefully will have today
I'm bringing this back into the dev list to make sure everybody would be happy with the announcement going Mnoday
Kind regards
Giles
-----Original Message-----
From: Sally Khudairi <sk...@apache.org>
Sent: 14 January 2021 10:50
To: Giles Sirett <gi...@shapeblue.com>
Subject: Re: draft [ANNOUNCE]ment version 4.15 [DISCUSS]
Thank you, Giles.
I haven't heard anything from Sven since Monday.
So we're good to go on that front.
I'll take a look at the draft later today to see what else is outstanding. Are we expecting any other testimonials to come in?
If we're ready to announce, I can ramp us up for Monday, if that's convenient for everyone.
Best,
Sally
- - -
Vice President Marketing & Publicity
Vice President Sponsor Relations
The Apache Software Foundation
Tel +1 617 921 8656 | sk@apache.org
Re: draft [ANNOUNCE]ment version 4.15 [DISCUSS]
Posted by Sally Khudairi <sk...@apache.org>.
Excellent, thank you.
I'm OK with announcing whenever is most convenient for the community, but do know that I have _6_ Apache press releases in the works over the next ~2-3 weeks. I'm trying to avoid any collisions with the news cycle, give folks enough space to get visibility where possible.
Best,
Sally
- - -
Vice President Marketing & Publicity
Vice President Sponsor Relations
The Apache Software Foundation
Tel +1 617 921 8656 | sk@apache.org
On Thu, Jan 14, 2021, at 05:53, Giles Sirett wrote:
> Sally - I'm waiting for one more testimonial - and it’s a new worth
> waiting for IMO
> Hopefully will have today
>
>
> I'm bringing this back into the dev list to make sure everybody would
> be happy with the announcement going Mnoday
>
>
> Kind regards
> Giles
>
> giles.sirett@shapeblue.com
> www.shapeblue.com
> 3 London Bridge Street, 3rd floor, News Building, London SE1 9SGUK
> @shapeblue
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sally Khudairi <sk...@apache.org>
> Sent: 14 January 2021 10:50
> To: Giles Sirett <gi...@shapeblue.com>
> Subject: Re: draft [ANNOUNCE]ment version 4.15 [DISCUSS]
>
> Thank you, Giles.
>
> I haven't heard anything from Sven since Monday.
>
> So we're good to go on that front.
>
> I'll take a look at the draft later today to see what else is
> outstanding. Are we expecting any other testimonials to come in?
>
> If we're ready to announce, I can ramp us up for Monday, if that's
> convenient for everyone.
>
> Best,
> Sally
>
> - - -
> Vice President Marketing & Publicity
> Vice President Sponsor Relations
> The Apache Software Foundation
>
> Tel +1 617 921 8656 | sk@apache.org
>
>
>
RE: draft [ANNOUNCE]ment version 4.15 [DISCUSS]
Posted by Giles Sirett <gi...@shapeblue.com>.
Sally - I'm waiting for one more testimonial - and it’s a new worth waiting for IMO
Hopefully will have today
I'm bringing this back into the dev list to make sure everybody would be happy with the announcement going Mnoday
Kind regards
Giles
giles.sirett@shapeblue.com
www.shapeblue.com
3 London Bridge Street, 3rd floor, News Building, London SE1 9SGUK
@shapeblue
-----Original Message-----
From: Sally Khudairi <sk...@apache.org>
Sent: 14 January 2021 10:50
To: Giles Sirett <gi...@shapeblue.com>
Subject: Re: draft [ANNOUNCE]ment version 4.15 [DISCUSS]
Thank you, Giles.
I haven't heard anything from Sven since Monday.
So we're good to go on that front.
I'll take a look at the draft later today to see what else is outstanding. Are we expecting any other testimonials to come in?
If we're ready to announce, I can ramp us up for Monday, if that's convenient for everyone.
Best,
Sally
- - -
Vice President Marketing & Publicity
Vice President Sponsor Relations
The Apache Software Foundation
Tel +1 617 921 8656 | sk@apache.org
Re: draft [ANNOUNCE]ment version 4.15 [DISCUSS]
Posted by Sally Khudairi <sk...@apache.org>.
Hello again, everyone --I hope you are all well.
I decided to change the announcement a bit; the draft is available at
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NJpmdu385Ivxi38ja7TI9M_W48IlPJWCqh8lX_yrhrs/edit?usp=sharing
...credentials are set to "Comment" so I can track progress and incorporate edits. I'm happy to issue the press release on the wire whenever we're ready.
Kindly note that I have a placeholder quote for Sven (please edit/adjust/de-"Sally-fy" as appropriate), as well as at least one other testimonial. Ideally we'll have at least three quotes in a press release. Is there anyone from the CloudStack Marketing list interest in dropping something in?
Do let me know your thoughts on the tone and content.
Best,
Sally
- - -
Vice President Marketing & Publicity
Vice President Sponsor Relations
The Apache Software Foundation
Tel +1 617 921 8656 | sk@apache.org
On Mon, Jan 11, 2021, at 10:08, Sally Khudairi wrote:
> Thank you, Giles; hello, everyone.
>
> We might be making this a "Project press release" vs. "ASF Project
> Milestone" announcement. Minor difference, primarily of the voice as
> well as testimonials (you can include more Committers, vs. corporate
> users if needed).
>
> The Gartner pointer is too old to be impressive at this stage. Any idea
> of a more recent analyst highlight?
>
> What's your intended timeframe for this?
>
> Best,
> Sally
>
> - - -
> Vice President Marketing & Publicity
> Vice President Sponsor Relations
> The Apache Software Foundation
>
> Tel +1 617 921 8656 | sk@apache.org
>
> On Mon, Jan 11, 2021, at 09:53, Giles Sirett wrote:
> > Hi Daan
> > [Sally in CC by way of a heads-up that this is coming]
> >
> > Good start. I've updated below to keep more inline with previous
> > release announcements and also added a summary of the 4.15 major
> > enhancements
> >
> > It would be good if we can get a couple of quotes from:
> > a) release Manager (you)
> > b) VP - Sven
> > c) some users - I've copied Wido and Si as theyre usually an easy
> > touch for a quote 😊
> >
> > Anybody happy to send in a quote, reply to this thread and I'll edit it
> > into the release
> >
> > = ========= [start]========
> >
> > The Apache Software Foundation Announces Apache® CloudStack® v 4.15
> > Mature Open Source Enterprise Cloud platform powers billions of dollars
> > in transactions for the world's largest Cloud providers, Fortune 5
> > multinationals, educational institutions, and more.
> >
> > The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), the all-volunteer developers,
> > stewards, and incubators of more than 350 Open Source projects and
> > initiatives, announced today Apache® CloudStack® 4.15, the latest
> > version of the mature, turnkey enterprise Cloud orchestration platform.
> >
> > Apache CloudStack is the proven, highly scalable IaaS platform of
> > choice to rapidly and easily create private, public, and hybrid Cloud
> > environments: it "just works". Apache CloudStack includes the entire
> > "stack" of features in an IaaS cloud: compute orchestration,
> > Network-as-a-Service, user and account management, full and open native
> > API, resource accounting, and a first-class user interface.
> >
> > [Insert quote from VP/User/etc)
> >
> > The new 4.15 release ships with over 200 new features, improvements and
> > bug fixes including:
> >
> > -A new, modern user interface at general availability
> > -Secondary storage Management tools
> > -vSphere advanced capabilities to support VMware storage policies,
> > vSAN, VMFS6, etc
> > -"deploy-as-is" templates for deploying virtual appliances in
> > CloudStack clouds
> > -Roles based users in projects
> > -Dynamic roles enhancements for more granular RBAC
> > -Configure root disk via service offering
> > -noVNC console for performance improvements to VM console access
> > -Redfish support for out of band management
> > Support for Centos 8, Ubuntu 20.4, XCP-ng 8.1 and MySQL 8
> > -Boot into hardware setup
> >
> >
> > [another nice quote from somebody]
> >
> > # Documentation
> > The full list of new features can be found in the project release notes
> > at
> > http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/4.15.0.0/releasenotes/changes.html
> > The CloudStack documentation includes upgrade instructions from
> > previous versions of Apache CloudStack, and can be found at:
> > http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/4.15.0.0/upgrading/index.html
> > The official installation, administration and API documentation for
> > each of the releases are available on our documentation page:
> > http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/
> >
> > # Downloads
> > The official source code for the 4.15.0.0 release can be downloaded
> > from our downloads page:
> > http://cloudstack.apache.org/downloads.html
> >
> > In addition to the official source code release, individual
> > contributors have also made convenience binaries available on the
> > Apache CloudStack download page, and can be found at:
> > http://download.cloudstack.org/ubuntu/dists/
> > http://download.cloudstack.org/centos/7/
> > http://www.shapeblue.com/packages/
> >
> > Apache CloudStack powers numerous elastic Cloud computing services,
> > including solutions that have ranked as Gartner Magic Quadrant leaders.
> > Highlighted in the Forrester Q4 2017 Enterprise Open Source Cloud
> > Adoption report, Apache CloudStack "sits beneath hundreds of service
> > provider clouds", including Fortune 5 multinational corporations. A
> > list of known Apache CloudStack users are available at
> > http://cloudstack.apache.org/users.html
> >
> > ======[ends]=== ====================
> >
> > Kind regards
> > Giles
> >
> > giles.sirett@shapeblue.com
> > www.shapeblue.com
> > 3 London Bridge Street, 3rd floor, News Building, London SE1 9SGUK
> > @shapeblue
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Daan Hoogland <da...@gmail.com>
> > Sent: 11 January 2021 13:23
> > To: Apache CloudStack Marketing <ma...@cloudstack.apache.org>; dev
> > <de...@cloudstack.apache.org>
> > Subject: draft [ANNOUNCE]ment version 4.15 [DISCUSS]
> >
> > As a draft announcement and discussion item the text for an
> > announcement mail below. Note that the features list is far from
> > complete and any suggestions on that will be incorporated.
> >
> >
> > *The Apache Software Foundation Announces Apache**®** CloudStack**®** v4.15*
> >
> > The Apache CloudStack project is pleased to announce the release of
> > Apache CloudStack v4.15. Apache CloudStack 4.15 is a 4.15 LTS release
> > which contains over 250 new features, enhancements and fixes since
> > 4.14, such as
> > - advanced capabilities for Vmware,
> > - a UI overhaul,
> > - DB engine support for mysql 8.
> >
> > Highlights include:
> >
> > - Supporting advanced storage configuration for VMware
> > - VMware 7 support
> > - New UI
> >
> > # Documentation
> > The full list of new features can be found in the project release notes
> > at
> > http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/4.15.0.0/releasenotes/changes.html
> > The CloudStack documentation includes upgrade instructions from
> > previous versions of Apache CloudStack, and can be found at:
> > http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/4.15.0.0/upgrading/index.html
> > The official installation, administration and API documentation for
> > each of the releases are available on our documentation page:
> > http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/
> >
> > # Downloads
> > The official source code for the 4.15.0.0 release can be downloaded
> > from our downloads page:
> > http://cloudstack.apache.org/downloads.html
> >
> > In addition to the official source code release, individual
> > contributors have also made convenience binaries available on the
> > Apache CloudStack download page, and can be found at:
> > http://download.cloudstack.org/ubuntu/dists/
> > http://download.cloudstack.org/centos/7/
> > http://www.shapeblue.com/packages/
> >
> > Apache CloudStack powers numerous elastic Cloud computing services,
> > including solutions that have ranked as Gartner Magic Quadrant leaders.
> > Highlighted in the Forrester Q4 2017 Enterprise Open Source Cloud
> > Adoption report, Apache CloudStack "sits beneath hundreds of service
> > provider clouds", including Fortune 5 multinational corporations. A
> > list of known Apache CloudStack users are available at
> > http://cloudstack.apache.org/users.html
> >
> > --
> > Daan
> >
Re: draft [ANNOUNCE]ment version 4.15 [DISCUSS]
Posted by Sally Khudairi <sk...@apache.org>.
Thank you, Giles; hello, everyone.
We might be making this a "Project press release" vs. "ASF Project Milestone" announcement. Minor difference, primarily of the voice as well as testimonials (you can include more Committers, vs. corporate users if needed).
The Gartner pointer is too old to be impressive at this stage. Any idea of a more recent analyst highlight?
What's your intended timeframe for this?
Best,
Sally
- - -
Vice President Marketing & Publicity
Vice President Sponsor Relations
The Apache Software Foundation
Tel +1 617 921 8656 | sk@apache.org
On Mon, Jan 11, 2021, at 09:53, Giles Sirett wrote:
> Hi Daan
> [Sally in CC by way of a heads-up that this is coming]
>
> Good start. I've updated below to keep more inline with previous
> release announcements and also added a summary of the 4.15 major
> enhancements
>
> It would be good if we can get a couple of quotes from:
> a) release Manager (you)
> b) VP - Sven
> c) some users - I've copied Wido and Si as theyre usually an easy
> touch for a quote 😊
>
> Anybody happy to send in a quote, reply to this thread and I'll edit it
> into the release
>
> = ========= [start]========
>
> The Apache Software Foundation Announces Apache® CloudStack® v 4.15
> Mature Open Source Enterprise Cloud platform powers billions of dollars
> in transactions for the world's largest Cloud providers, Fortune 5
> multinationals, educational institutions, and more.
>
> The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), the all-volunteer developers,
> stewards, and incubators of more than 350 Open Source projects and
> initiatives, announced today Apache® CloudStack® 4.15, the latest
> version of the mature, turnkey enterprise Cloud orchestration platform.
>
> Apache CloudStack is the proven, highly scalable IaaS platform of
> choice to rapidly and easily create private, public, and hybrid Cloud
> environments: it "just works". Apache CloudStack includes the entire
> "stack" of features in an IaaS cloud: compute orchestration,
> Network-as-a-Service, user and account management, full and open native
> API, resource accounting, and a first-class user interface.
>
> [Insert quote from VP/User/etc)
>
> The new 4.15 release ships with over 200 new features, improvements and
> bug fixes including:
>
> -A new, modern user interface at general availability
> -Secondary storage Management tools
> -vSphere advanced capabilities to support VMware storage policies,
> vSAN, VMFS6, etc
> -"deploy-as-is" templates for deploying virtual appliances in
> CloudStack clouds
> -Roles based users in projects
> -Dynamic roles enhancements for more granular RBAC
> -Configure root disk via service offering
> -noVNC console for performance improvements to VM console access
> -Redfish support for out of band management
> Support for Centos 8, Ubuntu 20.4, XCP-ng 8.1 and MySQL 8
> -Boot into hardware setup
>
>
> [another nice quote from somebody]
>
> # Documentation
> The full list of new features can be found in the project release notes
> at
> http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/4.15.0.0/releasenotes/changes.html
> The CloudStack documentation includes upgrade instructions from
> previous versions of Apache CloudStack, and can be found at:
> http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/4.15.0.0/upgrading/index.html
> The official installation, administration and API documentation for
> each of the releases are available on our documentation page:
> http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/
>
> # Downloads
> The official source code for the 4.15.0.0 release can be downloaded
> from our downloads page:
> http://cloudstack.apache.org/downloads.html
>
> In addition to the official source code release, individual
> contributors have also made convenience binaries available on the
> Apache CloudStack download page, and can be found at:
> http://download.cloudstack.org/ubuntu/dists/
> http://download.cloudstack.org/centos/7/
> http://www.shapeblue.com/packages/
>
> Apache CloudStack powers numerous elastic Cloud computing services,
> including solutions that have ranked as Gartner Magic Quadrant leaders.
> Highlighted in the Forrester Q4 2017 Enterprise Open Source Cloud
> Adoption report, Apache CloudStack "sits beneath hundreds of service
> provider clouds", including Fortune 5 multinational corporations. A
> list of known Apache CloudStack users are available at
> http://cloudstack.apache.org/users.html
>
> ======[ends]=== ====================
>
> Kind regards
> Giles
>
> giles.sirett@shapeblue.com
> www.shapeblue.com
> 3 London Bridge Street, 3rd floor, News Building, London SE1 9SGUK
> @shapeblue
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daan Hoogland <da...@gmail.com>
> Sent: 11 January 2021 13:23
> To: Apache CloudStack Marketing <ma...@cloudstack.apache.org>; dev
> <de...@cloudstack.apache.org>
> Subject: draft [ANNOUNCE]ment version 4.15 [DISCUSS]
>
> As a draft announcement and discussion item the text for an
> announcement mail below. Note that the features list is far from
> complete and any suggestions on that will be incorporated.
>
>
> *The Apache Software Foundation Announces Apache**®** CloudStack**®** v4.15*
>
> The Apache CloudStack project is pleased to announce the release of
> Apache CloudStack v4.15. Apache CloudStack 4.15 is a 4.15 LTS release
> which contains over 250 new features, enhancements and fixes since
> 4.14, such as
> - advanced capabilities for Vmware,
> - a UI overhaul,
> - DB engine support for mysql 8.
>
> Highlights include:
>
> - Supporting advanced storage configuration for VMware
> - VMware 7 support
> - New UI
>
> # Documentation
> The full list of new features can be found in the project release notes
> at
> http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/4.15.0.0/releasenotes/changes.html
> The CloudStack documentation includes upgrade instructions from
> previous versions of Apache CloudStack, and can be found at:
> http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/4.15.0.0/upgrading/index.html
> The official installation, administration and API documentation for
> each of the releases are available on our documentation page:
> http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/
>
> # Downloads
> The official source code for the 4.15.0.0 release can be downloaded
> from our downloads page:
> http://cloudstack.apache.org/downloads.html
>
> In addition to the official source code release, individual
> contributors have also made convenience binaries available on the
> Apache CloudStack download page, and can be found at:
> http://download.cloudstack.org/ubuntu/dists/
> http://download.cloudstack.org/centos/7/
> http://www.shapeblue.com/packages/
>
> Apache CloudStack powers numerous elastic Cloud computing services,
> including solutions that have ranked as Gartner Magic Quadrant leaders.
> Highlighted in the Forrester Q4 2017 Enterprise Open Source Cloud
> Adoption report, Apache CloudStack "sits beneath hundreds of service
> provider clouds", including Fortune 5 multinational corporations. A
> list of known Apache CloudStack users are available at
> http://cloudstack.apache.org/users.html
>
> --
> Daan
>
RE: draft [ANNOUNCE]ment version 4.15 [DISCUSS]
Posted by Giles Sirett <gi...@shapeblue.com>.
Hi Daan
[Sally in CC by way of a heads-up that this is coming]
Good start. I've updated below to keep more inline with previous release announcements and also added a summary of the 4.15 major enhancements
It would be good if we can get a couple of quotes from:
a) release Manager (you)
b) VP - Sven
c) some users - I've copied Wido and Si as theyre usually an easy touch for a quote 😊
Anybody happy to send in a quote, reply to this thread and I'll edit it into the release
= ========= [start]========
The Apache Software Foundation Announces Apache® CloudStack® v 4.15
Mature Open Source Enterprise Cloud platform powers billions of dollars in transactions for the world's largest Cloud providers, Fortune 5 multinationals, educational institutions, and more.
The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), the all-volunteer developers, stewards, and incubators of more than 350 Open Source projects and initiatives, announced today Apache® CloudStack® 4.15, the latest version of the mature, turnkey enterprise Cloud orchestration platform.
Apache CloudStack is the proven, highly scalable IaaS platform of choice to rapidly and easily create private, public, and hybrid Cloud environments: it "just works". Apache CloudStack includes the entire "stack" of features in an IaaS cloud: compute orchestration, Network-as-a-Service, user and account management, full and open native API, resource accounting, and a first-class user interface.
[Insert quote from VP/User/etc)
The new 4.15 release ships with over 200 new features, improvements and bug fixes including:
-A new, modern user interface at general availability
-Secondary storage Management tools
-vSphere advanced capabilities to support VMware storage policies, vSAN, VMFS6, etc
-"deploy-as-is" templates for deploying virtual appliances in CloudStack clouds
-Roles based users in projects
-Dynamic roles enhancements for more granular RBAC
-Configure root disk via service offering
-noVNC console for performance improvements to VM console access
-Redfish support for out of band management
Support for Centos 8, Ubuntu 20.4, XCP-ng 8.1 and MySQL 8
-Boot into hardware setup
[another nice quote from somebody]
# Documentation
The full list of new features can be found in the project release notes at http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/4.15.0.0/releasenotes/changes.html
The CloudStack documentation includes upgrade instructions from previous versions of Apache CloudStack, and can be found at:
http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/4.15.0.0/upgrading/index.html
The official installation, administration and API documentation for each of the releases are available on our documentation page:
http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/
# Downloads
The official source code for the 4.15.0.0 release can be downloaded from our downloads page:
http://cloudstack.apache.org/downloads.html
In addition to the official source code release, individual contributors have also made convenience binaries available on the Apache CloudStack download page, and can be found at:
http://download.cloudstack.org/ubuntu/dists/
http://download.cloudstack.org/centos/7/
http://www.shapeblue.com/packages/
Apache CloudStack powers numerous elastic Cloud computing services, including solutions that have ranked as Gartner Magic Quadrant leaders.
Highlighted in the Forrester Q4 2017 Enterprise Open Source Cloud Adoption report, Apache CloudStack "sits beneath hundreds of service provider clouds", including Fortune 5 multinational corporations. A list of known Apache CloudStack users are available at http://cloudstack.apache.org/users.html
======[ends]=== ====================
Kind regards
Giles
giles.sirett@shapeblue.com
www.shapeblue.com
3 London Bridge Street, 3rd floor, News Building, London SE1 9SGUK
@shapeblue
-----Original Message-----
From: Daan Hoogland <da...@gmail.com>
Sent: 11 January 2021 13:23
To: Apache CloudStack Marketing <ma...@cloudstack.apache.org>; dev <de...@cloudstack.apache.org>
Subject: draft [ANNOUNCE]ment version 4.15 [DISCUSS]
As a draft announcement and discussion item the text for an announcement mail below. Note that the features list is far from complete and any suggestions on that will be incorporated.
*The Apache Software Foundation Announces Apache**®** CloudStack**®** v4.15*
The Apache CloudStack project is pleased to announce the release of Apache CloudStack v4.15. Apache CloudStack 4.15 is a 4.15 LTS release which contains over 250 new features, enhancements and fixes since 4.14, such as
- advanced capabilities for Vmware,
- a UI overhaul,
- DB engine support for mysql 8.
Highlights include:
- Supporting advanced storage configuration for VMware
- VMware 7 support
- New UI
# Documentation
The full list of new features can be found in the project release notes at http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/4.15.0.0/releasenotes/changes.html
The CloudStack documentation includes upgrade instructions from previous versions of Apache CloudStack, and can be found at:
http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/4.15.0.0/upgrading/index.html
The official installation, administration and API documentation for each of the releases are available on our documentation page:
http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/
# Downloads
The official source code for the 4.15.0.0 release can be downloaded from our downloads page:
http://cloudstack.apache.org/downloads.html
In addition to the official source code release, individual contributors have also made convenience binaries available on the Apache CloudStack download page, and can be found at:
http://download.cloudstack.org/ubuntu/dists/
http://download.cloudstack.org/centos/7/
http://www.shapeblue.com/packages/
Apache CloudStack powers numerous elastic Cloud computing services, including solutions that have ranked as Gartner Magic Quadrant leaders.
Highlighted in the Forrester Q4 2017 Enterprise Open Source Cloud Adoption report, Apache CloudStack "sits beneath hundreds of service provider clouds", including Fortune 5 multinational corporations. A list of known Apache CloudStack users are available at http://cloudstack.apache.org/users.html
--
Daan