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Posted to marketing@cloudstack.apache.org by Giles Sirett <gi...@shapeblue.com> on 2014/06/27 18:31:00 UTC
Its Friday and I'm smiling
All
I know we can sometimes get a bit downbeat in this community about the looming shadow of a certain other opensource IaaS platform that grabs all the attention.
I just thought I'd share this email that I was just CC'd on (edited slightly for confidentiality).
=========================
"I want to move to cloudstack, after pushing so hard for openstack. In hindsight the glammer of an all singing-dancing cloud system has not happened -just lots of pain and frustration at lack of implementation ( even with Fuel v5). I wish cloudstack 4.3 had been released earlier as the previous version I discounted as not offering the requirements.
I now believe a change to cloudstack with xenserver hosts would be best option. We use xenserver now for dev and test systems and from the mailing lists understand we can redeploy these VMs to a cloudstack system. ....... when deploying Openstack (what a nightmare that has been for a simple 4 node system).
I have to say that the cloustack mailing list is more responsive than openstack which gives me comfort. I just need to get my line manager to agree to change direction which will be decided tomorrow afternoon."
==============================
It put a smile on my face and made me remember just how great CloudStack is.
Keep up the good work everybody !
Kind Regards
Giles
Giles Sirett
CEO
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Re: Its Friday and I'm smiling
Posted by Sally Khudairi <sk...@apache.org>.
That's totally fine, Giles.
I'm pulling together a list of testimonials, and very much appreciate the pointer to the other sources.
I feel that if you don't ask, you'll never know. The flip side is that it can be misinterpreted as pushy American rudeness <g>
By no means take what I asked as a directive --we're patient, and are happy to welcome testimonials whenever they arrive.
Standing by with the cheerleading pompoms,
Sally
>________________________________
> From: Giles Sirett <gi...@shapeblue.com>
>To: Sally Khudairi <sk...@apache.org>; "marketing@cloudstack.apache.org" <ma...@cloudstack.apache.org>
>Sent: Friday, 27 June 2014, 13:17
>Subject: RE: Its Friday and I'm smiling
>
>
>
>Sally - believe me, if I was in a position to I would have this wrapped up into a case study/testimonial already J
>I can’t right now – but will ask once in a position to.
>
>BTW: seriously, if you want testimonials why don’t you just ask people on this (and the other lists)
>
>Also
>If you’ve got time, look at either of these 2 panels. They’re all people from significant users
>
>http://open.citrix.com/cloudstack-collab-conference-north-america-2013/video/cloudstack-customer-spotlight-by-giles-sirett-simon-oppenheimer-pascal-vitoux-and-tim-cox.html
>
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJxippGYwAI
>
>If you want testimonial quotes, just lift them from there: they’re already in the public domain !
>
>Others: please feel free to chime in with other potential sources of quotes
>
>Kind Regards
>Giles
>
>D: +44 20 3603 0541 | M: +44 796 111 2055
>Giles.Sirett@shapeblue.com
>
>
>
>From:Sally Khudairi [mailto:sk@apache.org]
>Sent: 27 June 2014 17:45
>To: marketing@cloudstack.apache.org; Giles Sirett
>Subject: Re: Its Friday and I'm smiling
>
>Thanks so much, Giles.
>
>I love love love reading this!
>
>I am very keen on having this generified testimonial used in our promotions somehow (likely parts of it). Would you be kind enough to see if they are amenable to this in future?
>
>Many thanks in advance for your help with this.
>
>Happy Friday & bon weekend!
>
>-Sally
>
>
>
>>________________________________
>>
>>From:Giles Sirett <gi...@shapeblue.com>
>>To: "marketing@cloudstack.apache.org" <ma...@cloudstack.apache.org>
>>Sent: Friday, 27 June 2014, 12:31
>>Subject: Its Friday and I'm smiling
>>
>>All
>>
>>I know we can sometimes get a bit downbeat in this community about the looming shadow of a certain other opensource IaaS platform that grabs all the attention.
>>
>>I just thought I’d share this email that I was just CC’d on (edited slightly for confidentiality).
>>=========================
>>
>>“I want to move to cloudstack, after pushing so hard for openstack. In hindsight the glammer of an all singing-dancing cloud system has not happened -just lots of pain and frustration at lack of implementation ( even with Fuel v5). I wish cloudstack 4.3 had been released earlier as the previous version I discounted as not offering the requirements.
>>
>>I now believe a change to cloudstack with xenserver hosts would be best option. We use xenserver now for dev and test systems and from the mailing lists understand we can redeploy these VMs to a cloudstack system. ……. when deploying Openstack (what a nightmare that has been for a simple 4 node system).
>>
>>I have to say that the cloustack mailing list is more responsive than openstack which gives me comfort. I just need to get my line manager to agree to change direction which will be decided tomorrow afternoon.”
>>==============================
>>
>>
>>It put a smile on my face and made me remember just how great CloudStack is.
>>
>>Keep up the good work everybody !
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>Kind Regards
>>Giles
>>
>>Giles Sirett
>>CEO
>>
>>
>>D: +44 20 3603 0541 | S: +44 20 3603 0540 | M: +44 796 111 2055
>>
>>giles.sirett@shapeblue.com | www.shapeblue.com | Twitter:@shapeBlue
>>
>>
>>Find out more about ShapeBlue and our range of CloudStack related services
>>
>>IaaS Cloud Design & Build
>>CSForge – rapid IaaS deployment framework
>>CloudStack Consulting
>>CloudStack Infrastructure Support
>>CloudStack Bootcamp Training Courses
>>
>>This email and any attachments to it may be confidential and are intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. Any views or opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Shape Blue Ltd or related companies. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you must neither take any action based upon its contents, nor copy or show it to anyone. Please contact the sender if you believe you have received this email in error. Shape Blue Ltd is a company incorporated in England & Wales. ShapeBlue Services India LLP is a company incorporated in India and is operated under license from Shape Blue Ltd. Shape Blue Brasil Consultoria Ltda is a company incorporated in Brasil and is operated under license from Shape Blue Ltd. ShapeBlue is a registered trademark.
>>
>Find out more about ShapeBlue and our range of CloudStack related services
>
>IaaS Cloud Design & Build
>CSForge – rapid IaaS deployment framework
>CloudStack Consulting
>CloudStack Infrastructure Support
>CloudStack Bootcamp Training Courses
>
>
>This email and any attachments to it may be confidential and are intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. Any views or opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Shape Blue Ltd or related companies. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you must neither take any action based upon its contents, nor copy or show it to anyone. Please contact the sender if you believe you have received this email in error. Shape Blue Ltd is a company incorporated in England & Wales. ShapeBlue Services India LLP is a company incorporated in India and is operated under license from Shape Blue Ltd. Shape Blue Brasil Consultoria Ltda is a company incorporated in Brasil and is operated under license from Shape Blue Ltd. ShapeBlue is a registered trademark.
>
>
RE: Its Friday and I'm smiling
Posted by Giles Sirett <gi...@shapeblue.com>.
Sally - believe me, if I was in a position to I would have this wrapped up into a case study/testimonial already ☺
I can’t right now – but will ask once in a position to.
BTW: seriously, if you want testimonials why don’t you just ask people on this (and the other lists)
Also
If you’ve got time, look at either of these 2 panels. They’re all people from significant users
http://open.citrix.com/cloudstack-collab-conference-north-america-2013/video/cloudstack-customer-spotlight-by-giles-sirett-simon-oppenheimer-pascal-vitoux-and-tim-cox.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJxippGYwAI
If you want testimonial quotes, just lift them from there: they’re already in the public domain !
Others: please feel free to chime in with other potential sources of quotes
Kind Regards
Giles
D: +44 20 3603 0541 | M: +44 796 111 2055
Giles.Sirett@shapeblue.com<ma...@shapeblue.com>
From: Sally Khudairi [mailto:sk@apache.org]
Sent: 27 June 2014 17:45
To: marketing@cloudstack.apache.org; Giles Sirett
Subject: Re: Its Friday and I'm smiling
Thanks so much, Giles.
I love love love reading this!
I am very keen on having this generified testimonial used in our promotions somehow (likely parts of it). Would you be kind enough to see if they are amenable to this in future?
Many thanks in advance for your help with this.
Happy Friday & bon weekend!
-Sally
________________________________
From: Giles Sirett <gi...@shapeblue.com>>
To: "marketing@cloudstack.apache.org<ma...@cloudstack.apache.org>" <ma...@cloudstack.apache.org>>
Sent: Friday, 27 June 2014, 12:31
Subject: Its Friday and I'm smiling
All
I know we can sometimes get a bit downbeat in this community about the looming shadow of a certain other opensource IaaS platform that grabs all the attention.
I just thought I’d share this email that I was just CC’d on (edited slightly for confidentiality).
=========================
“I want to move to cloudstack, after pushing so hard for openstack. In hindsight the glammer of an all singing-dancing cloud system has not happened -just lots of pain and frustration at lack of implementation ( even with Fuel v5). I wish cloudstack 4.3 had been released earlier as the previous version I discounted as not offering the requirements.
I now believe a change to cloudstack with xenserver hosts would be best option. We use xenserver now for dev and test systems and from the mailing lists understand we can redeploy these VMs to a cloudstack system. ……. when deploying Openstack (what a nightmare that has been for a simple 4 node system).
I have to say that the cloustack mailing list is more responsive than openstack which gives me comfort. I just need to get my line manager to agree to change direction which will be decided tomorrow afternoon.”
==============================
It put a smile on my face and made me remember just how great CloudStack is.
Keep up the good work everybody !
Kind Regards
Giles
Giles Sirett
CEO
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D: +44 20 3603 0541 | S: +44 20 3603 0540 | M: +44 796 111 2055
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Find out more about ShapeBlue and our range of CloudStack related services
IaaS Cloud Design & Build<http://shapeblue.com/iaas-cloud-design-and-build/>
CSForge – rapid IaaS deployment framework<http://shapeblue.com/csforge/>
CloudStack Consulting<http://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-consultancy/>
CloudStack Infrastructure Support<http://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-infrastructure-support/>
CloudStack Bootcamp Training Courses<http://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-training/>
This email and any attachments to it may be confidential and are intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. Any views or opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Shape Blue Ltd or related companies. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you must neither take any action based upon its contents, nor copy or show it to anyone. Please contact the sender if you believe you have received this email in error. Shape Blue Ltd is a company incorporated in England & Wales. ShapeBlue Services India LLP is a company incorporated in India and is operated under license from Shape Blue Ltd. Shape Blue Brasil Consultoria Ltda is a company incorporated in Brasil and is operated under license from Shape Blue Ltd. ShapeBlue is a registered trademark.
Find out more about ShapeBlue and our range of CloudStack related services
IaaS Cloud Design & Build<http://shapeblue.com/iaas-cloud-design-and-build//>
CSForge – rapid IaaS deployment framework<http://shapeblue.com/csforge/>
CloudStack Consulting<http://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-consultancy/>
CloudStack Infrastructure Support<http://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-infrastructure-support/>
CloudStack Bootcamp Training Courses<http://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-training/>
This email and any attachments to it may be confidential and are intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. Any views or opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Shape Blue Ltd or related companies. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you must neither take any action based upon its contents, nor copy or show it to anyone. Please contact the sender if you believe you have received this email in error. Shape Blue Ltd is a company incorporated in England & Wales. ShapeBlue Services India LLP is a company incorporated in India and is operated under license from Shape Blue Ltd. Shape Blue Brasil Consultoria Ltda is a company incorporated in Brasil and is operated under license from Shape Blue Ltd. ShapeBlue is a registered trademark.
Re: Its Friday and I'm smiling
Posted by Sally Khudairi <sk...@apache.org>.
Thanks so much, Giles.
I love love love reading this!
I am very keen on having this generified testimonial used in our promotions somehow (likely parts of it). Would you be kind enough to see if they are amenable to this in future?
Many thanks in advance for your help with this.
Happy Friday & bon weekend!
-Sally
>________________________________
> From: Giles Sirett <gi...@shapeblue.com>
>To: "marketing@cloudstack.apache.org" <ma...@cloudstack.apache.org>
>Sent: Friday, 27 June 2014, 12:31
>Subject: Its Friday and I'm smiling
>
>
>
>
>All
>
>I know we can sometimes get a bit downbeat in this community about the looming shadow of a certain other opensource IaaS platform that grabs all the attention.
>
>I just thought I’d share this email that I was just CC’d on (edited slightly for confidentiality).
>=========================
>
>“I want to move to cloudstack, after pushing so hard for openstack. In hindsight the glammer of an all singing-dancing cloud system has not happened -just lots of pain and frustration at lack of implementation ( even with Fuel v5). I wish cloudstack 4.3 had been released earlier as the previous version I discounted as not offering the requirements.
>
>I now believe a change to cloudstack with xenserver hosts would be best option. We use xenserver now for dev and test systems and from the mailing lists understand we can redeploy these VMs to a cloudstack system. ……. when deploying Openstack (what a nightmare that has been for a simple 4 node system).
>
>I have to say that the cloustack mailing list is more responsive than openstack which gives me comfort. I just need to get my line manager to agree to change direction which will be decided tomorrow afternoon.”
>==============================
>
>
>It put a smile on my face and made me remember just how great CloudStack is.
>
>Keep up the good work everybody !
>
>
>
>
>Kind Regards
>Giles
>
>Giles Sirett
>CEO
>
>
>D: +44 20 3603 0541 | S: +44 20 3603 0540 | M: +44 796 111 2055
>
>giles.sirett@shapeblue.com| www.shapeblue.com| Twitter:@shapeBlue
>
>
>Find out more about ShapeBlue and our range of CloudStack related services
>
>IaaS Cloud Design & Build
>CSForge – rapid IaaS deployment framework
>CloudStack Consulting
>CloudStack Infrastructure Support
>CloudStack Bootcamp Training Courses
>
>
>This email and any attachments to it may be confidential and are intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. Any views or opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Shape Blue Ltd or related companies. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you must neither take any action based upon its contents, nor copy or show it to anyone. Please contact the sender if you believe you have received this email in error. Shape Blue Ltd is a company incorporated in England & Wales. ShapeBlue Services India LLP is a company incorporated in India and is operated under license from Shape Blue Ltd. Shape Blue Brasil Consultoria Ltda is a company incorporated in Brasil and is operated under license from Shape Blue Ltd. ShapeBlue is a registered trademark.
>
>
Re: Its Friday and I'm smiling
Posted by Reuven Cohen <re...@citrix.com>.
Luv it.
@rUv
(Sent on the run, please pardon any typos)
On Jun 27, 2014, at 12:35 PM, "Giles Sirett" <gi...@shapeblue.com>> wrote:
All
I know we can sometimes get a bit downbeat in this community about the looming shadow of a certain other opensource IaaS platform that grabs all the attention.
I just thought I’d share this email that I was just CC’d on (edited slightly for confidentiality).
=========================
“I want to move to cloudstack, after pushing so hard for openstack. In hindsight the glammer of an all singing-dancing cloud system has not happened -just lots of pain and frustration at lack of implementation ( even with Fuel v5). I wish cloudstack 4.3 had been released earlier as the previous version I discounted as not offering the requirements.
I now believe a change to cloudstack with xenserver hosts would be best option. We use xenserver now for dev and test systems and from the mailing lists understand we can redeploy these VMs to a cloudstack system. ……. when deploying Openstack (what a nightmare that has been for a simple 4 node system).
I have to say that the cloustack mailing list is more responsive than openstack which gives me comfort. I just need to get my line manager to agree to change direction which will be decided tomorrow afternoon.”
==============================
It put a smile on my face and made me remember just how great CloudStack is.
Keep up the good work everybody !
Kind Regards
Giles
Giles Sirett
CEO
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D: +44 20 3603 0541 | S: +44 20 3603 0540 | M: +44 796 111 2055
giles.sirett@shapeblue.com<ma...@shapeblue.com> | www.shapeblue.com<http://www.shapeblue.com/> | Twitter:@shapeBlue<https://twitter.com/#!/shapeblue>
Find out more about ShapeBlue and our range of CloudStack related services
IaaS Cloud Design & Build<http://shapeblue.com/iaas-cloud-design-and-build//>
CSForge – rapid IaaS deployment framework<http://shapeblue.com/csforge/>
CloudStack Consulting<http://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-consultancy/>
CloudStack Infrastructure Support<http://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-infrastructure-support/>
CloudStack Bootcamp Training Courses<http://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-training/>
This email and any attachments to it may be confidential and are intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. Any views or opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Shape Blue Ltd or related companies. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you must neither take any action based upon its contents, nor copy or show it to anyone. Please contact the sender if you believe you have received this email in error. Shape Blue Ltd is a company incorporated in England & Wales. ShapeBlue Services India LLP is a company incorporated in India and is operated under license from Shape Blue Ltd. Shape Blue Brasil Consultoria Ltda is a company incorporated in Brasil and is operated under license from Shape Blue Ltd. ShapeBlue is a registered trademark.