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Posted to marketing@cloudstack.apache.org by Geoff Higginbottom <ge...@shapeblue.com> on 2013/07/25 19:21:15 UTC
CloudStack Press Article
All,
I am working on the press article for http://www.admin-magazin.de/ and following a submission of a first draft ( 17,000 characters) the journalist has come back asking if I could provide more examples of where CloudStack is better than OpenStack, or what are the features unique to CloudStack etc.
Now I'm first to admit I'm not an OpenStack expert, so if there are any more knowledgeable people out there could you please highlight some areas where CloudStack excels.
In addition they want a brief list of the top features of CloudStack for a 'call out box' etc. As there are many great features, I am again happy to take suggestions.
Before anyone asks, I do not want to share the full text I have written so far, as that would just result in 100 editors helpfully trying to 'improve' it, I hope you all understand. I can confirm however that I have put a very positive aspect on how excellent CloudStack is, and once the magazine editors have approved the text I will share on this list.
Regards
Geoff Higginbottom
CTO / Cloud Architect
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RE: CloudStack Press Article
Posted by Geoff Higginbottom <ge...@shapeblue.com>.
PL
Many thanks
Regards
Geoff Higginbottom
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-----Original Message-----
From: Pierre-Luc Bisaillon [mailto:pbisaillon@cloudops.com]
Sent: 25 July 2013 18:34
To: marketing@cloudstack.apache.org
Subject: Re: CloudStack Press Article
Hey Geoff,
- Faster to production
- Simpler and more scalable architecture
- More production-ready features
- Better documentation
(see
http://www.cloudops.com/2013/06/cloudstack-vs-openstack-a-personal-experience/
.)
I would also point you to Simon Wardley's recent blog post (we have no affiliation with him, just an interesting article) http://blog.gardeviance.org/2013/07/there-can-be-only-one.html?m=1.
Good luck with the article.
PL
On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 1:21 PM, Geoff Higginbottom < geoff.higginbottom@shapeblue.com> wrote:
> All,
>
>
>
> I am working on the press article for http://www.admin-magazin.de/ and
> following a submission of a first draft ( 17,000 characters) the
> journalist has come back asking if I could provide more examples of
> where CloudStack is better than OpenStack, or what are the features unique to CloudStack etc.
>
>
>
> Now I'm first to admit I'm not an OpenStack expert, so if there are
> any more knowledgeable people out there could you please highlight
> some areas where CloudStack excels.
>
>
>
> In addition they want a brief list of the top features of CloudStack
> for a 'call out box' etc. As there are many great features, I am
> again happy to take suggestions.
>
>
>
> Before anyone asks, I do not want to share the full text I have
> written so far, as that would just result in 100 editors helpfully trying to 'improve'
> it, I hope you all understand. I can confirm however that I have put
> a very positive aspect on how excellent CloudStack is, and once the
> magazine editors have approved the text I will share on this list.
>
>
>
> Regards
>
>
>
> Geoff Higginbottom
>
> *CTO / Cloud Architect*
>
>
>
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>
>
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>
>
>
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>
>
>
> ShapeBlue Ltd, 53 Chandos Place, Covent Garden, London, WC2N 4HS
>
>
>
> Apache CloudStack Bootcamp training courses
>
> 10/11 July, Bangalore,
> India<http://www.shapeblue.com/cloudstack-bootcamp-training-course/>
>
> 21/22 August,
> London<http://www.shapeblue.com/cloudstack-bootcamp-training-course/>
>
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RE: CloudStack Press Article
Posted by "Musayev, Ilya" <im...@webmd.net>.
Just to add to Peirre's list,
Main pain point for OpenStack, is you need a team of developers to make it work.
There are companies formed around this issue, due to complexity involved of getting OpenStack to function in production.
Other issue as told by other folks who are affiliated with OpenStack project:
OpenStack suffers from collaboration issue - since most of the companies that develop OS are in competing space.
There is no official upgrade path from version X to version Y.
Comprises of many different coupled components that depend on specific version of other components to function - that's very painful.
Enterprises in general will find it costly to run OS in house - due to number of devops folks dedicated to setup and ongoing maintenance or pay OS consulting firm.
Regards
ilya
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pierre-Luc Bisaillon [mailto:pbisaillon@cloudops.com]
> Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2013 1:34 PM
> To: marketing@cloudstack.apache.org
> Subject: Re: CloudStack Press Article
>
> Hey Geoff,
>
> - Faster to production
> - Simpler and more scalable architecture
> - More production-ready features
> - Better documentation
> (see
> http://www.cloudops.com/2013/06/cloudstack-vs-openstack-a-personal-
> experience/
> .)
>
> I would also point you to Simon Wardley's recent blog post (we have no
> affiliation with him, just an interesting article)
> http://blog.gardeviance.org/2013/07/there-can-be-only-one.html?m=1.
>
> Good luck with the article.
>
> PL
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 1:21 PM, Geoff Higginbottom <
> geoff.higginbottom@shapeblue.com> wrote:
>
> > All,
> >
> >
> >
> > I am working on the press article for http://www.admin-magazin.de/ and
> > following a submission of a first draft ( 17,000 characters) the
> > journalist has come back asking if I could provide more examples of
> > where CloudStack is better than OpenStack, or what are the features
> unique to CloudStack etc.
> >
> >
> >
> > Now I'm first to admit I'm not an OpenStack expert, so if there are
> > any more knowledgeable people out there could you please highlight
> > some areas where CloudStack excels.
> >
> >
> >
> > In addition they want a brief list of the top features of CloudStack
> > for a 'call out box' etc. As there are many great features, I am
> > again happy to take suggestions.
> >
> >
> >
> > Before anyone asks, I do not want to share the full text I have
> > written so far, as that would just result in 100 editors helpfully trying to
> 'improve'
> > it, I hope you all understand. I can confirm however that I have put
> > a very positive aspect on how excellent CloudStack is, and once the
> > magazine editors have approved the text I will share on this list.
> >
> >
> >
> > Regards
> >
> >
> >
> > Geoff Higginbottom
> >
> > *CTO / Cloud Architect*
> >
> >
> >
> > [image: Description: Mail Logo Bottom Align]
> >
> >
> >
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> <+442036030540>| M:
> > +447968161581
> >
> >
> >
> > geoff.higginbottom@shapeblue.com | www.shapeblue.com |
> > Twitter:@shapeblue<https://twitter.com/#!/shapeblue>
> >
> >
> >
> > ShapeBlue Ltd, 53 Chandos Place, Covent Garden, London, WC2N 4HS
> >
> >
> >
> > Apache CloudStack Bootcamp training courses
> >
> > 10/11 July, Bangalore,
> > India<http://www.shapeblue.com/cloudstack-bootcamp-training-course/>
> >
> > 21/22 August,
> > London<http://www.shapeblue.com/cloudstack-bootcamp-training-
> course/>
> >
> >
> > 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
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> > must neither take any action based upon its contents, nor copy or show
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> >
>
>
>
> --
> Pierre-Luc Bisaillon
> Chef des opérations/COO
> pbisaillon@cloudops.com
> [c] (438) 989-3121
> [twitter] @pierreluc09
> [www] about.me/pierrelucbisaillon
> --
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Re: CloudStack Press Article
Posted by Marco Sinhoreli <ms...@gmail.com>.
- More hardware LB support
- Polished web interface
- More advanced networking options (like VPC, ingress sec groups, STT
protocol)
- HA for Virtual Machines
- Attach a ISO image
- OpenStack needs 4 hours to install and 4 days to have it running
- No exotic dependences
On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 2:33 PM, Pierre-Luc Bisaillon <
pbisaillon@cloudops.com> wrote:
> Hey Geoff,
>
> - Faster to production
> - Simpler and more scalable architecture
> - More production-ready features
> - Better documentation
> (see
>
> http://www.cloudops.com/2013/06/cloudstack-vs-openstack-a-personal-experience/
> .)
>
> I would also point you to Simon Wardley's recent blog post (we have no
> affiliation with him, just an interesting article)
> http://blog.gardeviance.org/2013/07/there-can-be-only-one.html?m=1.
>
> Good luck with the article.
>
> PL
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 1:21 PM, Geoff Higginbottom <
> geoff.higginbottom@shapeblue.com> wrote:
>
> > All,
> >
> >
> >
> > I am working on the press article for http://www.admin-magazin.de/ and
> > following a submission of a first draft ( 17,000 characters) the
> journalist
> > has come back asking if I could provide more examples of where CloudStack
> > is better than OpenStack, or what are the features unique to CloudStack
> etc.
> >
> >
> >
> > Now I’m first to admit I’m not an OpenStack expert, so if there are any
> > more knowledgeable people out there could you please highlight some areas
> > where CloudStack excels.
> >
> >
> >
> > In addition they want a brief list of the top features of CloudStack for
> a
> > ‘call out box’ etc. As there are many great features, I am again happy
> to
> > take suggestions.
> >
> >
> >
> > Before anyone asks, I do not want to share the full text I have written
> so
> > far, as that would just result in 100 editors helpfully trying to
> ‘improve’
> > it, I hope you all understand. I can confirm however that I have put a
> > very positive aspect on how excellent CloudStack is, and once the
> magazine
> > editors have approved the text I will share on this list.
> >
> >
> >
> > Regards
> >
> >
> >
> > Geoff Higginbottom
> >
> > *CTO / Cloud Architect*
> >
> >
> >
> > [image: Description: Mail Logo Bottom Align]
> >
> >
> >
> > D: +44 20 3603 0542 <+442036030542> | S: +44 20 3603 0540
> <+442036030540>| M:
> > +447968161581
> >
> >
> >
> > geoff.higginbottom@shapeblue.com | www.shapeblue.com |
> Twitter:@shapeblue<https://twitter.com/#!/shapeblue>
> >
> >
> >
> > ShapeBlue Ltd, 53 Chandos Place, Covent Garden, London, WC2N 4HS
> >
> >
> >
> > Apache CloudStack Bootcamp training courses
> >
> > 10/11 July, Bangalore, India<
> http://www.shapeblue.com/cloudstack-bootcamp-training-course/>
> >
> > 21/22 August, London<
> http://www.shapeblue.com/cloudstack-bootcamp-training-course/>
> >
> >
> > 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
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> 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
> > operated under license from Shape Blue Ltd. ShapeBlue is a registered
> > trademark.
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Pierre-Luc Bisaillon
> Chef des opérations/COO
> pbisaillon@cloudops.com
> [c] (438) 989-3121
> [twitter] @pierreluc09
> [www] about.me/pierrelucbisaillon
> --
> CloudOps
> 420 rue Guy, Montréal QC H3J 1S6
> www.cloudops.com
> [twitter] @CloudOps_
> [facebook] http://bit.ly/cloudopsmontreal
>
--
Marco Sinhoreli
Re: CloudStack Press Article
Posted by Pierre-Luc Bisaillon <pb...@cloudops.com>.
Hey Geoff,
- Faster to production
- Simpler and more scalable architecture
- More production-ready features
- Better documentation
(see
http://www.cloudops.com/2013/06/cloudstack-vs-openstack-a-personal-experience/
.)
I would also point you to Simon Wardley's recent blog post (we have no
affiliation with him, just an interesting article)
http://blog.gardeviance.org/2013/07/there-can-be-only-one.html?m=1.
Good luck with the article.
PL
On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 1:21 PM, Geoff Higginbottom <
geoff.higginbottom@shapeblue.com> wrote:
> All,
>
>
>
> I am working on the press article for http://www.admin-magazin.de/ and
> following a submission of a first draft ( 17,000 characters) the journalist
> has come back asking if I could provide more examples of where CloudStack
> is better than OpenStack, or what are the features unique to CloudStack etc.
>
>
>
> Now I’m first to admit I’m not an OpenStack expert, so if there are any
> more knowledgeable people out there could you please highlight some areas
> where CloudStack excels.
>
>
>
> In addition they want a brief list of the top features of CloudStack for a
> ‘call out box’ etc. As there are many great features, I am again happy to
> take suggestions.
>
>
>
> Before anyone asks, I do not want to share the full text I have written so
> far, as that would just result in 100 editors helpfully trying to ‘improve’
> it, I hope you all understand. I can confirm however that I have put a
> very positive aspect on how excellent CloudStack is, and once the magazine
> editors have approved the text I will share on this list.
>
>
>
> Regards
>
>
>
> Geoff Higginbottom
>
> *CTO / Cloud Architect*
>
>
>
> [image: Description: Mail Logo Bottom Align]
>
>
>
> D: +44 20 3603 0542 <+442036030542> | S: +44 20 3603 0540 <+442036030540>| M:
> +447968161581
>
>
>
> geoff.higginbottom@shapeblue.com | www.shapeblue.com | Twitter:@shapeblue<https://twitter.com/#!/shapeblue>
>
>
>
> ShapeBlue Ltd, 53 Chandos Place, Covent Garden, London, WC2N 4HS
>
>
>
> Apache CloudStack Bootcamp training courses
>
> 10/11 July, Bangalore, India<http://www.shapeblue.com/cloudstack-bootcamp-training-course/>
>
> 21/22 August, London<http://www.shapeblue.com/cloudstack-bootcamp-training-course/>
>
>
> This email and any attachments to it may be confidential and are intended
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> 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
> operated under license from Shape Blue Ltd. ShapeBlue is a registered
> trademark.
>
--
Pierre-Luc Bisaillon
Chef des opérations/COO
pbisaillon@cloudops.com
[c] (438) 989-3121
[twitter] @pierreluc09
[www] about.me/pierrelucbisaillon
--
CloudOps
420 rue Guy, Montréal QC H3J 1S6
www.cloudops.com
[twitter] @CloudOps_
[facebook] http://bit.ly/cloudopsmontreal
RE: CloudStack Press Article
Posted by Geoff Higginbottom <ge...@shapeblue.com>.
Cheers Giles
Regards
Geoff Higginbottom
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-----Original Message-----
From: Giles Sirett [mailto:giles.sirett@shapeblue.com]
Sent: 25 July 2013 18:28
To: <ma...@cloudstack.apache.org>
Subject: Re: CloudStack Press Article
Vastly more scalable ( and proven to be so)
Production ready "product" as opposed to a set of projects
Aws Api fidelity
A proven governance model that encourages shared contribution as opposed to vendor " take and keep"
Kind Regards
Giles
D: +44 20 3603 0541<tel:+44%2020%203603%200541> | M: +44 796 111 2055<tel:+44%20796%20111%202055> Giles.Sirett@shapeblue.com<ma...@shapeblue.com>
On 25 Jul 2013, at 18:21, "Geoff Higginbottom" <ge...@shapeblue.com>> wrote:
All,
I am working on the press article for http://www.admin-magazin.de/ and following a submission of a first draft ( 17,000 characters) the journalist has come back asking if I could provide more examples of where CloudStack is better than OpenStack, or what are the features unique to CloudStack etc.
Now I'm first to admit I'm not an OpenStack expert, so if there are any more knowledgeable people out there could you please highlight some areas where CloudStack excels.
In addition they want a brief list of the top features of CloudStack for a 'call out box' etc. As there are many great features, I am again happy to take suggestions.
Before anyone asks, I do not want to share the full text I have written so far, as that would just result in 100 editors helpfully trying to 'improve' it, I hope you all understand. I can confirm however that I have put a very positive aspect on how excellent CloudStack is, and once the magazine editors have approved the text I will share on this list.
Regards
Geoff Higginbottom
CTO / Cloud Architect
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Apache CloudStack Bootcamp training courses
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Re: CloudStack Press Article
Posted by Giles Sirett <gi...@shapeblue.com>.
Vastly more scalable ( and proven to be so)
Production ready "product" as opposed to a set of projects
Aws Api fidelity
A proven governance model that encourages shared contribution as opposed to vendor " take and keep"
Kind Regards
Giles
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Giles.Sirett@shapeblue.com<ma...@shapeblue.com>
On 25 Jul 2013, at 18:21, "Geoff Higginbottom" <ge...@shapeblue.com>> wrote:
All,
I am working on the press article for http://www.admin-magazin.de/ and following a submission of a first draft ( 17,000 characters) the journalist has come back asking if I could provide more examples of where CloudStack is better than OpenStack, or what are the features unique to CloudStack etc.
Now I'm first to admit I'm not an OpenStack expert, so if there are any more knowledgeable people out there could you please highlight some areas where CloudStack excels.
In addition they want a brief list of the top features of CloudStack for a 'call out box' etc. As there are many great features, I am again happy to take suggestions.
Before anyone asks, I do not want to share the full text I have written so far, as that would just result in 100 editors helpfully trying to 'improve' it, I hope you all understand. I can confirm however that I have put a very positive aspect on how excellent CloudStack is, and once the magazine editors have approved the text I will share on this list.
Regards
Geoff Higginbottom
CTO / Cloud Architect
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Re: CloudStack Press Article
Posted by Nux! <nu...@li.nux.ro>.
On 25.07.2013 18:21, Geoff Higginbottom wrote:
> Now I'm first to admit I'm not an OpenStack expert, so if there are
> any more knowledgeable people out there could you please highlight
> some areas where CloudStack excels.
>
> In addition they want a brief list of the top features of CloudStack
> for a 'call out box' etc. As there are many great features, I am
> again happy to take suggestions.
Hi Geoff,
Not an expert on any of the Stacks, but from the little experience I
have the selling points of Cloudstack for me are:
1 - it is a Cloud platform, as well as a VPS platform - Openstack is a
pure-blooded cloud platform targeted more at the power users and
developers, whereas with Cloudstack one can also run old-school VPSes[1]
where the user can (re)set a root password, schedule automated backups
(snapshots), download the vHDD of it's VM and so on.
2 - Cloudstack seems more flexible integrating with existing data
centre infrastrucure, easier to add into existing network, with random
vlan setups and so on. In this regard Cloudstack also gets closer to
"virtual data centre" software such as VCentre or oVirt.
I'm sure the above can be achieved on Openstack as well, but not as
easily and certainly not from their UI.
My 2 humble pence. :)
Lucian
[1] - where Cloud = api enabled and controlled, elastic way of mass
setting up and managing virtual machines and
VPS = the traditional paradigm of running a dedicated server and its
additional services (backups etc) but in a virtual way. Hope this makes
sense.
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Re: CloudStack Press Article
Posted by Marco Sinhoreli <ms...@gmail.com>.
Geoff:
If you can, I could translate the article to portuguese and send it to a
news media here in Brazil.
Thanks,
On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 12:01 PM, Chip Childers
<ch...@sungard.com>wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 11:00 AM, Geoff Higginbottom <
> geoff.higginbottom@shapeblue.com> wrote:
>
> > All,
> >
> > Many thanks for your great input and suggestions.
> >
> > I think I have everything I need to put the finishing touches to what
> > should (now) be a great article.
> >
> > I have flight from the UK to Philadelphia tomorrow, so what better way to
> > kill 9 hours than finishing my article.
> >
> >
> >
> See you soon. ;-)
>
--
Marco Sinhoreli
Re: CloudStack Press Article
Posted by Chip Childers <ch...@sungard.com>.
On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 11:00 AM, Geoff Higginbottom <
geoff.higginbottom@shapeblue.com> wrote:
> All,
>
> Many thanks for your great input and suggestions.
>
> I think I have everything I need to put the finishing touches to what
> should (now) be a great article.
>
> I have flight from the UK to Philadelphia tomorrow, so what better way to
> kill 9 hours than finishing my article.
>
>
>
See you soon. ;-)
RE: CloudStack Press Article
Posted by Geoff Higginbottom <ge...@shapeblue.com>.
All,
Many thanks for your great input and suggestions.
I think I have everything I need to put the finishing touches to what should (now) be a great article.
I have flight from the UK to Philadelphia tomorrow, so what better way to kill 9 hours than finishing my article.
Regards
Geoff Higginbottom
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-----Original Message-----
From: Musayev, Ilya [mailto:imusayev@webmd.net]
Sent: 25 July 2013 20:02
To: marketing@cloudstack.apache.org
Subject: RE: CloudStack Press Article
Great comparison!
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mathias Mullins [mailto:mathias.mullins@citrix.com]
> Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2013 2:39 PM
> To: marketing@cloudstack.apache.org
> Subject: Re: CloudStack Press Article
>
> For the price of admission, here's what I've got:
>
> OpenStack:
>
> * First and foremost is a Frame Work and not a completely integrated
> solution. Each piece is it's own product and it's own development effort.
> They then rely on queues and communication to try and work together,
> but that is where a lot of the work is done.
> * The community is very fragmented. The big boys are investing in their
> branches and very little into the core. Nearly a 95/5% split. Causing
> little growth in the core and collaboration amongst the giants that
> are "contributing" to OpenStack
> * The Integration piece is lengthy and cumbersome. Average deployment
> time is in the timeframe of months, not days
> * The functions do not include SDN, accounts, usage, and other ancillary
> functions. If there is not a module for it, it does not exist and you
> need to find someone to do it. Thus the large number of "partners"
> doing the leg work.
> * While they have they investor companies running on it, they are still
> having growth issues outside of it's own walls.
> http://gigaom.com/2013/07/19/after-three-years-openstack-has-made-
> progress-but-theres-still-work-to-do/
>
> CloudStack:
>
> * Single source, one collaborative entity. You have a suite of applications
> that work in harmony and developed in harmony to work together to
> bring you IaaS
> * Focus on customer experience and flexibility. You want to get running in
> 5 hours? Cool. You don't like our GUI? Cool, just run the same APIs on yours.
> You don't want a GUI? Cool, run all API. Want to do something
> different, Cool, go right ahead; by the way can you look at
> contributing that later on if it's a good idea?
> * One Community, No influence. Citrix is no longer the majority of
> contributors, and has no financial impact at all on the product. You
> don't see, "Cisco spends 20 Million on CloudStack" because they can't.
> It doesn't buy them influence, credit, or any good. But their UCS
> cabinet is getting fully integrated and their network pieces are
> becoming a part of the suite. They Contribute, not dictate.
> * Out of the Box is our (IMHO) BEST Feature:
> * Compute Systems
> * KVM (Ubuntu, RHEL, CentOS)
> * VMware ESX (4.0, 4.1, 5.0, 5.1)
> * Xen / XCP / XenServer (6.0, 6.0.2, 6.1)
> * Bare Metal
> * I would say OVM, but someone needs to confirm if that's working
> again
> * And very soon HyperV
> * UCS Chassis integration
> * Storage
> * If your hypervisor supports it, we do
> * NFS
> * iSCSI
> * S3 (Secondary Storage)
> * SolidFire integration
> * Network
> * Cisco Integration
> * ASA
> * 1000v
> * F5 BIG IP Integration
> * Juniper SRX integration
> * Netscaler Integration
> * SDN
> * Software
> * RESTful open API
> * EC2 API passthru (think that's the right way to say it)
> * Usage information
> * Account and User setup and administration
> * Account Administration and User API access
> * Customer utilization dashboards
> * Customer friendly GUI
> * Real time GUI via API
>
> And that's without getting into the IaaS pieces like Regions,
> dedicated resources and more. Out-of-the-Box is what should be THE
> differentiator in my mind. One Tar Ball, One Setup, and One System - One CloudStack.
>
> OK Ramble complete. Though I can go on...
> Matt
>
> From: Geoff Higginbottom
> <geoff.higginbottom@shapeblue.com<mailto:geoff.higginbottom@shapebl
> ue.com>>
> Reply-To:
> "marketing@cloudstack.apache.org<mailto:marketing@cloudstack.apache.o
> rg>"
> <marketing@cloudstack.apache.org<mailto:marketing@cloudstack.apache.o
> rg>>
> Date: Thursday, July 25, 2013 1:21 PM
> To:
> "marketing@cloudstack.apache.org<mailto:marketing@cloudstack.apache.o
> rg>"
> <marketing@cloudstack.apache.org<mailto:marketing@cloudstack.apache.o
> rg>>
> Subject: CloudStack Press Article
>
> All,
>
> I am working on the press article for http://www.admin-magazin.de/ and
> following a submission of a first draft ( 17,000 characters) the
> journalist has come back asking if I could provide more examples of
> where CloudStack is better than OpenStack, or what are the features unique to CloudStack etc.
>
> Now I'm first to admit I'm not an OpenStack expert, so if there are
> any more knowledgeable people out there could you please highlight
> some areas where CloudStack excels.
>
> In addition they want a brief list of the top features of CloudStack
> for a 'call out box' etc. As there are many great features, I am
> again happy to take suggestions.
>
> Before anyone asks, I do not want to share the full text I have
> written so far, as that would just result in 100 editors helpfully
> trying to 'improve' it, I hope you all understand. I can confirm
> however that I have put a very positive aspect on how excellent
> CloudStack is, and once the magazine editors have approved the text I will share on this list.
>
> Regards
>
> Geoff Higginbottom
> CTO / Cloud Architect
>
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RE: CloudStack Press Article
Posted by "Musayev, Ilya" <im...@webmd.net>.
Great comparison!
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mathias Mullins [mailto:mathias.mullins@citrix.com]
> Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2013 2:39 PM
> To: marketing@cloudstack.apache.org
> Subject: Re: CloudStack Press Article
>
> For the price of admission, here's what I've got:
>
> OpenStack:
>
> * First and foremost is a Frame Work and not a completely integrated
> solution. Each piece is it's own product and it's own development effort.
> They then rely on queues and communication to try and work together, but
> that is where a lot of the work is done.
> * The community is very fragmented. The big boys are investing in their
> branches and very little into the core. Nearly a 95/5% split. Causing little
> growth in the core and collaboration amongst the giants that are
> "contributing" to OpenStack
> * The Integration piece is lengthy and cumbersome. Average deployment
> time is in the timeframe of months, not days
> * The functions do not include SDN, accounts, usage, and other ancillary
> functions. If there is not a module for it, it does not exist and you need to
> find someone to do it. Thus the large number of "partners" doing the leg
> work.
> * While they have they investor companies running on it, they are still
> having growth issues outside of it's own walls.
> http://gigaom.com/2013/07/19/after-three-years-openstack-has-made-
> progress-but-theres-still-work-to-do/
>
> CloudStack:
>
> * Single source, one collaborative entity. You have a suite of applications
> that work in harmony and developed in harmony to work together to bring
> you IaaS
> * Focus on customer experience and flexibility. You want to get running in
> 5 hours? Cool. You don't like our GUI? Cool, just run the same APIs on yours.
> You don't want a GUI? Cool, run all API. Want to do something different,
> Cool, go right ahead; by the way can you look at contributing that later on if
> it's a good idea?
> * One Community, No influence. Citrix is no longer the majority of
> contributors, and has no financial impact at all on the product. You don't see,
> "Cisco spends 20 Million on CloudStack" because they can't. It doesn't buy
> them influence, credit, or any good. But their UCS cabinet is getting fully
> integrated and their network pieces are becoming a part of the suite. They
> Contribute, not dictate.
> * Out of the Box is our (IMHO) BEST Feature:
> * Compute Systems
> * KVM (Ubuntu, RHEL, CentOS)
> * VMware ESX (4.0, 4.1, 5.0, 5.1)
> * Xen / XCP / XenServer (6.0, 6.0.2, 6.1)
> * Bare Metal
> * I would say OVM, but someone needs to confirm if that's working
> again
> * And very soon HyperV
> * UCS Chassis integration
> * Storage
> * If your hypervisor supports it, we do
> * NFS
> * iSCSI
> * S3 (Secondary Storage)
> * SolidFire integration
> * Network
> * Cisco Integration
> * ASA
> * 1000v
> * F5 BIG IP Integration
> * Juniper SRX integration
> * Netscaler Integration
> * SDN
> * Software
> * RESTful open API
> * EC2 API passthru (think that's the right way to say it)
> * Usage information
> * Account and User setup and administration
> * Account Administration and User API access
> * Customer utilization dashboards
> * Customer friendly GUI
> * Real time GUI via API
>
> And that's without getting into the IaaS pieces like Regions, dedicated
> resources and more. Out-of-the-Box is what should be THE differentiator in
> my mind. One Tar Ball, One Setup, and One System - One CloudStack.
>
> OK Ramble complete. Though I can go on...
> Matt
>
> From: Geoff Higginbottom
> <geoff.higginbottom@shapeblue.com<mailto:geoff.higginbottom@shapebl
> ue.com>>
> Reply-To:
> "marketing@cloudstack.apache.org<mailto:marketing@cloudstack.apache.o
> rg>"
> <marketing@cloudstack.apache.org<mailto:marketing@cloudstack.apache.o
> rg>>
> Date: Thursday, July 25, 2013 1:21 PM
> To:
> "marketing@cloudstack.apache.org<mailto:marketing@cloudstack.apache.o
> rg>"
> <marketing@cloudstack.apache.org<mailto:marketing@cloudstack.apache.o
> rg>>
> Subject: CloudStack Press Article
>
> All,
>
> I am working on the press article for http://www.admin-magazin.de/ and
> following a submission of a first draft ( 17,000 characters) the journalist has
> come back asking if I could provide more examples of where CloudStack is
> better than OpenStack, or what are the features unique to CloudStack etc.
>
> Now I'm first to admit I'm not an OpenStack expert, so if there are any more
> knowledgeable people out there could you please highlight some areas
> where CloudStack excels.
>
> In addition they want a brief list of the top features of CloudStack for a 'call
> out box' etc. As there are many great features, I am again happy to take
> suggestions.
>
> Before anyone asks, I do not want to share the full text I have written so far,
> as that would just result in 100 editors helpfully trying to 'improve' it, I hope
> you all understand. I can confirm however that I have put a very positive
> aspect on how excellent CloudStack is, and once the magazine editors have
> approved the text I will share on this list.
>
> Regards
>
> Geoff Higginbottom
> CTO / Cloud Architect
>
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Re: CloudStack Press Article
Posted by Mathias Mullins <ma...@citrix.com>.
For the price of admission, here's what I've got:
OpenStack:
* First and foremost is a Frame Work and not a completely integrated solution. Each piece is it's own product and it's own development effort. They then rely on queues and communication to try and work together, but that is where a lot of the work is done.
* The community is very fragmented. The big boys are investing in their branches and very little into the core. Nearly a 95/5% split. Causing little growth in the core and collaboration amongst the giants that are "contributing" to OpenStack
* The Integration piece is lengthy and cumbersome. Average deployment time is in the timeframe of months, not days
* The functions do not include SDN, accounts, usage, and other ancillary functions. If there is not a module for it, it does not exist and you need to find someone to do it. Thus the large number of "partners" doing the leg work.
* While they have they investor companies running on it, they are still having growth issues outside of it's own walls. http://gigaom.com/2013/07/19/after-three-years-openstack-has-made-progress-but-theres-still-work-to-do/
CloudStack:
* Single source, one collaborative entity. You have a suite of applications that work in harmony and developed in harmony to work together to bring you IaaS
* Focus on customer experience and flexibility. You want to get running in 5 hours? Cool. You don't like our GUI? Cool, just run the same APIs on yours. You don't want a GUI? Cool, run all API. Want to do something different, Cool, go right ahead; by the way can you look at contributing that later on if it's a good idea?
* One Community, No influence. Citrix is no longer the majority of contributors, and has no financial impact at all on the product. You don't see, "Cisco spends 20 Million on CloudStack" because they can't. It doesn't buy them influence, credit, or any good. But their UCS cabinet is getting fully integrated and their network pieces are becoming a part of the suite. They Contribute, not dictate.
* Out of the Box is our (IMHO) BEST Feature:
* Compute Systems
* KVM (Ubuntu, RHEL, CentOS)
* VMware ESX (4.0, 4.1, 5.0, 5.1)
* Xen / XCP / XenServer (6.0, 6.0.2, 6.1)
* Bare Metal
* I would say OVM, but someone needs to confirm if that's working again
* And very soon HyperV
* UCS Chassis integration
* Storage
* If your hypervisor supports it, we do
* NFS
* iSCSI
* S3 (Secondary Storage)
* SolidFire integration
* Network
* Cisco Integration
* ASA
* 1000v
* F5 BIG IP Integration
* Juniper SRX integration
* Netscaler Integration
* SDN
* Software
* RESTful open API
* EC2 API passthru (think that's the right way to say it)
* Usage information
* Account and User setup and administration
* Account Administration and User API access
* Customer utilization dashboards
* Customer friendly GUI
* Real time GUI via API
And that's without getting into the IaaS pieces like Regions, dedicated resources and more. Out-of-the-Box is what should be THE differentiator in my mind. One Tar Ball, One Setup, and One System – One CloudStack.
OK Ramble complete. Though I can go on…
Matt
From: Geoff Higginbottom <ge...@shapeblue.com>>
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Date: Thursday, July 25, 2013 1:21 PM
To: "marketing@cloudstack.apache.org<ma...@cloudstack.apache.org>" <ma...@cloudstack.apache.org>>
Subject: CloudStack Press Article
All,
I am working on the press article for http://www.admin-magazin.de/ and following a submission of a first draft ( 17,000 characters) the journalist has come back asking if I could provide more examples of where CloudStack is better than OpenStack, or what are the features unique to CloudStack etc.
Now I’m first to admit I’m not an OpenStack expert, so if there are any more knowledgeable people out there could you please highlight some areas where CloudStack excels.
In addition they want a brief list of the top features of CloudStack for a ‘call out box’ etc. As there are many great features, I am again happy to take suggestions.
Before anyone asks, I do not want to share the full text I have written so far, as that would just result in 100 editors helpfully trying to ‘improve’ it, I hope you all understand. I can confirm however that I have put a very positive aspect on how excellent CloudStack is, and once the magazine editors have approved the text I will share on this list.
Regards
Geoff Higginbottom
CTO / Cloud Architect
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