Hello, all --my edits are included in the draft below. Please ensure that Chip has seen and approved the proposed tweaks to his quotes :-)
Once I receive signoff from you, I'll be happy for forward to our media/analyst "friendlies" under embargo. Kindly let me know when you do the same to your internal distribution. Many thanks in advance, Sally = = = The Apache Software Foundation Announces Apache CloudStack™ as a Top-Level Project Mature, Open Source turn-key platform widely used for delivering scalable, full-featured Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) clouds. Forest Hill, MD –25 March 2013– The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), the all-volunteer developers, stewards, and incubators of nearly 150 Open Source projects and initiatives, today announced that Apache CloudStack has graduated from the Apache Incubator to become a Top-Level Project (TLP), signifying that the Project's community and products have been well-governed under the ASF's meritocratic process and principles. @@CONFIRM EDIT "When CloudStack first became an Apache Incubator project, it was a well-established cloud management platform with a mature codebase," said Chip Childers, Vice President of Apache CloudStack. "Our work in the Incubator has focused on growing a really strong community around the code and establishing the governance practices expected of a top-level project within The Apache Software Foundation." Widely used in production by many organizations, CloudStack is formerly the product of Cloud.com, which was acquired by Citrix in 2011, and was submitted to the Apache Incubator by Citrix in April 2012. Apache CloudStack is a complete software suite for creating Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) cloud computing in private-, public-, and hybrid cloud environments. It has been proven to be both stable and highly scalable, underpinning production clouds more than 30,000 physical nodes, in geo-distributed environments. @@CONFIRM EDIT "Becoming a TLP is an important step in the project's evolution and growth," added Childers. "CloudStack had the advantage of having many long-term, large deployments which had proven the stability and scalability of the technology. This helped us concentrate on adopting the 'Apache Way' of governance, which is well understood and open, delivering so many great pieces of software over the years." CloudStack's target environments include service providers and enterprises; it is used by many service providers to set up an on-demand, elastic cloud computing services and by enterprises to set up a private cloud for use by their own employees. Apache CloudStack is also available to individuals and organizations that wish to study and implement an IaaS for personal, educational, and/or production use. @@CONFIRM EDIT "We believe that Infrastructure-as-a-Service is the next generation of IT infrastructure, and that people will demand open standards and open governance for such an important layer in their IT stack," explained Childers. That is why having the CloudStack project meet the rigorous standards of ASF governance is so significant." Underscoring the ASF's edict of "Community over Code", Childers said: "we've managed to build a diverse, friendly and very open community around CloudStack. New participants receive a really warm welcome and we make sure that all contributors are on an equal footing, whether they are writing code or helping with any other aspect of the project. Anybody thinking of getting involved in the project would quickly find what a great community we are. In addition to online involvement, we've already had a global collaboration conference and there are many CloudStack groups established in many different countries." Availability and Oversight Apache CloudStack software is released under the Apache License v2.0, and is overseen by a self-selected team of active contributors to the project. A Project Management Committee (PMC) guides the Project's day-to-day operations, including community development and product releases. Apache CloudStack source code, documentation, mailing lists, and related resources are available at http://cloudstack.apache.org/. About the Apache Incubator The Apache Incubator is the entry path for projects and codebases wishing to become part of the efforts at The Apache Software Foundation. All code donations from external organizations and existing external projects wishing to join the ASF enter through the Incubator to: 1) ensure all donations are in accordance with the ASF legal standards; and 2) develop new communities that adhere to our guiding principles. Incubation is required of all newly accepted projects until a further review indicates that the infrastructure, communications, and decision making process have stabilized in a manner consistent with other successful ASF projects. While incubation status is not necessarily a reflection of the completeness or stability of the code, it does indicate that the project has yet to be fully endorsed by the ASF. For more information, visit http://incubator.apache.org/. About The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) Established in 1999, the all-volunteer Foundation oversees nearly one hundred fifty leading Open Source projects, including Apache HTTP Server — the world's most popular Web server software. Through the ASF's meritocratic process known as "The Apache Way", more than 400 individual Members and 3,500 Committers successfully collaborate to develop freely available enterprise-grade software, benefiting millions of users worldwide: thousands of software solutions are distributed under the Apache License; and the community actively participates in ASF mailing lists, mentoring initiatives, and ApacheCon, the Foundation's official user conference, trainings, and expo. The ASF is a US 501(3)(c) not-for-profit charity, funded by individual donations and corporate sponsors including AMD, Basis Technology, Citrix, Cloudera, Facebook, Go Daddy, Google, HP, Hortonworks, Huawei, IBM, InMotion Hosting, Matt Mullenweg, Microsoft, PSW Group, SpringSource/VMware, WANdisco, and Yahoo!. For more information, visit http://www.apache.org/ or follow @TheASF on Twitter. "Apache", "CloudStack", "Apache CloudStack", and "ApacheCon" are trademarks of The Apache Software Foundation. All other brands and trademarks are the property of their respective owners. # # # Contact: Sally Khudairi Vice President The Apache Software Foundation pr...@apache.org +1 617 921 8656 ----- Original Message ----- > From: Joe Brockmeier <j...@zonker.net> > To: Sally Khudairi <sallykhuda...@yahoo.com>; Chip Childers > <chip.child...@sungard.com> > Cc: cloudstack-market...@incubator.apache.org; Sally Khudairi > <s...@apache.org>; pr...@apache.org > Sent: Thursday, 21 March 2013, 10:37 > Subject: Re: REVISED (was Re: Talking Points for Graduation) > > On Thu, Mar 21, 2013, at 09:23 AM, Sally Khudairi wrote: >> Fab --thanks, Chip! I'm standing by for a draft whenever y'all are > ready. > > Sorry, thought you were CC'ed on the entire discussion - but probably > just as well you didn't have to wade through all that. :-) > > Below: > > - Start - > > The Apache Software Foundation Announces Apache CloudStack Has Become > A Top-Level Project > > Mature, open source turn-key platform for delivering scalable, > full-featured Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) clouds. > > [release location/date] > > The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), the all-volunteer developers, > stewards, and incubators of nearly 150 open source projects and > initiatives, announced today that Apache CloudStack has graduated from > the Apache Incubator to become a Top-Level Project (TLP), signifying > that the project's community and products have been well-governed under > the ASF's meritocratic process and principles. > > "When CloudStack first became an Apache Incubator project, it was a > well-established cloud management platform, so its codebase was already > mature," said Chip Childers, Vice President of Apache CloudStack. "Our > work in the Incubator has focused on growing a really strong community > around the code and establishing the governance practices expected of > a top-level project within the Apache Software Foundation." > > Formerly the product of Cloud.com<http://Cloud.com>, which was acquired > by Citrix in 2011, > CloudStack was donated by Citrix to ASF and submitted to the Apache > Incubator in April 2012. It is a well-established cloud management > platform, already widely in production use by many organizations. It is > used to deliver Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) cloud computing in > both private-cloud, public, and hybrid cloud environments. It has been > proven to be both stable and highly scalable, underpinning production > clouds more than 30,000 physical nodes, in geo-distributed environments. > > Asked to comment on the importance of becoming a Top-Level Project, > Childers added "CloudStack had the advantage of having many long-term, > large deployments which had proven the stability and scalability of the > technology. This helped us concentrate on adopting the 'Apache Way' > of governance, which is well understood and open, delivering so many > great pieces of software over the years." > > "We know that Infrastructure-as-a-Service is the next generation of > IT infrastructure, and that people will demand open standards and open > governance for such an important layer in their IT stack. That is why > the CloudStack project meeting the rigorous standards of ASF governance > is so significant. " > > When asked to comment on the Apache CloudStack community itself, > Childers > said: "we've managed to build a diverse, friendly and very open > community > around CloudStack. New members receive a really warm welcome and we make > sure that all contributors are on an equal footing, whether they are > writing code or helping with any other aspect of the project. Anybody > thinking of getting involved in the project would quickly find what a > great community we are. As well as online involvement, we've already > had a global collaboration conference and there are many CloudStack > groups established in many different countries. " > > About Apache CloudStack Apache CloudStack is a complete software > suite for creating Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) clouds. Target > environments include service providers and enterprises. It is used > by many service providers to set up an on-demand, elastic cloud > computing > services and by enterprises to set up a private cloud for use by their > own employees. Apache CloudStack is also available to individuals and > organizations that wish to study and implement an IaaS for personal, > educational, and/or production use. > > Further information on Apache CloudStack can be found at [website URL] > > About Apache Software Foundation The Apache Software Foundation, > a US 501(3)(c) non-profit corporation, provides organizational, > legal, and financial support for a broad range of over 140 open source > software projects. The Foundation provides an established framework for > intellectual property and financial contributions that simultaneously > limits potential legal exposure for our project committers. Through a > collaborative and meritocratic development process known as The Apache > Way, Apache(tm) projects deliver enterprise-grade, freely available > software products that attract large communities of users. The pragmatic > Apache License makes it easy for all users, commercial and individual, > to deploy Apache products. > > For further info, contact [contact info] > > ### > > > > Best, > > jzb > -- > Joe Brockmeier > j...@zonker.net > Twitter: @jzb > http://www.dissociatedpress.net/ >
