On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 04:07:26PM +0000, Sally Khudairi wrote: > Hello, all --my edits are included in the draft below. Please ensure that > Chip has seen and approved the proposed tweaks to his quotes :-)
Reviewed and approved. Let's get the party started... > > 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/ > > >
