CERN is like any large organizations, they have many IT groups. Their central IT uses openstack and thats what u see in the news. Other groups withon cern and associated with cern could be using cloudstack.
The cloudstack use case i reported was from the CERN VM group an r&d group, not the central IT. -Sebastien On 21 May 2013, at 02:24, Kelly Hair <[email protected]> wrote: > BTW, does Cern still use CloudStack? I saw some recent blog entries on > the Net about how they use OpenStack… > > > > > > > > On 5/20/13 3:31 PM, "Mark Hinkle" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I compiled a "NASCAR" slide with the companies that have publicly stated >> they are using CloudStack or a CloudStack based product like Citrix Cloud >> Platform (Keep in mind many users are still using a pre-Apache version of >> CloudStack too). I uploaded it to Slideshare for anyone who wants to >> reference those things, though this is not an official Citrix slide and >> obviously not an official CloudStack slide either, just my personal >> observations. >> >> http://www.slideshare.net/socializedsoftware/cloudstack-users-21545745 >> >> >> Regards, >> >> Mark R. Hinkle >> Senior Director, Open Source Solutions >> Citrix Systems >> e: [email protected] >> Twitter: @mrhinkle >> Skype: mrhinkle >> >> >> >> >> >> On 5/20/13 1:01 PM, "Kelly Hair" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Yes, there are some public Citrix customer use cases/white papers. That's >>> all fair game. >>> >>> >>> Clayton Weise <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> Just a suggestion to this; having been part of such an exercise. What >>> about a jointly published case study with CS/CP customers/users who are >>> willing to share. Since it involves good press for both companies such a >>> thing is mutually beneficial. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Mathias Mullins [mailto:[email protected]] >>> Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2013 9:13 AM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Cc: Peder Ulander >>> Subject: Re: CloudPlatform/CloudStack Customers and Marketing >>> >>> Ilya, >>> >>> I think to take that one step further, we do have an official "public" >>> list of customers that have signed off on letting us use their name in >>> marketing, presentations, etcŠ What we probably need to find out is how >>> far can we take that with ACS. Can those names be published at an ACS >>> level as well since the official title of CCP is CloudPlatform powered by >>> Apache CloudStack. >>> >>> I'm copying in Peder Ulander in here to see if maybe he can help with >>> some >>> clarification. If that list can be brought to bear for the good of both >>> Citrix customers using Apache CloudStack technology then maybe there is a >>> win-win without showing any favoritism, more of a use case. >>> >>> Mark / Karen - I know you are both active on this list, if you have any >>> advice that would be helpful too. >>> >>> Thanks >>> Matt Mullins >>> CloudPlatform Implementation Engineer >>> Worldwide Cloud Services Citrix System, Inc. >>> +1 (407) 920-1107 Office/Cell Phone >>> [email protected] >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On 5/18/13 6:04 PM, "Kelly Hair" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Agree with Joe. >>>> >>>> As an account rep @ Citrix developing CloudPlatform for the NE US (PA -> >>>> DE -> ME), I will do everything I can to ensure we can publish customer >>>> names with their consent. However, there's a number of enterprises that >>>> will never allow this to occur. It's just they way their legal >>>> departments work.. >>>> >>>> >>>> While it may be frustrating at times, the fact remains that Apache >>>> CloudStack, and commercial variants like Citrix CloudPlatform, is user >>>> driven rather than a marketing focus like other options in the market. >>>> >>>> >>>> I can share that there's 150+ paying CloudPlatform customer. In 2011, >>>> around 80% of new customers were Service Providers. In 2012, this number >>>> was evenly split between SPs & enterprises. The enterprise number & >>>> ratio >>>> will grow this year especially in mature markets. This is not only >>>> because the SP market is saturated but also because enterprises are >>>> investing more in building private clouds. In developing markets, SPs >>>> building clouds are mostly focused on either a CloudStack or OpenStack >>>> based solution. >>>> >>>> Getting back to customers - as you could imagine, we have a slide that >>>> lists ~ 30 customers we can talk about but I would prefer to defer to >>>> some >>>> colleagues inside Citrix to bless the publishing of these names. A >>>> slide >>>> presented to a prospect is very different than publicly posting :) >>>> >>>> >>>> Best, >>>> Kelly >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 5/18/13 3:59 PM, "Joe Brockmeier" <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> On Fri, May 17, 2013, at 03:06 PM, Musayev, Ilya wrote: >>>>>> What is the take on publishing names of CCP customers? I continuously >>>>>> learning about more CloudStack/CloudPlatform customers that are huge >>>>>> in >>>>>> size - but it hurts our marketing strategy as names don't get >>>>>> published. >>>>>> >>>>>> Perhaps I can start un-official CS/CP customer list on personal blogs >>>>>> based on public information (like job descriptions posted online). >>>>>> >>>>>> Thoughts? >>>>> >>>>> So, unless a company has specifically signed-off on having their name >>>>> published, I think it's probably not a good idea to put it out there >>>>> without their blessing. That can have a backlash. >>>>> >>>>> Having a "NASCAR" page of organizations that do use and are willing to >>>>> talk about their use of CloudStack would be a good thing. I just don't >>>>> want to incur any ill-will on the part of users who don't want to be >>>>> public, for whatever reason. >>>>> >>>>> Best, >>>>> >>>>> jzb >>>>> -- >>>>> Joe Brockmeier >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> Twitter: @jzb >>>>> http://www.dissociatedpress.net/ >>>> >>> >> >
