AH - ok. Thanks for the clarification Sebastien!
On 5/21/13 1:18 AM, "Sebastien Goasguen" <[email protected]> wrote: >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/ >>>>> >>>> >>> >>
