As an FYI, Citrix had a CloudPlatform presence at this show (and last year as well). Ken Lee, Sr. Director of Marketing on the CloudPlatform team, was on a panel discussion "Virtualizing Mobile Networks". We had a stand in the Expo area and a number of 1:1 meetings set up with various operators. Our message was about the Citrix commercial distribution of CloudStack (CloudPlatform). So, there was some additional coverage for CloudStack, albeit under the umbrella of CloudPlatform.
-----Original Message----- From: Chris REID [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, June 02, 2014 9:41 AM To: marketing cloudstack Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] What's Our Battle Cry? CloudStack the Cloud that Just Works Last week I attended the SDN/NFV World Summit in London, giving both a presentation on Cloudstack and being part of an Expert Panel, with Neela Jacques of OpenDaylight and Sharar Steiff of PCCW Global. I attempted to engage as many folks as possible on the topic of Cloudstack, and understand the motivation and direction of senior folks within global Service Providers. The constant message was 'Openstack is the defacto VM orchestration platform' with speaker after speaker referencing the recent US OpenStack event. Cloudstack had 3 mentions in the 3 days I was present. Yes, in conversation many folks knew about Cloudstack and its high availability/reliability, however when I inquired 'why not try Cloudstack?' the consistent response was 'we hardly every hear from Cloudstack; you are never at any events, there is little or no promotion'. It is a confidence issue. My first observation is that if OpenDaylight can sponsor the SDN Summit, then what structural changes need to be made to ensure Cloudstack has the funds to be a presence at every appropriate event? Someone recently mentioned 'Inside Intel' as an excellent logo, which it is, but only because Intel promote it aggressively. My second observation is that Openstack has perceived direction, a kind of roadmap that you would expect from a commercial organisation. Hence in parallel with promoting Cloudstack, comes the need to create a direction(and the associated trust). What are we about and where would we take a user in the years to come. Please, don't shoot the messenger, there was some positive messages from those who appreciate Cloudstack, I'm simply reflecting to the group the genuine feedback gathered last week. Chris *Chris Reid* Head - Infrastructure and Cloud Business Unit - uk.linkedin.com/pub/chris-reid/0/90b/b0a Mob: +44 7703 50 32 34 [email protected] <http://[email protected]/> SKYPE chris.reidyork On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 1:24 PM, Sebastien Goasguen <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Jun 2, 2014, at 6:30 AM, Reuven Cohen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Because it works. So do the other guys. > > Yeah, I like the #cloudstackworks ….with all your apps etc……but if we > are insinuating that cloudstack works and that other solutions don't, > I think it's a slippery slope. > > IMHO the other solutions out there also work very well. I have used > opennebula first hand, and it was very slick + I doubt that openstack > does not work or does not scale (knowing the scale of cern deployment). > > > > This statement comes off as a bit delusional. It's mostly passive, > > when > we should be aggressive. It's like ford saying, cause it drives. Obviously. > > > > Why not focus on why it's a better, faster, more scalable way to run > your business. Zero to hero in minutes. > > > > @rUv > > > > (Sent on the run, please pardon any typos) > > > >> On Jun 2, 2014, at 4:22 AM, "Giles Sirett" > >> <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> Shannon - love that. Like Chip, when people say to me "why > >> cloudstack > over AN Other platform, I tend to say "because it works" > >> > >> I really like the reusable #cloudstackworks for xyz > >> > >> Kind Regards > >> Giles > >> > >> D: +44 20 3603 0541 | M: +44 796 111 2055 > >> [email protected] > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Shannon Williams [mailto:[email protected]] > >> Sent: 30 May 2014 20:32 > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: RE: [DISCUSS] What's Our Battle Cry? CloudStack the Cloud > >> that > Just Works > >> > >> Great discussion Mark. > >> > >> I want a T-Shirt as well. My vote, the new slogan should be: > #cloudstackworks > >> > >> It's great because we can use it with lots of tags: > >> > >> #cloudstackworks for gaming (when we talk about Disney or Zynga's > >> big > CloudStack clouds) #cloudsatckworks in China (when we talk about the > new > docs) #cloudstackworks with PaaS (when we talk about a new company > joining the community) #cloudstackworks in Budapest (when we announce > the next summit). > >> > >> It doesn't go too far to attack anyone, but focuses on all of the > successful deployments that are out there. Almost like a virtual high five. > >> > >> Best Regards, > >> > >> Shannon Williams > >> [email protected] > >> +1 650-521-6902 > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Chiradeep Vittal [mailto:[email protected]] > >> Sent: Friday, May 30, 2014 12:09 PM > >> To: <[email protected]> > >> Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] What's Our Battle Cry? CloudStack the Cloud > >> that > Just Works > >> > >> Cool. Reminds me of "Intel Inside". > >> Can I haz t-shirt? > >> > >> -- > >> Chiradeep > >> > >>> On May 30, 2014, at 11:57 AM, "Krishna Subramanian" < > [email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>> Mark, this is a good theme we can build on, and talk to both the > capabilities as well as the market validation of Apache CloudStack e.g. > >>> > >>> Apache CloudStack: The Cloud that just Works > >>> > >>> ...with all your apps > >>> ...with all your infrastructure > >>> ...with just an admin > >>> ...etc > >>> > >>> ...with enterprises > >>> ...with service providers > >>> ...in Government > >>> ...in Education > >>> ....in Europe > >>> ....in Japan > >>> ...etc... > >>> > >>> Thanks > >>> Krishna > >>> > >>> > >>> Krishna Subramanian > >>> VP Product Marketing, Cloud Platforms Citrix Systems, Inc > >>> [email protected] > >>> 408.209.9483 > >>> @cloudKrishna > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: Mark Hinkle [mailto:[email protected]] > >>> Sent: Friday, May 30, 2014 11:34 AM > >>> To: <[email protected]> > >>> Subject: [DISCUSS] What's Our Battle Cry? CloudStack the Cloud > >>> that Just Works > >>> > >>> Hello, > >>> > >>> Today I was speaking with some of our folks at Citrix on how we > position Apache CloudStack. As we talk about our products we also try > to paint ACS as a strong foundation for building a cloud in a variety > of ways but in the interest of being succinct and consistent across > our project I think it would be good to have our standard battle cry > or descriptor to help reinforce why you should be considering ACS and > help all the supporters of the project reinforce our value. We have > gravitated towards: > >>> > >>> Apache CloudStack: The Cloud that Just Works > >>> > >>> Based on the fact that you can get it up and running quickly and > become productive in a very short time. Does anyone have other ways > they describe ACS? 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