Thats a good PR, Giles, I just have one comment in the order in which the features are listed. Power management is a powerful feature in this release, hence i would list it as (1).
Cheers, Madan On Wed, Aug 17, 2016 at 3:45 PM Giles Sirett <giles.sir...@shapeblue.com> wrote: > All > > I’ve drafted the following for the 4.9 press release. > > Please chime in with comments/changes/etc (bearing in mind, that we really > need to get a release out ASAP as its been already 5 days since the > [announce] was sent) > > > > Despite the scale of this release , there are not many > super-exciting/headline-grabbing new features so I’ve cherry picked these > for the Press release: > > > > - Enhancements to Cloudstack networking model including deeper integration > with Nuage VSP SDN > > -Out of band power management of hosts through IPMI,iLO,DRAC > > -User defined security roles > > -Over 180 minor enhancements and issues fixed > > > > Happy if somebody else can help find some other headline features from the > release notes > > (BTW – the 180 came from the complete list of issues fixed) > > > > > > ##starts## > > > > [APACHE CLOUDSTACK LOGO] > > > > Announcing Apache™ CloudStack™ v4.9 > > > > Mature, easy-to-deploy Open Source Cloud computing software continues to > meet the demands of the worlds largest cloud providers. > > > > [DATELINE] —[date]—The Apache CloudStack project today announced the > immediate > > availability of Apache CloudStack v4.9, the latest version of the turnkey > Open Source cloud > > computing software platform used for creating private-, public-, and > hybrid cloud environments. > > > > Apache CloudStack clouds enable billions of dollars' worth of business > transactions annually > > across their clouds, and its maturity, stability and ease of deployment > has led it to has become the Open Source > > platform for many service providers to set up on-demand, elastic public > cloud computing services, > > as well as enterprises and others to set up a private or hybrid cloud for > use by their own > > employees. > > > > CloudStack includes an intuitive user interface and rich APIs for managing > the compute, networking, software, and storage infrastructure resources. It > supports a broad range of integration points for both traditional and > cloud-native workloads. > > > > CloudStack v4.9 reflects dozens of new features and improvements, > including: > > - Enhancements to Cloudstack networking model including deeper integration > with Nuage VSP SDN > > -Out of band power management of hosts through IPMI,iLO,DRAC > > -User defined security roles > > -Over 180 minor enhancements and issues fixed > > > > A complete overview of all new enhancements can be found in the project > release notes at > http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/projects/cloudstack-release-notes/en/4.9.0/ > > > > CloudStack has been used by thousands of organizations worldwide and is in > use/production > > at Alcatel-Lucent, Autodesk, BT Cloud, China Telecom, DataPipe, Exoscale, > Globo.com, GreenQloud, > > Hokkaido University, IDC Frontier, Ikoula, Interoute, KDDI, KT/Korea > Telecom, LeaseWeb, NTT, Orange, > > PCextreme, Schuberg Philis, Shopzilla, Slovak Telekom, Tata, Trader > > Media Group, TomTom, University of Melbourne, University of Sao Paolo, > Verizon and WebMD among many others. > > A list of known users of the software can be found at > http://cloudstack.apache.org/users.html > > > > Availability > > CloudStack v4.9 is available immediately as a free download from > http://cloudstack.apache.org/downloads.html. > > Apache CloudStack software is released under the Apache License v2.0. > > > > Governance and Oversight > > Apache CloudStack 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. > > > > Get Involved! > > Apache CloudStack welcomes contribution and community participation > through mailing lists > > as well as attending face-to-face MeetUps, developer trainings, and user > events. > > > > > > About Apache CloudStack > > Apache CloudStack is a mature, turnkey integrated > Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) Open > > Source software platform that allows users to build feature-rich public > and private cloud > > environments. Hailed by Gartner Group as "a solid product", CloudStack > includes an intuitive > > user interface and rich APIs for managing the compute, networking, > software, and storage infrastructure > > resources. CloudStack entered the Apache Incubator in April 2012 and > became an Apache Top-level > > Project in March 2013. For downloads, documentation, and ways to become > involved with Apache > > CloudStack, visit http://cloudstack.apache.org/ and > https://twitter.com/CloudStack > > > > ##ends## > > > > > > Kind Regards > > Giles > > > > giles.sir...@shapeblue.com > www.shapeblue.com > @shapeblue > > > > -- Madan Ganesh Velayudham Founder & CEO ActOnMagic *Cloud Governance, Analytics, Management Simplified with ActOnCloud!* www.actonmagic.com
