Hello again, everyone --I hope you are all well. I decided to change the announcement a bit; the draft is available at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NJpmdu385Ivxi38ja7TI9M_W48IlPJWCqh8lX_yrhrs/edit?usp=sharing
...credentials are set to "Comment" so I can track progress and incorporate edits. I'm happy to issue the press release on the wire whenever we're ready. Kindly note that I have a placeholder quote for Sven (please edit/adjust/de-"Sally-fy" as appropriate), as well as at least one other testimonial. Ideally we'll have at least three quotes in a press release. Is there anyone from the CloudStack Marketing list interest in dropping something in? Do let me know your thoughts on the tone and content. Best, Sally - - - Vice President Marketing & Publicity Vice President Sponsor Relations The Apache Software Foundation Tel +1 617 921 8656 | [email protected] On Mon, Jan 11, 2021, at 10:08, Sally Khudairi wrote: > Thank you, Giles; hello, everyone. > > We might be making this a "Project press release" vs. "ASF Project > Milestone" announcement. Minor difference, primarily of the voice as > well as testimonials (you can include more Committers, vs. corporate > users if needed). > > The Gartner pointer is too old to be impressive at this stage. Any idea > of a more recent analyst highlight? > > What's your intended timeframe for this? > > Best, > Sally > > - - - > Vice President Marketing & Publicity > Vice President Sponsor Relations > The Apache Software Foundation > > Tel +1 617 921 8656 | [email protected] > > On Mon, Jan 11, 2021, at 09:53, Giles Sirett wrote: > > Hi Daan > > [Sally in CC by way of a heads-up that this is coming] > > > > Good start. I've updated below to keep more inline with previous > > release announcements and also added a summary of the 4.15 major > > enhancements > > > > It would be good if we can get a couple of quotes from: > > a) release Manager (you) > > b) VP - Sven > > c) some users - I've copied Wido and Si as theyre usually an easy > > touch for a quote 😊 > > > > Anybody happy to send in a quote, reply to this thread and I'll edit it > > into the release > > > > = ========= [start]======== > > > > The Apache Software Foundation Announces Apache® CloudStack® v 4.15 > > Mature Open Source Enterprise Cloud platform powers billions of dollars > > in transactions for the world's largest Cloud providers, Fortune 5 > > multinationals, educational institutions, and more. > > > > The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), the all-volunteer developers, > > stewards, and incubators of more than 350 Open Source projects and > > initiatives, announced today Apache® CloudStack® 4.15, the latest > > version of the mature, turnkey enterprise Cloud orchestration platform. > > > > Apache CloudStack is the proven, highly scalable IaaS platform of > > choice to rapidly and easily create private, public, and hybrid Cloud > > environments: it "just works". Apache CloudStack includes the entire > > "stack" of features in an IaaS cloud: compute orchestration, > > Network-as-a-Service, user and account management, full and open native > > API, resource accounting, and a first-class user interface. > > > > [Insert quote from VP/User/etc) > > > > The new 4.15 release ships with over 200 new features, improvements and > > bug fixes including: > > > > -A new, modern user interface at general availability > > -Secondary storage Management tools > > -vSphere advanced capabilities to support VMware storage policies, > > vSAN, VMFS6, etc > > -"deploy-as-is" templates for deploying virtual appliances in > > CloudStack clouds > > -Roles based users in projects > > -Dynamic roles enhancements for more granular RBAC > > -Configure root disk via service offering > > -noVNC console for performance improvements to VM console access > > -Redfish support for out of band management > > Support for Centos 8, Ubuntu 20.4, XCP-ng 8.1 and MySQL 8 > > -Boot into hardware setup > > > > > > [another nice quote from somebody] > > > > # Documentation > > The full list of new features can be found in the project release notes > > at > > http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/4.15.0.0/releasenotes/changes.html > > The CloudStack documentation includes upgrade instructions from > > previous versions of Apache CloudStack, and can be found at: > > http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/4.15.0.0/upgrading/index.html > > The official installation, administration and API documentation for > > each of the releases are available on our documentation page: > > http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/ > > > > # Downloads > > The official source code for the 4.15.0.0 release can be downloaded > > from our downloads page: > > http://cloudstack.apache.org/downloads.html > > > > In addition to the official source code release, individual > > contributors have also made convenience binaries available on the > > Apache CloudStack download page, and can be found at: > > http://download.cloudstack.org/ubuntu/dists/ > > http://download.cloudstack.org/centos/7/ > > http://www.shapeblue.com/packages/ > > > > Apache CloudStack powers numerous elastic Cloud computing services, > > including solutions that have ranked as Gartner Magic Quadrant leaders. > > Highlighted in the Forrester Q4 2017 Enterprise Open Source Cloud > > Adoption report, Apache CloudStack "sits beneath hundreds of service > > provider clouds", including Fortune 5 multinational corporations. A > > list of known Apache CloudStack users are available at > > http://cloudstack.apache.org/users.html > > > > ======[ends]=== ==================== > > > > Kind regards > > Giles > > > > [email protected] > > www.shapeblue.com > > 3 London Bridge Street, 3rd floor, News Building, London SE1 9SGUK > > @shapeblue > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Daan Hoogland <[email protected]> > > Sent: 11 January 2021 13:23 > > To: Apache CloudStack Marketing <[email protected]>; dev > > <[email protected]> > > Subject: draft [ANNOUNCE]ment version 4.15 [DISCUSS] > > > > As a draft announcement and discussion item the text for an > > announcement mail below. Note that the features list is far from > > complete and any suggestions on that will be incorporated. > > > > > > *The Apache Software Foundation Announces Apache**®** CloudStack**®** v4.15* > > > > The Apache CloudStack project is pleased to announce the release of > > Apache CloudStack v4.15. Apache CloudStack 4.15 is a 4.15 LTS release > > which contains over 250 new features, enhancements and fixes since > > 4.14, such as > > - advanced capabilities for Vmware, > > - a UI overhaul, > > - DB engine support for mysql 8. > > > > Highlights include: > > > > - Supporting advanced storage configuration for VMware > > - VMware 7 support > > - New UI > > > > # Documentation > > The full list of new features can be found in the project release notes > > at > > http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/4.15.0.0/releasenotes/changes.html > > The CloudStack documentation includes upgrade instructions from > > previous versions of Apache CloudStack, and can be found at: > > http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/4.15.0.0/upgrading/index.html > > The official installation, administration and API documentation for > > each of the releases are available on our documentation page: > > http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/ > > > > # Downloads > > The official source code for the 4.15.0.0 release can be downloaded > > from our downloads page: > > http://cloudstack.apache.org/downloads.html > > > > In addition to the official source code release, individual > > contributors have also made convenience binaries available on the > > Apache CloudStack download page, and can be found at: > > http://download.cloudstack.org/ubuntu/dists/ > > http://download.cloudstack.org/centos/7/ > > http://www.shapeblue.com/packages/ > > > > Apache CloudStack powers numerous elastic Cloud computing services, > > including solutions that have ranked as Gartner Magic Quadrant leaders. > > Highlighted in the Forrester Q4 2017 Enterprise Open Source Cloud > > Adoption report, Apache CloudStack "sits beneath hundreds of service > > provider clouds", including Fortune 5 multinational corporations. A > > list of known Apache CloudStack users are available at > > http://cloudstack.apache.org/users.html > > > > -- > > Daan > >
