With VC3 coming down the pike, I'm looking for folks that would like to be advocates with the press and possibly analysts. What I need are Vyatta community members, either customers or Community Edition users, who are willing to speak with the press about how you are using Vyatta in creative ways.
This is a great opportunity for you to get some press visibility for your company or even just for you. Vyatta and our cool PR-wonks over at Eastwick Communications will handle all the interface for you. All you have to do is make yourself available and be able to tell an interesting story in your own words about how you're using Vyatta to solve real problems. In general, we're much more predisposed to stories in a business context. The "I used my little sister's old PC to replace my Linksys" story is interesting, but probably not compelling to the publications that we're talking with. They're looking for the stories that are along the lines of: 1. I replaced my Cisco 7200 with a $4000 system from IBM and software and WAN cards from Vyatta 2. I'm running my 10-node distributed organization on $300 Soekris boxes and Vyatta 3. I'm creating an ISP to help network villages in Africa and I'm using Vyatta and donated PCs to get it done 4. I'm running Vyatta virtualized with VMware or Xen to serve my hosting customers 5. I'm using Vyatta with a blade server system to create a highly integrated system for both compute and networking 6. I'm taking old CD-ROMs onto which I have burned every copy of Vyatta heretofore released and shredding them and using them as high-tech mulch for my indoor plants You know, interesting stuff. (Okay, maybe not #6, but use your imagination.) Now, it's sometimes easy to think that *your* story isn't very interesting. You're just going about your life, solving the problems that you need to solve. What you don't realize is that what seems boring and dull to you can actually be quite interesting to a publication that thrives on customer stories. Thus, if you're at all interested in the opportunity, contact us and we'll help determine whether it's something the reporters will want to hear. If you're interested, shoot me an email directly with some information about your story and I'll try to work you into our PR plan. -- Dave
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