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From: Chris REID <chris@pointgreen.biz>
Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2014 17:41:16 +0100
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Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] What's Our Battle Cry? CloudStack the Cloud that Just
 Works
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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

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On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 1:24 PM, Sebastien Goasguen <runseb@gmail.com> wrote=
:

>
> On Jun 2, 2014, at 6:30 AM, Reuven Cohen <reuven.cohen@citrix.com> wrote:
>
> > Because it works. So do the other guys.
>
> Yeah, I like the #cloudstackworks =E2=80=A6.with all your apps etc=E2=80=
=A6=E2=80=A6but 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 doe=
s
> 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. Obviousl=
y.
> >
> > 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" <giles.sirett@shapeblue.com=
>
> 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
> >> Giles.Sirett@shapeblue.com
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Shannon Williams [mailto:shannon.williams@citrix.com]
> >> Sent: 30 May 2014 20:32
> >> To: marketing@cloudstack.apache.org
> >> Subject: RE: [DISCUSS] What's Our Battle Cry? CloudStack the Cloud tha=
t
> 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 joinin=
g
> 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 fi=
ve.
> >>
> >> Best Regards,
> >>
> >> Shannon Williams
> >> shannon.williams@citrix.com
> >> +1 650-521-6902
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Chiradeep Vittal [mailto:Chiradeep.Vittal@citrix.com]
> >> Sent: Friday, May 30, 2014 12:09 PM
> >> To: <marketing@cloudstack.apache.org>
> >> Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] What's Our Battle Cry? CloudStack the Cloud tha=
t
> Just Works
> >>
> >> Cool. Reminds me of "Intel Inside".
> >> Can I haz t-shirt?
> >>
> >> --
> >> Chiradeep
> >>
> >>> On May 30, 2014, at 11:57 AM, "Krishna Subramanian" <
> Krishna.Subramanian@citrix.com> 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
> >>> krishnas@citrix.com
> >>> 408.209.9483
> >>> @cloudKrishna
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: Mark Hinkle [mailto:Mark.Hinkle@citrix.com]
> >>> Sent: Friday, May 30, 2014 11:34 AM
> >>> To: <marketing@cloudstack.apache.org>
> >>> 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 way=
s
> 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?  What do you think about the proposed message.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Regards, Mark
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