UPDATE: This webinar has been rescheduled to Thursday April 21st at 4pm EST. Please register at https://cc.readytalk.com/r/kdi85356wy As part of a new community project, the OpenStack Webinar Series, I am pleased to announce the OpenStack Cactus Webinar for April 19th from 3:00 – 4:00 pm CST. This Webinar will cover the new features implemented in… Read more »
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OpenStack Welcomes Facebook Open Compute Project
Today, Facebook announced a very exciting initiative called the Open Compute Project. It promises to open a vast amount of expertise to the market including the technology used in their servers, power supplies, server racks, battery backup systems and building design, and to do it as efficiently and as “green” as possible. And through collaboration… Read more »
OpenStack Korea User Group – Technical Seminar April 14 or 15
News from the OpenStack Korea User Group on a Technical Seminar scheduled for April 14th or 15th at the NIPA Building in Seoul, Korea. For event details contact @songerie on Twitter). This will be a good opportunity to discuss not only technical details about OpenStack but also about how we move forward as an open… Read more »
OpenStack Conference and Design Summit Registration Update
As you are all aware, the OpenStack Conference and Design Summit Sponsored by Citrix is April 26- 29, 2011 in Santa Clara, CA. You may also be aware that we have reached the registration limit which has created a large waiting list. I wanted to provide more information on the decisions that have led to… Read more »
Project Policy Board Membership – Update Post Election
Now that the Spring 2011 Governance Elections have completed, I would like to formally update the community on the OpenStack Project Policy Board: Member Status Jesse Andrews Appointed Jonathan Bryce Appointed Thierry Carrez Elected – Term ends Spring 2012 Rick Clark Elected – Term ends Fall 2011 (replacing Vish Ishaya)* Eric Day Elected – Term… Read more »
Q1 2011 OpenStack Community Snapshot
At the end of 2010, I posted a community snapshot blog (http://www.openstack.org/blog/2011/01/q4-2010-openstack-community-snapshot/) that provided a variety of community health data-points. Seeing measurements on a quarterly basis provides insight to the health and growth of our community. If you have any ideas for other metrics to monitor, please contact me at [email protected]. End of Q1 2011… Read more »
OpenStack Governance Election Results
The OpenStack Community has completed the governance elections as described in several previous blog posts: here and here. The results of the voting are as follows: Project Technical Lead SWIFT: John Dickinson Project Technical Lead NOVA: Vishvananda Ishaya Project Technical Lead GLANCE: Jay Pipes Project Policy Board (2 Positions): Thierry Carrez and Eric Day Congratulations… Read more »
Community Weekly Newsletter (March 25 – April 1)
OpenStack Community Newsletter – April 1, 2011 This weekly newsletter is a way for the community to learn about all the various activities occurring on a weekly basis. If you would like to add content to a weekly update or have an idea about this newsletter, please email [email protected]. OpenStack Booth at UKUUG HIGHLIGHTS OpenStack… Read more »
Community Weekly Newsletter (March 19 – 25)
OpenStack Community Newsletter – March 25, 2011 This weekly newsletter is a way for the community to learn about all the various activities occurring on a weekly basis. If you would like to add content to a weekly update or have an idea about this newsletter, please email [email protected]. Watch live streaming video from gigaombigdata… Read more »
OpenStack Governance Elections Underway
The OpenStack community elections are underway until April 1, 2011 at 11:59 pm CST. All authorized members of the community should have received election emails this morning with information on how to vote and for which election. If you believe that you should have received a voting email, please contact me immediately so we can… Read more »