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OpenStack Community Newsletter – May 6, 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].

HIGHLIGHTS

• OpenStack Conference and Design Summit: A Recap by Krishnan Subramanian – http://www.cloudave.com/12145/openstack-conference-and-design-summit-a-recap/
• Paul Pettigrew, Mach Technology thoughts on OpenStack (Video) – http://vimeo.com/23272049
• Jonathan Bryce and Barton George discuss OpenStack (Video) – http://vimeo.com/23003968

EVENTS

• Interop – May 8-12 in Las Vegas, NV  http://www.interop.com/lasvegas/
• OpenHelp – June 3-5 in Cincinnati, OH http://openhelpconference.com/
• SouthEast LinuxFest – June 10-12 in Spartanburg, SC http://www.southeastlinuxfest.org/
• Open Source Bridge – June 21-24 in Portland, OR http://opensourcebridge.org/
• Structure – June 22-23 in San Francisco, CA http://event.gigaom.com/structure/

DEVELOPER COMMUNITY

• Meeting Minutes – May 3
  • Summary: http://eavesdrop.openstack.org/meetings/openstack-meeting/2011/openstack-meeting.2011-05-03-21.02.html
  • Meeting Log: http://eavesdrop.openstack.org/meetings/openstack-meeting/2011/openstack-meeting.2011-05-03-21.02.log.html

GENERAL COMMUNITY

• Project Policy Board Meeting – May 5^th;  http://wiki.openstack.org/Governance/PPB/PPBMeetingLogs
• Standards by Rob van der Linden – http://community.citrix.com/display/ocb/2011/05/05/Standards
• OpenStack Conference: Governance Discussion (Video) – http://vimeo.com/22930308
• OpenStack Wiki Recent Changes – http://wiki.openstack.org/RecentChanges
  • Network Service – http://wiki.openstack.org/NetworkService
  • Diablo Summit Etherpads – http://wiki.openstack.org/DiabloSummitEtherpads
  • All changes for week at http://wiki.openstack.org/RecentChanges

COMMUNITY STATISTICS (4/29– 5/5)

• Data Tracking Graphs – http://wiki.openstack.org/WeeklyNewsletter
• OpenStack Compute (NOVA) Data
  • 38 Active Reviews
  • 248 Active Branches – owned by 66 people & 14 teams
  • 1,054 commits by 69 people in last month
• OpenStack Object Storage (SWIFT) Data
  • 4 Active Reviews
  • 63 Active Branches – owned by 21 people & 6 teams
  • 152 commits by 16 people in last month
• OpenStack Image Registry (GLANCE) Data
  • 4 Active Reviews
  • 23 Active Branches – owned by 7 people & 4 teams
  • 112 commits by 10 people in last month
• Twitter Stats for Week:  #openstack 560 total tweets; OpenStack 1,431 total tweets  (does not include RT)
• Bugs Stats for Week: 311 Tracked Bugs; 81 New Bugs; 38 In-process Bugs; 1 Critical Bugs; 15 High Importance Bugs; 176 Bugs (Fix Committed)
• Blueprints Stats for Week:  218 Blueprints; 1 Essential, 11 High, 10 Medium, 17 Low, 179 Undefined
• OpenStack Website Stats for Week:  14,394 Visits, 32,394 Pageviews, 56.12% New Visits
  • Top 5 Pages: Home 38.98%; /projects 10.26%; /projects/compute 16.48%; /projects/storage 10.91%; /projects/glance 5.48%

OPENSTACK IN THE NEWS

• Cloud CIO: Lessons from the OpenStack Design Summit by Benard Golden; CIO.com; http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9216404/Cloud_CIO_Lessons_from_the_OpenStack_Design_Summit
• Internap Building First OpenStack-Based Public Cloud by Derrick Harris; Gigaom; http://gigaom.com/cloud/internap-building-first-openstack-based-public-cloud/
• OpenStack now supported for SMEStorage Open Cloud SaaS Platform and Cloud Appliances – http://smestorage.com/blog/?p=1558
• Why Cloud is Forcing Cisco to Embrace Open Source by Derrick Harris; Gigaom; http://gigaom.com/cloud/why-cloud-is-forcing-cisco-to-embrace-open-source/
• Chris Wolf on OpenStack, vCloud Director, etc. by Bruce Hoard; Virtualization Review; http://virtualizationreview.com/blogs/the-hoard-facts/2011/05/outtakes-insights-chris-wolf-part-2.aspx
• Wringing More Value From Enterprise Cloud Computing with Open Source by Mark Hinkle; LinuxInsider; http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/Wringing-More-Value-From-Enterprise-Cloud-Computing-With-Open-Source-72375.html
• Borcade Launches CloudPlex Stack by Sean Michael Kerner; ServerWatch.com; http://www.serverwatch.com/news/article.php/3932491/Brocade-Launches-CloudPlex-Stack.htm
• OpenStack virtual appliance project Video Demo by Alexander Ervik Johnsen; Ervik.as;
• Cloud Hosting Marketplace SpotCloud Releases OpenStack Connector by Liam Eagle; WebHost Industry Review; http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/042911_Cloud_Hosting_Marketplace_SpotCloud_Releases_OpenStack_Connector
• HP’s Cloud Plans ‘Leaked’; They Actually Look Good by Derrick Harris; Gigaom; http://gigaom.com/cloud/hps-cloud-plans-leaked-they-actually-look-good/
• Arista, Brocade Open to Networking Apps by Don Clark; The Wall Street Journal; http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2011/05/03/arista-brocade-open-to-networking-apps/
• Cloud.com CEO Sheng Liang Discussed Open-Source Cloud Computing & Asia by Roger Strukhoff; Sys-Con; http://www.sys-con.com/node/1814930
• CloudBees Enhances Cloud Development Services with Sonar; Launches Free Program for Open Source Projects; PR; http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110503005672/en/CloudBees-Enhances-Cloud-Development-Services-Sonar-Launches