OpenStack Community Newsletter –December 16, 2011 HIGHLIGHTS Proposal to move non-standard ec2 “admin” api in essex https://lists.launchpad.net/openstack/msg06218.html Proposed branches for Essex-2 milestones have been cut https://launchpad.net/openstack/+milestone/essex-2 Number of open bugs on Nova keeps increasing http://webnumbr.com/open-nova-bugs Documentation Team started to work on localization effort and new Launchpad project for openstack.org Full meeting summary http://eavesdrop.openstack.org/meetings/openstack-meeting/2011/openstack-meeting.2011-12-12-20.03.html EVENTS Holiday… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Communication
A team for the OpenStack International Community
With so many people interested in OpenStack that new user groups start regularly. A list on the community page mentions groups in Egypt, Japan, China, and more but we know it’s partial. There are more OpenStack groups and more people are interested in forming one. We’ve established a new OpenStack team, the International Community team… Read more »
Community Weekly Review (September 30-7)
OpenStack Community Newsletter – October 7 Wrap-up edition 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 st[email protected]. HIGHLIGHTS Essex Design Summit and… Read more »
Happy Ada Lovelace Day
Ada Lovelace day, October 7th, is a day for bloggers to write a story about an inspirational influence in their life in technology. For me, there were two influential woman in my life as an undergraduate chemistry student in the early 90s at Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana. One was my first college chemistry professor,… Read more »
Preparing For Essex Unconference And Lightning Talks
The Essex Design Summit is less than a week away and we want to use every moment to make the most out of it. Having the whole OpenStack community in the same timezone, sharing the same rooms is a precious event. Therefore we’re having the room Salon C reserved all three days dedicated to the Unconference, … Read more »
Community Weekly Review (September 2-9)
OpenStack Community Newsletter – September 9, 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 Registration Open for OpenStack Conference… Read more »
OpenStack Conference Registration – Are you Coming?
The OpenStack community is once again meeting in less than a month in Boston, MA to educate, discuss, and plan for the future of cloud computing. The community is asking for cloud computing enthusiasts, open source gurus, IT leaders, and technologists to take part in our open discussion. The event is held at the Boston… Read more »
Rackspace Running OpenStack Compute Today for Select Customers, Discusses Broader Rollout Plans
Lew Moorman, President of the Rackspace Cloud, recently discussed the state of Rackspace’s OpenStack plans in a blog post. In addition to running OpenStack Object Storage (code named Swift) for over a year to power their cloud, Rackspace is now running OpenStack Compute (code named Nova) for select customers. Head over to the Rackspace Cloud… Read more »
HP Announces Private Beta Program for OpenStack Cloud
Today HP announced the private beta program for HP Cloud Services. Our initial cloud services are HP Cloud Compute and HP Cloud Object Storage, both based on HP’s world-class hardware and software combined with OpenStack ™ technology. I want to personally invite you to sign up for our free private beta to develop, test and… Read more »
OpenStack Governance Elections Fall 2011 – Results
The polls for OpenStack Governance Elections closed. Congratulations to the winners and thank you all for participating in this election. PROJECT POLICY BOARD (3 positions + 1 to replace resigning member) Winners: Ewan Mellor Paul Voccio Monty Taylor Josh Kearney Details of the poll results are visible. The Project Technical Leads have not changed. NOVA… Read more »