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Korea OpenStack User Group Technical Seminer

HIGHLIGHTS

• Cactus Release – http://www.openstack.org/blog/2011/04/openstack-announces-cactus-release/
• Cactus Overview Webinar Recording –  https://cc.readytalk.com/play?id=39ban4
• OpenStack Supports Japan Tsunami Relief Effort – http://www.openstack.org/blog/2011/04/openstack-community-supports-japan-tsunami-relief-efforts/
• OpenStack Conference & Design Summit 2011 sponsored by Citrix (SOLD OUT)
  • Conference Agenda – http://openstack-spring2011.sched.org/
  • Design Summit Agenda – http://wiki.openstack.org/Summit

EVENTS

• OpenStack Conference & Design Summit sponsored by Citrix – April 26-29 in Santa Clara, CA
• OpenStack Korea User Group Photos – http://www.flickr.com/photos/junwoo/sets/72157626375795627/
• 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

• Project Red Dwarf – Database as a Service – http://www.openstack.org/blog/2011/04/announcing-project-reddwarf-database-as-a-service/
• Developer Activity Weekly Review (April 9 – 15) – http://www.openstack.org/blog/2011/04/openstack-developer-activity-weekly-review-april-9-15/
• Meeting Minutes – April 19
  • Summary: http://eavesdrop.openstack.org/meetings/openstack-meeting/2011/openstack-meeting.2011-04-19-21.01.html
  • Meeting Log: http://eavesdrop.openstack.org/meetings/openstack-meeting/2011/openstack-meeting.2011-04-19-21.01.log.html

GENERAL COMMUNITY

• Cloudscaling FAQ on OpenStack Object Storage (Swift) – http://cloudscaling.com/blog/cloud-computing/cloud-faqs-openstack-storage-swift-basics-q-a
• Mark Collier on Facebook Open Compute – http://www.openstack.org/blog/2011/04/mark-collier-on-facebooks-open-compute/
• OpenStack Wiki Recent Changes – http://wiki.openstack.org/RecentChanges
  • NaaS Core Design – http://wiki.openstack.org/NaaSCoreDesign
  • Database as a Service – http://wiki.openstack.org/DatabaseAsAService
  • All changes for week at http://wiki.openstack.org/RecentChanges

COMMUNITY STATISTICS (4/15– 4/22)

• Data Tracking Graphs – http://wiki.openstack.org/WeeklyNewsletter
• OpenStack Compute (NOVA) Data
  • 40 Active Reviews
  • 237 Active Branches – owned by 62 people & 13 teams
  • 1,754 commits by 72 people in last month
• OpenStack Object Storage (SWIFT) Data
  • 0 Active Reviews
  • 54 Active Branches – owned by 21 people & 5 teams
  • 214 commits by 12 people in last month
• OpenStack Image Registry (GLANCE) Data
  • 2 Active Reviews
  • 17 Active Branches – owned by 5 people & 3 teams
  • 96 commits by 9 people in last month
• Twitter Stats for Week:  #openstack 397 total tweets; OpenStack 1,441 total tweets  (does not include RT)
• Bugs Stats for Week: 294 Tracked Bugs; 77 New Bugs; 44 In-process Bugs; 0 Critical Bugs; 15 High Importance Bugs; 158 Bugs (Fix Committed)
• Blueprints Stats for Week:  225 Blueprints; 2 Essential, 11 High, 12 Medium, 20 Low, 180 Undefined
• OpenStack Website Stats for Week:  15,551 Visits, 38,438 Pageviews, 57.06% New Visits
  • Top 5 Pages: Home 36.47%; /projects 11.77%; /projects/compute 18.08%; /projects/storage 11.90%; /projects/glance 6.08%

OPENSTACK IN THE NEWS

• Ubuntu 11.04 Adds OpenStack to Linux by Sean Michael Kerner; Internetnews.com; http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3931556/Ubuntu+1104+Adds+OpenStack+to+Linux.htm
• OpenStack Marches on, but Can’t Outrun Open Source Politics by Derrick Harris; Gigaom; http://gigaom.com/cloud/openstack-marches-on-but-cant-outrun-open-source-politics/
• OpenStack Cloud Hits Cactus Release by Sean Michael Kerner; Internetnews.com; http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3931056/OpenStack+Cloud+Hits+Cactus+Release.htm
• Two Open-Source Cloud Standards: What It Means to You by Kevin Fogarty; PCWorld; http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/225759/two_opensource_cloud_standards_what_it_means_to_you.html
• OpenStack Unveils Third Community-Driven Software Release by Raju Shanbhag; infotech; http://it.tmcnet.com/topics/it/articles/165843-openstack-unveils-third-community-driven-software-release.htm
• GigaSpaces Leverages Citrix OpenCloud to Deliver Flexible and Open PaaS Solution; press release; http://news.thomasnet.com/companystory/GigaSpaces-Leverages-Citrix-OpenCloud-to-Deliver-Flexible-and-Open-PaaS-Solution-845728
• NASA to Leverage Nebula for Gulf Ecosystem Project by Elizabeth Montalbano; InformationWeek; http://www.informationweek.com/news/government/cloud-saas/229401820