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OpenStack Community Newsletter – April 15, 2011

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Todd Willey – On Break from Documenting OpenStack

HIGHLIGHTS

• Cactus Release – http://www.openstack.org/blog/2011/04/openstack-announces-cactus-release/
• Cactus Overview Webinar – Tuesday April 19^th at 3:00 pm CST; http://wiki.openstack.org/Webinar%20Series
• 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 – April 14 or 15 http://www.openstack.org/blog/2011/04/openstack-korea-user-group-technical-seminar-april-14-or-15/
• 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

• Developer Activity Weekly Review (April 1 – 8 ) – http://www.openstack.org/blog/2011/04/openstack-developer-activity-weekly-review-april-1-8/
• Meeting Minutes – April 12
  • Summary: http://eavesdrop.openstack.org/meetings/openstack-meeting/2011/openstack-meeting.2011-04-12-21.01.html
  • Meeting Log:   http://eavesdrop.openstack.org/meetings/openstack-meeting/2011/openstack-meeting.2011-04-12-21.01.log.html

GENERAL COMMUNITY

• Community Manager Summer Intern – http://www.openstack.org/blog/2011/04/hiring-a-community-manager-summer-intern/
• OpenStack Wiki Recent Changes – http://wiki.openstack.org/RecentChanges
  • PC Scheduler – http://wiki.openstack.org/PC_scheduler
  • Glance Image Filter – http://wiki.openstack.org/GlanceImageFilter
  • Webinar Series – http://wiki.openstack.org/Webinar%20Series
  • All changes for week at http://wiki.openstack.org/RecentChanges

COMMUNITY STATISTICS (4/8– 4/15)

• Data Tracking Graphs – http://wiki.openstack.org/WeeklyNewsletter
• OpenStack Compute (NOVA) Data
  • 45 Active Reviews
  • 242 Active Branches – owned by 60 people & 13 teams
  • 1,947 commits by 69 people in last month
• OpenStack Object Storage (SWIFT) Data
  • 11 Active Reviews
  • 62 Active Branches – owned by 23 people & 5 teams
  • 174 commits by 12 people in last month
• Twitter Stats for Week:  #openstack 156 total tweets; OpenStack 448 total tweets  (does not include RT)
• Bugs Stats for Week: 343 Tracked Bugs; 66 New Bugs; 50 In-process Bugs; 1 Critical Bugs; 11 High Importance Bugs; 215 Bugs (Fix Committed)
• Blueprints Stats for Week:  195 Blueprints; 3 Essential, 11 High, 12 Medium, 20 Low, 149 Undefined
• OpenStack Website Stats for Week:  12,164 Visits, 26,959 Pageviews, 57.43% New Visits
  • Top 5 Pages: Home 43.85%; /projects 10.84%; /projects/compute 16.11%; /projects/storage 11.36%; /Community 7.21%

OPENSTACK IN THE NEWS

• OpenStack ‘floating Linux kernel’ rides VMware hypervisor by Cade Metz; The Register; http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/04/15/openstack_cactus_released/
• Cisco throws networking into OpenStack cloud by Dave Rosenberg; CNET;  http://news.cnet.com/8301-13846_3-20052564-62.html
• Ex-NASA cloud builder’s startup boosts OpenStack software by Jon Brodkin; NetworkWorld;  http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/041111-piston-cloud.html
• GigaSpaces Leverages Citrix OpenCloud to Deliver Flexible and Open PaaS Solution; PR Newswire; http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/gigaspaces-leverages-citrix-opencloud-to-deliver-flexible-and-open-paas-solution-119589974.html
• Cisco Gets Serious About Cloud Computing by Tim Beyers; Motley Fool;  http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2011/04/13/cisco-gets-serious-about-cloud-computing.aspx
• VMware’s Cloud Foundry Could Flourish Based on Virtualization, Open Tools by Sam Dean; GIGAOM; http://ostatic.com/blog/vmwares-cloud-foundry-could-flourish-based-on-virtualization-open-tools
• Facebook Launches Open Compute Project; TTKN; http://www.ttkn.com/technology/facebook-launches-open-compute-project-10256.html
• rPath takes the path to enterprises by Alex Handy; SD Times; http://www.sdtimes.com/RPATH_TAKES_THE_PATH_TO_ENTERPRISES/By_Alex_Handy/About_RPATH/35430
• Så kan mixade moln bli din lösning by Niklas Andersson; IDG.se; http://www.idg.se/2.1085/1.379613/sa-kan-mixade-moln-bli-din-losning
• 日本発ITベンチャーのミドクラ、総額1億円超を調達 ; http://www.atmarkit.co.jp/news/201104/14/midokura.html
• クラウド構築のソフトウェアを開発するスタートアップ、ミドクラがシードラウンドで約1億円を調達 by Ryuichi Nishida; TechCrunch Japan; http://jp.techcrunch.com/archives/jp20110413midokura-cloud-computing-software-startup-in-japan/
• 云计算时代的P2P技术; Tech.Huxen.com; http://tech.hexun.com/2011-04-08/128585572.html
• Dell 10 Yeni Veri Merkezi Açmak için 1 Milyar $ Ayırdı by  Ergün Dinçer; turk.internet.com; http://www.turk.internet.com/portal/yazigoster.php?yaziid=32013
• Бета-версия Ubuntu 11.04 с мультитач-интерфейсом Unity; PCWeek; http://www.pcweek.ru/foss/article/detail.php?ID=130706