{"id":1663,"date":"2011-12-22T10:41:06","date_gmt":"2011-12-22T16:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/?p=1663"},"modified":"2011-12-22T11:39:26","modified_gmt":"2011-12-22T17:39:26","slug":"openstack-around-the-globe-in-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/openstack-around-the-globe-in-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"OpenStack Around The Globe in 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">OpenStack has been a global phenomenon since the community formed in July 2010, and it has only gotten more diverse since then. One of my favorite stats is that we had people from 6 continents attend the most recent Design Summit &amp; Conference in Boston. Still looking for that elusive Antarctica user.<\/p>\n<p>I spent a few minutes digging through Google Analytics to pull out some other interesting 2011 stats to share.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>People in over 13,000 cities from over 200 countries visited OpenStack.org this year!<\/li>\n<li>We had a total of 750k+ visits from 430k+ unique visitors.<\/li>\n<li>The most popular city was Beijing, followed by Seoul, London, and Bangalore<\/li>\n<li>China was #2 after the U.S. as a source of visitors to openstack.org<\/li>\n<li>Full details available <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheet\/ccc?key=0Ai0YJLlYNpuxdDVuVHllcDAwVDVFNC11dm83YVpVVVE#gid=0\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>This is a google docs embeded graph that will overlay visits by region:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/ajax.googleapis.com\/ajax\/static\/modules\/gviz\/1.0\/chart.js\"> {\"dataSourceUrl\":\"\/\/docs.google.com\/a\/collierclan.net\/spreadsheet\/tq?key=0Ai0YJLlYNpuxdDVuVHllcDAwVDVFNC11dm83YVpVVVE&transpose=0&headers=0&range=A10%3AB212&gid=0&pub=1\",\"options\":{\"vAxes\":[{\"viewWindowMode\":\"pretty\",\"viewWindow\":{}},{\"viewWindowMode\":\"pretty\",\"viewWindow\":{}}],\"colors\":[\"#DC3912\",\"#EFE6DC\",\"#109618\"],\"displayMode\":\"markers\",\"hAxis\":{\"maxAlternations\":1},\"hasLabelsColumn\":true,\"width\":500,\"height\":152},\"state\":{},\"view\":\"{\\\"columns\\\":[0,1]}\",\"chartType\":\"GeoChart\",\"chartName\":\"Chart 2\"} <\/script><\/p>\n<div>Conclusions:<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>There is clearly a need for a true global open source software platform, and lots of people are seizing that opportunity in over 200 countries.<\/li>\n<li>This is a powerful movement! \u00a0It is much bigger than any one company or country.<\/li>\n<li><strong>We have much to do to support the diverse community<\/strong>, including more international events and localized content. \u00a0To coordinate an event or to talk sponsorships contact events@openstack.org and also check the <a href=\"http:\/\/openstack.org\/community\/events\/\">events page<\/a>\u00a0to make sure your event is listed there.  <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/laurensell\">Lauren Sell<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/deerosales20\">Dee Rosales<\/a> are good people to talk to about how to make your OpenStack event a success.<\/li>\n<li>If you&#8217;d like to help with translating content (web pages, overview docs, more technical docs, or openstack itself such as the dashboard) drop us a note at translate@openstack.org with some info on how you&#8217;d like to help. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/toddmorey\">Todd Morey<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/annegentle\">Anne Gentle<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/smaffulli\">Stefano Maffulli<\/a> (and other stackers) are starting several translation projects now and could use your help!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here&#8217;s to an even bigger and stronger global OpenStack community in 2012!<br \/>\nMark Collier<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/sparkycollier\">@sparkycollier<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OpenStack has been a global phenomenon since the community formed in July 2010, and it has only gotten more diverse since then. 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