{"id":487,"date":"2011-02-04T10:19:16","date_gmt":"2011-02-04T16:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/?p=487"},"modified":"2011-02-04T13:39:49","modified_gmt":"2011-02-04T19:39:49","slug":"openstack-weekly-newsletter-january-29-february-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/openstack-weekly-newsletter-january-29-february-4\/","title":{"rendered":"OpenStack Weekly Newsletter (January 29 &#8211; February 4)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\"><strong>OpenStack Community Newsletter \u2013 February 4, 2011<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>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 <a href=\"mailto:stephen.spector@openstack.org\">stephen.spector@openstack.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>HIGHLIGHTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bexar Release &#8211; <a href=\"..\/2011\/02\/the-openstack-bexar-release\/\">http:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/2011\/02\/the-openstack-bexar-release\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>OpenStack is Ready to Deploy with \u2018Bexar\u2019 Code Release: Ubuntu leader Canonical and Cisco now make 50 companies participating in OpenStack community &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20110203006362\/en\/OpenStack-Ready-Deploy-%E2%80%98Bexar%E2%80%99-Code-Release\">http:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20110203006362\/en\/OpenStack-Ready-Deploy-%E2%80%98Bexar%E2%80%99-Code-Release<\/a><\/li>\n<li>OpenStack Conference \/ Design Summit (April 26 \u2013 29) \u2013 Call for Topics\/Speakers &#8211; <a href=\"..\/2011\/01\/call-for-speakerstopics-for-openstack-conference\/\">http:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/2011\/01\/call-for-speakerstopics-for-openstack-conference\/<\/a> [Open Feb 1 \u2013 Feb 28]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>EVENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>FOSDEM 2011: Feb 5 \u2013 6. 2011 Brussels, Belgium <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fosdem.org\/2011\/about\/fosdem\">http:\/\/www.fosdem.org\/2011\/about\/fosdem<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Building a free, massively scalable cloud computing platform<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Cloud Seminar@NII \u2013 Three OSS IAAS Talks &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.grace-center.jp\/event\/node\/71\">http:\/\/www.grace-center.jp\/event\/node\/71<\/a> (in Japanese)<\/li>\n<li>South Korea OpenStack User Group Launch \u2013 Seoul, Korea ; Feb 23, 2011<\/li>\n<li>SCALE 2011: Feb 25-27, 2011: Los Angeles, CA <a href=\"http:\/\/www.socallinuxexpo.org\/scale9x\/\">http:\/\/www.socallinuxexpo.org\/scale9x\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Open Source Days: March 5 in Copenhagen <a href=\"http:\/\/opensourcedays.org\/\">http:\/\/opensourcedays.org\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>PYCON 2011: March 9-17, 2011: Atlanta, GA <a href=\"http:\/\/us.pycon.org\/2011\/home\/\">http:\/\/us.pycon.org\/2011\/home\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>UKUUG Spring 2011 Conference; March 22-24: Leeds, UK http:\/\/www.ukuug.org\/events\/spring2011\/programme\/<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>DEVELOPER COMMUNITY<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bexar Documentation\n<ul>\n<li>OpenStack Compute Administration Manual &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/docs.openstack.org\/openstack-compute\/admin\/content\/\">http:\/\/docs.openstack.org\/openstack-compute\/admin\/content\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>OpenStack Object Storage Administrator Guide &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/docs.openstack.org\/openstack-object-storage\/admin\/content\/\">http:\/\/docs.openstack.org\/openstack-object-storage\/admin\/content\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Create custom RHEL\/Centos image with OpenStack &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/wiki.openstack.org\/CreatingRHELImages\">http:\/\/wiki.openstack.org\/CreatingRHELImages<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Meeting Minutes \u2013 February 1\n<ul>\n<li>Summary: \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/eavesdrop.openstack.org\/meetings\/openstack-meeting\/2011\/openstack-meeting.2011-02-01-21.01.html\">http:\/\/eavesdrop.openstack.org\/meetings\/openstack-meeting\/2011\/openstack-meeting.2011-02-01-21.01.html<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Meeting Log: <a href=\"http:\/\/eavesdrop.openstack.org\/meetings\/openstack-meeting\/2011\/openstack-meeting.2011-01-18-21.00.log.html\"> <\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/eavesdrop.openstack.org\/meetings\/openstack-meeting\/2011\/openstack-meeting.2011-02-01-21.01.log.html\">http:\/\/eavesdrop.openstack.org\/meetings\/openstack-meeting\/2011\/openstack-meeting.2011-02-01-21.01.log.html<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>More Developer Information on the Developer Activity Review &#8211;<a href=\"   http:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/2011\/01\/openstack-developer-activity-review-january-21-28\/\" target=\"_blank\"> http:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/2011\/01\/openstack-developer-activity-review-january-21-28\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>GENERAL COMMUNITY<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>OpenStack Conference \/ Design Summit Program Committee (Apr 26-29)\n<ul>\n<li>High Level Agenda Proposal &#8211; <a href=\"..\/2011\/01\/openstack-conference-design-summit-high-level-agenda\/\">http:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/2011\/01\/openstack-conference-design-summit-high-level-agenda\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Planning Schedule &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/etherpad.openstack.org\/dsignsummit-scheduleapr2011\">http:\/\/etherpad.openstack.org\/dsignsummit-scheduleapr2011<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Event Agenda Discussion &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/etherpad.openstack.org\/DesignSummitApril2011\">http:\/\/etherpad.openstack.org\/DesignSummitApril2011<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Event Theme Proposal &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/etherpad.openstack.org\/DSApr11-Theme\">http:\/\/etherpad.openstack.org\/DSApr11-Theme<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>OpenStack Wiki Recent Changes &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/wiki.openstack.org\/RecentChanges\">http:\/\/wiki.openstack.org\/RecentChanges<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>MultiCluster Zones &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/wiki.openstack.org\/MultiClusterZones\">http:\/\/wiki.openstack.org\/MultiClusterZones<\/a><\/li>\n<li>OpenStack API 1.1 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/wiki.openstack.org\/OpenStackAPI_1-1\">http:\/\/wiki.openstack.org\/OpenStackAPI_1-1<\/a><\/li>\n<li>VMware vSphere-support &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/wiki.openstack.org\/VMware-vSphere-support\">http:\/\/wiki.openstack.org\/VMware-vSphere-support<\/a><\/li>\n<li>All changes for week at <a href=\"http:\/\/wiki.openstack.org\/RecentChanges\">http:\/\/wiki.openstack.org\/RecentChanges<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>COMMUNITY STATISTICS (1\/28\u2013 2\/3)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Data Tracking Graphs &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/wiki.openstack.org\/WeeklyNewsletter\">http:\/\/wiki.openstack.org\/WeeklyNewsletter<\/a><\/li>\n<li>OpenStack Compute (NOVA) Data\n<ul>\n<li>6 Active Reviews<\/li>\n<li>132 Active Branches \u2013 owned by 40 people &amp; 9 teams<\/li>\n<li>1,001 commits by 60 people in last month<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>OpenStack Object Storage (SWIFT) Data\n<ul>\n<li>5 Active Reviews<\/li>\n<li>44 Active Branches \u2013 owned by 19 people &amp; 3 teams<\/li>\n<li>285 commits by 14 people in last month<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Twitter Stats for Week: \u00a0#openstack 91 tweets; 87 re-tweets; all OpenStack total tweets 1008<\/li>\n<li>Bugs Stats for Week:\u00a0 365 Tracked Bugs; 57 New Bugs; 16 In-process Bugs; 17 Critical Bugs; 48 High Importance Bugs; 247 Bugs (Fix Committed)<\/li>\n<li>Blueprints Stats for Week: \u00a0158 Blueprints; 10 Essential, 6 High, 12 Medium, 16 Low, 114 Undefined<\/li>\n<li>OpenStack Website Stats for Week: \u00a07,881 Visits, 18,389 Pageviews, 62.33% New Visits\n<ul>\n<li>Top 5 Pages: Home 40.46%; \/projects 11.69%; \/projects\/compute 19.37%; \/projects\/storage 13.54%; \/Community 6.35%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>OPENSTACK IN THE NEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cisco Backs OpenStack Cloud Platform by James Niccolai; IDG News; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/businesscenter\/article\/218624\/cisco_backs_openstack_cloud_platform.html\">http:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/businesscenter\/article\/218624\/cisco_backs_openstack_cloud_platform.html<\/a><\/li>\n<li>OpenStack cloud gets Bexar release and backers by Jack Clark; ZDNet; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zdnet.co.uk\/news\/cloud\/2011\/02\/04\/openstack-cloud-gets-bexar-release-and-backers-40091682\/\">http:\/\/www.zdnet.co.uk\/news\/cloud\/2011\/02\/04\/openstack-cloud-gets-bexar-release-and-backers-40091682\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>OpenStack \u2018Bexar\u2019 Release Adds Cross-Hypervisor Support by Charles Babcock; InformationWeek; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.informationweek.com\/news\/cloud-computing\/infrastructure\/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=229200430&amp;subSection=News\">http:\/\/www.informationweek.com\/news\/cloud-computing\/infrastructure\/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=229200430&amp;subSection=News<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Canonical brings Ubuntu to the OpenStack Cloud by Steven Vaughan-Nichols; ZDNet; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/blog\/open-source\/canonical-brings-ubuntu-to-the-openstack-cloud\/8204\">http:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/blog\/open-source\/canonical-brings-ubuntu-to-the-openstack-cloud\/8204<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Grid Dynamics Joins OpenStack Community; PRWeb on SFgate.com; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/cgi-bin\/article.cgi?f=\/g\/a\/2011\/02\/03\/prweb8110020.DTL\">http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/cgi-bin\/article.cgi?f=\/g\/a\/2011\/02\/03\/prweb8110020.DTL<\/a><\/li>\n<li>OpenStack Cloud OS Project Rolls Out Bexar Edition, New Partners by Fahmida Rashid; eWeek; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eweek.com\/c\/a\/Cloud-Computing\/OpenStack-Cloud-OS-Project-Rolls-Out-Bexar-Edition-New-Partners-234666\/\">http:\/\/www.eweek.com\/c\/a\/Cloud-Computing\/OpenStack-Cloud-OS-Project-Rolls-Out-Bexar-Edition-New-Partners-234666\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>If you could ask Vint Cerf anything, what would you ask? By Julie Bort; Network World; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.networkworld.com\/community\/node\/71165\">http:\/\/www.networkworld.com\/community\/node\/71165<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Cloudscaling Deploys OpenStack Swift Object Storage Architecture by Shamial Janakiraman; Smart Data Centers; <a href=\"http:\/\/smart-data-centers.tmcnet.com\/topics\/smart-data-centers\/articles\/140546-cloudscaling-deploys-openstack-swift-object-storage-architecture.htm\">http:\/\/smart-data-centers.tmcnet.com\/topics\/smart-data-centers\/articles\/140546-cloudscaling-deploys-openstack-swift-object-storage-architecture.htm<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Cloudscaling Builds Momentum with First Commercial OpenStack-Based Storage Cloud; PR Newswire; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/cloudscaling-builds-momentum-with-first-commercial-openstack-based-storage-cloud-114936034.html\">http:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/cloudscaling-builds-momentum-with-first-commercial-openstack-based-storage-cloud-114936034.html<\/a><\/li>\n<li>New features offered by OpenStack by Maxwell Cooter; Techworld; <a href=\"http:\/\/news.techworld.com\/virtualisation\/3259445\/new-features-offered-by-openstack\/\">http:\/\/news.techworld.com\/virtualisation\/3259445\/new-features-offered-by-openstack\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Servers preloaded with Amazon-friendly cloud software by Julie Bort; Network World; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.networkworld.com\/news\/2011\/020111-dell-ubuntu.html\">http:\/\/www.networkworld.com\/news\/2011\/020111-dell-ubuntu.html<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The Great Bear by Rakesh Dogra; DataCenter Journal; <a href=\"http:\/\/datacenterjournal.com\/the-daily-buzz\/the-great-bear\">http:\/\/datacenterjournal.com\/the-daily-buzz\/the-great-bear<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Complete List of News Articles at \u00a0(over 100 for week) <a href=\"http:\/\/news.google.com\/news\/search?pz=1&amp;cf=all&amp;ned=us&amp;hl=en&amp;q=openstack&amp;as_qdr=w&amp;as_drrb=q&amp;cf=all&amp;start=0\">http:\/\/news.google.com\/news\/search?pz=1&amp;cf=all&amp;ned=us&amp;hl=en&amp;q=openstack&amp;as_qdr=w&amp;as_drrb=q&amp;cf=all&amp;start=0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OpenStack Community Newsletter \u2013 February 4, 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 stephen.spector@openstack.org. 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