{"id":5690,"date":"2014-01-31T08:08:48","date_gmt":"2014-01-31T14:08:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/?p=5690"},"modified":"2014-01-31T08:08:48","modified_gmt":"2014-01-31T14:08:48","slug":"openstack-community-weekly-newsletter-jan-24-31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/openstack-community-weekly-newsletter-jan-24-31\/","title":{"rendered":"OpenStack Community Weekly Newsletter (Jan 24 – 31)"},"content":{"rendered":"

OpenStack 2014: Powered by Users<\/a><\/h3>\n

If momentum is any indication, 2014 is poised to be a defining year for OpenStack. All of our vital statistics, from community growth to code commits and tracked deployments, doubled in 2013, and all signs point to continued growth. As we start a new year, we in the OpenStack Foundation are putting our resources behind elevating the voice of OpenStack users and tightening the feedback loop between users and developers to influence decisions such as the scope of the project, new feature priorities, interoperability requirements and operational best practices.<\/p>\n

New Foundation Gold Members & Sponsors<\/a><\/h3>\n

The OpenStack Foundation is thrilled to have new additions to our ecosystem. Three new Gold Members and 18 Corporate Sponsors have recently joined the incredible list of companies who are supporting the Foundation and driving innovation on the platform. \u00a0Aptira<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Huawei<\/b><\/a>\u00a0and Hitachi<\/b><\/a>\u00a0won the OpenStack Board\u2019s approval at the November board meeting and joined the Foundation as Gold members, which requires a strong, strategic commitment to the technology and community. We\u2019ve also seen amazing support in Corporate Sponsorship and we want to share the impressive list of recent additions.<\/p>\n

OpenStack Commitment to Interoperability<\/a><\/h3>\n

Now that OpenStack has tons of users, we need to make sure all (downstream) products labeled \u201cOpenStack\u201d have a certain set of core capabilities<\/strong>, and we need to verify those with automated tests<\/strong> just like we do upstream. \u00a0End-users should be our focus, and ensuring they get what they want and expect out of the platform once it\u2019s running as a service is paramount. \u00a0The goal is to define the first set of tests in time for the May 2014 Summit in Atlanta. If this matters to you, get involved!<\/p>\n

Maturing the Horizon Overview Page Part 1<\/a> and Part 2<\/a><\/h3>\n

User experience designer Liz Blanchard<\/a> goes into details about tells in two blog post how she and Ju<\/a> approached the designing of the Overview page for Horizon.<\/p>\n

OpenStack Object Storage release 1.12.0<\/a><\/h3>\n

New release of OpenStack Object Storage (Swift) with new features for operators and end-users alike.<\/p>\n

Tips \u2018n Tricks<\/h2>\n