Great initiative, and I am happy to join in and help. Let us know when the first meeting will be.
Regards, Tariq Iqbal S: +44 20 3603 0540 | M: +447909911600 tariq.iq...@shapeblue.com -----Original Message----- From: David Nalley [mailto:da...@gnsa.us] Sent: 08 February 2013 16:13 To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org; cloudstack-us...@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: ACS - Better Marketing - YOUR HELP IS NEEDED On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 5:47 PM, Musayev, Ilya <imusa...@webmd.net> wrote: > To be completely honest, CloudStack is an awesome product, with one major > flow - it's a "best kept secret" not too many know about. The last thing we > want to see is for CS to become like BSD (awesome and stable) but barely used. > > I'm not Citrix employee, I will speak freely - so pardon my honesty. > > We lose the market to a peer pressure phenomenon known as OpenStack, I'm not > saying OS is bad by any means, but realistically, many companies go for OS - > because thats what everyone talks about, they don't use the approach of what > is right for my environment, instead they go for the buzzword. Not many can > actually get OS to work - in true open source way - and end up paying for > various companies to make it work for them and maintain as well. We need to > get the word out there for CS - we can do better. > > For the most part, (my strong opinion based on where I worked in past) I can > say that in most use cases for small, mid and large size companies, CS is a > better fit. > > Bad marketing, works against everyone's interest. Anything from future job > opportunity - to actually working with a product that is simply great, stable > and feature rich. > > Here is how I propose we fix this: > > For each of the bullet points below - we assign leads that work with > contributors. > > > 1) Create an ACS social media marketing team - We NEED social media > attention > > a. Gather list of ideas > > b. Meet regularly on IRC to follow up on progress and discuss what can > be done better > > c. Pick the best voted ideas > > d. Assign the duties and roles > > e. Conquer - one at a time > > f. Create Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and YouTube Channels or use > existing means and other social media > > g. Blog with SEO in mind > > > > 2) Show the world how you can get ACS to work in your environment on > youtube and other video sites > > a. Create a set of step by step tutorial (video preferred) > > i. Basic > ACS POC setup > > ii. Setting > up ACS in corporate environment with strict compliance > > iii. Hosting > environment > > iv. > Development Environment - educate new developers on how to troubleshoot > issues and how to address them - actual basic examples would be really good > on how bug X was fixed > > > > b. Take it a step further and show how you can bolt on CS with other > offerings - again video preferred but text will do > > i. Show > how to bolt on OpenSwift for block storage, OpenShift (linux PaaS) and > IronFoundry (windows PaaS), Chef and SpaceWalk and others > > > > 3) Create support groups based on area of expertise, for example I can > help with VmWare and CS setups, but I'm not good with XEN or KVM at the moment > > a. We need support groups for different hypervisors, storage and > networks that can help newcomers > > b. Each issue resolved must be documented preferable on wiki - any > documentation (including copy and paste from mailing list) is better than none > > > > > 4) Host local user group meetups > > a. Show CS and help others > > > > 5) Reach out to other open source (and not) players and work with them > to have easy integration and cross functionality > > a. RedHat with OpenShift PaaS > > b. IronFondry > > c. Cisco, Microsoft, VMWare, etc... > > d. Become part of major distributions > > e. Others will join as soon as they see the momentum > > > > * Next Steps to make this happen: > > o Gather list of people willing to contribute their time with skills and > desired areas of involvement, even if you are a new comer or don't have > enough experience with CS, we can use your help! > > o Set the time for regular IRC meeting > > o Help lead this effort as well as participate > > > Together we can make ACS better for everyone and we can beat the buzzword > players - because we are truly better. > > Your input is welcome, if you want to reach out to me off the list, please > feel free, I'm on irc.freenode.net nick "serverchief", or email me directly. > > Thanks > ilya This is indeed great initiative, and I am happy to join in and help. 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