Happy birthday. Jessica T.
On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 7:30 AM, Wido den Hollander <w...@widodh.nl> wrote: > On 03/25/2013 03:20 PM, Radhika Puthiyetath wrote: > >> Party time... >> >> > Indeed! I'll open a beer on this awesome news tonight! > > Great work again everybody, let's keep making CloudStack better and better! > > Wido > > > -----Original Message----- >> From: Joe Brockmeier [mailto:j...@zonker.net] >> Sent: Monday, March 25, 2013 7:45 PM >> To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org >> Subject: The Apache Software Foundation Announces Apache CloudStack™ as a >> Top-Level Project >> >> Sending to dev@ - it's now officially official: Please spread the word! >> Thanks! >> >> Mature, Open Source turn-key platform widely used for delivering >> scalable, full-featured Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) clouds. >> >> Forest Hill, MD –25 March 2013– The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), the >> all-volunteer developers, stewards, and incubators of nearly 150 Open >> Source projects and initiatives, today announced that Apache CloudStack has >> graduated from the Apache Incubator to become a Top-Level Project (TLP), >> signifying that the Project's community and products have been >> well-governed under the ASF's meritocratic process and principles. >> >> "When CloudStack first became an Apache Incubator project, it was a >> well-established cloud management platform with a mature codebase," said >> Chip Childers, Vice President of Apache CloudStack. "Our work in the >> Incubator has focused on growing a really strong community around the code >> and establishing the governance practices expected of a top-level project >> within The Apache Software Foundation." >> >> Widely used in production by many organizations, CloudStack is formerly >> the product of Cloud.com, which was acquired by Citrix in 2011, and was >> submitted to the Apache Incubator by Citrix in April 2012. >> >> Apache CloudStack is a complete software suite for creating >> Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) cloud computing in private-, public-, >> and hybrid cloud environments. It has been proven to be both stable and >> highly scalable, underpinning production clouds with more than 30,000 >> physical nodes, in geo-distributed environments. >> >> "Becoming a TLP is an important step in the project's evolution and >> growth," added Childers. "CloudStack had the advantage of having many >> long-term, large deployments which had proven the stability and scalability >> of the technology. This helped us concentrate on adopting the 'Apache Way' >> of governance, which is well understood and open, delivering so many great >> pieces of software over the years." >> >> CloudStack's target environments include service providers and >> enterprises; it is used by many service providers to set up an on-demand, >> elastic cloud computing services and by enterprises to set up a private >> cloud for use by their own employees. Apache CloudStack is also available >> to individuals and organizations that wish to study and implement an IaaS >> for personal, educational, and/or production use. >> >> "We believe that Infrastructure-as-a-Service is the next generation of IT >> infrastructure, and that people will demand open standards and open >> governance for such an important layer in their IT stack," explained >> Childers. That is why having the CloudStack project meet the rigorous >> standards of ASF governance is so significant." >> >> Underscoring the ASF's edict of "Community over Code", Childers said: >> "we've managed to build a diverse, friendly and very open community >> around CloudStack. New participants receive a really warm welcome and we >> make sure that all contributors are on an equal footing, whether they are >> writing code or helping with any other aspect of the project. >> Anybody thinking of getting involved in the project would quickly find >> what a great community we are. In addition to online involvement, we've >> already had a global collaboration conference and there are many CloudStack >> groups established in many different countries." >> >> Availability and Oversight >> Apache CloudStack software is released under the Apache License v2.0, and >> is overseen by a self-selected team of active contributors to the project. >> A Project Management Committee (PMC) guides the Project's day-to-day >> operations, including community development and product releases. Apache >> CloudStack source code, documentation, mailing lists, and related resources >> are available at http://cloudstack.apache.org/. >> >> About the Apache Incubator >> The Apache Incubator is the entry path for projects and codebases wishing >> to become part of the efforts at The Apache Software Foundation. >> All code donations from external organizations and existing external >> projects wishing to join the ASF enter through the Incubator to: 1) ensure >> all donations are in accordance with the ASF legal standards; and >> 2) develop new communities that adhere to our guiding principles. >> Incubation is required of all newly accepted projects until a further >> review indicates that the infrastructure, communications, and decision >> making process have stabilized in a manner consistent with other successful >> ASF projects. While incubation status is not necessarily a reflection of >> the completeness or stability of the code, it does indicate that the >> project has yet to be fully endorsed by the ASF. For more information, >> visit http://incubator.apache.org/. >> >> About The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) Established in 1999, the >> all-volunteer Foundation oversees nearly one hundred fifty leading Open >> Source projects, including Apache HTTP Server — the world's most popular >> Web server software. Through the ASF's meritocratic process known as "The >> Apache Way", more than 400 individual Members and 3,500 Committers >> successfully collaborate to develop freely available enterprise-grade >> software, benefiting millions of users >> worldwide: thousands of software solutions are distributed under the >> Apache License; and the community actively participates in ASF mailing >> lists, mentoring initiatives, and ApacheCon, the Foundation's official user >> conference, trainings, and expo. The ASF is a US 501(3)(c) not-for-profit >> charity, funded by individual donations and corporate sponsors including >> AMD, Basis Technology, Citrix, Cloudera, Facebook, Go Daddy, Google, HP, >> Hortonworks, Huawei, IBM, InMotion Hosting, Matt Mullenweg, Microsoft, PSW >> Group, SpringSource/VMware, WANdisco, and Yahoo!. For more information, >> visit http://www.apache.org/ or follow @TheASF on Twitter. >> >> "Apache", "CloudStack", "Apache CloudStack", and "ApacheCon" are >> registered trademarks or trademarks of the Apache Software Foundation in >> the United States and/or other countries. All other brands and trademarks >> are the property of their respective owners. >> >> # # # >> >> Contact: >> Sally Khudairi >> Vice President >> The Apache Software Foundation >> pr...@apache.org >> +1 617 921 8656 >> >> Best, >> >> jzb >> -- >> Joe Brockmeier >> j...@zonker.net >> Twitter: @jzb >> http://www.dissociatedpress.**net/ <http://www.dissociatedpress.net/> >> >> >
