1. June 18, 2014
June Marketing
Community Meeting

2. 2
Atlanta Summit Recap – Thank you!
• Approximately 4,500 attendees
• Key themes we kicked off at the Summit were the Software-
Defined Economy and Rise of the Superuser
• All session videos are now available to view
• User story playlist highlights sessions such as Wells
Fargo, Disney, Bloomberg, AT&T, Sony, DigitalFilm Tree,
Comcast

3. 3
OpenStack Summit
Paris Update
• November 3-7, 2014
• Palais des Congrès & Le Méridien (Etoile)
• Keynotes/Expo/Breakout: Monday – Wednesday
• Design Summit: Tuesday – Friday
• Discount room blocks at the Hyatt Regency and Le
Méridien coming in the next few weeks
• Sponsor prospectus coming next week, with contract
available to sign mid-July
• Join our webinar on Wednesday, July 9
• Call for speakers end of June / early July
• More focus on enterprise IT strategy &
requirements, telcos and app developers

4. 4
OpenStack Marketplace is now live
http://www.openstack.org/marketplace/
• Categories to Date: Training, Distros and Appliances, Public
Clouds, Consulting and Integrators, and Drivers
• How to join
• Become a sponsor of the Foundation
• Review our commercial products to see where your offering
may fit at openstack.org/brand
• For more information or to ask for feedback contact
ecosystem@openstack.org

5. 5
OpenStack Global Events Calendar
On Wiki or here: http://bit.ly/1kNDyky
• Open to and editable by the public
• Provide your input! See Instructions tab to
o Tell us your firm is attending, sponsoring or exhibiting (update
column G)
o Provide feedback or new ideas on events (update column H)
o Add vendor-independent industry events to the calendar (insert
row by date, and complete all columns)
• If interested in holding an OpenStack Day in your region,
add it to the Regional Events tab by date. Also send an
email to claire@openstack.org

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OpenStack Industry Events Update
2H14 Highlights
• OSCON: July 20-24, Portland, OR. Silver sponsor, no booth.
o Sponsor of Open Cloud Day, Monday July 21. Several topics by
Foundation and Community speakers. Unlimited free Expo Plus
passes – use OPENSTACKEHO.
o 4th birthday party, Tuesday July 22 7-9pm.
o 25% discount passcode for any other registration: OPENSTACK25.
• EuroPython: July 21-27, Berlin, Germany. Silver sponsor,
community-staffed table, several OpenStack topics.
• PyCon AU: August 1-5, Brisbane, Australia. Standard
sponsorship, no booth.
o OpenStack miniconf, Monday, August 1. Full day event with several
community speakers. CFP open till this Friday!

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OpenStack Industry Events Update
• CloudOpen NA: August 20-22, Chicago, IL. Bronze sponsor,
small booth.
o Request community volunteers.
o Opportunity for a well-known user to speak in general session.
• Software Defined Enterprise World Forum, September 10-
14, London, England. Community panel session and demo.
• Cloud Connect China, September 16-18, Shanghai. Half day
hands-on workshop Monday, September 16.
• DEVIEW 2014, September 29-30, Seoul, South Korea. TBD
sponsorship; Foundation speaker.

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OpenStack Industry Events Update
• Cloud Connect Summit @ Interop, September 30-October
3, New York City, NY. No sponsorship, however..
o Introduction to OpenStack Bootcamp.
o Potential “vendor tech panels”. Worked very well in Las Vegas.
Will be asking for interest from new participants.
o Discounted sponsorship and registrations for OpenStack
community.
• Gartner Symposium/ITexpo, October 5-9, Orlando, FL.
Standard sponsor, 10x10 booth.
o Considering VIP reception for 25-30 people. If confirmed, will
ask for co-funding from 2-4 firms.
o FYI, no pavilions at this event.

9. 9
OpenStack Industry Events Update
• Telco Cloud World Forum SDN & NFV World co-located
with SDN & NFV World USA , October 7-8, Dallas, TX. No
sponsorship, major Telco users asked to present.
• CloudOpen Europe, October 13-15, Dusseldorf, Germany.
Silver sponsor, small booth. Will request volunteers from
community.
• FUTURECOM, Oct 13-15, Sao Paolo, Brazil. 15,000 business
level attendees. Sponsoring, level TBD, booth, potential
speaking session. Asking local members not already sponsoring
to co-fund a larger sponsorship.
• Open World Forum, Oct 30-Nov 1, Paris, France. Just prior
to OpenStack Summit in Paris. Considering joint activities.

10. 10
OpenStack Industry Events Update
• USENIX LISA, November 9-14, Seattle, WA. Sponsorship, booth
and half day tutorial on Monday November 9. Will request
community support for booth. Highly recommend this event –
1000+ large scale installation admins/operators – fantastic
audience!
• OW2 Annual Conference, November 4-6, Paris, France.
Overlaps with OpenStack Summit. Activities TBD.
• Gartner Data Center Conference, December 2-5, Las Vegas,
NV. Will sponsor and have a Pavilion, if enough interest.
o 2,500 incredible CIO, CTO level attendees.
o Cost to participate approximately 18-20K USD
o Not eligible if you participated in our Pavilion in 2013, or have
sponsored this event directly in past 2 years. Unless, of course, you
ALSO sponsor directly. (per Gartner)
o Please send serious interest to kathyc@openstack.org

11. 11
OpenStack Industry Events Update
• OK, one more 
• Looking for interest in participating in the Open Cloud
“Park” at Cloud Expo Europe, March 11-12, 2015, London,
England. We are negotiating a side for OpenStack, with a
potential demo gazebo. Stands in the park will be offered at a
significant discount (approximately 4-5K GBP). More to come.
o We need an approximate number of interested participants in
order to proceed. Please send me an email as soon as
possible: kathyc@openstack.org.

12. 12
Call for Papers Upcoming Deadlines
• OpenStack miniconf @PyCon AU, August 1, Brisbane,
Australia.
• Closes June 20: http://openstack.pycon-au.org/
• DEVIEW 2014 (DEveloper's VIEW), September 29-30,
Seoul, South Korea.
o Closes June 30: CFP submissions
• LinuxCon/CloudOpen Europe, October 13-15, Dusseldorf
o Closes July 11: CFP submissions

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Call for Papers Upcoming Deadlines
• Ubucon.DE, October 17-19, Katlenburg, Germany.
o Closes July 31; go to http://ubucon.de/, click on Call for
Papers.
• Software Defined Enterprise World Forum, September
10-14, London, England.
o No deadline listed. Visit CFP page: CFP
• FSOSS, October 23-24, Toronto, Canada.
o No deadline listed. Visit CFP page: CFP
• Korea Linux Forum, November 1, Seoul, South Korea
o CFP to be announced

14. 14
OpenStack 4th Birthday Celebration!
• Opportunity to celebrate community
milestones and progress; focus on
Superuser theme and global community growth
• More than 50 User Groups are throwing
OpenStack meetups and “birthday parties” in July
• Find a party near you on the OpenStack Events page; blog
post coming soon
• Attending OSCON? Stop by the OpenStack birthday
party at Union/Pine on Tuesday, July 22
• Additional content, stats and events can also be found on
the OpenStack website, starting July 1:
openstack.org/birthday
• Pictures from 3rd bday:
http://www.slideshare.net/openstack/openstack-3rd-
birthday

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What is Superuser?
OpenStack Superuser is a new online
publication rooted in the real
experiences of people who are running
and developing for OpenStack clouds of
all sizes, across all industries.

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How does Superuser help the community?
• Knowledge sharing, collaborative problem solving among
peers
• Cloud operators, OpenStack users, and developers of
OpenStack are eager to share their stories, compare notes,
have frank conversations about the issues they encounter
and how to solve them
• Involve community members in sharing material that can
help users, operators and developers use OpenStack to
change the way their company works

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What kind of content is in Superuser?
• Variety of content, from a variety of sources. Designed to
have many voices
• Mix of original articles from journalists, case studies of
OpenStack users, syndicated blog posts, and how-tos
• Journalistic quality, neutral, emphasizing density
• Content that speaks from experience

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How can you help Superuser?
• Knowledge sharing, collaborative problem solving among
peers
• We are looking for content and contributors from across the
OpenStack ecosystem.
• Read more at: superuser.openstack.org/about
• Types of content/format
• Contributed pieces, op-eds with user bylines
• News
• Story ideas
• Syndicated blog posts
• Spotlight interviews of users

19. 19
Coming Soon
Analyst Team Meeting, June 19, 2014, 11 a.m. CT
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more information
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