openstack august 2014 marketing meeting
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In this OpenStack community marketing meeting, we'll discuss 2H 2014 plans, including target audiences, campaigns, content development, events and the Paris Summit.TRANSCRIPT
OpenStackOpen Marketing MeetingAugust 13, 2014
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Agenda
‣ 1H Press, Web, Social Metrics
‣ 2H Audience-Driven Focus
‣ Mark Your Calendar: Key Dates
‣ Paris Summit Update
‣ Marketplace Update
‣ Win the Enterprise Update
‣ Industry Events
‣ How to Get Involved
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Web, YouTube & Twitter Metrics – 1H 2014 Website Sessions Unique Visitors YouTube Views Twitter Followers
1H – 2013 2,802,436 1,300,799 149,654 21,300
2H - 2013 3,519,613 1,710,961 217,312 32,500
1H – 2014 4,642,177 2,310,693 310,233 56,000
Compared to 1H 2013: •Website traffic has
increased 66%• Unique visitors
increased 78%•YouTube Views have
increased 107%
Compared to 2H 2013: •Website traffic has
increased 32%• Unique visitors
increased 35%•YouTube Views have
increased 43%
In 1H of 2014, viewers watched 2,069,845 minutes on the OpenStack YouTube channel – almost double the previous
period.
In the past year, the OpenStack Twitter handle has gained 34,700 followers, 23,500 of which were gained in the past 6
months.
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Press Coverage – 1H 2014
• 6,000+ OpenStack mentions in 1H of 2014
• Top Articles• Red Hat CTO: 5 Business Benefits of Open Source Software • IBM’s Acquisition of Cloudant and the Walmart Effect in Tech• HP to Invest over $1 Billion in Open-Source Cloud Computing
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• AWS: 55%• OpenStack: 41%• CloudStack: 4%
Peaks in Coverage
AWS• Google and Amazon slash cloud
offering prices a day apart• Instagram Migrates from
Amazon’s Cloud into Facebook Data Centers
• Verizon Signs Up Oracle to Tackle Amazon in the Cloud
CloudStack• BT to Support Cisco’s InterCloud
Service
Share of Voice - 1H 2014
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2H Focus:Drive Adoption Across Three Audiences
‣ Enterprise Decision Maker
‣ Telco / Service Provider Decision Maker
‣ App Developers
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Enterprise ‣ Key Messages & Topics: Agility, Flexibility and Openness, Stability, Cost
Savings
‣ Calls to Action: OpenStack Marketplace; enterprise events and workshops; whitepapers, videos and case study content
‣ Activities:
‣ Auto Manufacturer whitepaper campaign August 19th; building out enterprise user section on openstack.org
‣ Events: Cloud Connect @ Interop, Gartner Symposium, FutureCom, Cloud Connect China, Gartner Data Center Conference
‣ Paris Summit: New Enterprise IT Strategies track and more enterprise user keynote time
‣ Additional content development with reference architectures (Win the Enterprise team); goal to have presentation deck ready for Gartner Symposium, Oct 6
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Telco / Service Provider‣ Key Messages & Topics: Scale, Flexibility and Openness, NFV, Data
Sovereignty, Cost Savings, Stability
‣ Calls to Action: Whitepapers and landing page (target Sept/Oct), join working group
‣ Activities:
‣ Telco World Forum keynote by Toby Ford of AT&T (Oct 6)
‣ New Telco working group spinning up under User Committee; message and content development
‣ NFV whitepaper, campaign and landing page
‣ Focus on NFV progress during Juno release (Nova capabilities)
‣ Paris Summit: Telco Strategies track and keynote panel
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App Developers / End Users‣ Key Messages & Topics: Open platform and APIs,
Flexibility, Portability, Targeting OpenStack clouds
‣ Calls to Action: developer.openstack.org, join working group
‣ Activities:
‣ Engaging end users (public cloud customers and enterprise internal customers) for input and to develop new app-focused case studies
‣ New End User working group spinning up under User Committee; message and content development
‣ Design update for developer.openstack.org (Nov target)
‣ Paris Summit: Larger ‘Targeting OpenStack Clouds’ track and possible working sessions to facilitate more end user engagement
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Key Dates & TimelineHosted Private Cloud Marketplace category August 13
Auto Manufacturer Whitepaper Campaign (launch of enterprise section)
August 19
Gartner Symposium (WTE deck ready) October 6
Telco World Forum (telco-focused landing page) October 7
Juno Software Release (PR, campaigns) October 16
OpenStack Summit & Analyst Session November 3-7
Superuser Award Winners November 3
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Key Dates•Nov 2: Board Meeting•Nov 3-5: Main Conference & Expo at Le Palais des Congrès•Nov 3: Analyst Session Breakout•Nov 4-7: Design Summit at Le Méridien
OpenStack.org/Summit•Hotel room blocks at Hyatt and Le Méridien (selling out)•Travel Support Program – deadline Aug 18•Registration open – early bird deadline Aug 27•Agenda announced – late August / early September•Sponsorships available now – deadline Sept 19
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Themes•Enterprise adoption and case studies•App developers & applications running on OpenStack•Telco adoption and strategies, including NFV•Data sovereignty and privacy•Maturing ecosystem, continuing the Marketplace (Marché)
Programs•Changing keynote format, more room for user stories, in-depth topical issues and government/industry experts•Expanding Ops Summit, more days and sessions•Continuing related OSS project design & working session•Coordinating with OW2 & OWF for open source week
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‣ Launched in May with Training, Consulting, Public Clouds, Distributions & Appliances, and Drivers
‣ New category added to Marketplace today: Hosted Private Clouds
‣ To participate in the Marketplace, contact [email protected]
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‘Win the Enterprise’ Working Group
‣ Teams formed at Atlanta Summit, driven by community members at Intel and Comcast. Worked on marketing/tech subteams since the Summit and presented to the Board in July.
‣ Outputs included: SWOT, White Paper/Top 10 Manufacturer, and Analyst Readouts on Perceptions vs. Realities
‣ Post board meeting: will continue to operate together for another update in Paris on applicable content (use cases and reference architectures) as well as coordinate with technical teams further.
‣ To get involved, contact Carol Barrett at [email protected] or join the mailing list at [email protected]
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‣ Publication soft launched in May; steadily growing readership, contributors and content
‣ Now that we have solid base of content and feedback, starting to promote and drive more traffic to the site
‣ Launching Superuser Awards, to be given out at the Paris Summit
‣ Call for submissions will open in August and close mid-September. Nominate your customers!
‣ superuser.openstack.org
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OpenStack Industry Events Update
• CloudOpen North America: August 20-22, Chicago, IL. Bronze sponsor, community-staffed booth.
• 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. Tom Fifield speaking.
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OpenStack Industry Events Update
• Cloud Connect Summit @ Interop, September 29-October 3, New York City, NY. No sponsorship, however…o Introduction to OpenStack: Enterprise Boot Camp, Sept. 30.
http://ubm.io/1uqc6Dmo 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. o Standard sponsor, booth, VIP breakfast.o Providing videos and collateral for member booths.
• Telco Cloud World Forum and SDN & NFV World (co-located), October 7-8, Dallas, TX. Toby Ford, AT&T, keynoting.
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OpenStack Industry Events Update
• 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 booth, local community and user panel, blog post. Heidi Bretz attending.
• USENIX LISA, November 9-14, Seattle, WA. Sponsorship, booth, half day tutorial, demo. Will request community support for booth. Highly recommend this event – 1000+ large scale installation admins/operators – fantastic audience.
• 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 15K USD
o Please send serious interest to [email protected] by Friday, August 15.
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OpenStack 2015 Industry Events: Early Planning • Cloud Expo Europe, March 11-12, 2015, London,
England. Kiosks available in OpenStack section of “OpenCloud Park” for 4,500 GBP.
• World Hosting Days (WHD.global), March 24-26, 2015, Europa Park, Rust, Germany. Sponsorship, booth or community area, VIP dinner
o Other events/coming soono Events Calendar on OpenStack Marketing portal
http://www.openstack.org/marketing
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Get Involved
‣ Join the ‘Win the Enterprise’ working group:
‣ Contribute to the content team:
‣ Meetings every other Thursday
‣ Join the Industry Analyst team: [email protected]
‣ Participate in the Paris Summit (openstack.org/summit):
‣ Hotel rooms, sponsorships, early bird reg deadline Aug 27
‣ List your products in the Marketplace: [email protected]
‣ Nominate your customers for the Superuser Award (coming soon)!
openstack.org/marketing
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Who to Contact on the Foundation Team?
Lauren Sell
Media & Analyst RelationsMessagingCommunity Working GroupsOpenStack Summits & events
Kathy Cacciatore
Industry eventsContent development & Win the Enterprise
Claire Massey
OpenStack SummitsRegional community events & branding
Shari Mahrdt
Support for Summits / events / social media / community management team
Margie Callard
Analyst RelationsCommercial logo programsCase studiesContent development & Win the Enterprise
Allison Price
Social MediaOpenStack Update newsletter openstack.org/user-storiesSuperuser Magazine
openstack.org/foundation/staff