Welcome to the new Xen.org weekly newsletter with a variety of information to keep you updated on all things Xen. This newsletter is an upgrade from my previous weekly communications and is meant to offer a broader scope of Xen.org activities. Please feel free to contact me with suggestions for the newsletter at stephen.spector@xen.org.
Xen News
* xn-Suite Released - Check out this new Xen management and monitoring utility at http://www.xncore.de/node/61
* Xen.org Mascot Contest - Win $100 by submitting the best idea for a community mascot. More at http://blog.xen.org/index.php/2010/01/21/xen-org-mascot-update-its-a-contest/
* Community Member Spotlight - Learn more about Pasi Karkkainen at http://www.xen.org/community/members.html
Xen Events
* SCALE 2010 in Los Angeles, CA from Feb 19-21, 2010
* If you are interested in assisting at the booth (and showing your Xen related solution) please contact stephen.spector@xen.org
* Xen Summit North America April 21-22, 2010
* Program Committee Volunteers requested, more at http://blog.xen.org/index.php/2010/01/18/xen-summit-na-call-for-program-committee-volunteers/
* SouthEast LinuxFest 2010 June 12-13, 2010 in Spartanburg, SC
* Xen.org will have a booth at this event as well as a speaking session; if you are interested in showing your Xen solution or assisting at the booth please contact stephen.spector@xen.org.
Xen Products
* Xen Cloud Platform code update to 0.1.1 - http://blog.xen.org/index.php/2010/01/18/xen-cloud-platform-code-update/
* Check out one users experience on switching to 0.1.1 - http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-users/2010-01/msg00635.html
* Xen 4.0 Release Candidate 2 expected early next week
* Xen.org Community Overview Slides now available in English, Spanish, Polish, & German (Over 100 views on Slideshare.net over last 3 days)
Xen Members in Action
* Weidong Han was super busy in xen-devel with 2 new patches and 15 responses
* 63 new people leveraged xen-users, xen-devel, & xen-api this week
* @xen_com_mgr twitter feed has 1,254 followers - always see RT from @XceptN with 16,925 Followers and @XenHypervisor with 1,621 Followers
Xen Weekly Statistics
* Project Golden Ratio (http://blog.xen.org/index.php/2009/12/10/project-golden-ratio-update/) is underway with various items being tracked. I will highlight different numbers in the newsletter with full reports to the community on a monthly and quarterly basis.
* Xen.org Website Stats from Jan 14 - 21
* 20,127 visitors to Xen.org
* 6,558 hits on the main Xen.org product download page
* What is Xen? Document - 861 views; How Does Xen Work Document - 460 views; Hypervisor Type Comparison Document - 407 views
The complete newsletter with all data including the summary of all xen-users/xen-devel/xen-api mailing lists can be found at http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenUpdate20100122.
Stephen Spector
Xen.org Community Manager
T: (772) 621-5062 | F: (772) 365-0338 | M: (954) 854-4257
stephen.spector@xen.org
http://blog.xen.org | @xen_com_mgr
Xen News
* xn-Suite Released - Check out this new Xen management and monitoring utility at http://www.xncore.de/node/61
* Xen.org Mascot Contest - Win $100 by submitting the best idea for a community mascot. More at http://blog.xen.org/index.php/2010/01/21/xen-org-mascot-update-its-a-contest/
* Community Member Spotlight - Learn more about Pasi Karkkainen at http://www.xen.org/community/members.html
Xen Events
* SCALE 2010 in Los Angeles, CA from Feb 19-21, 2010
* If you are interested in assisting at the booth (and showing your Xen related solution) please contact stephen.spector@xen.org
* Xen Summit North America April 21-22, 2010
* Program Committee Volunteers requested, more at http://blog.xen.org/index.php/2010/01/18/xen-summit-na-call-for-program-committee-volunteers/
* SouthEast LinuxFest 2010 June 12-13, 2010 in Spartanburg, SC
* Xen.org will have a booth at this event as well as a speaking session; if you are interested in showing your Xen solution or assisting at the booth please contact stephen.spector@xen.org.
Xen Products
* Xen Cloud Platform code update to 0.1.1 - http://blog.xen.org/index.php/2010/01/18/xen-cloud-platform-code-update/
* Check out one users experience on switching to 0.1.1 - http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-users/2010-01/msg00635.html
* Xen 4.0 Release Candidate 2 expected early next week
* Xen.org Community Overview Slides now available in English, Spanish, Polish, & German (Over 100 views on Slideshare.net over last 3 days)
Xen Members in Action
* Weidong Han was super busy in xen-devel with 2 new patches and 15 responses
* 63 new people leveraged xen-users, xen-devel, & xen-api this week
* @xen_com_mgr twitter feed has 1,254 followers - always see RT from @XceptN with 16,925 Followers and @XenHypervisor with 1,621 Followers
Xen Weekly Statistics
* Project Golden Ratio (http://blog.xen.org/index.php/2009/12/10/project-golden-ratio-update/) is underway with various items being tracked. I will highlight different numbers in the newsletter with full reports to the community on a monthly and quarterly basis.
* Xen.org Website Stats from Jan 14 - 21
* 20,127 visitors to Xen.org
* 6,558 hits on the main Xen.org product download page
* What is Xen? Document - 861 views; How Does Xen Work Document - 460 views; Hypervisor Type Comparison Document - 407 views
The complete newsletter with all data including the summary of all xen-users/xen-devel/xen-api mailing lists can be found at http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenUpdate20100122.
Stephen Spector
Xen.org Community Manager
T: (772) 621-5062 | F: (772) 365-0338 | M: (954) 854-4257
stephen.spector@xen.org
http://blog.xen.org | @xen_com_mgr