OpenStack Community Celebrates Four Years!

User maturity, software maturity and a focus on cloud software operations are now established areas of focus for OpenStack and none of it would be possible without the consistent growth of the OpenStack community. In the four years since the community was established, OpenStack now has 70+ active user groups and thousands of active members spread across 139 different countries!

Throughout the month of July, we are celebrating our community milestones and progress over the past four years, as well as Superusers who support the OpenStack mission. This year, we also launched the Superuser publication to chronicle the work of users, and their many accomplishments individually and organizationally amplifying their impact among the community.

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We invite you all to join the party and celebrate 4 awesome years of OpenStack:

Check out the OpenStack 4th Birthday page featuring the latest stats, infographic and a web badge to download
Attend the birthday party in Portland, Oregon during OSCON, Tuesday, July 22
Attend your local birthday party, more than 50 are taking place around the world this month!
Visit the Superuser publication to learn about the contributors and user groups who make OpenStack successful
Join the conversation on Twitter today using the hashtag #OpenStack4Bday

Here are some community leaders’ perspectives reflecting on the past four years with OpenStack and their predictions for the future:

Growing Up Fast: OpenStack Turns 4 by Sebastian Stadil, CEO, Scalr
Happy Fourth Birthday, OpenStack by Brett Dunst, VP, Marketing & Corporate Communications, DreamHost
That Time when OpenStack Turned Four by Paul Voccio, Sr. Director of Product Software Engineering, Rackspace
OpenStack Celebrates Fourth Birthday by Brad Topol, Distinguished Engineer, IBM
No Cute Metaphors, Just “Happy Birthday” to One of Our Favorite Software Projects by Jesse Proudman, Founder and CTO, Blue Box
Happy 4th Birthday to OpenStack by Virtual Bridges

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Allison Price

Director of Marketing & Community at Open Infrastructure Foundation

Allison manages Marketing Content initiatives including case study development, advertising campaigns, the Superuser online publication and OpenStack User Survey. Her past roles have specialized in social strategy and execution for both B2B and B2C global companies in the technology and consumer industries. In her spare time, she enjoys finding new hiking trails and sharing her love with Celine Dion with anyone and everyone who will listen.