<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><div class="">Hello Operators, </div><div class="">First, a HUGE thank you for contributing to our eighth OpenStack User Survey. I wanted to alert you that the results are now available. This cycle, we focused on a deployments-only update of the charts most often cited by our community.</div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">On <a href="http://www.openstack.org/user-survey" class="">openstack.org/user-survey</a>, you’ll be able to download the 12-page PDF “highlights” report (as well as past reports), view a <a href="https://youtu.be/m9p8NUMs_PM" class="">2-minute video overview</a>, and learn more about these key findings:</div><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><ul class=""><li class=""><b class="">NPS</b> for deployments continues to tick up, 8 points higher than a year ago.</li><li class="">The share of <b class="">deployments in production</b> is 20% higher than a year ago.</li><li class=""><b class="">Cost, operational efficiency </b>and <b class="">innovation</b> are the top three business drivers.</li><li class="">Significantly higher interest in <b class="">NFV</b> and <b class="">bare metal</b>, and <b class="">containers</b> leads the list of emerging technologies three cycles in a row.</li><li class="">OpenStack is adopted by companies of every <b class="">size</b>. Nearly one-quarter of users are companies smaller than 100 people.</li></ul></div></div><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18px; line-height: normal;"><div class="" style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;">Want to dig deeper? We’re unveiling a beta version of our User Survey analysis tool at <a href="http://www.openstack.org/analytics" class="">www.openstack.org/analytics</a> that enables you to compare 2016 data to prior data, and to apply six global filters to evaluate key metrics that matter to you.</div><div class="" style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;">We look forward to February, when we’ll ask you to answer the full-length User Survey. The report will be available by our Boston Summit, May 8–12, 2017. Please feel free to send me any questions or feedback about either the report or analysis tool.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div><br class=""><br class=""><div class="">
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