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Silicon Valley Cloud Computing Group

Events coming up

• Dec 12

  Wine-tasting & Cloud networking

  Mountain View, United States

  A big thanks to Jose Zero of Intel for organizing this social event. If you would like to network among peers, demo a project you've been working on, or just drink some good wine, join us for this fun and relaxed session at the Hacker Dojo.

Past events

• Ubuntu's Vision for Cloud Computing

  Fri, 20 Nov 2009, 03:00 - 05:00 in Mountain View, United States

  Love Linux? Like Pizza? Come listen to Ken Drachnik from Canonical present Ubuntu Linux's vision for Cloud Computing, with the Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud, around good pizza and drinks. Please note that tonight's meetup location has been changed from the Moscone in SF to the Hacker Dojo in Mountain View.

• VMware vs the Cloud

  Wed, 18 Nov 2009, 03:00 - 05:00 in San Francisco, United States

  Come listen to Andrew Rondeau compare the advantages of virtualization alone through VMware, and those of the Cloud. As a bonus, attendees get an invite to Andrew's stealth startup, ObjectCloud.

• Penthouse Cloud Discussion

  Tue, 10 Nov 2009, 03:00 - 05:00 in San Francisco, United States

  Time for another Cloud discussion at Avalon, San Francisco! Last session was a great success. Cocktails, networking, followed by heated debate among industry leaders made for an valuable evening. Join us for another session November 9th at Avalon. This event is by invite only. Please tell us about yourself in the RSVP question.

• All You Need to Know On Cloud Computing

  Fri, 23 Oct 2009, 02:00 - 04:00 in Mountain View, United States

  In this rather ambitious session, your favorite meetup organizer will explain what the best practices in Cloud Computing are, what vendors you should consider, how to build your website effectively, what use cases currently make most sense, and what advantages you get over traditional hosting. Suggestions and questions welcome, please use the "Talk about this Meetup" box below. There will be pizza and drinks after the presentation, for those who want to stay and network.

• In depth Cloud Computing discussion

  Tue, 6 Oct 2009, 02:00 - 04:00 in San Francisco, United States

  We are organizing a Cloud discussion on October 5th in San Francisco, in a beautiful penthouse location. There is no pre-set topic; we will rely on the attendees to be active in stirring debate and fostering the exchange of ideas. We are experimenting with this type of meetup, aimed at being more intimate, and with more interaction, debate, and in-depth discussion. Please answer the questions when signing up, so we can make sure we get the right mix of people on the first session.

• Key-Value Stores in the Cloud: a Comparison of Cloud Storage Providers

  Thu, 1 Oct 2009, 02:00 - 04:00 in Mountain View, United States

  Lost between all the Cloud Storage providers? Don't understand their differences? Come join us in this session led by Adrian Cole, founder of jclouds.org, in which he introduces key/value storage concepts (and several leading options including Amazon S3, Rackspace Cloud Files, Microsoft Azure Blob Service, Cloud Layer, and Nirvanix), and compares them on the pricing and code/api level. Adrian will also speak about his project, jclouds, which acts as an abstraction layer over the above services.

• Cloud Hackathon!

  Thu, 17 Sep 2009, 01:00 - 03:00 in Mountain View, United States

  Want to learn to use the Cloud, but never got around to it? Or couldn't get something to work? Come join us for the first Cloud Hackathon at the Hacker Dojo to ask other developers for advice, ask experts from AWS, GoGrid, and RackSpace, and network with peers.

• Hybrid Clouds: using the Cloud without leaving your current servers behind

  Thu, 10 Sep 2009, 02:00 - 04:00 in Mountain View, United States

  Want to use the Cloud, but think it might be a waste not to use existing servers? Hybrid Clouds may be the answer. A Hybrid Cloud is an environment consisting of multiple internal and/or external providers. Use existing hardware, and burst out using resources from a Cloud vendor such as AWS or GoGrid to accommodate a spike in load. Or use the model as a first step transition to using the Cloud exclusively.