http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-Ireland/events/92413652/

OpenStack – usage patterns, performance and internal dynamics
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Surfacing visibility onto the usage patterns, performance and internal dynamics of an OpenStack deployment is crucial to cloud operators. At the same time, users often need to be aware of the state of their cloud resources and to trigger notifications or scaling actions when certain thresholds are hit. Eoghan will explain how the OpenStack community is grappling with these challenges, and give the background to a number of emerging initiatives addressing related metering, monitoring and instrumentation concerns.

Presented by Eoghan Glynn

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Eoghan is a Principal Software Engineer at the Red Hat Cloud Engineering group, primarily involved with the OpenStack upstream projects related to compute fabric, image repository and measurement infrastructure. Prior to OpenStack, Eoghan was at Amazon working on AWS monitoring services, and before that developed a variety of middleware frameworks at IONA Technologies.

Software Defined Storage in the Datacentre
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Building the invisible but programmable infrastructure in the datacenter is critical to scaling flexible and operationally efficient datacenters. By efficient we mean fully automated and by flexible we mean providing Compute, Networking and Storage at the SLA required for the virtual machines or virtual machine aggregates in the datacenter.

Delivery of Compute, Networking & Storage can be achieved by three resource controllers; Software Defined Compute, Network and Storage. The focus of the talk will be on Software Defined Storage in the datacentre.

Presented by William Oppermann

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William Oppermann is the founder of MPSTOR and and has been involved since the very early days in the OpenStack software project and in particular the storage management services.

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You’ll have to be quick about this one, as it takes place tomorrow (Tuesday, October 4), but we reckon that it’ll be worth your time and attention. As part of it@cork’s very popular monthly Tech Tuesday forums, Declan O’Mahoney, CEO of Maywentee, will be giving a talk about how the Firecomms startup emerged from Tyndall Technology in 2004, and the process by which it was recently acquired by a Chinese corporation.

Providing insight and knowledge in relation to the various levels of intricacy experienced in transferring technology from Tyndall to build what proved to be a business success story, Declan’s talk will be followed by a casual networking period with complimentary wine and cheese (sponsored by Reilly & Co, Solicitors, Commercial and Technology Law).

The event takes place tomorrow (Tuesday, October 4) at 5.30pm at Maryborough Hotel & Spa, Douglas, Co Cork. Attendance is free and is open to both it@cork members and non-members – the maximum number of places is 100.

Advance registration, however, is required. To register, click here. For further details on the event, contact it@cork’s Events and Marketing Executive Marie Fitzpatrick at 021-2307011, or email her marie@itcork.ie

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CASALA( Centre for Affective Solutions for Ambient Living Awareness)  based in DKIT will be hosting its 2nd symposium in September. The symposium is a forum for academic, business and clinical leaders across the island of Ireland with common interests in driving change and creating opportunities to the benefit of people’s health, wellbeing and living environments.

Ambient Assisted Living and Connected Health Symposium, 15-19^th September

http://casala.ie/aal-symposium.html

In addition, there will be a workshop to help you gain deep insight into the complex market dynamics, product and service positioning and communication challenges.

Technology and Ageing Workshop with Laurie Orlov, 15^th September

http://www.casala.ie/blog/14-upcoming-events/76-Technology%20and%20Ageing%20Workshop%20with%20Laurie%20Orlov.html

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IBM Global Entrepreneur Announcement Event.  April 11th, Cork City Hall.

You are invited to join us for the launch of The IBM Global Entrepreneur initiative 2011 on April 11th. This event will commence at 9.30 am at Cork City Hall, Anglesea Street, Cork.

IBM launched the Global Entrepreneur initiative in early 2010. This initiative is designed to help start-up companies capture emerging business opportunities in fast-growing industries like energy and utilities, healthcare, communications and government, and work with a new generation of entrepreneurs to tackle some of the world’s most pressing issues — like water, transportation, healthcare and the environment — that will transform the way people live and work.

Part of the IBM Global Entrepreneur initiative is IBM SmartCamp. This is an exclusive networking and mentoring event that identifies early-stage entrepreneurs who are developing business ventures that complement our Smarter Cities efforts by bringing together business, venture capital, academic, civic and government leaders for a conversation about innovation, human capital and economic development in a city environment.

To participate in this initiative, a start-up must be:

• Privately held
• In business for less than five years
• Actively developing a solution on an open platform – or willing to move to an open platform.
• Turnover less than $1,000,000.

If your company matches this criteria and you are interested in attending this launch please send a note to the event organiser: Rory Caren. carenr@ie.ibm.com.

See IT@Cork for more detail:-

http://www.itcork.ie/index.cfm?page=events&eventId=207

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