Houston Cloud Computing User Group
… since 2008 …
Celebrating our 10th year (2008 to 2018)
with 1K+ members & counting — by gradually rolling out new benefits, such as:
✥ 2018: Launched New Google Cloud meetup.com/Houston-GOOGLE-Cloud-User-Group (a.k.a., Houston GDG Cloud on Google)
✥ 2018: Launched New Sponsorship program (extremely limited slots/availability)… SPONSOR registration/sign-up (click-here)
✥ 2018: Launched New site (this one) with quite some Member-only benefits/programs, .
… and much more launching in 2019, such as:
✥ The first HybridCloudNow™ conference — Houston 2019
✥ New HybridCloudConnect™ program
✥ New HybridCloudLabs™ program
✥ New Sponsor program
✥ New Membership program
- the current @no-charge Membership to be grandfathered for active members (i.e., those who have participated in-person at least 1 event/meetup)
- eligibility to be select-access to "Hybrid Cloud Insiders" and limited-edition goodies,
- and quite some more … and it all starts with registering as a Member
click here to Register/Sign-up as NEW Member … even if you are registered on Meetup/Linkedin
click here to Sponsor | Advertise … new program with options launching 2019
The "3" prongs we aim for in our events/meetings are:
- something non/pre-mainstream/different/new/fresh
- with some Cloud tie-in, e.g., Azure, Google Cloud, AWS, etc.
- addressing some specific need/function with a focus on some product(s)
Next Meeting: Sep-26
NOTE: Earnest Smith (Talend), an active member, has assured us that this is NOT a product demo/pitch!
the session — Building a Sustainable Data Lake; Avoiding the Data Swamp. The challenge for Companies in building a Data Lake and this session will cover Data Lakes Vs Traditional Data Warehouse, Elements of a Data Lake, Focus of Data Integration/ Data Management – Filling the Data Lake, Future Proofing the Architecture, Avoiding the Data Swamp, and Q & A
the speaker — Tanveer Shaikh
the sponsor — Talend.com ... seamlessly integrates with AWS, Microsoft, Google, Snowflake, and more
Meeting Location & Parking:
Microsoft Technology Center, 750 Town and Country Blvd #1000, Houston, TX 77024 (click here to open the map).
FREE and paid parking can be found here CityCentreHouston.com/parking/
Sign-in and come to the 10th floor ~ security should let you in ~ if you don't see the security officer, just hang for few someone will be manning the doors :-)
Agenda — for every 4th Wed of every month:
6pm to 8pm ... if you arrive and the doors seem locked, just text/call (281) 671-4228 (NOTE: this # will not work at other times)
6:00 — meet/greet/network/connect ... with PIZZA :-)
6:30 — a brief word about/from our Sponsor(s) … and some latest news/trends regarding Cloud & Cloud related "stuff"
6:40 — main talk on topic with Q&A and Peer-to-Peer discussions
8:20 — continue chats/conversation outside the building :-)
THANKS to our Sponsors … YOU have "no-charge" events with refreshments (pizza & drinks)
… SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS
Event Sponsors ~ new for 2018
Aug-22: Hybrid Decisions Corp … played a part of the birth & growth of Microsoft's Cloud (Azure & Office 365)
Jul-25: Microsoft … special-event: combined with AzureHouston
Jun-27: Hybrid Decisions Corp … played a part of the birth & growth of Microsoft's Cloud (Azure & Office 365)
May-23: Cloudreach … one of the fastest growing European companies making headway in the US
Apr-25: Snowflake … the first UNICORN company of 2018 with the first EDW DB built for the cloud
Mar-28: Canonical … the makers of Ubuntu Linux
Feb-28: Zerto … a Single "IT Resiliency" Platform across 350+ clouds (incl., Azure, and AWS )
Jan-24: Google … Productivity/GTD with Google's NEW G-Suite … click here to get your own NEW Google G-Suite
✥ Event Sponsor — 10min slot available for Vendors|Recruiters — submit via Sponsor|Advertise form (click here)
more info see Past Events page
Platinum Sponsors ~ since 2008:
Microsoft
~ Houston: for providing us with the venue (and even free parking at their old/previous Houston location)
~ Redmond: for providing us with speakers, preview-content, etc.,
~ for Google Apps/G-Suite (e.g., website, email, YouTube with live-stream, and even phone number)
~ for increasing support, resulting in us launching/running the new meetup.com/Houston-Google-Cloud-User-Group …
Hybrid Decisions Corp
~ our founding and sole sponsor for everything else since 2008 …
We support other "no-charge" Community efforts
Local Events:
Houston TechFest — 2018-Sep-29
Houston SQL Saturday — we thank @SQLSatHouston for having us Speak at every event!!!
Houston SharePoint Saturday — 2018 event is over