Houston Cloud Computing User Group
… since 2008 …
Celebrating our 10th year (2008 to 2018) … with 1K+ members & counting … by launching:
~ New Google recognized Cloud (& Developer) meetup.com/Houston-GOOGLE-Cloud-User-Group (a.k.a., Houston GDG Cloud on Google)
~ New Sponsorship program … SPONSOR registration/sign-up click-here … and we will send you the info
~ New site (this one) with quite some Member benefits … MEMBER registration/sign-up click- here
… and more, such as …
✥ Membership — @no-charge (with refreshments) … suggest: click here to Register now (improvements on the way)
✥ Event Sponsor — 10min slot available for Vendors|Recruiters … submit via Sponsor|Advertise form (click here)
✥ Job Posting — welcome direct submissions from Event Sponsors
The "3" prongs we aim for in our events/meetings are:
(1) something non/pre-mainstream/different/new/fresh
(2) Microsoft/Non-Microsoft/Open-Source welcome (eg: Microsoft has a Kubernetes spin), with some Cloud tie-in, e.g., Azure, Google Cloud, AWS, etc.
(3) addressing some specific need/function with a focus on some product
Next Meeting … May-23 ...
the session — Data Lakes | focus is on the challenges and the related how-to's with demos using cloud vendors like AWS and Azure
the speaker — Jeff Deverter (LinkedIn Profile)
the sponsor — www.cloudreach.com
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"
6:45 — main talk on topic
7:45 — Q&A and Peer-to-Peer discussions
8:00 — continue chats/conversation outside the building :-)
THANKS to our Sponsors … we have "no-charge" events with refreshments (pizza & drinks) … SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS
Event Sponsors ~ new for 2018
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
Events:
Houston TechFest — 2018 SPRING event is over … there is another in FALL
Houston SQL Saturday — 2018 registration open
Houston SharePoint Saturday — 2018 event is over