Spectrum Scale User Group (Australia) Meeting – Melbourne August 2017

Location: Melbourne, Victoria | 1-5 SPENCER STREET, The Crowne Plaza Hotel (Bridge Room 5)
Tuesday, August 15th, 2017 from 12:30 PM to 5:30 PM (EST)
Registrations for this event are open https://goo.gl/za8g3r
Please register and mark it in your calendar!
Many thanks to IBM for supporting this event in Melbourne.
IBM representatives will be at the meeting to cover various topics, and open dialogue between IBM and customers will be encouraged. As is the culture of the group, no marketing or sales pitches!
The agenda is finalised, included in the day will be technical presentations by IBM on Spectrum Scale.

Please find all the details on the day in the Eventbrite event link above.
There will be networking opportunities immediately after the Usergroup to meet with your Australian colleagues and sponsors.

If you have any requests for finer detail on areas you wish to be covered, please either post to the Spectrum Scale mailing list or feel contact me at gpfsugaus@gmail.com or at my organisation email http://www.pawsey.org.au/about/pawsey-supercomputing-staff-contacts-list/

Wrap-up of the first Spectrum Scale User Group in Australia – October 2016

Ah wonderful Melbourne, I haven’t been in Melbourne for a few years but it doesn’t seem to change that much, still a nice place to enjoy.

It was quite a long flight from Perth but all went smoothly with the event thanks to efforts by Justin Glen from DDN (sponsoring organisation) and Scott Fadden – IBM (sponsoring organisation).

So after a great catch-up dinner and chat with Scott Fadden and other attendees such as Suda from Mellanox and Justin from DDN, it was off to bed for an early start for check-ins the next morning (fortunately I ran the desk alongside a great coffee or two – Melbourne is definitely the place for coffee).

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Spectrum Scale User Group (Australia) Meeting

Venue: Pullman Hotel, Albert Park, Melbourne (in conjunction with eResearch Australia Conference)

Date: Friday 14th October 2016.

To register your place please visit: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/spectrumscale-user-group-australia-gpfsugaus-tickets-26814516942?ref=enivtefor001&invite=MTA1MDg1MTkvY2hyaXMuc2NobGlwYWxpdXNAaXZlYy5vcmcvMA%3D%3D&utm

Thanks to DDN for supporting this event. IBM representatives will be at the meeting to cover various topics, and open dialogue between IBM and customers will be encouraged. As is the culture of the group, no marketing or sales pitches!

Agenda

8:30am – 4:30pm
– Introduction by Dr Neil Stringfellow, Executive Director, Pawsey SuperComputing Centre (Perth). – Day overview, OHS matters etc

  • Speakers: IBM – SpectrumScale Roadmap