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SUMMARY:Spectrum Scale User Group\, London\, Tuesday 27th June - Wednesday 28th June
DESCRIPTION:Hi all\, \nJust a reminder that the next UK User Group meeting will be taking place in London (IBM York Road) on Tuesday 27th and Wednesday 28th June \nThe current agenda is below and we still have some slots for User Presentations \nTuesday –  June 27\, 2023 \n30       9:30-10:00    Arrival & Registration\n15     10:00-10:15    Introductions and Committee Update\n10     10:15-10:25    Welcome\n25     10:25-10:50    Strategy Update\n20     10:50-11:10    CyberSecurity\, CyberResiliency\, CyberVault\n50     11:10-12:00    Modernisation of Storage Scale\n60     12:00-13:00    Lunch & Networking\n60     13:00-14:00    Lightning Talks I\n30     14:00-14:30    ESS Performance Engineering\n30     14:30-15:00    Afternoon Tea & Networking\n20     15:00-15:20    StarFish Presentation\n20     15:20-15:40    Bridgeworks Presentation\n20     15:40-16:00    Tuxera Presentation\n20     16:00-16:20    HPC Storage at BSC – Sergi More\n20     16:20-16:40    Short Break\n30     16:40-17:10    Performance Update\n50     17:10-18:00    Meet the Devs – Ask us Anything\n120   19:00-21:00    Get Together @ Etc Venues\, Prospero House \n  \nWednesday – June 28\, 2023 \n15       9:00-  9:15     Arrival & Networking\n30       9:15-  9:45     Sneak Preview I\n45       9:45-10:30     AFM Deep Dive\n30     10:30-11:00     Morning Tea & Networking\n45     11:00-11:45     ESS Deep Dive\n15     11:45-12:00     Lightning Talks II\n60     12:00-13:00     Lunch & Networking\n20     13:00-13:20     Storage Overview at AWE – Mark Roberts\n20     13:20-13:40     Valentine – SACLE at the NHM – Paul Ward\n20     13:40-14:00     AFM Migration experience – Robert Horton Cancer Research\n30     14:00-14:30     Afternoon Tea & Networking\n30     14:30-15:00     Scale and Protect/Archive\n30     15:00-15:30     Filesystem Activity Monitoring using Splunk/QRadar\n20     15:30-15:50     Sneak Preview II\n10     15:50-16:00     Wrap-up \nEvent registration is https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/spectrum-scale-user-group-2023-registration-637962000517
URL:https://www.spectrumscaleug.org/event/spectrum-scale-user-group-london-tuesday-27th-june-wedensday-28th-june/
LOCATION:IBM Client Center London\, 20 York Road\, London\, SE1 7ND\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Expert Talks,In Person
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SUMMARY:Storage Scale User Meeting at ISC 2023
DESCRIPTION:IBM is organizing a Storage Scale User Meeting at ISC 2023. We have an exciting agenda covering user stories\, roadmap update\, insights into potential future product enhancements\, plus access to IBM experts and your peers. We look forward to welcoming you to this event. The user meeting is followed by a Get Together to continue the discussion. \nDate: Mon\, 22. May 2023 – 13:00-17:00 CET Local time | Hotel Reichshof \nThe User Meeting is face-to-face only. There is no ISC conference pass required. \nTo register for the event\, please send an email with your name and your company/organization name to IBMStorageScale@ibm.com. \nNDA’s have to be signed when entering the meeting room as roadmap items are discussed. A non-confidential version of the charts will be made available after the event. \nAgenda \n\n\n\n\n	13:00Registration an Networkingn/a\n\n\n	13:30WelcomeUlf Troppens\n\n\n	13:40What is new in Storage Scale and ESS?Mamdouh Khamis\, Ted Hoover\n\n\n	14:05Lightning talks with selected product updates and potential future enhancementsAlexander Wolf-Reber\, Mathias Dietz\, Olaf Weiser\, Par Hettinga\, Ulf Troppens\n\n\n	14:45DESY - Site UpdateStefan Dietrich (DESY)\n\n\n	15:05- Break -n/a\n\n\n	15:25Sponsor Talk: High-performance SMB service with Tuxera Fusion File Share and IBM Storage ScaleHeinrich von Keler (Tuxera)\, Jukka Muhonen (Tuxera)\n\n\n	15:45University of Queensland - Site UpdateJake Carroll (University of Queensland)\n\n\n	16:30Performance UpdateOlaf Weiser\n\n\n	16:55Wrap-upUlf Troppens\n\n\n	17:00Get Togethern/a\n\n\n\n\nSponsors
URL:https://www.spectrumscaleug.org/event/storage-scale-user-meeting-at-isc-2023/
LOCATION:Hotel Reichshof\, Kirchenallee 34-36\, Hamburg\, 20099\, Germany
CATEGORIES:In Person
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230322
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230324
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SUMMARY:German User Meeting 2023
DESCRIPTION:IBM is organizing a Spectrum Scale User Meeting in Sindelfingen\, Germany. We have an exciting agenda covering user stories\, roadmap update\, the latest insights into data fabrics\, data orchestration and data management architectures\, plus access to IBM experts and your peers. Details will follow soon. We look forward to welcoming you to this event. \nDate: March 22+23\, 2023 – Spectrum Scale German User Meeting \nLocation: Hotel Marriot\, Sindelfingen\, Germany \nThe Spectrum Scale German User Meeting is face-to-face only and free of charge. The event will be held mostly in German. There will be some sessions in English. \nAttendees must register >> here << prior the event. \nDraft Agenda - German Spectrum Scale User Meeting\n\nMarch 22nd\, 2023\n9:00 10:00 Registration and networking\n10:00 10:15 Welcome\n10:15 11:45 Strategy update\n11:45 12:00 Meet the Developers\n12:00 13:00 Lunch and networking\n13:00 14:30 Lightning talks with product updates\n14:30 15:00 Coffee and networking\n15:00 16:20 Customer and partner talks\n16:20 16:40 Break\n16:40 17:40 Deep dive sessions\n17:45 18:00 Ask us anything\n18:00 20:00 Get together\n\nMarch 23rd\, 2023\n8:30 9:00 Coffee and networking\nSpectrum Scale licensing\n9:00 12:00 Break-out sessions\n12:00 13:00 Lunch and networking\n13:00 14:15 Lightning talks with product updates \n14:15 14:45 Coffee and networking\n14:45 15:45 More customer and partner talks and deep dive sessions\n15:45 16:00 Wrap-up\nThe Spectrum Scale User Meeting is preceded by the Spectrum Scale New User Day at March 21\, 2023: \nGerman New User Day 2023
URL:https://www.spectrumscaleug.org/event/german-user-meeting-2023/
LOCATION:Marriot Sindelfingen\, Mahdentalstrasse 68\, Sindelfingen\, 71065\, Germany
CATEGORIES:In Person
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230321
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230322
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UID:2727-1679356800-1679443199@www.spectrumscaleug.org
SUMMARY:German New User Day 2023
DESCRIPTION:IBM is organizing a Spectrum Scale New User Day in Sindelfingen\, Germany. We have an exciting agenda covering user stories\, roadmap update\, the latest insights into data fabrics\, data orchestration and data management architectures\, plus access to IBM experts and your peers. Details will follow soon. We look forward to welcoming you to this event. \nDate: March 21\, 2023 – New User Day \nLocation: Hotel Marriot\, Sindelfingen\, Germany \nThe New User Day is face-to-face only and free of charge. The event will be held in German. \nAttendees must register >> here << prior the event. \n  \nThe New User Day is followed by the regular Spectrum Scale User Meeting at March 22+23\, 2023: \nGerman User Meeting 2023
URL:https://www.spectrumscaleug.org/event/german-new-user-day-2023/
LOCATION:Marriot Sindelfingen\, Mahdentalstrasse 68\, Sindelfingen\, 71065\, Germany
CATEGORIES:In Person
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UID:2474-1668340800-1668362400@www.spectrumscaleug.org
SUMMARY:Spectrum Scale UG @ SC22
DESCRIPTION:The Spectrum Scale user group will be hosting a meeting at this years SC22. \nThis global user-led meeting provides an opportunity for peer-to-peer learning and interaction with IBM’s technical leadership on the latest in IBM Spectrum Scale. We have an exciting agenda covering user stories\, roadmap update\, the latest insights into data fabrics\, data orchestration and data management architectures. The main agenda will be followed by a cocktail reception at 5:30 pm to continue the discussions. We look forward to welcoming you to this event. \nDate: Sunday\, November 13\, 2022 12:00 pm – 6:00 pm \nVenue: The Adolphus Hotel\, Commerce St\, Dallas\, \nRoom Location: Grand Ballroom B \nLunch: Lunch boxes will be provided from noon onwards\nNOTE: You MUST register to attend the user group meeting. Please complete your details on the registration page: https://ibm.biz/SC22_SSUG \nAGENDA:  \n12:30 – 12:40 Introductions and Committee updates – Paul Tomlinson\, UK Chair \n12:40 – 13:05 Strategy Update \n13:05 – 13:35 What is new in Spectrum Scale \n13:35 – 13:55 New S3 access for AI & Analytics \n13:55 – 14:15 Managing Massive Amouts for Unstructured Data with Starfish – Justin Wood SNL and Jacob Farmer\, Starfish Storage \n14:15 – 14:35 Feasibility of a hybrid HPC-Cloud computing platform: A study of data-flow I/O performance between remote clusters – UT Southwestern Medical Center \n14:35 – 15:00 AFM Update \n15:00 – 15:30 Coffee Break \n15:30 – 15:50 HPC on IBM Cloud \n15:50 – 16:10 Highly Provisioned ECE Servers – Ray Paden Lenovo \n16:10 – 16:30 Spectrum Scale and Spectrum Discover for Data Management – Oslo University \n16:30 – 16:55 ESS Enhancements \n16:55- 17:20 Performance Update \n17:20 – 17:30 Group Discussion \n17:30 Close followed by Drinks Reception
URL:https://www.spectrumscaleug.org/event/spectrum-scale-ug-sc22/
CATEGORIES:In Person
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221019
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221021
DTSTAMP:20260421T172242
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UID:2551-1666137600-1666310399@www.spectrumscaleug.org
SUMMARY:German User Meeting 2022
DESCRIPTION:IBM is organizing a Spectrum Scale User Meeting in Cologne\, Germany. We have an exciting agenda covering user stories\, roadmap update\, the latest insights into data fabrics\, data orchestration and data management architectures\, plus access to IBM experts and your peers. See the event page for the detailed agenda. We look forward to welcoming you to this event. \nDate: October 19-20\, 2022 \nLocation: MediaPark Cologne\, Germany \nThe User Meeting is face-to-face only and free of charge. \nAttendees must >>register here<< prior the event. \nOctober 19th\, 2022\n9:00 10:00 Registration and Networking\n10:00 10:15 Welcome\n10:15 10:40 Strategy Update\n10:40 11:05 Easy Installation using Terraform and Ansible\n11:05 11:25 Spectrum Scale on IBM Cloud\n11:25 11:50 Global Data Orchestration\n11:50 12:00 Meet the devs\n12:00 13:00 Lunch and Networking\n13:00 13:40 What is new in Spectrum Scale?\n13:40 14:10 ESS 3500\n14:10 14:30 Customer or partner talk - ESS3500\n14:30 15:00 Coffee and Networking\n15:00 15:20 AFM - Enhancements and Use Cases\n15:20 15:40 Customer or partner talk\n15:40 16:00 Customer or partner talk\n16:00 16:15 New requirement process\n16:15 16:35 Break\n16:35 16:50 Update from ESCC (Pre-Sales/Lab Services/Support )\n16:50 17:05 Sneak Preview\n17:05 17:25 CNSA & CSI Update\n17:25 17:45 Container & Object Storage hints and tips\n17:45 18:00 Ask us anything\n18:00 20:00 Get Together\n\nOctober 20th\, 2022\n8:30 9:00 Coffee und Networking\nSpectrum Scale licensing\n9:00 12:00 Break-out Sessions\n- AFM Deep Dive\n- Spectrum Scale and Tape\n- Introduction to Spectrum Fusion\n- Secured Data Sharing to Applications running in OpenShift\n- ESS Deep Dive\n- Spectrum Scale on Z\n- HDFS hands-on experience with Cloudera CDP\n- Terraform and Ansible Deep Dive\n- Introduction to Spectrum Discover\n12:00 13:00 Lunch and Networking\n13:00 13:20 New S3 Access for AI and Analytics\n13:20 13:40 GPUDirect Storage Update\n13:40 14:00 HDFS Update\n14:00 14:30 Coffee and Networking\n14:30 14:50 Customer or partner talk\n14:50 15:10 Monitoring and serviceability enhancements\n15:10 15:30 Field Update\n15:30 15:50 Performance Update\n15:50 16:00 Wrap-up\n 
URL:https://www.spectrumscaleug.org/event/german-2022-user-meeting/
LOCATION:MediaPark Köln\, MediaPark\, Cologne\, Germany
CATEGORIES:In Person
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220630T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220630T170000
DTSTAMP:20260421T172242
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UID:2461-1656579600-1656608400@www.spectrumscaleug.org
SUMMARY:Spectrum Scale User Group UK meeting 30th June 2022
DESCRIPTION:Join us at IBM’s new London location for our next user group meeting \nThis is the current proposed agenda for June’s meeting \n\n\n\n9:30 – 10:00\nArrivals and refreshments\n\n\n10:00 – 10:15\nIntroductions and committee updates \nPaul Tomlinson\, Group Chair & Caroline Bradley\, Group Secretary\n\n\n10:15 – 10:50\nStrategy Update (IBM)\n\n\n10:50 – 11:15\nNew S3 Access for AI and Analytics (IBM)\n\n\n11:15 – 11:35\nNVIDIA GPUDirect Storage with Spectrum Scale\n\n\n11:35 – 12:00\nWhat’s new in Spectrum Scale\n\n\n12:00 – 13:00\nBuffet Lunch outside The Cube – Including viewings of Mayflower in Immersive Room (Aspen)\, Quantum Room (Lemon)\, and AI Cars\n\n\n13:00 – 13:20\nMigration of Spectrum Scale using Atempo\n\n\n13:20 – 13:40\nSpectrum Scale HDFS Update\n\n\n13:40 – 14:00\nSpectrum Scale and Spectrum Discover for Data Management\n\n\n14:00 – 14:30\nMonitoring + Serviceability Enhancements\n\n\n14:30 – 15:00\nRefreshment Break – Viewings of Spot the Robot Dog.\n\n\n15:00 – 15:20\nSupporting Science with Spectrum Scale\n\n\n15:20 – 15:40\nSpectrum Scale on IBM Cloud\n\n\n15:40 – 16:00\nLenovo Update\n\n\n16:00 – 16:30\nPerformance Update\n\n\n16:30 – 17:00\nChallenges\, Experiences + Questions Led by Paul Tomlinson\, Group Chair\n\n\n17:00\nClose followed by Drinks and Pizza reception\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \nRegistration is at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/spectrum-scale-user-group-registration-321290978967
URL:https://www.spectrumscaleug.org/event/spectrum-scale-user-group-uk-meeting-2022/
LOCATION:IBM Client Center London\, 20 York Road\, London\, SE1 7ND\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:In Person
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20220530T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20220530T170000
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UID:2510-1653919200-1653930000@www.spectrumscaleug.org
SUMMARY:Spectrum Scale User Meeting at ISC 2022
DESCRIPTION:IBM is organizing a Spectrum Scale User Meeting at ISC 2022. We have an exciting agenda covering user stories\, roadmap update\, the latest insights into data fabrics\, data orchestration and data management architectures\, plus access to IBM experts and your peers. We look forward to welcoming you to this event. \nDate: Mon\, 30. May 2022 – 14:00-17:00 CET Local time | Hall X Room 8 by SVA\nCongress Center Hamburg (CCH) \nAny and all people entering meeting rooms MUST be registered with an ISC 2022 exhibition pass or conference pass. Please note that registration is only available online and in advance. On-site registration is NOT possible. \nThe User Meeting is face-to-face only. There is no additional registration required in addition to the general ISC registration. \nNDA’s have to be signed when entering the meeting room as roadmap items are discussed. A non-confidential version of the charts will be made available after the event. \n\n\n\n\n	14:0014:10WelcomeChristina Orosco (IBM) / Matt Geiser (IBM)\n\n\n	14:1014:35What is new in Spectrum Scale and ESS?Chris Maestas (IBM)\n\n\n	14:3514:55GPUDirect Storage in Spectrum ScaleRalph Würthner (IBM)\n\n\n	14:5515:15Performance UpdateOlaf Weiser (IBM)\n\n\n	15:1515:35- Break -n/a\n\n\n	15:3515:55Not enough money for an all flash HPC storage?\nA brief cheating guide.Jochen Zeller (SVA)\n\n\n	15:5516:15Monitoring and serviceability enhancements in Spectrum ScaleMathias Dietz (IBM)\n\n\n	16:1516:35New S3 access for AI and Analytics workloadsUlf Troppens (IBM)\n\n\n	16:3516:55Data orchestration across the global data platformSimon Lorenz (IBM)\n\n\n	16:5517:00Wrap-upUlf Troppens (IBM)\n\n\n\n\nSponsors:
URL:https://www.spectrumscaleug.org/event/spectrum-scale-user-meeting-at-isc-2022/
LOCATION:Congress Center Hamburg (CCH)\, Congressplatz 1\, Hamburg\, 20355\, Germany
CATEGORIES:In Person
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