The Colorado Springs Open Source Software Meetup Group Monthly Meetup

AGENDA
6:00 - 6:30 PM - Food, Drinks & Networking
6:30 - 6:35 PM - Announcements
6:35 - 7:15 PM - Basic Concepts
7:15 - 7:20 PM - Break
7:20 - 8:40 PM - Main Speaker
8:40 - 8:55 PM - Door Prize Drawings

MAIN TOPIC ABSTRACT
VMWare Cloud Foundry

VMware Cloud Foundry is an open source platform-as-a-service (PAAS) for building and deploying applications designed to run in the cloud. Cloud Foundry support multiple application frameworks and languages, giving developers the freedom to choose the appropriate technology for their domain. Cloud Foundry can be hosted locally for development, internally for private clouds, and by service providers for public clouds. This talk will introduce the benefits of platform-as-a-service and the features Cloud Foundry offers to simplify development and deployment of cloud applications.

MAIN SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY
Tim Binkley-Jones

Tim is a Staff Engineer in the Cloud Infrastructure and Management group at VMware, Inc.

BASIC CONCEPTS ABSTRACT
A "Working" Intro to Python

Mark will demonstrate an introduction to the python programming environment as a way for busy and interested people to learn more about data and ideas that capture their imagination and to scratch an itch.

BASIC CONCEPTS SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY
Mark Menkhus

Mark Menkhus is a Software Engineer in HP's Software Security Response Team, use python for evaluating code quality, understanding the interchange of knowledge between security researchers, and generally answering business questions that could require repetitive work.

OUR SPONSORS
Website Sponsor: Homeland Security Careers (https://www.meetup.com/csopensource/)
Food Sponsor: New Horizons Learning Centers (http://www.newhorizons.com/LocalWeb/default.aspx?groupid=338)
Door Prize Sponsors: Jetbrains (http://www.jetbrains.com) - Software license (Several products to choose from)
Book Sponsor: OReilly Publishing (http://www.oreilly.com) - Technical books