Cloud Native w/ Open Source + Open Source Data Scraping

*Please note this meetup has been cancelled. We're in the process of moving it to April and making it a virtual experience. We will provide our community with an update soon. Thanks so much ahead of time for your patience.

Description:
We'll keep things going in March with two really great topics - Cloud Native with Open Source and Open Source Data Scraping. Both should be of great interest to members, and they certainly are to us.

Doors "open" at 6:00 pm ET, programming begins at 6:30. Arrive earlier if you like.

Food and beverages will be served, as always, thanks to our partners and sponsors IBM, Mattermost (https://mattermost.com/) and Aiven (https://aiven.io)

Topic #1: Data Scraping with Open Source Tools

Abstract: coming soon!

Speaker #1: Anya Derbakova, CTO at Hearful
Bio: coming soon also!

Topic #2: DevOps Journey and Tools for Cloud Native Service Delivery using Open Source Technologies

Abstract:
The IBM Cloud Kubernetes Team has been on a multi-year journey to cloud. They have been in the trenches building hyperscale cloud services for container technologies since 2014. There are many challenges in this delivery model. This talk will address how to build, organize, and scale a cloud service delivery team, with many lessons learned from the IBM Cloud evolution. Learn about the pros and cons of delivering open source technologies. Finally we will discuss the evolution of the tools that IBM Cloud has used to build, deploy, and operate dozens of microservices in a globally distributed cloud service using opensource tool Razee.io.

Speaker #2: Jake Kitchener, Senior Technical Staff Member, IBM Cloud
*Note this meeting will be at the IBM campus location.

Bio:J ake is responsible for the architecture, implementation, and delivery of the IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service. Jake is a habitual open source cloud adopter starting with OpenStack and then migrating to containers and Kubernetes. He has been developing and delivering IBM Cloud container platforms for over five years. Jake also has a passion for all things DevOps. He dreams of team organization, pipeline, and operations with the hope of one day realizing product delivery nirvana.

The address is:
IBM Software Group
Building 500, Room G-104
4205 S Miami Blvd
Durham, NC 27703
*Questions regarding venue can be directed to Sahdev directly at 336-254-1689.

Directions:
We will not have access to the visitor parking lot (as we have in the past), so we'll have to use the employee lot. Attendees can enter through building 502 entrance (instead of 500) from the parking lot.
1). Enter campus from Miami Boulevard and Cornwallis Road,
2). Take first left (Kitty Hawk Drive), then take first right. The parking lot will be right in front of you,
3). Park and enter building door. Someone will be there to escort you.