Sicherheit in der Cloud

# To attend enroll here: # [https://luma.com/q6kuetpe](https://luma.com/q6kuetpe) # Agenda​ ​5 - 5:45: Pizza / Beer ​​5:45 - 6:15: NetApp, what we do, our role in open source - Mariah McLaughlin, NetApp ​​6:15 - 7:00: Unleashing AI in Cassandra 5 - Ritam Das, NetApp ​​7:00 - 8:00: When “Eventually” Meant 11 ms: Designing Deterministic Cassandra Architectures in the Telecom Core - Thomas Elliott, Your Augmented Life Advisory Services ​​8:00 - 9:00: Networking

The Hugh is an indoor restaurant hall with lots of restaurants and bars to choose from. The Chess group sits at the tables in front of the Pesce Lulu restaurant stand, where we get a 10% discount (mention the chess). This event is run by my good friend Sam and is named "Knight's Brigade", which you can find on Instagram. Usually about 15 - 20 players are present - many more than those who RSVP here. All skill levels are welcome, but not that this group skews to the intermediate - advanced range. This is a completely free event.

Join us for an evening of networking, discussion, and all things Cassandra! Please register for this event [here](https://luma.com/q6kuetpe). **Agenda:** ​5:00 - 5:45 pm: Pizza / Beer ​​5:45 - 6:15 pm: NetApp, what we do, our role in open source - Mariah McLaughlin, NetApp ​​6:15 - 7:00 pm: Unleashing AI in Cassandra 5 - Ritam Das, NetApp ​​7:00 - 8:00 pm: When “Eventually” Meant 11 ms: Designing Deterministic Cassandra Architectures in the Telecom Core - Thomas Elliott, Your Augmented Life Advisory Services ​​8:00 - 9:00 pm: Networking **Speaking Sessions:** **​NetApp, what we do, our role in open source - Mariah McLaughlin** ​Mariah is a Developer Advocate at NetApp Instaclustr with a focus on developing educational content and building community around Apache Cassandra. ​ She will discuss NetApp Instaclustr’s managed platform and their role as an open source contributor in the Apache Cassandra community **​Unleashing AI in Cassandra 5 - Ritam Das** ​Ritam Das is a Cloud Solutions Architect at NetApp Instaclustr helping customers consume open-source data platforms like Cassandra, Kafka, PostgreSQL, OpenSearch and more. ​ Ritam will discuss enhancements to Cassandra 5, its AI capabilities, and what it has enabled enterprises to do at scale. **​** **When “Eventually” Meant 11 ms:Designing Deterministic Cassandra Architectures in the Telecom Core - Thomas Elliott** ​Thomas Elliott has had a 25-year career in delivering distributed software systems whose work spans early Cassandra OSS deployments in mobile core networks and modern deterministic data foundations for AI. As Head of AI and ML Systems at BioSole International, he focuses on using Cassandra to encode data dependencies that enable reproducible, auditable, and constrained AI reasoning. ​Since the early days of the Cassandra Open Source project, it has been recognized as a critical component in the evolution of telecom infrastructure, particularly mobile core networks. This talk traces how early design constraints shaped architectural decisions in large-scale deployments. It is a story told across three cities in the Persian Gulf, under tight launch timelines, geopolitical complexity, and read-after-write visibility requirements that had an upper limit of 11ms.

Join us for the February edition of the New York AI Engineers Tech Talk, a monthly gathering focused exclusively on AI engineering. Whether you’re a seasoned machine learning engineer or a fullstack dev curious about how to work with LLMs, this is your space to dive deep into real-world projects, technical challenges, and creative solutions. **What to Expect:** Each month, we invite AI engineers to share something they’ve built, the challenges they faced, and how they solved them. It’s all substance, no fluff, designed for engineers by engineers. **This Month’s Presenters:** * [Clint Robinson](https://www.linkedin.com/in/clintjrobinson/), Cofounder & CTO @ [Parable](https://www.askparable.com/) * [Kanta Garg](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kantagarg17/), Solutions Architect, @ [AWS](https://aws.amazon.com/free/?trk=4bff893e-6f19-4cd8-accc-699c73895d8c&sc_channel=ps&trk=4bff893e-6f19-4cd8-accc-699c73895d8c&sc_channel=ps&ef_id=CjwKCAiA1obMBhAbEiwAsUBbIjpvfpgxARu0OgSrgx8WQcILBZRZMZK0HtEhvhqVvnLQSUyWj22OixoCnfwQAvD_BwE:G:s&s_kwcid=AL!4422!3!651751059780!e!!g!!aws!19852662197!145019195897&gad_campaignid=19852662197&gbraid=0AAAAADjHtp9VoTN00O-dtavU5bsNHCdCS&gclid=CjwKCAiA1obMBhAbEiwAsUBbIjpvfpgxARu0OgSrgx8WQcILBZRZMZK0HtEhvhqVvnLQSUyWj22OixoCnfwQAvD_BwE) * [Hegar Garcia](https://www.linkedin.com/in/hegargarcia/), Tech Lead @[Fonzi](https://fonzi.ai/) **The Crowd:** You’ll be joining a mix of software developers, data scientists, AI engineers, and technical founders working at or curious about the future of applying AI at the application layer. It’s a casual, high-signal environment perfect for learning something new and meeting peers in the NYC AI Engineering scene. **Agenda:** * 6:30 to 7:15 PM – Networking with pizza and soft drinks courtesy of [Fonzi AI](https://fonzi.ai/) * 7:15 to 7:20 PM – Opening remarks * 7:20 to 8:05 PM – Three 10 minutes Tech Talks with 5 minute Q&A * 8:05 to 8:30 PM – Meet the speakers and connect with other attendees **Location:** Fonzi HQ (Ground Floor) 25 Kent Avenue Brooklyn AI Engineers is run by [Fonzi](https://fonzi.ai/). Fonzi is a talent marketplace that connects elite engineers with top AI companies through a monthly, high signal, structured hiring process called Match Day. We run AI Engineers communities in both New York and [San Francisco](https://www.meetup.com/san-francisco-ai-engineers/events/?eventOrigin=your_groups). If you are interested in speaking at a tech talk, email lauren@fonzi.ai with your LinkedIn profile, the location you want to speak in (NY or SF), and a short abstract on how you are applying or building with AI in your current role. Use the subject line “AI Engineers Abstract Submission”.

Join us for a laid-back evening of casual conversations and mingling with fellow Nix, Nixpkgs, and NixOS enthusiasts. Bring your passion for the Nix ecosystem, and we'll provide a fun, relaxed atmosphere to connect and share ideas! Location will be at Pier 57 in the Daffodil classroom - a map is attached in the photos section.

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IMPORTANT: PLEASE USE THE QR CODE SENT TO YOUR EMAIL TO ACCESS THE BUILDING Come show your support for your fellow developers! We’re very happy to bring the community together for an evening of learning and connection. This time, we'll have a community member sharing a use case and, as usual, an Elastic employee sharing their expertise as well. Join us to learn something new and meet others who are passionate about search, observability, and security. **Agenda:** * 5:30 pm: Doors open; say hi and eat some food * 6:00 pm: Agent Builder: Providing Relevant Context for Data Driven Agents", by Kathleen DeRusso, Principal Software Engineer I at Elastic * 6:30 pm: Q&A * 6:40 pm: Improving Search Ranking with LambdaMART and Elasticsearch, by Brandon (Anbang) Wu, Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Quizlet * 7:10 pm: Q&A * 7:20 - 7:30 pm: Networking and event wrap-up **Abstract** **"Agent Builder: Providing Relevant Context for Data Driven Agents"** What are agents? What is context engineering? Join us as we dive into the importance of context engineering for providing relevant information to agents, and how to build grounded agents using Elastic Agent Builder. **"Improving Search Ranking with LambdaMART and Elasticsearch"** Quizlet’s search extended manual Elasticsearch boosts with a Learning-to-Rank (LambdaMART) model. Using query, engagement, and content features, we trained on study signals and validated with A/B tests, achieving measurable lifts in study rates: +3.42% on blended pages, +1.86% on sets pages, and +1.05–1.81% in downstream outcomes. This talk shares how we combined a custom ML re-ranker with Elasticsearch results—covering training data design, offline evaluation, latency, and model interpretability—and offers guidance for Elastic users to go beyond boosting and improve ranking quality. **Where**: Elastic NYC Office 1250 Broadway, Floor 16, Training Room New York, NY 10001 **When**: Feb 19th \| Doors open at 5:30 PM If you’re a long-time Elastic user or just starting your journey, this is the perfect opportunity to share ideas, meet new people, and get inspired. See you there!

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First we’ll work on vocal technique through a series of vocal exercises. Then we’ll sing through choral repertoire in different genres (including music composed by our members). Members are encouraged to bring in song suggestions. This workshop is designed for singers who read music. If you only sing by ear, please join us on a Saturday evening instead. If you attend regularly and are comfortable with the music we're working on, you are welcome to perform with us in December. Performance is not mandatory. There's no fee to attend, but donations are appreciated.

**Join the OWASP NYC Chapter for a NYC Hackfest with a AWS / Secure Code Showdown Tournament** Date: February 19th 2026 Where: AWS NYC JFK Office - 410 10th Ave, New York, NY 10001 (Corner of 33 Street and 10th Avenue ) Time: 11:00 am to 4:00 pm Lunch: Provided Register Required: https://tinyurl.com/OWASP-Feb-19-Hackfest Happy Hour VIP: CyCode will be sponsoring a wonderful Happy Hour!!! Come and test your wonderful skill against others in a series of vulnerable code challenges that ask you to identify a problem, locate insecure code, and fix a vulnerability. You don’t need extensive programming knowledge, as this will be a great way to learn the foundations and intermediates of leveraging code that is not only functional but also secure. Players can choose to compete in their preferred software language, including Java Spring, C# MVC, C# WebForms, Go, Ruby on Rails, Python Django & Flask, Scala Play, Node.js, React, and both iOS and Android development languages. Join industry experts and fellow cybersecurity enthusiasts to share knowledge and experiences in this ever-evolving field. Don't miss this opportunity to network, learn, and stay updated on the latest in application security.

**PRODUCTIVE AND SOCIAL COWORKING SESSION AT AZAL COFFEE SHOP (FOREST HILLS)** Join us for a relaxed coworking session at Azal Coffee, in Forest Hills. The cafe has free Wifi and plenty of tables. ⏰ **SCHEDULE** **9:30am - 1pm:** Focused co-working with social breaks **1pm -2pm:** Community lunch **2pm - 5pm:** focused coworking with social breaks You can arrive and leave anytime you like - feel free to join only part of the day, stay late, or arrive early. 🚀 **JOIN WHATSAPP COMMUNITY TO STAY UPDATED** → Join our [Whatsapp community](https://waprotect.com/b4SxaaAB) to find people when you arrive, ask any questions, stay updated about the meetup or join coworking sessions or socials organized by members on other days. We're also on [instagram](https://www.instagram.com/ny_coworking_friends). 📍**LOCATION** [Azal Coffee in Forest Hills](https://maps.app.goo.gl/8xap7AUA4HS6t1pv8) **INTERESTED IN COLLABORATING?** We’re always open to partnerships with coworking spaces, communities, and sponsors who align with our mission of creating fun, productive, and inclusive coworking experiences. If you'd like to team up, host a coworking session, or explore sponsorship opportunities, feel free to reach out to newyorkcoworkingfriends@gmail.com

Get ready to level up your IT career at the ultimate 2-day tech takeover! 🚀⚔️ We’re blending deep-dive engineering with high-fantasy adventure. Whether you want to optimize your stack or go on a quest for better reliability, this double-header dragon is for you. ⚡ 🗓️ Feb 26: SRE Day Focus on the future of resilient systems. Automating SRE & Observability: Moving beyond dashboards to AI-driven insights. Cloud & DevOps: Scaling infrastructure without breaking a sweat. Engineering Reliability: Real-world tactics for 99.99% success. 🗓️ Feb 27: DevOps Not Dead Character costumes to suit your character quests. The Scene: Immersive themed décor, trinkets, stickers, and simple costumes for the perfect selfie. The Loot: Hard-hitting talks on Platform Engineering, Cloud Security, and Reliability. The Allies: Network with a community that knows the only thing more complex than a microservices architecture is a Level 20 Multi-class build. Build your skills & your friends--join us for 2 days of automation, adventure, and golden nuggets of tech wisdom. 🎟️ Ping me here for access or email [[Events@LeapTraceConsulting.com](mailto:Events@LeapTraceConsulting.com)] [#SRE](https://www.linkedin.com/search/results/all/?keywords=%23sre&origin=HASH_TAG_FROM_FEED) [#DevOps](https://www.linkedin.com/search/results/all/?keywords=%23devops&origin=HASH_TAG_FROM_FEED) [#CloudComputing](https://www.linkedin.com/search/results/all/?keywords=%23cloudcomputing&origin=HASH_TAG_FROM_FEED) [#PlatformEngineering](https://www.linkedin.com/search/results/all/?keywords=%23platformengineering&origin=HASH_TAG_FROM_FEED) [#TechConference](https://www.linkedin.com/search/results/all/?keywords=%23techconference&origin=HASH_TAG_FROM_FEED)

**SREday: In-Person Event on SRE, DevOps & Cloud in NYC** Conference focused on Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), DevOps, and cloud infrastructure, bringing together engineers, platform teams, and leaders to share real-world experience building, scaling, and operating reliable production systems. **🎤 [Speakers & Topics](https://sreday.com/2026-nyc-q1/)** **🎟 [Tickets](https://luma.com/sreday-nyc-2026-Q1?from=embed)** Get your ticket — 50% OFF with promo code: MEETUP50

**DevOps Not Dead: In-Person Event on DevOps, Platform & Cloud in NYC** Conference focused on modern DevOps, platform engineering, and cloud infrastructure. It brings together engineers, SREs, and platform teams to share practical experience in CI/CD, Kubernetes, automation, cloud architecture, reliability, and operating production systems at scale. **🎤 [Speakers & Topics](https://devopsnotdead.com/2026-nyc-q1/)** **🎟 [Tickets](https://luma.com/4ym0xkfw?from=embed)** Get your ticket — 50% OFF with promo code: MEETUP50

🥳 Free apps, drink specials, $3 Jello shots & tacos and a deep dive into the weirdest scams of 2026? Say no more. 🍻 We’re hosting a Happy Hour at Overlook, and you’re invited! 🤗 💬 It’s the perfect chance to step away from the screen, grab some snacks, and swap stories with tech folks. 10% lecture, 90% networking and good vibes. [#CyberSecurity](https://www.linkedin.com/search/results/all/?keywords=%23cybersecurity&origin=HASH_TAG_FROM_FEED) [#TechTalk](https://www.linkedin.com/search/results/all/?keywords=%23techtalk&origin=HASH_TAG_FROM_FEED) [#NetworkingEvent](https://www.linkedin.com/search/results/all/?keywords=%23networkingevent&origin=HASH_TAG_FROM_FEED) [#Pentesting](https://www.linkedin.com/search/results/all/?keywords=%23pentesting&origin=HASH_TAG_FROM_FEED) [#TechCommunity](https://www.linkedin.com/search/results/all/?keywords=%23techcommunity&origin=HASH_TAG_FROM_FEED) [#HappyHour](https://www.linkedin.com/search/results/all/?keywords=%23happyhour&origin=HASH_TAG_FROM_FEED)

**Important:** register on the [event website](https://www.aicamp.ai/event/eventdetails/W2026022609) is **REQUIRED** for admission (RSVP on meetup is turn off) **Description:** Join Teradata and AWS for an immersive, hands on workshop learning how to build and deploy agentic AI workflows for an end-to-end customer feedback solution powered by agentic AI and MCP. Financial Services organizations face a significant challenge in enhancing customer experience. Financial products are highly complex and subject to intense regulation, making the resolution process manual and resource-intensive, with human support agents working around the clock. Agentic AI has the potential to exponentially scale human efforts, reducing time and resource expenditure. Through this interactive, instructors-led workshop, we'll be working together to build and deploy intelligent agents that improve customer complaint resolution by leveraging Teradata’s Enterprise MCP Server and Vector Store with AWS Bedrock AgentCore. **What you will learn:** * • Key Agentic AI components of Teradata: Enterprise MCP Server and Vector Store * • AWS Bedrock AgentCore to build Agentic workflows * • The upcoming AI products and frameworks * • Build an effective Agentic workflow from start to finish in the hands-on labs **Who Should Attend:** This hands-on workshop is designed for Developer, Data Scientist, System Architect, IT Manager, and Technical Decision Maker. **Agenda:** * 12:00pm\~1:00pm: Welcome Reception (Lunch Provided) * 1:00pm\~1:30pm: TD Intro & Workshop Kickoff * 1:30pm\~2:00pm: Tech talk: AWS Partnership, Better Together & Technology * 2:00pm\~2:15pm: break * 2:15pm\~3:45pm: Hands-on code labs * 3:45pm\~4:00pm: Close - Workshop Summary and Call to Action * 4:00pm\~5:30pm: Happy Hour and networking

We are back with another in person event - [Brains, Bytes & Bragging Rights](https://events.databricks.com/FY27Q1-SD-DNB-Trivia/registration) 🧠🍕 Join us for a fun evening of trivia, networking, and great conversation with fellow data & technology professionals! Databricks and Sigma Computing are hosting a casual in-person event designed to bring curious minds together for friendly competition and meaningful connections. Put your knowledge to the test across a range of trivia categories, enjoy complimentary food and drinks, and connect with peers while learning more about the latest innovations in data and AI. Whether you come for the trivia, the networking, or just the pizza - there’s something for everyone (and yes, there are prizes!). 📍 Sigma Computing — 124 E 14th St, New York, NY 📅 Thursday, February 26 🕕 6:00–8:00 PM ET \*Be sure to register with your email using the link below before you arrive - that registration will be your ticket inside! https://events.databricks.com/FY27Q1-SD-DNB-Trivia/registration

**We are looking for hosts and speakers.** Please fill out [this form](https://bit.ly/iOSoho-Meetup-Talk-Submission) if you would like to host or speak at future events. • Special thanks to **[Radar](https://radar.com/)** for hosting us this month. Food and drink will be provided! There will be a **raffle for Radar AirPods** for in-person attendees! Welcome to yet another great evening of learning and networking! This event will be held **both in person and online**, and for the first time (as far as we can recall) on a Thursday! **Agenda:** • 6:00 PM - Doors Open (in-person attendees). **Don't forget your ID!** • 6:30 PM - Welcome (in-person and Zoom attendees) • 6:35 PM - **First Talk: The Bar is on Which Floor? Improving Altitude and Floor Detection** • 7:05 PM - Community Announcements • 7:15 PM - **Second Talk: Beyond the Sandbox: Secure iOS Development in an Era of New Security Standards** • 7:45 PM - Networking • 8:30 PM - Doors close. Regroup at a bar nearby ([Old Town Bar](https://maps.app.goo.gl/2kigoa6ZMbgC1scG8)) **First Talk Description:** • The Bar is on Which Floor? Improving Altitude and Floor Detection Liam Meier, Director of Engineering at Radar iOS can estimate a device's altitude. In real world conditions, this estimate is far less accurate and reliable than horizontal (lat/lng) positioning, which makes the question "which floor is someone on?" hard to answer. Leveraging little known sensors in mobile phones and clever correction techniques enabled by at-scale deployments, we're able to determine mobile device altitude and floor level with markedly higher accuracy than what's available today. Liam Meier is Director of Engineering at Radar, where he leads the team behind Radar’s leading geolocation platform and mobile SDKs, deployed on over 300 million devices. Previously, he founded and built products at early-stage startups. In a past life, he studied galaxy formation under the influence of dark matter — helpful training for making sense of noisy sensor data. **Second Talk Description:** • Beyond the Sandbox: Secure iOS Development in an Era of New Security Standards Mike Sanderson Even as mobile apps have come to handle sensitive medical, financial, and personal information, the practices of secure mobile app development has remained a patchwork of received wisdom and platform constraints, with developers who want to practice secure development are often unclear on how to do so or what that even means. In the past few years, leaders in security standards have increasingly seen the need to for digital security incorporate secure coding earlier into the software development process, known as "shift left," and included references to systematic cybersecurity standards. This talk will look at how secure mobile app development fits into the larger security picture, including the security of the iOS platform and the MacOS platform apps are developed on. The talk will look at sources for guidance for secure iOS software development, in particular the OWASP flagship Mobile App Security project and other OWASP efforts. The idea will be to start to equip iOS developers not only to make good decisions but to systematically identify best practices and understand how they fit into the larger security picture. Mike Sanderson is a writer and computer programmer who has worked on iOS apps full-time since 2013, including working with a launch partner of Apple Wallet in iOS 9, working on a secure message app at scale, and independently finding and reporting an authentication-bypass bug on a medical iOS app, which was confirmed. Recently, Mike has provided comments on several National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) draft papers related to cybersecurity. **Location:** 111 5th Avenue Floor 12 New York, NY 10003 Please enter through the main lobby on 5th avenue, next to H&M. Then head to the 12th floor. **What you need to bring:** ID **When to arrive:** Doors open at 6:00pm ET Event will start around 6:30pm ET **Zoom link:** You can join virtually here (link will be provided the day of the event). Note we will start the Meetup around 6:30pm ET **Will food and drinks be provided?** Yes! Thank you [Radar](https://radar.com/)! **Call for speakers and hosts:** Please fill out [this form](https://bit.ly/iOSoho-Meetup-Talk-Submission) if you would like to host or speak at future events. **Code of Conduct:** The iOSoho Meetup is dedicated to providing a safe Meetup experience for everyone, regardless of gender, identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, ability, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, or religion (or lack thereof). iOSoho Meetup does not tolerate harassment of Meetup participants at any time or in any form. Our Code of Conduct outlines our expectations for all participants. All communication throughout the Meetup should be appropriate for a professional audience including people of many different backgrounds. Sexual language and imagery is not appropriate for any part of the event, including talks, or at the Meetup venue. Please be kind to others. Do not insult or put down other attendees. Behave professionally and respect the policies of our generous hosting offices. Remember that harassment and sexist, racist, or exclusionary jokes are not appropriate for the Meetup. Attendees violating these guidelines will be asked to leave the Meetup group and Meetup events at the organizers' sole discretion. If you need to report something happening at or about the iOSoho Meetup, please contact the [organizers](https://www.meetup.com/iosoho/members/?op=leaders). Thank you for helping make the iOSoho Meetup a welcoming, friendly event for all!