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We’re delighted to have you join the Elastic global community!
This group is for anyone interested in making data usable in real-time and at scale for use cases like security, observability, enterprise search, and many more, using our Elasticsearch, Kibana, Logstash, and Beats products (https://www.elastic.co/products/).
Speak at a meetup:
The Community wants to hear from you! Present about your Elastic Stack stories, be it a 5-15 minute lightning talk or a detailed 25-45 minute technical presentation with Q&A. Our Speaker Guide is full of tips on giving a stellar presentation. If you’re interested, visit the elastic/call-for-meetups repo or send us an email at meetups@elastic.co.
Elastic Community Youtube Channel
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Local community organizers wanted!
We’re always on the lookout for committed local organizers who will help the group thrive. If this sounds interesting to you, the Community Team at Elastic is here to support you! Email us at meetups@elastic.co.
We know that people enjoy giving back to the communities they care about, so we’ve created an Organizer guide to help you get started on your path to leading an Elastic user group.
Learn more about Elastic
Elastic Contributor Program: https://www.elastic.co/community/contributor
Elastic Community: https://www.elastic.co/community
Community Newsletter: https://www.elastic.co/community/newsletter
Discussion Forums: https://discuss.elastic.co/
Elastic Cloud Free Trial: https://www.elastic.co/cloud/elasticsearch-service/signup
Code of Conduct
This Meetup community adheres to the Elastic Community Code of Conduct. Attendance to events run as part of this Meetup group means you agree to be an awesome human and engage by these rules.
Sponsors
Upcoming events
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Elastic & Red Hat joint meetup
4100 Fairfax Dr ste 500, Arlington, VA, USWe’re thrilled to unite the Elastic and Red Hat communities for an evening of learning and connection.
Expect great presentations and insightful discussions. This event is tailored for tech enthusiasts, professionals, and anyone eager to learn more about Elastic.
Date and Time:
Thursday, October 30th, from 5:30-7:30 pm EDTLocation:
Elastic Arlington Office - 4100 Fairfax Drive, Ste 500, Arlington, VA 22203Agenda:
- 5:30 pm: Doors open; say hi, grab a seat, and eat some food.
- 5:45 pm: The AI Journey with OpenShift AI + Lightspeed, by Syeda Habib, Solution Architect at Red Hat
- 6:20 pm: Q&A with Syeda
- 6:30 pm: The Power of Search Augmented with AI via Elastic, by Eric Forte, Senior Security Research Engineer at Elastic
- 7:05 pm: Q&A with Eric
- 7:15-7:30 pm: Networking & refreshments
Talk Abstracts:
The AI Journey with OpenShift AI + Lightspeed, by Syeda Habib
In this session, we'll explore the AI journey and learn how Red Hat’s
OpenShift AI platform, combined with OpenShift Lightspeed, empowers developers and data scientists at every step.
What You’ll Learn:- The AI Journey: Understand the key phases and how to progress at each step.
- OpenShift AI: A secure, scalable platform to run AI workloads anywhere: on-prem, in the cloud, or at the edge.
- Lightspeed: Use natural language to generate Kubernetes configs and deploy AI apps. No YAML expertise needed.
- Interactive Walkthrough: See how Lightspeed streamlines AI app deployment in an interactive lab experience.
The Power of Search Augmented with AI via Elastic, by Eric Forte
Discover how you can leverage your data with Elastic’s developer-centric, Search AI Platform. Utilize Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) with the most widely deployed, open source vector database to provide your users with precisely what they need, precisely when they need it.
What You’ll Learn:- AI in Practice, in Your Application: Explore Elastic’s AI Playground where we use a chat-like interface to build queries, retrieve data, write code, and utilize RAG to show its work.
- Speed, Scale, Relevance: Learn how Elastic can help scale your application with access to our AI Ecosystem, featuring seamless integrations across our partners including RedHat.
- Elastic’s AI Assistant for Elastic Security: See how these features come together in our Agentic AI for Security from Attack Discovery to Threat Intelligence capabilities.
Parking:
- The building’s parking garage is operated by Colonial Parking and is located off N. Randolph Street
- Book a spot on SpotHero
- A Metro Station is located across the street
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Past events
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