Tech Events this Week: CloudStack, Agile, Wildfly (JBoss), Ruby, Chef and more

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(Paid) Pune Google Developers Group: Workshop in Product Development in Tech Business

  • Date: 26-27 Feb
  • Location: VIT Pune

We are arranging a two day workshop for – “How to build successful apps and turning that into business viable tech startup companies.”. This workshop will be held by Vishwakarma Institute of Technology ,Pune along with Pune GDG.

If you are a student and enthusiast to build apps, this workshop is very use full to you.

Why and what will you learn?

There is a Global Process of product development in technology. That is followed in biggest tech product companies like Google as well as tech startups. So this process ensures Products (Apps) that are built never fail. So every app that gets built following this process has a huge business viability. It avoids developers end up wasting time and resources on something that customer is never going to use.

What will you get?

A certificate for attending the workshop. A Google-developer t-shirt (Design will be out soon.)

Fees

700rs per person. Contact +Shreyash 8793361469 shreyash.ssn@gmail.com +Jayesh 9271200217 jayesh_vb@yahoo.co.in to register.

About Pune-GDG

Pune GDG is the place for developers to discuss google technologies. Pune Google Developer Group meets on the once every month. Our members are using or want to learn more about developing applications using Google technology, including: – Google Ajax APIs – maps, search, visualization, gadgets (JavaScript), Android – mobile development (Java) – Google App Engine – scalable cloud computing (Python and Java) – Google Web Toolkit – web development platform (Java) – Project Hosting.

Fees and Registration

This event is free and open for anybody to attend. Please register here: http://www.meetup.com/Pune-GDG/events/167280532/

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NASSCOM Event: Building Future Leaders (for Senior Leadership in IT/ITES Industry)

  • Date: Thu, 27 Feb 1:30pm – 6:00pm
  • Location: EON IT Park, Cluster B Auditorium, Kharadi, Pune

NASSCOM presents a Four part “Leadership Development Series”, focused and tailored exclusively for Senior leadership from the IT / ITES Industry. This event’s topic is: ” Multi-generation / GenY Workforce Management” and “Creating Next Generation Technical Leaders”

Details

Over the years, NASSCOM GICs have played a stellar role in making India the global leader in the IT-BPO outsourcing landscape. GICs have played a key role in creating brand India as a global sourcing destination, and establishing proof of concept. The WR GIC Forum was established 2 1/2 years back to provide a platform to foster best practice sharing and create opportunities for GIC leaders to collaborate on areas in need of collective action and in the long term raise the overall competitiveness of India as a location for this industry.

In a survey launched earlier this year most firms in the GIC forum, identified their future leaders readiness to respond to the rapidly changing IT-ITES operating environment as a key development priority. To address the above need a group comprising of Senior Leaders from various GIC organizations created a leadership development initiative based on inputs from CEO’s and other global leaders. The leadership development initiative “BUILDING FUTURE LEADERS” will provide exposure and learning opportunities to Senior leadership talent within GIC’s specifically those on the anvil of assuming Business Leadership roles. As a part of the above initiative, the GIC forum is pleased to launch a Four part “Leadership Development Series”, focused and tailored exclusively for Senior leadership from the IT / ITES Industry.

The broad agenda for the meeting is as below:

  • 1:30 – 2.00 – Registration and Networking
  • 2.00 – 2.05 – Introduction and Context setting
  • 2.05 – 2.30 – Key note address on “Multi-generation / GenY Workforce Management” by Dr Ganesh Natarajan , Vice Chairman and CEO Zensar Technologies and Past Chairman NASSCOM.
  • 2.30 – 4.00 – Panel Discussion on “Multi-generation / GenY Workforce Management, with:
    • Dr Ganesh Natarajan , Global CEO of Zensar Technologies and Past Chairman NASSCOM
    • Anshoo Gaur – President and Head, Amdocs India
    • Mohit Gundecha, CEO & Co-founder ,JOMBAY
    • Prakash Iyer, MD, Kimberley- Clark Lever Pvt Ltd
  • 4.00 – 5.30 – Panel Discussion on “Creating Next Generation Technical Leaders” with:
    • Nitin Deshpande, President AllScripts India
    • Narayanan Ramaswamy , Executive Director ,Otis
    • Kesavan Srinivasan, Senior Director and CTO, SEARS India
    • Priya Damle, HR Head, Otis
  • 5.30 to 6.00 – Networking Tea / Coffee

Who Should Attend?

  • CEO’s / COO’s / CIO’s
  • Senior Leaders / VP’s / HR Heads
  • Dress Code – Formals

Fees and Registration

This event is free and open for anybody to attend. Please register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/18jDB8-8Kpw0j_LEIfKVUgZNaUM27LBir3vS5IkFbV7A/viewform

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(Paid) Advanced Excel 2010

  • Date: Fri, 28 Feb 9:00am – 5:00pm
  • Location: Will be SMSed to paid participants

Course costs Rs. 2500. See http://gacademy.in for more details, including course contents and profile of the trainer.

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Visit GMRT (Giant Meterwave Radio Telescope) on Science Day at Junnar

  • Date: Fri, 28 Feb 9:00am – 5:00pm
  • Location: Khodad, Junnar, Pune

http://gmrt.ncra.tifr.res.in/~sciday/sciday/scienceday.htm

February 28th is celebrated as National Science Day all over the country, commemorating the discovery of the Raman Effect by C.V. Raman, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930.

Each year, Science Day is celebrated at the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT) observatory at Khodad. The GMRT, which is the world’s most powerful telescope operating at low radio frequencies, was built and is being operated by the National Centre for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA) of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR). ‘

The “Doo Things Meetup Group” is planning to go there as a group on 28th Feb.

About Doo Things Meetup Group

Let’s get together for doo-ing lots of activities related to Computers, Arts, History, Education, Open Hardware, Software, Robotics.

Fees and Registration

This event is free and open for anybody to attend. Please register here: http://www.meetup.com/Doo-Things/events/166312532/

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Pune CloudStack Meetup: CloudStack Architecture; Marvin Test Suite

  • Date: Fri, 28 Feb 4:30pm – 6:30pm
  • Location: 7th floor, SICSR, (Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies and Research, near Om Market, Model Colony)

This event is the meet-up for Apache CloudStack enthusiasts, developers, users and whoever is interested in IaaS, Virtualization and Apache CloudStack.

Agenda:

  • 4:30pm – 4:45 pm : Introductions, Setting the agenda
  • 4:45pm – 5:30 pm : CloudStack Architecture Deep Dive-Part 1: Mani
  • 5:30pm – 6:15 pm : CloudStack Marvin Test Suite-Umesh
  • 6.15pm – 6.30 pm: Networking, Tea and Snacks

About Pune Cloudstack Meetup

This group is for CloudStack enthusiasts – Developers, IT Admins, Open Source Contributors to learn and share knowledge about this popular Cloud platform. This group is interested in Open Source, Cloud Computing, IaaS, Virtualization, Building private cloud with CloudStack, Customizing CloudStack

### Fees and Registration

This event is free and open for anybody to attend. Please register here: http://www.meetup.com/CloudStack-Pune-Meetup/events/166114302/

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(Paid) Weekend Ventures Pune: 54 hours startup launch event

  • Date: 28 Feb to 2 Mar
  • Location: Thoughtworks Pune, Panchashil Tech Park, Yerwada

Weekend Ventures and NASSCOMs 10000 Startups initiative present a weekend idea-to-prototype event.

Weekend Ventures is a platform for developers, designers & aspiring entrepreneurs to come together, share ideas, form teams, build prototypes & launch startups over a weekend in 54hrs!

It provides the networking, mentoring, resources, and incentives for individuals and teams to go from idea to launch.

Every attendee is interested in working with a like-minded, motivated and skilled team to develop a product or business over a weekend. If this sounds like you, this is the event for you!

Pitch Idea

Whether you are looking for feedback on an idea, mentorship from experts, a co-founder, specific skill sets, or a team to help you execute, Weekend Ventures is the perfect environment in which to pitch your idea and give it a kick-start to launch your startup.

Form Team

Meet motivated, like-minded, aspiring entrepreneurs, developers & designers during the event. Pitch idea to them, get major votes & form a kickass team to build startup! Learn from mentors, investors & industry experts during mentorship round for your team. Walk away with new friends.

  • See more at: http://pune.weekendventures.org/

Fees and Registration

This event costs Rs. 2000. Please register here: http://pune.weekendventures.org/register

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(Paid) @CSIPune Workshop: Agile Skills

  • Date: Sat, 1 Mar 9:00am – 6:00pm
  • Location: Persistent Systems, Phase 1, Hinjewadi

Agile is widely becoming popular amongst professionals unlike any other software methodology industry has known. The demand of competent professionals is also growing exponentially as organizations are trying to make end customer successful! The purpose of this workshop is to provide agile practitioners a hands-on-experience on some of the key agile-scrum practices. The workshop is designed and conducted by agile experts who have successfully established agile capabilities for their organizations. CSI and SPIN invite agile developers, testers, scrum masters, leads, and project managers to get the benefit of this specially designed event. This workshop will help them build right skill which will ultimately help address challenges in real life. Prior awareness of agile-scrum fundamentals is essential as workshop will assume basic awareness.

Target Participants & Pre-Requisites

All Scrum practitioners including Developers, Testers, Team Leads, Project Managers and Business Analysts

Fees

  • Rs. 500/- for CSI members, students, and academics
  • Rs. 800/- for others

Registration Fees:

  • Mode of Payment: Direct deposit in SBI at your nearest branch by Cash/cheque /DD in favor of “Computer Society of India, Pune Chapter” Payable at Pune or through Net banking/(NEFT/RTGS).
    • Bank Account details for deposit of Fees.
    • Name of the Account: COMPUTER SOCIETY OF INDIA, PUNE CHAPTER
    • Name of the Bank: State Bank of India: Address of the Bank: Erandawane, Karve Road Branch, Pune 411004 India.
    • Type of Bank Account: Savings Account. : Bank Account No.: 11138216071
    • NEFT / RTGS / IFSC Code: SBIN0004618 :SWIFT CODE: SBININBB218 MICR Code: 411002010

Registration Process (For Individuals):

  • Pay the Fees in SBI by any one of the modes given.
  • After completing the payment, please send email to events.csipune@gmail.com giving your name, email, cell number and the payment details like the cheque No. /Confirmation (UTR) number of the transaction for the payment.
  • On verifying the payment from our Bank, we will confirm the participation

Registration Process (For Corporates):

  • Please send us an email to events.csipune@gmail.com with the following details: Name of the delegate, Phone number, Email. You can send the cheque for delegates at the workshop venue.

Contact

For any additional info – Email: info.csipune@gmail.com, Phone: +919423007948

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What’s new in WildFly (formerly JBoss Application Server)

  • Date: Sat, 1 Mar 10:00am – 12:00pm
  • Location: 7th floor, SICSR, (Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies and Research, near Om Market, Model Colony)

WildFly 8 (nee JBoss Application Server) is Red Hat’s open source Java EE 7 compliant application server. It contains robust implementations of WebSocket, Batch, JSON, Concurrency, JMS2, JAX-RS 2, CDI 1.1, and all Java EE 7 technologies. Undertow is the new cutting-edge web server in WildFly 8 and is designed for maximum throughput and scalability, including environments with over a million connections. The number of ports is reduced used by multiplexing protocols over HTTP using HTTP Upgrade. Role Based Access Control support organizations with separated management responsibilities and restrictions. Roles represent different sets of permissions such as runtime operation execution, configuration areas that can read or written, and the ability to audit changes and manage users. In addition a new restricted audit log can be enabled including the ability to offload to a secure syslog server. WildFly also provides a “core” distribution that is ideal for framework authors that want to build their own application runtime using the powerful WildFly 8 architecture. NetBeans, IntelliJ, and Eclipse allow WildFly to be used for development, deployment, and debugging.

This session will provide an overview of all these features using several live demos. Format: 30 mins overview of WildFly 8 + 30 mins deep dive on some specific topic(s)

Speaker: Arun Gupta is Director of Developer Advocacy at Red Hat and focuses on JBoss Middleware. As a founding member of the Java EE team at Sun Microsystems, he spread the love for technology all around the world. At Oracle, he led a cross-functional team to drive the global launch of the Java EE 7 platform through strategy, planning, and execution of content, marketing campaigns, and program.

About Pune Java Meetup Group

This is a group of Java enthusiasts in Pune who meet regularly. The events are free and anyone can attend. See http://www.meetup.com/PuneJUG/ for more.

Fees and Registration

This event is free and open for anybody to attend. Please register here: http://www.meetup.com/PuneJUG/events/162596062/

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Pune Ruby Users Group Meetup: SOLID principles in Ruby

  • Date: Sat, 1 Mar 10:30am – 12:30pm
  • Location: Revealing Hour Creations, 402A Town Square, Above Dorabjees, Viman Nagar

Talks

  1. SOLID Design Principles in Ruby – Anil Wadghule (@anildigital)
  2. Open slot
  3. Coding session

About Pune Ruby Users Group

Pune Ruby Users Group is a Meetup Group for all developers interested in Ruby (not necessarily Rails). For more information see the meetup page: http://www.meetup.com/PuneRailsMeetup/

Fees and Registration

This event is free and open for anybody to attend. Please register here: http://www.meetup.com/PuneRailsMeetup/events/166683992/

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TechNext Event: Using Chef

  • Date: Sat, 1 Mar 4:00pm – 6:00pm
  • Location: Synerzip Softech Recreational Area, 3rd Floor, Revolution Mall, Above Big Bazaar, Kothrud

Topics to be discussed

  • Chef Introduction
    • What is chef?
    • When to use & Why?
  • Chef Architecture
    • Chef Client – Chef Server (open source)
    • Chef Client – Chef Server (enterprise)
    • Chef solo
  • Chef anatomy
    • receipe
    • cookbook
    • run-list
    • role
    • environments
    • attributes
    • databags
    • node
    • worstation
    • knife
  • Example using Chef client/Server
  • Using Vagrant
  • Q & A

About Tech Next

Tech Next is a group which meets twice in a month in Pune, once for expert speakers and once for unconference at Synerzip’s recreation area. This group discuss topics pertaining to IT world from Developer centric technologies, QA centric practices and technology and Agile practitioners experiences.

Fees and Registration

This event is free and open for anybody to attend. Please register here: http://www.meetup.com/TechNext/events/151656962/

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Pune Open Coffee Club Meet: How to Benefit from Improving the Business Communication

  • Date: Sat, 1 Mar 4:00pm – 7:00pm
  • Location: 7th floor, SICSR, (Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies and Research, near Om Market, Model Colony)

Communication is omnipresent in every business – be it small or large. Naturally, an improvement in communication has a positive impact on the business. A lot is said and done about the improving the Communication Skills. However, the area of improving Communication Systems or the Communication Process remains vastly ignored by most organizations. There are sustainable benefits, both tangible and intangible, that can be achieved by improving the business communication system. Some organizations have realized impressive numbers such as 100%+ improvement in operational efficiency and 50%+ improvement in sales. The topic of the talk will cover the “how” part.

This topic would be of interest to companies of all sizes — small and large — that make a good use of digital communication (chiefly email). For startups it helps to keep their communications in order from early days, and for larger businesses it opens up avenues to achieve better collaboration and save productive time. Kindly invite your friends from all such companies to this talk.

Speaker:

The speaker is Ashish Belagali, who is our very own POCC leader. Ashish is an IITan with around 20 years of experience. He runs a software organization. He got interested in the business communication systems area purely our of the needs of his own organization, and has developed a tool in this space. Over the last year, Ashish has researched this space and been interacting with professionals and international experts. The talk is mainly based on the findings of this exploration and interactions.

About Pune Open Coffee Club

With over 10000 members, the Pune Open Coffee Club is the largest forum for startups and entrepreneurs in Pune. It is an open forum, and anyone can join for free. See the PoCC website for more details.

Fees

This event is free and open to all. Please register here: http://punestartups.org/events/event/show?id=1988582%3AEvent%3A312884

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NASSCOM Product Conclave Pune #NPC2014

  • Date: Wed, 5 Mar 9:00am – 5:30pm
  • Location: Westin, Pune

NASSCOM Product Conclave is a day long conference focusing on Indian Software Product companies happening on 5th March. However, those interested should keep in mind that the early bird discount on registration ends on 21st Feb (tomorrow).

Here’s a description of the event from NASSCOM’s website:

It’s a great time to be a Product Entrepreneur in India with the buzz in domestic markets, increased interest in Indian start-ups by overseas investors and withmany fold improvement in infrastructure, India has become an attractive ground to breed start-ups. NASSCOM 10k Project is aimed at helping 10,000 start-ups to germinate & grow in India

NASSCOM Product Conclave 2013 at Bangalore, in October last year was a great success and a true show of strength by the Indian software products industry. The event spread over three days saw high voltage, adrenalin pumping, action filled activities involving more than 1400 software development practitioners interacting, learning and sharing. NPC2013 had 180+ speakers, many of them stars/super achievers in their own field including Nandan Nilekani, Rahul Sood, Rajan Anandanwho shared their experiences with an eager audience. It was a carnival of fresh thinking, innovation and match-making. After the huge success of NPC2013 and on the demand of the industry, NASSCOM is pleased to announce NPC West at Pune, a full day of excitement, knowledge share, networking and setting up agenda for the future of Indian product industry. NPC Pune is planned on March 05, 2014 and will be attended by star speakers from the Product Industry, VCs,Practicing Entrepreneurs, Consultants.

The focus of NPC Pune is to set a stage for Indian start-ups and emerging companies to access knowledge & support available in the ecosystem on building their markets, create performing teams and secure funding. People’ s Choice Awards showcasing Top 10 Products in the NASSCOM Emerge category will also be announced during NPC Pune. You can take advantage of workshops on Digital Marketing, B2B Sales planning and Product Design. NPC Pune will see a turnout of around 400 delegates and aline up of software Product industry, VC industry& Entrepreneur Speakers. We will also bring you the softer touch with an interesting speaker from outside the industry.This NASSCOM Product Conclave is being held in Pune, a strategic hub of Indian Product Start-ups. We wish to encourage all companies located in the region to participate and take advantage of interacting with some of the super achievers in the Indian Products arena.

Check out the NPC 2014 website for details on the speakers, agenda, venue.

Fees and Registration

This is a paid event, and the early bird fees are Rs 1500 for members, 2000 for non-members, and the full fees are Rs. 2000 and 2500 respectively. A special startup fee of Rs. 1000 only applies to companies with annual revenues of less than 1 crore, and which have existed for less than 3 years pay only Rs. 1000.

Please register here: http://www.nasscom.in/npc-pune/registration

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