Pablo, can you introduce yourself?

I am a 23-year old spanish entrepreneur, aerospace engineer and programmer. In the past I managed two start-ups for e-learning and helicopter drones. Today, I'm a passionate Ruby on Rails programmer working full-time for Teambox.

The DEMO conference announced today that they will award an advertising package valued at one million dollars to the top enterprise and consumer technologies presenting at DEMOfall this coming September. The media package will consist of a six-month advertising campaign running from October 2009 through March 2010. 

Find out more at http://www.demo.com/press/pr070209.html.

Reminder: Deadline to apply for the launch or AlphaPitch programs at DEMOfall is July 30. Companies interested in participating in DEMOfall should visit http://www.demo.com to get application information. DEMOfall will take place September 21-23 in San Diego, CA. Register at http://www.demo.com/pitch/applypitch.html

 Linux systems administrator: gun for hire

I'm a contract Linux systems administrator with 9 years of experience
working with startup companies. My main areas of expertise are in
scalability, high availability and monitoring. Most recently I've been
working with Songkick.com to put in place a new architecture on which we
launched the new version of their site. Before that, I was with Trutap
where we built a scalable platform for mobile social networking.

I'm looking for new challenges with interesting companies. I tend to add
the most value to companies who have an established website built, and
who are expecting a period of growth - taking an existing site, and
building a systems architecture which is fault-tolerant and scalable; as
well as ensuring development staff have access to a development and
staging environment that closely resembles production.

      * Can one of your servers go down without any interruption to
        service?
      * Can you handle 10x your current load on your existing platform?
      * Do you know how you'd grow your infrastructure to cope with 100x
        your current load?
      * If something goes wrong on your platform, do you know about it
        before your users do?

If your answers to the above are either "no" or "I don't know", then
drop me a line - it's likely that I can help.. - jon@topper.me.uk

 Project Manager for Hire

Profile:                             

PMP and Agile Scrum Master certified Project Manger with experience in technical delivery and business integration, with over 10 years experience working in the consumer digital / Internet / Telco / digital media and financial sector. Proven ability to manage and deliver multiple projects within deadlines and to budget from £1.5 Million at Diageo, up to 2million at Sony). Experience managing geographically dispersed teams in a multi-cultural environment.



Key Skills:                       

Project management on time to budget, account management, digital innovation (second life, collaboration platform), Social Media (making social media work in large corporate), Business Analysis (user stories creation)

cuan.mulligan@konolabs.com

Have you heard of Project Kenai? 

This is the onramp for Sun's "developer cloud" efforts, which allows you to host your open source projects and code - as well as find and collaborate with developers of like mind and passion.

Anyone can join by going to http://kenai.com.  And if parties are ready to start hosting a project, they simply need to send an invitation request with a description of their project to: kenai-admin@sun.com.  Sun Developer Network members can use their SDN credentials to sign in.

We currently offer an integrated suite of productivity services to host open source projects/code or connect with peers of like mind; features include:

• Source Code Management (Subversion, Mercurial, and Git)
• Issue Tracking (Jira and Bugzilla)
• Wiki
• Forums
• Mailing Lists
• Download facility for documents
• Evolving integration with NetBeans

Here's some useful resources to learn more or stay connected:

• Nuts & Bolts of Kenai.com http://kenai.com/projects/help/pages/KenaiOverview
• NetBeans Connectivity; http://wiki.netbeans.org/NewAndNoteworthyMilestone3NB67#section-NewAndNoteworthyMilestone3NB67-ConnectedDeveloperIntegrationWithKenai.com
  
• Screencasts:
  
• "Welcome to Project Kenai:" https://slx.sun.com/1179272514
• "Edit your Project Kenai Profile:" https://slx.sun.com/1179272664
• "Manage your Kenai Project:" https://slx.sun.com/1179273752
• Blog: http://blogs.sun.com/projectkenai
• Twitter: http://twitter.com/projectkenai
• Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=38870547853&ref=ts

Stay tuned for some exciting things coming at JavaOne!

 

Improving Storage Performance Webinar

Join us for a Webinar on May 13 Space is limited. Reserve your Webinar seat now at: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/607873059 Are you a startup seeking extreme performance on the tightest budget?  Does your business require large amounts of storage? Are your trying to provide tiered services? Do you think the cloud is the least expensive -- or only -- storage solution?  We'd like to show you how Sun's newest 7000 line of open storage products can:  ● Provide the lowest cost per GB, and integrate with cloud storage  ● Double (or more) the number of MySQL TPS by integrating SSDs  ● Offer powerful web analytics tools at no additional cost  ● Help you deliver tiered web services  If you think we're overpromising, then you really don't want to miss this free webinar. Title:   Improving Storage Performance Webinar Date: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 Time: 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM IST After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar. System Requirements PC-based attendees Required: Windows® 2000, XP Home, XP Pro, 2003 Server, Vista Macintosh®-based attendees Required: Mac OS® X 10.4 (Tiger®) or newer

If storage performance is keeping you up at night, you don't want to miss this 30-minute presentation featuring Angelo Rajadurai, our Senior Technology Evangelist and rock star.

Angelo's webinar talks about how the new Sun high-performance storage uses a combination of flash drives and conventional hard disk drives to improve LAMP stack performance by 2x, or more. There is a demo of storage analytics application that enables admins to see graphically, and in fine detail what process, application, or user is loading the storage system. Finally, there is a discussion of how the new storage products can provide a tiered solution for cloud-based storage, lowering costs and increasing performance.  Sun Startup Essentials members are eligible for significant discounts on Sun storage solutions.

Watch the webinar.

A little while ago, Scott McNealy gave a fun keynote at the Plug & Play Tech Center in Sunnyvale. He's always entertaining and unorthodox when he gives tips to startup companies in the audience.  Here's a summary:

Tip #1: Come up with a counter-intuitive idea, otherwise, chances are someone else is already running with it (and not being that successful).

Tip #2: Break the rules of business without being unethical as it will help you attract the brightest talent.

Tip #3: Don't be greedy when looking for funding as limited funding will force you to be creative and efficient.

Tip #4: Embrace a cause to motivate your employees as humans are not just coin-operated.

Tip #5: Marry the right person possibly after you launch your startup.

Enjoy the video.  

Heute ist es wieder soweit: DevDusk in Frankfurt! Jede Menge interessante Themen für Entwickler.Schauen Sie mal rein.

Anbei finden Sie meinen Vorträgen

• Java Performance Primer
• Open Source Produkte von Sun Microsystems

Die gezeigten Flashvideos finden in meinem Blog "Java Performance Primer".

Bis heute Abend

Ihr Stefan Schneider

A l'occasion de la venue de Simon Phipps, Chief Open Source de Sun, nous organisons une soirée de débats et de networking le 14 janvier prochain dans nos locaux parisiens. Ce sera l'occasion de faire un point sur les dernières tendances en matière de technologies et de business models et de rassembler pour la première fois les communautés françaises Java, MySQL et Solaris/Open Solaris. Un bonne opportunité de découvrir les activités des clubs utilisateurs francophones autour de ces trois technologies.

Pour consulter l'agenda et vous inscrire, cliquez ici.

Bonjour Cécile, pouvez-vous vous présenter en quelques mots ?

Bonjour, je m’appelle Cécile Maindron, 28 ans. Diplômée d’une Sup de Co, je suis en charge des programmes marketing pour l’Europe au sein de Talend. 

Talend, c'est quoi ?

Talend est le premier éditeur de logiciels open source d'intégration de données : ETL (Extract, Transform and Load) pour le décisionnel, et l’intégration entre systèmes opérationnels.

Depuis son lancement en 2006, notre produit phare, Talend Open Studio, a été téléchargé par plus de          500 000 utilisateurs.  Par ailleurs, nous proposons aussi Talend Integration Suite pour l'intégration de données d'entreprise, et Talend On Demand, la première solution d'intégration de données en mode SaaS (Software as a Service).

Au-delà de l'intégration de données, Talend a aussi récemment lancé des solutions de gestion de la qualité des données – toujours en open source.  La qualité des données est en effet une préoccupation majeure des directions informatiques de nos jours, et doit être gérée de façon intégrée aux autres processus de data management.  Avec Talend Open Profiler et Talend Data Quality, Talend est le premier éditeur à fournir une solution open source de qualité des données.

Le modèle open source est clé non seulement pour Talend mais aussi pour nos clients.  Il permet d'optimiser les coûts de la solution, et de "libérer" les clients de la mainmise et des exigences des éditeurs propriétaires – des "must have" dans un contexte économique difficile, sur fond de fusions et acquisitions des acteurs du logiciel.

Où en êtes-vous de votre développement aujourd'hui ?

Nous sommes une start-up en pleine expansion avec une présence internationale (France, Allemagne, Benelux, Etats-Unis et Chine). Notre gamme de produits se renouvelle sans cesse avec des nouvelles versions fréquentes. Par ailleurs, nous avons récemment étendu notre offre à la qualité des données.

Pourquoi avoir adhéré au programme Sun Startup Essentials ?

Talend a fait le choix de Java depuis son origine, et nous avons de nombreuses installations tournant sur du matériel Sun. Nous travaillons également de façon très proche avec les bases de données promues par Sun : MySQL bien entendu, mais aussi Infobright pour des besoins de data warehouse de grosse volumétrie.

C'est quoi les prochaines étapes pour vous ?

Nous poursuivons la progression de Talend dans tous les territoires (EMEA, Amériques et Asie Pacifique), et couvrons de nouveaux territoires géographiques. Par ailleurs, nous renforçons notre progression sur le front des winbacks contre les éditeurs propriétaires et nous recrutons agressivement des partenaires (Systèmes Intégrateurs et OEM).  Et bien sur, nous continuons en permanence à innover sur le front des produits et de la technologie.

Merci Cécile !

Si vous voulez en savoir davantage, vous pouvez envoyer un email à cmaindron@talend.com

Vielen Dank an all Teilnehmer des zweiten Müncher Bar Camps. Es waren zwei sehr interessante Tage. Anbei wie versprochen meine Präsentationen und Links:

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As a prelude to a post that I currently have in draft, I just read this article on The Register:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09/23/opensolaris_meet_solaris/

It is nice to read an intelligent insight rather some of the 'tabloid' writing that we so often see these days, although I'm not so sure I agree about Java not making any money for Sun (think mobile or service revenue) or other pedantic points but anyhoo....

So really a little ditty, not a rant, but for my US friends who want to come over for a lovely English summer, with Strawberries and cream...

DON'T....

At the moment, I think Im going to commission a boat, as it just won't stop raining and I don't mean that drizzly horrible rain that you do get wet, but that throwing it down badly all day long.....

So bring your rain macs, brollies and all things weather proof before leaving home.

So, on Oct 3-5th, come and see me at the Future of Web Apps event in London, Im managing and being the host for the Sun booth there, at which Ill be talking about Sun, our programmes and how we can help developers in various ways, and from all backgrounds as well.

 

Ill fill more detail in, as the plans take shape, but this is an exciting venue to meet up with over 3000 web developers, to talk to them about all that Sun has to offer, and make them aware of us...I can see me losing my voice, over the days hahahaha.