SMAQ (Storage, MapReduce and Query) is an emerging architecture pattern pioneered by organisations such as Google, Powerset, Yahoo, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and others to handle massive quantities of globally distributed data effectively and scaleably. We're a group of systems engineers and data scientists who are solving the challenges of building the highly scalable software systems that enable "big data" and the next generation of business intelligence. We've had speakers from IBM, Google, …

“Intrapreneur” is an employee of a large company or a Government agency who is running or promoting a “startup within an enterprise” – a highly innovative project that promises great returns or great savings. An intrapreneur can focus their energy on a new product, or on using new tools and processes to support and improve existing products. In all cases intrapreneurs have to rely on their vision, on “validated learning” through the project and on gradually building the support rather than on ca …

This group is an inclusive, volunteer-driven, non-profit, vendor-neutral, unbiased and sales-pitch free community of those interesting in the IBM Information Server toolset.  We sustain the group through community interest and participation. If you profile, map, extract, transform, load, slice, secure, archive, or govern data with IBM's Information Server tools (or run a team who does), this is the official meetup group in Sydney. We're enthusiasts for Information Server, the people who use it, …

What is Data Vault, and why should we be interested in it?? Data Vault is a new generation Data Warehouse Database Modeling Method (akin to Inmon and Kimball modeling methods) that is designed to provide historical storage of data coming in from multiple operational systems, for building large scale, industry strength, rapidly evolving DW / BI systems. Designed by Dan Linstedt, Data Vault's Hub and Satellite Architecture specifically caters for todays complex Data Management needs, focussing on …

This is a group open to all the Architects and Interior Designers from the sub-continent countries such as India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh. You may have already migrated to Australia, or planning to migrate or studying in Aus with plans to settle here or just here for sometime as tourist or born in Australia to Indian parents. This group aims to bring together all such professionals to discuss issues, problems, challenges, opportunities and experiences that each one may have had …

All kinds of Khronos technology-related events are hosted, from casual meetups and socials to hack fests, fundraisers, guest lectures, community service and educational events. Events in Sydney and Australia wide. Khronos APIs: OpenCL OpenGL OpenGL ES WebGL WebCL COLLADA OpenVG OpenSL ES OpenMAX AL OpenMAX IL EGL StreamInput OpenVX OpenWF OpenKODE OpenML http://www.khronos.org/chapters/locations/sydney-australia

If you are a Sydney based IT Professional with an interest in IT Enterprise Integration then this is the group for you! Hosted each month at a Sydney CBD address - we will cover the following topics (and more!): SOA, EAI, BPM, Continuous Integration, TIBCO, Oracle Fusion, IBM WebSphere, MuleSoft, Middleware, Messaging Services, MOM, JMS, Enterprise architecture framework, Business semantics management, Data integration, Enterprise information integration, Enterprise integration, Enterprise Integ …

This is a group for those interested in sparking fruitful discussion and picking each other's brains for creative approaches to edible landscape design and gardening projects. We invite you to bring along your ideas, plans, or images, with the collaborative challenge to develop a design for a productive space which is aesthetically pleasing and environmentally responsible. This informal gathering also presents an opportunity for broader resource-sharing and professional networking in a quaint in …