Join us in Portland, OR, June 15–17, 2011, for the 2011 USENIX Annual Technical Conference. USENIX ATC '11 will again bring together leading systems researchers for cutting-edge systems research and unlimited opportunities to gain insight into a variety of must-know topics, including virtualization, system administration, cloud computing, security, and networking.

Presented by Dylan McNamee.

This talk is an introduction to the MILS (Multiple Independent Layers of Security) architecture, motivated by the challenge of enforcing various kinds of security policies. I'll describe the goals of policy enforcement, traditional means of implementing security enforcement mechanisms, and the emerging MILS architecture for enforcing policies with high assurance.

Join us for an exclusive technology briefing on Oracle’s unique vision for simplifying IT. See how Oracle's engineered systems and storage bring this unique vision to life today. Hear first-hand how Oracle’s ongoing investment in innovation across the technology stack is creating new opportunities for your business. You’ll learn about the latest Oracle announcements:

New Engineered Systems to keep Exadata & Exalogic company

SPARC SuperCluster -- consolidate your Oracle and/or third party software on Oracle's first general purpose engineered system built on a new generation of high-performance Oracle SPARC servers. Oracle Database Appliance -- highly available Oracle database that is simple to deploy and manage from the factory with integrated hardware and software. Oracle Exalytics -- an appliance for better decision making that leverages Oracle's Business Intelligence software in an optimized, ready to deploy, integration of hardware and software. Oracle Big Data -- extract business information from substantial amounts of unstructured data using an integrated hardware and software appliance, including Oracle NoSQL database and Oracle Hadoop software. Oracle Solaris 11 -- enhanced availability, complete, built-in virtualization, unified software administration, additional security and improved data management.
Oracle's Storage for managing all of your data assets

Oracle's 3rd generation Sun ZFS Storage Appliances -- deliver best-in-class performance, efficiency, and Oracle software integration
Pillar Axiom 600 Storage Family -- enables Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) in a box. This SAN based block storage array distinguishes itself with its unique engineered-in Quality of Service (QoS) capabilities. Exadata Hybrid Columnar Compression (EHCC) -- a unique Oracle differentiator that dramatically reduces capital expenditure on disk capacity. Available on Oracle's Exadata or any server running Oracle 11gR2 and attached to the Sun ZFS Storage Appliance or the Pillar Axiom 600 Storage System. Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c manages the cloud lifecycle

Oracle EM 12c with Ops Center delivers the industry’s first complete cloud lifecycle management solution. With Ops Center, Oracle EM 12c provides solutions to centralize and automate discovery, provisioning, updating and monitoring of physical and virtual systems.

If you're interested in writing systems in Google Go and like talking to other people about it then this may be just the opportunity for you!

This is a first meeting so we'll keep it informal and plan to do some code sharing, hacking and talking. If there is enough interest we could plan something more tangible from here.

Join us for a special (Free) May Rose City SPIN in collaboration with the SATURN Software Architecture Conference!

Open Systems: What’s Old Is New Again

Presented by Patricia Oberndorf, Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute

Dates/Times: Monday, May 5th, 2014: Networking and Talk: 7:00-9:00 PM

Location: Portland Marriott Downtown Waterfront, 1401 SW Naito Parkway

Abstract

Organization executives and managers continue to be challenged to achieve greater acquisition efficiency and cost savings, while understanding a myriad of issues and promoting smart system decision making. The use of an open systems approach is coming back to help with today’s realities and tomorrow’s possibilities. To adapt to changing circumstances, executives and managers need practical definitions, the basics of an open systems approach, and an understanding of the issues, as well as things to look for in programs as they transition to an open systems approach.

This presentation will discuss the definitions, approach, and basics of open systems. It will relate the concepts to current technology trends and the implications of disruptive technologies and provide attendees with high-level understanding and appreciation of what it means to transition to an open systems approach for system acquisition.

Bio

Patricia Oberndorf is a Principal Engineer in the Client Technical Solutions Division, Software Solutions Directorate at the Software Engineering Institute (SEI). She has been at the Institute for over 20 years. During her career, Tricia has led work in interoperability and systems of systems; software acquisition; service-oriented architectures; software assurance; and remaking traditional risk management into success management. Her previous work has been in software engineering environments, open systems and open systems architectures, and in engineering systems based on the incorporation of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) products. Tricia’s publications include the book, Managing Software Acquisition: Open Systems and COTS Products. Before coming to the SEI she spent 20 years with the Navy.

About the SATURN Conference

Rose City SPIN has teamed up with the SATURN Conference to present this special talk. Registration for the tenth annual SEI Architecture Technology User Network (SATURN) software architecture conference is now open. SATURN 2014 will take place at the Portland Downtown Waterfront Hotel in Portland, Oregon, from May 5-9 and will feature keynote presentations by leaders in the field of software architecture: • Joe Justice of Scrum Inc., and Team Wikispeed, which built a 100+ mpg car in less than three months for the X-Prize using Agile, Lean, and Scrum: (see http://tedxtalks.ted.com/video/TEDxRainier-Joe-Justice-WikiSpe) • Jerome Pesenti, Vice President of Watson Core Technology at IBM and former co-founder of Vivisimo, the innovate search solutions company • Bill Opdyke, Architecture Lead (Corporate Internet Group) at J.P. Morgan Chase, who is best known for having done the first in-depth study of code re-factoring as a software engineering technique Also participating in SATURN this year will be Diana Larsen (http://futureworksconsulting.com), who will facilitate an Open Space event that will run concurrently with the conference and provide a valuable forum for networking and sharing of ideas and solutions. Register now for the SATURN 2014 software architecture conference.

In addition to the keynote and Open Space sessions, the SATURN 2014 Conference includes an extensive program of technical sessions on the themes of Technology, Methods and Tools, and Leadership and Business. SATURN 2014 will also offer practical tutorials, one two-day SEI course, and two one-day SEI courses. The conference provides attendees with the opportunity to network with international industry leaders in software architecture.

How to Register

This is a FREE lecture sponsored by the Rose City SPIN. But you can help us plan food and drinks by registering at: http://rosecityspinmay14.eventbrite.com

Rose City SPIN

The Rose City Software Process Improvement Network (SPIN) is a monthly forum for networking, mutual support, and promotion of effective software practices. We exchange practical experiences, ideas, knowledge, wisdom, and war stories about the technical, business, and human facets of software process improvement. The Rose City SPIN serves the software development community of the Portland/Vancouver metro area. Whether you work for a large company or a small one, corporate or self-employed, industrial or academic setting, you are welcome at the Rose City SPIN.

PDX Rust is a local user group for Rust developers as well as those curious about it. We are welcome to all skill levels, whether you've hacked on core or you haven't even installed rustc yet, come along, learn and share knowledge!

Yehuda Katz will likely be speaking about Rust 1.0. Remaining time will be used for group discussion or for folks to break off a bit and work on projects.

PDX Rust is a local user group for Rust developers as well as those curious about it. We are welcome to all skill levels, whether you've hacked on core or you haven't even installed rustc yet, come along, learn and share knowledge!

Speaker is Zack Pierce on "Rust for Java devs": https://github.com/ZackPierce/rust_for_java_devs

Women in Technology Leadership Speaker Series
"Strategies and Trends in the Digital Cloud"
This event is the inaugural SIM Portland Women Speaker Series for 2018.
It is open to both members and non-member, men and women.

Topic
The Cloud has blended the lines between business and technology while also providing a kick-start for many companies’ digital transformation.The word digital arouses thoughts about marketing, sales, and customer experience. These areas will dominate investments for many companies over the last few years. The next level of true innovation is transforming customer facing systems with those in the back office. Come hear about the forward leaning trends that build a company’s digital journey on interconnected and automated systems that leverage data and real-time analysis.

What is the leadership needed to lead these transformation journeys in an ever-increasing agile world that is based on building enterprise systems that are personalized, automated and intelligent? Where do you start?

Speaker
Lisa Hager is the Global Head of the Salesforce Practice for Tata Consultancy Services (TCS). In this capacity, she is responsible for leading TCS’s rapidly growing Global CX and Salesforce practice including driving sales, delivery, alliance management, and innovative solution development across TCS’ mature and emerging markets. She is responsible for a unit with offices in North America, Europe, Japan, LATM, and 9 Global Delivery Centers. Lisa is a seasoned leader with 20 years of experience in strategy and organizational development, customer experience, digital, and cloud strategy. She is a recognized speaker on technology and business trends with over 20 publications.

Before joining TCS, Lisa served as a National Director for Slalom Consulting responsible for lead and building their Salesforce Practice. Prior to Slalom, Lisa was a member of NTT Centerstance’s Executive Team. She played a key role during the organization’s growth period resulted in an acquisition by NTT.

Agenda
11:30 AM Registration/ Buffet Lunch
12:00 -1:00 PM Speaker

Event Sponsor: Propeller

2018 Women in Technology Leadership Speaker Series
"Bold, Brave, Brazen: Thriving in a Male-Dominated Field"
by Sierra Modro, CSP, Technology Futurist

This event is brought to you by Portland SIM Women Committee and is open to both members and non-members, and both men and women.

Topic
How often do you look around and wonder why you’re one of the only woman in the room? Do you have to work hard to find and maintain female friends because you rarely see or meet other women? Sierra Modro was a software and hardware engineer at a time when women were rare in the IT industry. Over her 25+ year career, she's done it all – software engineer, hardware engineer, technical marketing, technology evangelism, and tech futurist. Frequently the only woman blazing a new trail, she learned to be bold, brave, and even brazen in getting what she needed to succeed. Learn the lessons from the front line that you can apply to help you to thrive. Join us to discover how a refrigerator magnet completely changed Sierra’s career and life!

Speaker Biography
Meet technology futurist Sierra Modro. Sierra helped engineer the first Pentium processor motherboards, the screen technology on your Kindle device and the software that powers streaming music in your home. A former technology evangelist for Intel, Sierra has spoken for the best tech leaders in the world, including Bill Gates, Paul Otellini, Steve Ballmer, and executives from Intel, Microsoft, Samsung, Google, and others.

Sierra has worked in the area of emerging technology for 15 years. She thinks 3 years in the future today, so you can get ahead of the disruptive technology that will change your business tomorrow.

This event is organized by Portland SIM Women and sponsored by Propeller, a Management Consulting Company

AGENDA
11:15 AM Registration opens
11:30 AM Lunch
12:00 PM Keynote
1:00 PM Close