IBM Innovation Center - Cambridge MA

On Feb 4th IBM hosted Day 2 of the inaugural IBM Global Entrepreneur week with 44 in-person events around the world. At our newest location in Cambridge, we hosted our next installment in our series we call "Connecting Companies with Capital"

Boy,...what a day it was! There was energy, buzz, mentoring, keynotes, cool startup technologies and so much more!!! If you missed it, you can catch a part of the event which was livestreamed that day here:

We had a packed room with overflow rooms on the 2nd floor showing the livestream content of keynotes and panel discussions.

Chris Lynch from Atlas Ventures kicked off the day with some great lessons for entrepreneurs and insights. Our panel discussion bringing together IBM, American Airlines and Constant Contact and their respective partners was something the audience found very valuable and informative. The startups shared their experiences (good and bad) providing a holistic view of the complete partnership.

Victor Rosansky was able to convey some interesting secrets for entrepreneurs to be successful which piqued their interest to know more. Visit here to get a copy of his presentation and stay connected!

You would think there was loads of information packed into these 2 hours but wait...there's more!!!

We then moved into our key component of the day - "Speed Mentoring". 30 mentors were able to connect with almost 100 startups to provide some advice and get some information to foster some initial connections which they can follow up on. The short time allotted (5 mins) for each pair helped ensure we get most connections made in a short amount of time.

That was by no means the only networking happening...people were able to avail of the all the meeting spaces, rooms and breakout areas to gather for a quick bite to eat or carry on follow up conversations.

The seven breakout sessions were a natural flow from the networking lunch. Each of the sessions was well attended, and the leaders, who were subject matter experts in each of the areas provided the right intros to help get the conversations started.

Jon Prial of Georgian Ventures mentioned on his blog - "A last great takeaway was hammered during a breakout session on Markets was on how a company needs to push away all distractions and focus, focus, focus."  - led by Jess McLear and Lauren Celano

Twitter was abuzz with comments from attendees at the session...here are some on our Social Media Breakout with Bobbie, Tammy, Eric and Rachel.

Patrick Bench, Phil Budden and John Farley discussing "How to work with International Companies?"

Peter Clay and Dan Levin had a full room for the breakout titled "Understanding Your Market"

Robert Bishop answered targeted questions on "Legal Challenges for Startups"

Ben, Panos and Mustapha hit it out of the park with valuable info on "Funding options for Startups"

Kelley Hilborn and Paul Cheek discussed different ways to "Leverage the Cloud" for growing your business.

But wait....there is still more..... :)

Charlie Hill - CTO of IBM Design shared principles of IBM Design Thinking in an interesting afternoon keynote followed by a closing by Joe Perry elaborating on how IBM works with startups through the IBM Global Entrepreneur Program and the Softlayer Catalyst Program.

Kara from MassChallenge shared her thoughts on the day - "It was a great event - high-quality speakers, great networking, excellent startups featured. It was a brilliant idea to incorporate a design thinking piece as well. Some of the ecosystem veterans I spoke to said it was one of the best events in the ecosystem they'd been to in a while."

The startup showcase in the afternoon highlighted some the cool startups from the local universities.

VocalBee

@VocalBee is an easy to use, powerful tool for businesses to promote their products, services or brands using the social phenomenon of smart-phone picture taking, networking, and word of mouth marketing.

VerbalCare

VerbalCare is a patient experience platform that improves quality of care, patient engagement and workflow efficiency.

Nick Dougherty - "It was a great event and we really made some great connections. As I look at the business cards in front of me, there are angels, potential customers, potential partners, IBM resources, mentors, and consultants who could all impart significant and positive change into our company.  Overall the response was positive for our product and that the general consensus was "you guys are on the right track.""

UberSimple

AppPack^TM by @Ubersimple makes keeping information from events and vendors painless and easy using mobile technology and mobile sensors. UberSimple registration process is what we used to register 250+ people for the event and it worked super fast and  super simple!

SplashScore

Splashscore is an influencer activation engine that provides consumer brands with an army of advocates.

PressKit

@Presskit.to builds digital portfolio solutions for creative professionals & the organizations they work with. Capable of delivering curated content to any device with a single URL, Presskit.to makes it easy for artists to pitch a concise message to anyone capable of advancing their careers

Aidan Rush - "As valuable as networking always is, the seminars were more beneficial to me this day. Victor Rosansky's presentation was very insightful, and the opening keynote presenter set a great tone for the rest of the day. I attended the social media breakout, which surprisingly to me provided some new perspective on a field I thought I knew everything about."

CollegePower

CollegePower’s mobile app that helps local businesses attract college students by offering conducive and exclusive discounts

Stay tuned for Entrepreneur Week!

A special thanks to all our speakers, mentors and our ecosystem partners who helped make this event a success!

Very small snapshot of all the twitter buzz that was created :)

We invite you to share your comments/feedback with us through this blog.

Today's training landscape is evolving as it requires organizations to easily deliver virtual classrooms with global reach while controlling IT costs.

Skytap delivers on-demand‭, ‬virtual training labs to provide learners with a hands-on learning experience anywhere‭, ‬anytime – enabled by the reach, scalability and performance of IBM® SoftLayer.

Join us as Ralph Capasso from Skytap shares how modernizing your training organization can help you:

• Deliver on-demand virtual training labs anywhere, anytime
• Control IT infrastructure, setup, and lab usage costs
• Eliminate the need for physical classrooms
• Reach more students and enhance their experience

Don't miss this important webinar.  Register at:  https://ibm.biz/Bd4GQu

Happy New Year!

Looking forward to a great year for IBM cloud in the cognitive era.   Connect with us online, in Cambridge or Boston to learn more.

Join the Global City Teams Challenge! 

Learn more about IoT and Bluemix! Virtual event! 
Are you interested in using Bluemix for the Global City Teams Challenge? Need information on how to get started?
Join us for an Introduction to Bluemix and Internet of Things Foundation education session 

Title: Introduction to Bluemix and Internet of Things Foundation
Date: Thursday, January 14th 
Time: 12:00 PM Central Standard Time
Duration: 1 hour

Register: http://ibm.biz/gctcwebinar1

More Information visit http://ibm.biz/gctcinfo 

Hands-On Tutorial: Cloud Native Application Delivery with Cloud Foundry

Cloud Foundry, the popular open source cloud computing Platform as a Service (PaaS),  is the ideal foundation on which to build and deliver modern cloud native application on any IaaS including OpenStack, vSphere and Amazon Web Services. The goal of the Cloud Foundry Foundation is to build software intended for public, private and managed clouds and to enable DevOps on the cloud for speed, safety and security.
Modeled after the popular rendition of this tutorial at JavaOne 2015, this hands-on-tutorial will discuss the motivation behind PaaS, look at PaaS architectures and common functionality, and explore the integration points between PaaS and IaaS. Attend this session for a quick technical overview of Cloud Foundry and to be able to deploy a variety of applications on the platform that handle requirements such as HA, scaling, logging, monitoring, debugging, security, etc.
Date:  Tuesday, January 19th
Time:  6:00 PM EST
Place:  IBM Innovation Center
One Rogers Street, Cambridge MA 02142

http://www.meetup.com/Bluemix-Developers-in-Cambridge/events/227323074/

DevOps Overview and Adoption Strategies - Lunch and Learn 

DevOps is an industry buzzword but means different things to different people. In this session, we will discuss the IBM and Industry Point of View (POV). This is a collaborative session utilizing a whiteboard presentation as a forum for discussion for participants to learn and exchange ideas on DevOps approaches. 

Date:  Wednesday, January 27th
Time:  11:00 – 2:00 PM EST
Place:  IBM Boston Technical Exploration Center
One Rogers Street, 2nd Floor, Cambridge MA 02142
Event registration required:  
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/devops-overview-and-adoption-strategies-lunch-and-learn-tickets-20621153425
This event will be repeated on February 17th in Littleton, MA.  Please contact Tom Poovakad  (tpoovaka@us.ibm.com) with any questions you may have. 

Stay in touch, learn about cloud credits for startups and arrange cloud office hours via our team site:  ibm.biz/cloudboston 

I'm pleased to share a varied selection of upcoming events being hosted in and around the Cambridge and Boston area by IBM and our partners!  

If you have suggestions for topics you would like to see in 2016, please let me know and hope to see you soon at an upcoming event!

Bluemix Meetup : Hybrid Cloud Integration
21 October, 6 PM
WeWork, 745 Atlantic Ave, Boston
http://www.meetup.com/Bluemix-Developers-in-Cambridge/events/225618735/
Presented by: Vic Germani - Client Technical Specialist, IBM
Special Guest Speaker: Shyam Vaidhyanathan - CTO, Data Scientist, Cintell 

Accelerate Your Business Now with Smarter Analytics

22 October, 8:30 AM - 1 PM

IBM Executive Briefing Center, 550 King Street, Littleton

Join IBM & NES for an executive briefing to hear how Safety Insurance, Wegmans, Cheesecake Factory, Seattle Children’s Hospital, Homemakers and others are harnessing their data with an enterprise class analytics platform that includes self-service business intelligence, predictive analytics and self-tuning data warehouse appliances.

https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07ebefftplafc0098e&oseq=&c=&ch=

Hands On DevOps Workshop
23 October, 9 AM
Cambridge IIC, One Rogers Street, 2nd Floor
http://www.meetup.com/DevOpsBoston/events/226079913/

Are you delivering a great mobile experience?
4 November, 3 PM
Fenway Park
Request invitation via lisav@us.ibm.com
“Build it and they will come“ doesn’t apply here. Your customers won't accept anything less than the best.
Attend this half-day event, where we’ll challenge your perception of mobile app quality, mobile ROI, and what it takes to deliver a great mobile experience…
• the kind your users “can’t live without” because they make life easier, better
• that your CEO can’t live without because they achieve business objectives
• the kind you can’t live without because they enhance your reputation
This event is NOT about building apps. This is about making your existing apps better. We challenge you to bring an open mind. In fact, bring an existing app and we’ll show you how your experience stack up against the competition.

Bluemix Hands on Workshop : Hybrid Cloud Integration
5 November, 5:30 PM
Cambridge IIC, One Rogers Street, 2nd Floor
http://www.meetup.com/Bluemix-Developers-in-Cambridge/events/225856407/

Global City Teams Challenge Kickoff and IoT Demonstration
12 November
Cambridge IIC, One Rogers Street, 2nd Floor
Join us for the Global City Teams Challenge Kick Off and learn how you can team together to create projects that connect smart devices and systems resulting in tangible smarter city benefits for the Boston community and beyond.  As a GCTC Partner, IBM is hosting a local GCTC kick off event on Nov. 12, 2015,  which will include challenge information as well as an IBM Bluemix/IoT workshop to demonstrate tools available to help citizen developers and local governments jointly develop smart city solutions using IoT technology.  Come to learn more about the GCT Challenge and how Bluemix can be used to build your IoT app!
https://ibm.biz/bostonchallenge

2015 Tech Trends and Beyond Hosted by WITI
17 November 5:30 PM
Cambridge IIC, One Rogers Street, 1st Floor
Register at www.witi.com/boston

Bluemix Meetup : Spark, Big Data and Analytics
19 November, 6 PM
WeWork, 745 Atlantic Ave, Boston
Details will be posted shortly at:
http://www.meetup.com/Bluemix-Developers-in-Cambridge/

Virtual Event : Global Mobile Innovators Tournament
Sept. 16th - Nov. 4th, 2015
IBM, 4YFN (4 Years From Now), AT&T, KPN, Rogers Communications, and Vodafone have joined forces to bring you the Global Mobile Innovators Tournament, comprised of 15 virtual Challenges, five regional Demo Days and one Grand Finale! Show off your talents and help solve some of the world’s most challenging problems by developing robust Internet of Things mobile applications with IBM Bluemix and a choice of multiple APIs. If you think you’ve got what it takes, you could be in with a chance of winning the opportunity to go to 4YFN 2016 in Barcelona, 22-25 February 2016 and becoming one of the global tournament winners!   Register for the tournament and access IBM Bluemix at no-charge!  http://www.globalmobileinnovatorstournament.com/

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Cloud developers in the Cambridge and Boston area, join a network of developers, makers, creators, technologists, startups and entrepreneurs just like you for an afternoon of hands-on workshops at the IBM Cloud Bootcamp! You’ll have a chance to work with IBM experts on various hands-on labs. This bootcamp will focus on IBM Bluemix, Cloud Data Services and mobile app development. The IBM Boston Cloud Ecosystem team brings you this bootcamp for beginning to advanced developers.  Immediately following the workshops will be a networking dinner and then a meeting of the Massachusetts Microservices Meetup.  

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When:  Wednesday, October 7th 

1:00 PM - 6:00 PM (Includes networking dinner)

Where:  IBM Innovation Center, One Rogers Street, Cambridge

Register:  https://ibm.biz/BostonBootcamp

Evening meet up registration:  http://www.meetup.com/Bluemix-Developers-in-Cambridge/events/225617939/

Register now for your free Bluemix account.  To get started, go to www.ibm.biz/cloudboston

The boot camp will give you the skills to Join the Global Mobile Innovators Tournament!
15 virtual Challenges, five regional Demo Days and one Grand Finale!

Show off your talents and help solve some of the world’s most challenging problems by developing robust Internet of Things mobile applications with IBM Bluemix and a choice of multiple APIs. If you think you’ve got what it takes you could be in with a chance of winning the opportunity to go to 4YFN 2016 in Barcelona, 22-25 February 2016 and becoming one of the global tournament winners!

Visit http://www.glovators.io/ to learn more

The IBM Boston Meetup groups are growing!  

There is a great line up of topics this fall with great content and networking opportunity.   

Bluemix (PaaS) Meet up – Docker Containers, September 22^nd

http://www.meetup.com/Bluemix-Developers-in-Cambridge/

DevOps Boston Meet up – Launching September 24^th

http://www.meetup.com/DevOpsBoston/

Big Data Developers Meetup – Smarter Analytics, October 1^st

http://www.meetup.com/Big-Data-Developers-in-Boston/

MicroServices, IBM’s Carlos Ferreira will present October 7^th (Meetup will be posted shortly) 

http://www.meetup.com/Massachusetts-Microservices-Meetup/

Watson Cognitive Technology Meetup – October 15^th (Meet up to be posted shortly)

http://www.meetup.com/IBM-Watson-Cognitive-Tech-Meetup-Boston/

NE Enterprise Software and Cloud Development Meetup – launching October 21^st

http://www.meetup.com/New-England-Enterprise-Software-and-Cloud-Development-Meetup/

For a consolidated list of meetups and more events at:

www.ibm.biz/cloudboston

Save the date for a Cloud Bootcamp – October 7^th!

Boston SmartCamp was held over two days - September 10th and September 14th.  On the first date, IBM Cloud Ecosystem team held our cloud office hours and mentoring session. ​​ Six finalists met in the morning with IBM cloud SMEs and spent the afternoon pitching and getting constructive feedback from our mentors.  They made very good use of the feedback and came out very strong at our PitchFest, held on September 14th at MassChallenge.  We had an enthusiastic judging panel consisting of two angel investors (Maia Heymann/CommonAngels and Praveen Tailam/TiE Angels) and two serial entrepreneurs (IBM GM Derek Schoettle, Cloud Data Services and Jack Danahy currently of Barkly, former CEO of OunceLabs, acquired by IBM Security div).

The winner selected was Feelter!  Feelter is increasing sales for e-commerce websites by enhancing them with highly curated social reviews, mentions and insights and supporting customers' decisions. Despite significant investment made in ecommerce websites, the conversion rates are still very low.  Feelter offers a revolutionary approach to social content harvesting, curation and monetization which can either replace or complement the solutions in the marketplace.

This approach treats the social media not as another arena for advertising and campaigning, but as a source for trustful information that using the right algorithms can support decisions regarding products and services. 

Feelter principals have come to Boston from Israel to open their office here and participate in MassChallenge.  Knowing that valuable information gets lost in the social media, within an ocean of selfies and cats, feelter's algorithms curates the most valuable social mentions and unlocks crowdsourced wisdom.  They are responding to the clear need in the marketplace with crowd generated, personalized content and tools and information that support decision making when users are ready to convert. 

They are delivering to customers today, have pilots underway and additional discussions to increase their pipeline.   Their service is delivered to their customers via IBM SoftLayer. 

Startups can engage with IBM via www.ibm.biz/bostonstartups 

Please share this opportunity with your social networks and follow @IBMCloudBoston and @IBMGE to stay up to date on what's happening with IBM in the start up ecosystem.  

Lazy, Hazy Days of Summer..... but plenty of opportunities for learning and networking this summer and in to the fall with the local IBM team.

Bluemix Hands on Workshop, August 4th, @IBM Cambridge 1 Rogers Street

Hack night and back to basics lab for beginners!

http://www.meetup.com/Bluemix-Developers-in-Cambridge/events/223917096/

http://www.ibm.com/events/idr/idrevents/detail.action?meid=16628

http://www.masstlc.org/events/event_details.asp?id=664222&group=

http://www.meetup.com/Bluemix-Developers-in-Cambridge/events/223917116/

http://www.meetup.com/Bluemix-Developers-in-Cambridge/

Partnering with WITI Boston: Exerting Influence Without Authority - What's in Your Toolbox?, September 9th, @IBM Cambridge 1 Rogers Street

http://www.witi.com/networks/boston/events/3015/Exerting-Influence-Without-Authority---What's-in-Your-Toolbox-/?

     IBM SmartCamp startup competition!  

To see an ongoing calendar and links to IBM Cloud Ecosystem resources, please visit:  www.ibm.biz/cloudboston

We will continue to offer education and training over the summer.   Please consider joining us if you're in town.

AT&T Mobile App Hackathon – Boston, July 10 – July 11th ; See details under community, hackathons & register

www.developer.att.com

IBM Bluemix and IoT Hands-on Workshop, July 14th @IBM Cambridge:
http://www.meetup.com/Bluemix-Developers-in-Cambridge/events/223291214/

Innovate Faster with Secure and Managed APIs, July 15th @ IBM Westford Executive Briefing Center (morning event)
https://www-950.ibm.com/events/wwe/grp/grp017.nsf/v17_agenda?openform&seminar=2BQHAKES&locale=en_US

July IBM Bluemix Meetup: API Management, July 15th @ WeWork 745 Atlantic Ave, Boston (evening event):
The July Bluemix meetup will cover many of the same topics from the Innovate Faster with Secure and Managed APIs event being held the same day.
http://www.meetup.com/Bluemix-Developers-in-Cambridge/events/223525830/

Build a Cloud App over Lunch : Bluemix Virtual Workshop, July 10th,  24th  or August 7th register at:         http://www.ibm.com/events/idr/idrevents/detail.action?meid=16628

IBM Bluemix Hands-on Workshop, August 4th @IBM Cambridge (details will be posted at this site, or join the meet up to receive notification):
http://www.meetup.com/Bluemix-Developers-in-Cambridge/

August Bluemix Meetup: August 19th @ WeWork 745 Atlantic Ave, Boston (details will be posted at this site, or join the meet up to receive notification):
http://www.meetup.com/Bluemix-Developers-in-Cambridge/

Stay in touch with the Boston Cloud Ecosystem team at https://developer.ibm.com/cities/locations/boston/

For IIC information and additional events visit:  http://ibm.com/partnerworld/iic/Cambridge

June is full of great events available from IBM - in Cambridge, Boston and virtual!

Watson Hands on Workshop
4 June 5:30pm - 8:30pm
Cambridge IIC, One Rogers Street, 2nd Floor
The Bluemix/Watson workshop will include a brief overview of IBM Bluemix, a discussion around the Watson services and architecture, and will conclude with several hands-on labs where participants will develop apps using Watson services in Bluemix.  This event is BYOD, and prerequisites will be sent beforehand. 
http://www.meetup.com/Bluemix-Developers-in-Cambridge/events/222715137

Bluemix Virtual Workshop
5 June and 19 June
11am - 12:30pm
Not located near any of the cities where we are holding workshops?  Or maybe the schedule doesn't work for you?  
Look for our Virtual Workshops.  We have reworked the content from the face-to-face workshop to distill it down to a 90 minute, interactive virtual 
session.  You will be able to interact with a live instructor, ask questions via the chat or phone line, and follow the step-by-step instructions to create and deploy an app on Bluemix 
http://www.ibm.com/events/idr/idrevents/detail.action?meid=16628 

Increase Your Business Performance with Linux on Power
9 June, 9am - 5:30pm
Cambridge IIC, One Rogers Street, 2nd Floor
Today's Power System is no longer what it used to be. Besides its massive customer base as the #1 platform for enterprise Unix applications, it is more and more perceived as an emerging giant in the Linux and open source world, thanks to a new generation of Linux-only systems that offer an ideal mix between competitive acquisition price, unequaled performance and superior RAS capability. 

Find out about the jewels inside the Power platform and why we think that they can also be appealing to you.
http://www-304.ibm.com/events/idr/idrevents/detail.action?meid=19136&ieid=13799&cmp=pw&cpb=pw&ct=pwrss&cr=pwiic&ccy=zz
 

IBM MobileFirst for iOS Roadshow
17 June, 1pm - 4pm
State Room, 60 State Street, Boston
    The way we live has been undeniably transformed by mobile technology. Now it’s time to transform the way we work. IBM MobileFirst for iOS solutions combine the power of enterprise data and analytics with elegant user experience to fundamentally redefine the ways enterprises empower their professionals to interact, learn, connect and perform.
    The first wave of more than 100 industry-specific apps is here, improving the way professionals work today. And new solutions are being developed exclusively for iPhone and iPad that will not only meet the needs of individual workers, but also take on the challenges of entire industries. Spend the afternoon with us and learn more about transforming your business, and your industry. 
    Designed for business leaders and IT executives, our program will examine how Apple and IBM are redefining the mobile enterprise by combining the exponential power of corporate data with the world’s best mobile technology. Leaders of forward-thinking organizations will describe how they are reimagining business and work through enterprise mobility, and leaders from Apple and IBM will discuss methodologies for unlocking the full potential of mobile for an enterprise. We will also explore live demonstrations of the next generation of apps. 
https://www-950.ibm.com/events/wwe/grp/grp004.nsf/v17_agenda?openform&seminar=CBESPWES&locale=en_US

Bluemix Meetup
17 June, 6pm - 9pm
WeWork, 745 Atlantic Avenue, Boston
Topic and registration coming soon!
http://www.meetup.com/Bluemix-Developers-in-Cambridge/

Cloud Open House
19 June, 8:30am - 4pm
District Hall, 730 Northern Ave, Boston

Join us for an exciting day in the IBM Cloud!  Discover the latest on IoT (Internet of Things), Mobile, Cloud Hosting, Developer Tools, Platform as a Service (PaaS), Cognitive Cloud Computing with Watson, and more. Exchange ideas and network with IBM cloud experts, special guests and other cloud enthusiasts.

Join us for breakfast and our Women in Technology panel discussion where leaders from across the Boston business community will share insights and stories.  Attend workshops to gain hands-on experience developing cloud applications using Mobile, IoT, and Watson services. Learn all about IBM's programs for startups, entrepreneurs, or academic institutions. Whatever your topic of interest, our experts will be on hand to talk with you and answer your questions.

The Cloud Open House is sponsored by IBM and Lighthouse Computer Services, an IBM Premier Business Partner.

http://ibm.biz/BostonOpenHouse  

IBM Accessibility Open House
24 June, 3:00pm - 6:00pm
Cambridge IIC, One Rogers Street, 2nd Floor

The IBM Research Lab will hold an Open House on Wednesday June 24th to showcase the latest IBM developed technology and tools that help enable accessibility.
We invite you to tour IBM's Research Lab, learn about our new innovations for accessible technology and view demonstrations of real time captioning, inclusive social learning and mobile accessible development.  IBM's senior research staff will be available to answer questions and provide additional information.

The event is open to employees at IBM Cambridge along with the local academic community, advocacy groups, business partners and customers. Light refreshments will be served.

Kindly RSVP to Lori Southworth at  lcsouthw@us.ibm.com 
http://www-03.ibm.com/able/

Stay in touch with the Boston Cloud Ecosystem team at https://developer.ibm.com/cities/locations/boston/
For IIC information and additional events visit:  http://ibm.com/partnerworld/iic/Cambridge

An excellent variety of events coming soon at the IIC.   Please take a look and share with your colleagues.   We hope to see you soon.

Hands on Mobile Workshop
12 May, 11am, Cambridge, MA

The Bluemix - Mobile workshop will include a brief overview of Bluemix, discussion on mobile services and architecture, and conclude with several hands-on labs where students will work from the command line and Eclipse IDE to deploy and update apps (Android) while leveraging several mobile services like Push.  This event is BYOD.  Registration and prerequisites are posted:
http://www.meetup.com/Bluemix-Developers-in-Cambridge/events/222068626/

Boston Cloud Services Meet up

18 May, 6pm

Agenda and registration will be posted shorty at: http://www.meetup.com/Boston-cloud-services/

The Future of Analytics in Acton

21 May, 8:30 AM to 1:00 PM (EDT)

Come hear how a comprehensive set of integrated cloud data services covering content, database, and analytics capabilities is creating new opportunities to transform industries, including financial services, insurance, automotive, healthcare, food services, media and entertainment, and more. 

Attendees will:

• hear real-world client examples of companies leveraging Bluemix, Cloud Data Services, and Watson Analytics to disrupt their industries;

• see demonstrations of how IBM’s cloud-based services deliver a rich developer experience and a fast on-ramp to bring offerings to market in as little as 90 days.

• network with peers to understand how companies are deploying these new technologies in cost-efficient ways to create competitive advantage

http://future-of-analytics-boston.eventbrite.com/?aff=meetup
 

Meetup: Watson on Bluemix
27 May, 6pm Boston, MA

Come see what Watson has been up to since Watson's groundbreaking performance on Jeopardy and how it is defining a new era of cognitive computing technology. We will go over Watson services available via Watson Developer Cloud and IBM Bluemix, code samples and demo applications. We will also cover services and capabilities of our recent acquisition AlchemyAPI.

Please note this meeting will take place in Boston:
http://www.meetup.com/Bluemix-Developers-in-Cambridge/

Increase Your Business Performance with Linux on Power

9 June, 9am - 5:30pm

Today's Power System is no longer what it used to be. Besides its massive customer base as the #1 platform for enterprise Unix applications, it is more and more perceived as an emerging giant in the Linux and open source world, thanks to a new generation of Linux-only systems that offer an ideal mix between competitive acquisition price, unequaled performance and superior RAS capability. 

Find out about the jewels inside the Power platform and why we think that they can also be appealing to you.

http://www-304.ibm.com/events/idr/idrevents/detail.action?meid=19136&ieid=13799&cmp=pw&cpb=pw&ct=pwrss&cr=pwiic&ccy=zz

Stay in touch with the Boston Cloud Ecosystem team at https://developer.ibm.com/cities/locations/boston/
For IIC information and additional events visit:  http://ibm.com/partnerworld/iic/Cambridge

Did you know that women in STEM jobs earned 33% more than comparable women in non-STEM jobs? Or that women represent 48% of the workforce but hold only 24% of jobs in the STEM field?

Women In Technology International (WITI) and IBM are both committed to helping women become a greater part of the success and growth of our industry. With that, IBM and WITI are partnering together for the first ever WITI Virtual Hackathon!

Join IBM Bluemix and WITI for an international code-a-thon where developers, scientists, students, and entrepreneurs will gather to build software, applications, hardware, data visualization and platform solutions focused on Internet of Things and wearables.

Grab some friends and get in on the action!

Date: May 1^st- May 27^th, 2015

Location: Your living room–it is virtual!

Registration: https://ibm.biz/witiregistration

Free Bluemix Account: https://ibm.biz/witihack

The global winner will be announced at the Annual WITI Summit in Silicon Valley May 31^st.

@WITI #witihack | @IBMBluemix #bluemix

There are several upcoming events at the IBM Innovation Center in Cambridge that I wanted to make you aware of.



Meetup: What’s new with Bluemix?:
30 April from 5:30-8:30pm, Cambridge, MA
Join us for this great interactive event which will include a hands-on lab to help attendees create an iOS mobile app with new mobile services on Bluemix. Learn about all the new ways you can develop apps the way you want with Bluemix.  Learn more and register to join!
http://www.meetup.com/Bluemix-Developers-in-Cambridge/events/221265150/


Hands on Bluemix Workshop
12 May, 11am, Cambridge, MA
This hands on workshop will take the skills introduced at the April 30th meet up to a deeper level.  
http://www.meetup.com/Bluemix-Developers-in-Cambridge/events/222068626/


Meetup: Watson on Bluemix
27 May, Boston, MA
The May Bluemix meet up will focus on Watson.  We will be using a new venue, at WeWork in Boston.   Join the meet up group to register and be alerted for more details.  
http://www.meetup.com/Bluemix-Developers-in-Cambridge/

Stay in touch with the Boston Cloud Ecosystem team at https://developer.ibm.com/cities/locations/boston/
For IIC information and additional events visit:  http://ibm.com/partnerworld/iic/Cambridge

The NASA Space Apps Challenge is an international 48-hour code-a-thon where developers, scientists, students, entrepreneurs and educators gather to build applications, software, hardware, data visualization and platform solutions in four categories: Humans, Earth, Outer Space and Robotics.

This year on April 11-12, more than 10,000 developers are expected to participate across 138 cities and online through the virtual challenge.

IBM is offering Bluemix as a cloud development platform for the NASA Virtual Space App Challenge to help developers rapidly build applications for the challenge. 

In addition to the prizes from NASA, IBM will award one prize per hackathon location for the most innovative use of IBM Bluemix. Selected winners will receive $12K of Cloud credit including high-level technical support.

For additional information on the challenge, please visit https://ibm.biz/spaceapp2015.

For participating cities (including Cambridge!), please visit the official Space Apps Challenge website ibm.biz/spaceapp15.

Check out what other cities are doing via Twitter: #spaceapps @spaceapps #bluemix

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