MacroFab and Mouser Electronics have teamed up to create a FREE monthly meetup in Houston for anyone involved with hardware & electronics engineering or manufacturing. These meetups are designed to build a community of professionals who want to learn from one another, gain new insights into emerging electronics technologies, and expand their network.

Speakers: 

Paul DeCarlo – DevOps and the Internet of Things

Ian Uriarte – The state of the practice for industrial IoT projects – Best practices.

Topics: 

DevOps and the Internet of Things – The Internet of Things requires a new paradigm of software development practices for enabling quality DevOps practices in development, deployment, testing, and release cycles. We find that development in this space often involves the management of potentially thousands of devices, mandatory field updates, and an ability to securely manage the distribution of code to those devices from a trusted authority. We will discuss these issues in detail and look at how these particular cases are solved with service offerings from Microsoft including Azure DevOps, IoT Edge, and Kubernetes Services.

The state of the practice for industrial IoT projects – Best practices. – Industrial IoT (IIoT) is complex due to the integration of sensors, sensor networks, data, and disparate applications. It is also complex due to the nature of governance between OT and IT. Different governance and different skill sets get in the way of smooth integration. Such custom solutions become hard to maintain or upgrade. Simple IoT solutions leverage standardized hardware and closed/proprietary software solutions to keep simplicity. On the other hand, enterprise-level solutions are usually a box of parts that require multiple skill sets and thousands of hours of development, IT, and engineering to deliver value. At the end of 2016, 60% of IoT initiatives stall at the Proof of Concept stage. We will walk through current best practices and a framework to create a plug and play approach to Enterprise IoT Projects. We will see how to leverage tools including open source frameworks, cloud services, and in particular, IBM Watson IoT platform, to help enterprises simplify this problem.

Who is this event for:

• Electrical Engineers
• Small to medium-sized businesses
• Industrial Controls
• Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEMs)
• Consumer Electronics
• Healthcare
• Oil & Gas
• Business owners & investors
• C-suite professionals
• Purchasing Managers
• Makers, students

What to expect:

• Networking
• Door prizes
• Refreshments
• Tasty bites

Meetup Agenda:

• 6pm – Networking, Bites & Refreshments
• 6:20pm – First Discussion with Q&A
• 7:00pm – Second Discussion with Q&A
• 7:30pm – Raffle Prizes & Networking
• 8pm – End of meetup

This is an 18+ event

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Location:
Bldg: MacroFab, Inc.
2000 W. Governors Circle
Suite F
Houston, Texas
77092