LA DevOps x Grafana & Friends LA: Grafana Cloud / Distributed AI
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LA DevOps x Grafana & Friends LA: Grafana Cloud / Distributed AI

29 May Online

About this event

For the May LA DevOps meetup Dondy Aponte returns to talk about using Grafana Cloud to monitor and report on an infinite amount of devices..
Brian Ragazzi will also be discussing his distributed AI work details TBA.
See the Presentation Details section below for more info.

Sponsored by Grafana!!!
Thanks to Grafana Labs for sponsoring LA DevOps.

Event Details:
6:00 - 6:30 Attendees arrive. Networking/Mingle
6:30 - 6:45 LA DevOps Welcome,Attendee Introductions
6:45 - 7:15 Brian Ragazzi - Distributed AI
7:15 - 8:00 Dondy Aponte - Grafana Cloud To Infinity and Beyond
8:00 - 9:00 Networking/Mingle
Presentation Details:
Title: Grafana Cloud To Infinity and Beyond!
Description:
What do you do when you have a box of toys that can do incredible things?
You play! Grafana is a lot like that. Most people only scratch the surface, but with the Infinity data source, a little AI, and a free Grafana Cloud account, you can connect to just about anything that matters to you — at work or in everyday life. We’ll pull real data, build live dashboards, and maybe break a thing or two along the way.
To infinity and beyond.
No infra required.
About Donde:
Dondy Aponte is a Senior Solutions Engineer at Grafana Labs, specializing in observability, cloud-native technologies, and digital transformation. With a strong background in IT strategy and infrastructure, he helps organizations optimize their observability and analytics capabilities to drive efficiency and innovation.
About O'Brien's Pub on Wilshire:
The covered patio at Obrien's Pub has been a great place to host LA DevOps meetups for our post covid revival. The food and drink are great and the staff are very friendly. O'brien's is also the LA home of Manchester United Football Club Supporters.
You may want to bring a jacket for the cooler months.
Regarding parking, there are meters on Wilshire and the side streets that expire at 6.
Present at an Upcoming LA DevOps Meetup:
If you would like to present at an upcoming LA DevOps meetup please send a message in meetup to the organizers with a proposed title and a sentence or two about the talk.
Subscribe to the LA DevOps Meetup Calendar at lu.ma
The LA DevOps events are also listed on lu.ma which has an interesting interface. Subscribe to LA DevOps on lu.ma at https://lu.ma/calendar/cal-F7BPqBLAe80T5nS

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