Have you wondered about the best way to visualise and evaluate the cost structure
of a data centre which provides multiple, virtualised platforms and services ranging
from SaaS to PaaS and IaaS (and pretty much anything else you need
nowadays aaS)?
Do you know that, in the era of SDN/NFV, service-provider business models are now
all about tasks, learning, automation and human-resource management
(if it wasn’t ever thus)?
At the annual STEM User
Group Meeting in October 2016 we will present reference models which illustrate
both these topics with end-to-end calculations from customers, traffic density and
revenue through to server load, location, capex and opex, plus the impact of potential failure
scenarios.
The format will be interactive and the audience encouraged to critique our approach.
Given the usual international mix of service-provider and vendor clients, the dialogue
will be both informed and robust. We will not be shy to iterate the structure and
assumptions of these models in real-time, given the flexibility, reliability and
workshop-readiness of the underlying STEM visual software for the reliable modelling of business.
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Wednesday 05 October 2016
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Thursday 06 October 2016
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A reference framework for modelling the IT value-chain in a web-scale enterprise
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Tutorial modelling challenge: diving into the most
popular topics suggested by the audience
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A menu of operational tasks around SDN/NFV written on a matrix of skillsets and
pay grades
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Pre-run installation of consumable resources and other examples of extreme detail
‘sorted’
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Guest presentations: we invite speakers to share
their recent modelling experiences
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Cloud II and operational tasks II: see how our
models respond to the rough and tumble of iteration
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Top-up training and collective feedback forum on the recently released STEM version
7.5
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A halfway house to charts in the Editor and other delights in our regular, future
development clinic
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GALA DINNER at King’s College
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Informal meal at Robin’s favourite pizza restaurant
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Figure 1: Provisional programme for the STEM User Group Meeting 2016
The 21st STEM User Group Meeting will be held in the scholarly atmosphere
of King’s College, Cambridge, UK, on Wednesday–Thursday 05–06
October 2016. The event is a unique opportunity to meet and compare notes with leading
users of the STEM modelling software, and to witness its well-tested and compelling
application to topical problems first hand.
Formal and more detailed invitations will be sent out in June but you are more than
welcome to
register in advance. There is no charge for the event itself, but delegates
are required to meet their own travel and hotel expenses. Accommodation can be scarce
in this popular university town, so book early to avoid disappointment.