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ALASCA Tech-Talk #35: Sovereignty = func(Ecosystems, Interoperability);
by Helena Ott April 8, 2026

April 8, 2026

Dear ALASCA Tech-Talk Community, we are thrilled to invite you to this month's ALASCA Tech-Talk taking place on *Fri,* *April 24, 11am - 12pm CEST*. In this month's talk, please welcome *C**Vasu Chandrasekhara ***(Advisor and Ambassador NeoNephos) for the following talk: * * *ALASCA Tech-Talk #35: **Sovereignty = func(Ecosystems, Interoperability); */The warnings of the Draghi Report serve as a strategic wake-up call. To date, many European initiatives aimed at building a sovereign alternative have failed due to their own structures, national preferences, and, ultimately, the fragmentation of technical offerings. The strategic alternative lies in foundation-led, vendor-neutral open-source software and interoperable & portable standards. Through 8RA and the funding projects of the "Important Project of Common European Interest" (IPCEI), work is underway to create a federated multi-provider cloud-edge continuum. A few companies from the IPCEI-CIS have recognized this wake-up call and transitioned their projects and operations into the neutral NeoNephos Foundation. This presentation will address the challenges posed within the IPCEI, outline some of the technical considerations of NeoNephos, and delve into a project featuring a new, innovative approach./ /Ultimately, the responsibility lies with us: developers, project managers, and decision-makers. We already rely heavily on open source (from Linux and Kubernetes to OTEL, ... PyTorch, vLLM, upto llm-d, if you are also into AI). The question is: can we succeed in creating a federated yet technically homogeneous market offering and start competing on top of a digital commons, not within?/ We can't wait to talk tech with you! Greetings Helena from ALASCA __ *ALASCA - Verband für betriebsfähige, offene Cloud-Infrastrukturen e.V.* c/o Cloud&Heat Technologies GmbH Königsbrücker Straße 96 | 01099 Dresden +49 351 479 367 00 hello(a)alasca.cloud <mailto:hello@alasca.cloud> | https://alasca.cloud/ /Let's learn. Let's discuss. Let's inspire. Let's tech-talk./ Alle News zu den ALASCA-Tech-Talks gibt es hier: https://alasca.cloud/alasca-tech-talks/ Verantwortliche i.S.d. § 55 Abs. 2 RStV: Dr. Marius Feldmann (Vorsitzender | Cloud&Heat Technologies GmbH) Josephine Seifert (Stellvertretende Vorsitzende) Steffen Brauß (Schatzmeister | Schwarz IT KG) Registergericht: Amtsgericht Dresden Registernummer: VR 12961 Steuernummer: 202/140/21049

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ALASCA Tech-Talk #34 "Standardized observability at scale with uMon "
by Helena Ott March 10, 2026

March 10, 2026

Dear ALASCA Community, we are happy to invite you to our March Tech-Talk on 27th March 2026, 11 am. This time, you can look forward to the following topic and speakers: _*Standardized observability at scale with uMon *_ *Marc Schöchlin (**Technical Lead uStack IaaS and uMon Observability**), UhuruTec * An essential aspect of the reliable and sustainable operation of cloud platforms is the use of suitable observability mechanisms to evaluate the past, current, and future behavior of these systems. The implementation of a complete observability platform not only requires in-depth knowledge of the technical components used to operate it in a scalable, available, and compliant manner, but also practical operating experience and architectural understanding of the cloud platform being operated. The open source project “uMon” aims to provide a standardized approach to collecting and processing metrics, log files, and traces. This allows platform operators to jointly use a standardized, scalable, and highly advanced observability platform in a “community of practice” approach. The open source approach allows mutual benefit from operational knowledge, easier management of complexity, and savings in effort that can be directed toward more important issues. The presentation will provide an overview of the technologies used (Prometheus, Mimir, Zabbix, Opensearch, Kafka, etc.), the observability principles, and the actual technical implementation. Attached to this e-mail, we are also sending you the invite for your calendars. Please feel free to share it with whomever might be interested in this Tech-Talk. Have a nice day and see you soon, Helena

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ALASCA Tech-Talk #33 "Running Yaook on internal network with bonded interfaces to double the bandwidth: Lessons learned"
by Helena Ott Feb. 13, 2026

Feb. 13, 2026

Dear ALASCA Community, we are happy to invite you to our February Tech-Talk on 27th February 2026, 11 am. This time, you can look forward to the following topic and speakers: Running Yaook on internal network with bonded interfaces to double the bandwidth: Lessons learned *Martin Pilka (CEO) & Matus Jenca (Software Engineer), dNation *Any cluster is only as fast and reliable as its underlying network infrastructure. Amount of data processed is ever growing, especially with recent development of AI. To achieve reasonable processing speed, it is crucial to have fast both network and storage. In this talk we share our experience from building fast network foundation for Yaook cluster using common (not InfiniBand) switches/cabling where each node is connected to two switches. We name challenges we faced, describe how we solved them and summarize lessons learned. We demonstrate our approach on live demo, demonstrating both improved network speed and redundancy. Attached to this e-mail, we are also sending you the invite for your calendars. Please feel free to share it with whomever might be interested in this Tech-Talk. Have a nice weekend and see you soon, Franziska __ *ALASCA - Verband für betriebsfähige, offene Cloud-Infrastrukturen e.V.* c/o Cloud&Heat Technologies GmbH Königsbrücker Straße 96 | 01099 Dresden +49 351 479 367 00 hello(a)alasca.cloud <mailto:hello@alasca.cloud> | https://alasca.cloud/ /Let's learn. Let's discuss. Let's inspire. Let's tech-talk./ Alle News zu den ALASCA-Tech-Talks gibt es hier: https://alasca.cloud/alasca-tech-talks/ Verantwortliche i.S.d. § 55 Abs. 2 RStV: Dr. Marius Feldmann (Vorsitzender | Cloud&Heat Technologies GmbH) Josephine Seifert (Stellvertretende Vorsitzende) Steffen Brauß (Schatzmeister | Schwarz IT KG) Registergericht: Amtsgericht Dresden Registernummer: VR 12961 Steuernummer: 202/140/21049

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[ALASCA Tech-Talk #32] How to build an SCS-compliant cloud environment for the benefit,of the ALASCA community
by Franziska Feldmann Jan. 6, 2026

Jan. 6, 2026

Hello everyone, I hope you all had a wonderful, relaxing Christmas and a good start to the new year. I wish you all the best of luck, success, and above all, good health for 2026. After our Christmas break, we would like to kick off the new year with a new Tech-Talk at the end of the month. On Friday, January 30, 2026, you can look forward to the following exciting talk: --- *How to build an SCS-compliant cloud environment for the benefit of the ALASCA community */ Matthias Büchse (ALASCA FOCIS)/ With ALASCA FOCIS, we want to publicly establish the viability of open solutions through case studies we do in cooperation with relevant parties. Case in point: ALASCA founding member C&H recently set up a new SCS-compliant OpenStack cluster, donating big parts to the ALASCA community to work on the ALASCA stack, to host Gitlab runners, and other things. We accompanied this installation, providing advice regarding SCS compliance, and we observed the process in order to prepare comprehensive documentation. In this talk, I will show how this installation was done (in particular with respect to SCS compliance), how the ALASCA stack enables this installation, what services are already available, and how to apply for resources on this environment. --- You can find more information on the ALASCA Tech-Talks here: https://alasca.cloud/alasca-tech-talks/ Please feel free to forward this invite to other interesting persons within your company or network. We are looking forward to seeing you there. If you have any questions regarding the ALASCA Tech-Talk(s) or if you would like to present a topic yourself, we'd be happy to hear about it. All the best, Franzi -- Franziska Feldmann ALASCA - Verband für betriebsfähige, offene Cloud-Infrastrukturen e.V. c/o Cloud&Heat Technologies GmbH Königsbrücker Straße 96 | 01099 Dresden +49 351 479 367 00 hello(a)alasca.cloud |https://alasca.cloud/ Let's learn. Let's discuss. Let's inspire. Let's tech-talk. Alle News zu den ALASCA-Tech-Talks gibt es hier:https://alasca.cloud/en/alasca-tech-talks/ Verantwortliche i.S.d. § 55 Abs. 2 RStV: Dr. Marius Feldmann (Vorsitzender | Cloud&Heat Technologies GmbH) Josephine Seifert (Stellvertretende Vorsitzende) Steffen Brauß (Schatzmeister | Schwarz IT KG) Registergericht: Amtsgericht Dresden Registernummer: VR 12961 Steuernummer: 202/140/21049

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