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meta-description: Scaleconf is a web scalability conference about working and building for highly scalable websites. International experts will be talking about principles from the devops movement as well as some trending technologies and methodologies.
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              <h2>What&#8217;s it all about?</h2>
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              ScaleConf is a two-day conference that brings together local and international experts to share their ideas on the problems faced by companies and individuals building and running services on the internet today.
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              The presentations will cover the culture and methodologies used to architect and develop strong foundations required to operate websites and services.
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              <h2>Who should be there?</h2>
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              You should come to ScaleConf if:
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                  <li>You are a member of a technical team that operates a website or service for your growing customer base</li>
                  <li>You are involved with a team that needs to start thinking in modern ways and dealing with problems that are going to arise as your service grows</li>
                  <li>You are interested in the latest technologies and ideas from some great international speakers</li>
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              <h2>The experts</h2>
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                          <div class="span3"><h4>Coda Hale</h4><p>Infrastructure Architect at Yammer, Inc.</p></div></div></div></div>

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                          <div class="span3"><h4>Simon de Haan</h4><p>Chief Engineer at Praekelt Foundation</p></div></div></div></div>

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                          <div class="span3"><h4>Zach Holman</h4><p>Githubber</p></div></div></div></div>

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                          <div class="span3"><h4>Miles Ward</h4><p>Amazon Web Services Solution Architect</p></div></div></div></div>
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