When: Monday 13th June 2011, doors open 6:00pm, meeting starts 6:30pm
Where: UWE (University of the West of England), Frenchay, Bristol (see FAQ for directions and a map) - Room 2q49
What: The Scaling Habits of ASP.NET Applications
Who: Richard Campbell, co-host of .NET Rocks, host of RunAs Radio, luminary, industry pundit and one of the wisest people you're likely to meet.
Why: Because... you're kidding right ? Surely this is self evident ? But for the record... I've been going to conferences for over 25 years and this is one of the best presentations I've ever seen. I've seen this one twice and I'm looking forward to seeing it again. Richard has a profound knowledge of this subject and his delivery is perfect. You will learn loads and you will really enjoy it. Tell your friends, tell your boss, tell everyone but only after you have registered because there is only room for 100 and this one will sell out.
How do I sign up for this meeting: Log in to the site, go to the Meetings page and on the top right hand side you will see a box "Register For A Meeting". Select the month in the drop down and then click on the Register link.
Abstract:
As our ASP.NET web applications become more and more successful we switch our focus from adding feature to performance, scale and management. Richard has been in the lab studying the scaling habits of the average domestic ASP.NET solution and has emerged to discuss his findings (no applications were actually harmed during the capture of this data). Come and learn where ASP.NET stumbles and how to get it back on its feet. In this session you will learn about the web acceleration equation, identify common ASP.NET bottlenecks, explore solution alternatives, uncover the secret sauce and determine a reasonable strategy for scaling ASP.NET applications.
Bio:
Richard Campbell has been involved with microcomputers and software since 1977. His career has spanned the industry both on the hardware and software sides, from manufacturing to sales, service, game development, line-of-business software and large scale systems. He's been deeply involved in creating new businesses around software, hardware, services and products in a huge range of roles, including technical, management and financing. During the halcyon days of the DotComBoom he was a consultant to venture capital firms providing technical due diligence and architectural direction.
Today Richard is on the board of directors for Telerik (www.telerik.com), a leading vendor of development, team productivity, automated testing tools, UI components and content management solutions in the Microsoft space. He is one of the co-founders of Strangeloop Networks (www.strangeloopnetworks.com), developing an appliance for web site performance. He's a partner in PWOP Productions, creating a variety of multimedia programs including ".NET Rocks!, the Internet Audio Talk Show for .NET Developers," (www.dotnetrocks.com) a podcast produced twice a week for more than 150,000 listeners in 120 countries. In addition he's the host of RunAs Radio (www.runasradio.com), a podcast for the IT Professional using Microsoft technologies. Richard also serves as a technical director for Penton Media, planning the content of magazines and conferences that engage technology professionals all over the world.
