Friday May 22, 2009 1:39PM
by Suzanne Axtell
in Velocity
The second edition of Velocity, the Web Performance and Operations Conference from O’Reilly, is just about four weeks away. Program co-chairs Jesse Robbins (recently named Geek of the Week by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer) and Steve Souders are putting the final touches on the program; new speakers just confirmed include:
Ben Galbraith and Dion Almaer of Mozilla will delve into developer tools used to enhance web performance in their presentation, On Responsiveness
In Go with the Reflow, Google’s Lindsey Simon will present some findings from testing reflow times in a variety of browsers under different conditions
For another peek into what’s in store at Velocity, be sure to read James Turner’s interview with Microsoft’s Eric Schurman, The Greatest Good for the Greatest Number.
Monday April 20, 2009 5:13PM
by Suzanne Axtell
in Velocity
Everyone who registers for Velocity by May 3 not only saves up to $150, but is also entered to win one free night at The Fairmont (during Velocity conference dates only).
The downturn is no time for downtime. If you are tasked with building faster sites, designing scalable infrastructure, and delivering a superior, always-available customer experience, Velocity is the single best place to go for crucial skills and knowledge.
Whether you work for a top-flight company or are a freelance rock star, Velocity addresses the tangibles and intangibles you are already taking into consideration when planning your conference budget for this year, from ROI, tools, and techniques to networking with experts and sharpening marketable job skills.
If you’re planning to attend, we encourage you to book a room now at The Fairmont San Jose to put yourself close to the action and increase your opportunities the conversations and revelations happen between attendees after the session are done for the day.
Saturday March 7, 2009 9:30AM
by Suzanne Axtell
in Velocity
Program chairs Jesse Robbins and Steve Souders have just unveiled the schedule for the second edition of Velocity, the web performance and operations conference. Building on the very successful premiere of the event last year, Velocity will feature some of the most talented experts in the business, giving all participants the skills and knowledge they need to raise their game and beef up the bottom line–critical functions in this down economy.
A sampling of the speakers and topics on the agenda include:
New to Velocity 2009 is a full day of workshops, which will immerse participants more deeply into essential issues for making websites fast, scalable, efficient, and available.
Friday March 6, 2009 9:56AM
by Jackie Hadley, Communications Associate
in Velocity
Program Teaches How to Build a Better Internet
Sebastopol, CA, March 5, 2009—O’Reilly Media has opened early registration for Velocity, the Web Performance and Operations Conference on June 22-24, 2009, at the Fairmont in San Jose, CA. Program chairs Jesse Robbins and Steve Souders have revealed the program for this three-day event dedicated to helping people build better infrastructures. Early registration savings of up to $300 end May 3, 2009.
Velocity provides the place to learn how to build websites and services that raise the standards for fast, scalable, efficient, and reliable performance. Velocity 2009 focuses on accomplishing more with fewer resources, efficient design and scaling techniques, and the best ways to manage change. The program also highlights best practices in performance and operations that improve the user experience as well as the company’s bottom line.
Monday January 12, 2009 9:22AM
by Suzanne Axtell
in Velocity
11:59 p.m. Jan. 12 is the deadline to submit speaking proposals for Velocity, the O’Reilly conference on web performance and operations. The program committee is interested in presentations for a variety of skill levels around the following topics:
How to tie web performance and operations to the bottom line
Real-world incident management - getting “tight like a pit crew”
Making websites as fast and reliable as desktop apps
Networking, DNS, and load balancing
Profiling’s not just on the backend: JavaScript, CSS, and the network
Managing web services - flaming disasters you survived and lessons learned
The intersection between performance and design
Wicked cool (and actionable) metrics
Ads, ads, ads - the performance killer?
Troubleshooting in production
How to scale and be fast on the social web
Capacity planning and load testing
Establishing performance and operations best practices within your organization
Configuration management best (and worst) tools and practices
Monitoring and instrumentation: Open Source, as a service, commercially supported solutions
Using multiple CDNs to improve customer experience and reduce cost
A limited number of speaking opportunities are also available through conference sponsorship. Contact Sharon Cordesse at scordesse@oreilly.com for more information.
Wednesday November 19, 2008 11:10AM
by Jackie Hadley, Communications Associate
in Velocity
O’Reilly Conference Opens Call for Participation
Sebastopol, CA, November 17—Want to make your websites fast, scalable, efficient, and reliable? O’Reilly’s Velocity, the Web Performance and Operations Conference on June 22-24, 2009, at the Fairmont in San Jose, CA, shows how to develop those traits. Dedicated to helping people build better infrastructures, Velocity offers developers and engineers the key for crossing over from cool Web 2.0 features to sustainable websites. Program chairs Jesse Robbins and Steve Souders have opened the call for participation and invite proposals for conference sessions, panels, and a newly added full day of tutorials at Velocity 2009.
“Velocity pulls together industry leaders covering the most important areas of web performance and operations. I’m looking forward to discussing how to get the most out of the latest browsers including Internet Explorer 8, Firefox 3, Safari 4, and Chrome. The competition is really strong in this area, especially with regard to JavaScript performance,” says Steve. “Another theme we’re highlighting is best practices in performance and operations that improve the user experience as well as the company’s bottom line. These are the best kind of win-win optimizations that everyone can rally behind.”
Monday October 20, 2008 1:53PM
by Jackie Hadley, Communications Associate
in Velocity
Harish Mallipeddi’s Blog: Commenting on Velocity ‘08
I finally had time tonight to look at the presentations from Velocity 08. If you’re interested, they’re all available on the Oreilly conference website.
Personally I thought the following two talks were awesome:
* Capacity Management by John Allspaw (Flickr Ops Mgr)
* Building an Automated Infrastructure by Adam Jacob
Tuesday July 8, 2008 5:05PM
by Maureen Jennings, Conferences Publicist
in Velocity
“When these sites go away, it’s a sudden loss. It’s like you are standing in the middle of Macy’s and the power goes out. When the thing you depend on to live your daily life suddenly goes away, it’s trauma…These companies have a responsibility to people who rely and depend on them, just as people going over a public bridge expect that the bridge won’t suddenly collapse,” says Velocity cochair Jesse Robbins in Brad Stone’s article on Web sites’ performance.
Tuesday June 24, 2008 2:42PM
by Maureen Jennings, Conferences Publicist
in Velocity
“Domas Mituzas of MySQL/Sun gave a presentation Monday at the Velocity conference that provided an inside look at the technology behind Wikipedia, which he calls an ‘operations underdog,’” writes Rich Miller.
Wednesday June 4, 2008 3:51PM
by Suzanne Axtell
in Velocity
The inaugural Velocity conference will feature Ignite! on Monday, June 23 at 8:45 p.m. Each of the 16 Ignite! talks will be five minutes long–20 slides at only 15 seconds a slide. There are still a few slots open for cool ideas, hacks, and lessons. If you’d like to share your war stories with a lot of other web performance and ops practitioners, submit a proposal by June 9. Velocity co-chair Jesse Robbins will be accepting and announcing good talks as they come in, with the final lineup posted on June 13. Remember, Ignite Velocity is free and will be open to all.
Thursday April 17, 2008 2:43PM
by Suzanne Axtell
in Velocity
Steve Souders, co-chair of Velocity and author of High Performance Web Sites (at one point the #1 selling computer book on Amazon) will explain the Performance Golden Rule, review his performance best practices, and use YSlow to analyze the top web sites in the world. Introducing Steve will be Andy Oram, author, blogger, and senior editor for O’Reilly Media.
This is a free live event taking place Thursday, April 24, 2008 at 17:00 GMT for approximately 45 minutes. Attendance is limited, so register now. We’ll send you a reminder before the webcast. And please feel free to invite your friends and colleagues to join in!
Tuesday April 1, 2008 3:10PM
by Suzanne Axtell
in Velocity
We’ve just heard from program co-chairs Steve Souders and Jesse Robbins that more speakers have been added to the schedule for Velocity, our new web performance and operations conference, including Bill Scott from Netlix on Measuring Performance. The speaker list now includes folks from Microsoft, AOL, Amazon, Sun Microsystems, Mozilla, Farecast, LinkedIn, OpenDNS, plus many others sharing perspectives and expertise.
Friday February 29, 2008 5:36PM
by Suzanne Axtell
in Velocity
Brand new to the O’Reilly conference line-up this year is Velocity and we’re excited to be opening up a conversation in this space. Program chairs Steve Souders and Jesse Robbins have just unveiled the preliminary line-up of speakers and sessions, which follow two tracks: Performance and Operations. (Registering by May 5 saves you 350 bucks, too.)
