Open Tech Calendar

Please join us for the second AWS User Group Scotland in association with CirrusHQ and Edinburgh Napier University.

We have a number of interesting speakers lined up:

How FanDuel uses EMR & Redshift, John Sutherland, FanDuel

In this talk we'll discover how FanDuel arrived at the decision to use Amazon's EMR (Elastic Map Reduce), and Redshift products; how the rest of the company interacts with the data warehouse; and what their plans are for the future.

Best Practices for EC2 Reserved Instance Purchasing, James Lucas, CirrusHQ

A dive into EC2 reserved instances purchasing and sharing the best methods for optimising your EC2 costs.

Staying lean as you scale on AWS, Stuart Grant, Geo.me

Stuart will take us through Geo.me's usage of AWS since 2008, how they have grown and what services they use

How STV uses AWS, Michael Maclean, STV

STV have recently moved their web platform over to AWS. This talk provides an overview of how STV use AWS services to deliver their high-traffic websites, video on demand and native mobile applications, and what we learned on the lead up to the move.

Please signup via awsusergroupscotland2.eventbrite.co.uk so that we know that you are coming.

We look forward to seeing you!