QCon New York 2015: Netflix, Comcast, NFL, Goldman Sachs Case Studies Confirmed (June 8-12)

QCon New York 2015: Netflix, Comcast, NFL, Goldman Sachs Case Studies Confirmed (June 8-12) Dear Kwonki, The 4th annual QCon New York will take place at the New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge June 8-12, 2015. There will be two days of full & half day tutorials from June 8-9 (Mon-Tues) and a full 3-day conference from June 10-12 (Wed-Fri). The conference will feature in-depth case studies from Netflix, Comcast, Goldman Sachs, NFL Digital Media, and others. Software Engineers, Technical Team Leads, and Data Scientists at these companies will describe how they're dealing with some of the greatest challenges in the arenas of Microservices, Data Science, Reactive Architectures, Fraud Detection, DevOps, and Software Delivery. Register before Apr 18th and save $400. New speakers and sessions are being posted to the conference site every week. 47/118 speakers have already been confirmed and 14 tutorials are online. Here are some of the confirmed technical sessions: Automating Operational Decisions in Real-time @ Netflix This talk will discuss how Netflix uses data mining and machine learning techniques to automate decisions in real-time with the goal of supporting operational availability and reliability. It will also review how they got to the current state, the lessons learnt, and the future of real-time analytics at Netflix. 20 minutes from ticket to production. Zero downtime. This session explains the benefits of containerization in the context of a real-world open-source deployment of a Go web service using Terraform, CoreOS, Docker, Fleet, and Vulcan on AWS. They will discuss testing, integration, canary deploys and how we achieve 20 minute development cycles (from request to production deployment) with zero downtime. Fixing Production Code at 100 Miles per Hour: Five Techniques to Improve How You Debug Servers Production debugging is hard, and it's getting harder. This session covers some essential tools and more advanced techniques Java and Scala developers can use to debug live applications and resolve errors quickly. It explores five crucial techniques for distributed debugging - and some of the pitfalls that make resolution much harder, and can even lead to downtime. Where Next? Building a Career as a Technologist You're a successful developer, architect or maybe even engineering leader. What's next? How can you turn a good job into a really fulfilling career? In this session learn how to identify your ideal job and build a personal brand that'll make you the obvious choice for the gig. We hope you can join us for QCon New York 2015. Register before Apr 18th and save $400. Attending with your colleagues? QCon New York offers special savings when you register a group of three or more people from your company. Click here for more details. Sincerely, The QCon Team   $400 OFF before Apr 18th, 2015   The track themes for QCon New York are as follows: Applied Data Science and Machine Learning Engineer Your Culture Modern Advances in Java Technology Monoliths to Microservices The Art of Software Design Architecting for Failure Emerging Technologies in Front-end Development Fraud Detection and Hack Prevention High Performance Streaming Data Reactive Architecture Tactics Architectures You've Always Wondered about Continuously Deploying Containers in Production Mobile and IoT at Scale Modern Computer Science in the Real World Optimizing Yourself   Registration is $1,895 for the 3 days conference, before Apr 18th   Details and contact on Sponsorships sales@qconnewyork.com   Follow Us            Annual QConferences QCon New York QCon San Francisco QCon London QCon Beijing QCon Shanghai QCon Sao Paulo QCon Rio de Janeiro QCon Tokyo

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