Tracks

Finance & Banking

Banking and finance sectors are considered conservative by some and cutting edge at the same time. This track focuses on the latter, giving you applied case studies on how banks and financial institutions are using non mainstream technologies to shave off microseconds in their computations, increase programmer productivity and improving quality while tackling present and future computational challenges.

Next Generation Databases

This track will explore the future of data and data architectures for performance, scalability and distribution. By looking at innovations in and the future of databases, including cloud databases, NoSQL, NewSQL, graph databases, big data analytics, semantics and linked data.

Infrastructure & Distribution

Gone are the days of the mainframe; infrastructure software for the 21st Century needs to be distributed, scalable and flexible. How good useful is an effective big data analytics algorithm if you can not move the data cheaply and efficiently, or what is the point of an instant messaging cluster if it will not scale linearly with demand. The speakers in this track have used non mainstream technologies for messaging backbones, computing clouds and massive clusters, streaming media and instant messaging. Come and find out how.

Scalability & Multicore

The future of computing is Multi-core, massively multi-core. This track investigates hardware infrastructures, from embedded to super computers, from running programs on the bare metal to virtualization. When should you use what? What are the advantages and disadvantages of the various approaches? This track investigates them all, and is a must when deciding what hardware platform and technology stack to use.

Not Only OO

Programming languages are in constant development, responding to the changing nature of computing problems and hardware infrastructure. Both old and new, languages have their strength and weaknesses, making them fit (or unfit) for particular jobs. Learn and exchange ideas with the inventors of today and tomorrow’s computing future, and ensure you equipped with the knowledge to make the right choice.

Next Generation Analytics

The "Next Generation Analytics" track explores the technical challenges of working with data sets that are too large for traditional tools. The reward for your efforts are new insights that are not evident in smaller data sets. Big Data Analytics combines new tools for cost-effective scalability such as the Hadoop alternatives, paired with conventional tools. Our speakers will discuss their experiences working with Big Data and offer guidance to help you be effective, as well.

Gaming & New Media

Gaming and media are two rapidly expanding and overlapping verticals that have not been shy in using old and new non mainstream technologies. Startups and established multinationals alike, they need to create cutting-edge products in order to be ahead of the competition. This track is a case study bonanza of technical solutions and success stories we can all learn from.