Topic: Code Deployment + Magento SEO

Topic 1: Ending Your Code Deployment Nightmares

Christian will be kicking off the night with his presentation "Ending your code deployment nightmares". This presentation was recently given at the Magento Imagine conference in Las Vegas.

Whoever can get their new features, bug fixes and updates into the market fastest, gains the competitive advantage. However, most online retailers work with complex, clustered environments, making rapid code deployments a risky practice. A failed deployment can negatively impact sales, waste resources and destroy consumer confidence in your product. That’s why workflows are often complicated, overly cautious and painfully slow. What’s needed is a whole new way of working, where a continuous and reliable workflow isn’t compromised by the infrastructure underneath.

Speaker: Christian Larsen (https://au.linkedin.com/pub/christian-larsen/5b/204/2a9)

“Anything that can happen will happen, so be ready. When things break, it shouldn’t matter!” Christian’s obsession with availability comes from 9 years’ experience in GNU/Linux systems administration and consulting services. Today, he architects highly available and scalable hosting infrastructures for Anchor’s global clients, helping developers achieve the same for their applications. Previously, Christian led the team behind the infrastructure for Testflight—Apple’s iOS application testing platform—as it grew to 100 times its previous size.

Topic 2: Pandas, Penguins and Hummingbirds. Using Magento to Tame the Digital Ecosystem.

Mark will walk you through the basics of the different modules (Panda, Penguin and Hummingbird) within the Google Algorithm and show how to optimise your magento settings through the use of the configuration panel and extensions.

Speaker: Mark Binns (https://au.linkedin.com/in/markbinns)

Mark is Digital Marketing Manager at Acidgreen, who are certified Magento and Google Partners. With experience both Client and Agency side, Mark has a proven track record of helping clients to grow their business online through SEO, SEM and CRO.

http://photos3.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/a/3/1/6/600_439721750.jpeg

Format

6.00pm: Doors Open

6.00-6.30pm: Drinks & Networking

6.30-6.45pm: Introductions

6.45-7.15pm: Christian Larsen

7.15-7.45: Mark Binns

7:45-8.00: Q&A

8.00-9.00: Pizza & Networking

Sponsors

Anchor (http://www.anchor.com.au/): Anchor is the first Australian hosting provider to become an official Magento partner (http://partners.magento.com/partner_locator/partner_details.aspx?id=90287), thanks to a strong reputation for reliable and powerful managed hosting. Over the years, our team has worked with many global brands and dev agencies—each with at least one code deployment horror story to share. Faulty code deployments are the number one cause of Magento performance issues and downtime. Mistakes happen to even the most experienced DevOps team, which is why Anchor developed a powerful new Magento hosting platform—Fleet (http://anchorfleet.com/).

Acidgreen (http://www.acidgreen.com.au/): Every business is unique and so every website should also be unique. This includes custom graphic design but also the implementation of custom developed Magento features (http://www.acidgreen.com.au/what-we-do/) to satisfy your target audience and unique admin requirements. Our professional Magento developers (http://www.acidgreen.com.au/what-we-do/website-development/) use the Magento Ecommerce engine as a base for your ecommerce site, though we customise and enhance Magento to ensure your site works exactly as you need.

About The Sydney Magento Meetup

We want to bring Magento fans together. If you're a developer, designer, shop owner using Magento, or any other Magento-lover keen to have a friendly drink and chat, please come along! Each meeting we'll chat about something different - We'll mix up the topics to keep it interesting for all types. Participants will be asked to contribute to the discussion and we welcome you to pitch an idea or host a debate about a topic you're passionate about.

What can you expect?

A current, insightful and informative topic every month that matters to the Magento industry. Excellent presenters that are leaders in their field and want to share first hand knowledge. A good representation of both the Business and Technical aspects of our topics. Great networking with your peers in the Web Industry, no sales pitches. Learn something outside your comfort zone. Convenient CBD location with Free beer, pizza, and great views.

Who comes to the meetups?

eCommerce Entrepreneurs, C level Managers, Digital Managers, eCommerce Managers, Marketing Managers, Technical Managers, Developers, Designers, Sys Admins, Web Hosts, SaaS Providers, Tech Startups, Tech Students.

Need more information?

To sponsor The Sydney Magento Meetup, speak at an event, or for further information, contact: Jessica Field P: 02 8296 5111 E: jessica.field@anchor.com.au

Getting in:

Access via Castlereagh St doors only. All doors are locked, and we will have someone waiting at the Castlereagh St entrance to let you in. Use the lower lifts to access level 11 (the upper lifts are for even level floors only).

http://photos4.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/9/a/6/8/600_439539528.jpeg