February – An evening of hosting & security

Our first themed evening of the year. We're hosting three talks on hosting and security. We'll follow the talks with an open discussion focused on the same topic.

We'll be at the Bean enCounter on Thursday 18th February. As always we have free food and a drink waiting! We'll be there from 6pm with talks starting at 7pm.

The nearest car park is North Walls (http://staffswebmeetup.createsend1.com/t/t-l-tiljthl-l-y/) and parking in Stafford is free after 6pm.

Thanks to our sponsors for this event – iWeb (https://www.iweb.co.uk/) and TopCashback (https://www.topcashback.co.uk/).

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Schedule

6pm - 6:45pm
Talk, free food & a drink

6:45pm - 7pm
Welcome - Phil Wylie (https://twitter.com/mustardbees)

7:00pm - 7:15pm
AWS the art or the possibility - Alistair Henderson (https://www.meetup.com/staffswebmeetup/members/36547632/)

7:15pm - 7:30pm
Security: Where to start - Darren Worrall (https://twitter.com/dazworrall)

7:30pm - 7:45pm
Web Hosting for WordPress - Daniel Foster (https://twitter.com/danfoster)

7:45pm - 8:15pm
Break, chat and a drink

8:15pm - 8:45pm
Discussion session (lean coffee)

8:45pm - 9pm
Closing remarks and raffle - Phil Wylie (https://twitter.com/mustardbees)

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Talks

AWS the art or the possibility
Alistair Henderson (https://www.meetup.com/staffswebmeetup/members/36547632/)

How to develop for the AWS platform. Amazon Web Services (AWS), is a collection of cloud computing services, also called web services, that make up a cloud-computing platform offered by Amazon.com.

Security: Where to start
Darren Worrall (https://twitter.com/dazworrall)

Hacking websites and stealing data is big business today, but there are steps you can take to protect yourselves and your customers - in this talk we’ll discuss what you want to protect and how to get started

Web Hosting for WordPress
Daniel Foster (https://twitter.com/danfoster)

There is no single right solution for hosting your WordPress website. In this short talk I’ll take a look at the available options and the challenges and benefits associated with them.

Discussion session

Our interpretation of Lean Coffee (http://leancoffee.org/), a fast paced open discussion. Using sticky notes, during the break people will post up questions or talk topics. You will have the opportunity to vote for the sticky notes that you find the most interesting. We'll then open the floor for a short discussion on each topic.