Speaker: Devon Hillard - Apache Web Performance

Apache Web Performance - Leveraging Apache to make your site FLY!

Apache is the most popular web server in the world, yet its default configuration can't handle high traffic. Learn how to setup Apache for high performance sites and leverage many of its available modules to deliver a faster web experience for your users. Discover how Apache can max out a 1 Gbps NIC and how to serve over 140,000 pages per minute with a small Apache cluster. Get happier users, more conversions, and save money with a properly setup Apache web server.

Devon Hillard has been developing, architecting, and hosting high traffic web applications for 14 years. Some of the sites he has been involved with include: ATT.com (http://att.com), Cingular.com (http://cingular.com), http://PeopleChoiceAwards.com , http://Payless.com , http://Scotts.com , http://JCrew.com , http://VermontCountryStore.com , http://10MinuteMail.com , and many more. He is currently a co-founder of Spark::red an ATG Managed Hosting provider (https://www.sparkred.com), delivering high performance hosting for the Fortune 1000 who use the Oracle/ATG eCommerce platform.

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Schedule:

6:30-7:15 Eat pizza and meet other members
7:15-8:15 Presentation
8:15-9:00 Q&A, general socializing and more pizza eating