Learn about the what the future has in store for DBAs

Welcome to our first meetup of 2017! Save the date and please RSVP accurately as there are limited spaces available for this one.

6:30pm - Arrive, drinks, nibbles

7 pm - Talk 1: Mad Max and the Thunder dome: The future of the DBA in the Cloud by Scott McCormick, Principal Consultant.

With the proliferation of the cloud and DBaaS offerings in recent years, we look at the quickly changing DBA role. This talk will cover current trends, future prospects, and how you can prepare for it all.

• Q&A

7:30 pm Talk 2: Unstructured data & linear scalability with Cloud by Terry Dhariwal, Solutions Architect.

Terry, who has joined us from Couchbase, will explain how to leverage JSON and linearly scalable databases in the Cloud.

• Q&A

8 pm onwards - Networking and drinks

Expect pizza and beer as always! We look forward to seeing you there.