June 6, 2010

Velocity, the “Web Performance and Operations Conference” put on by O’Reilly, kicks off tomorrow and we here at Basho are excited. Why? Because Benjamin Black, acknowledged distributed systems expert, will be giving a 90 minute tutorial on Riak. The official name of the session is called “Riak: From Design to Deploy.” If you haven’t already read it, you can get the full description of the session here.

I just got a sneak peek at what Benjamin has planned and all I can say is that if you are within 100 miles of Santa Clara, CA tomorrow and not in this session, you will regret it.

And, what better to go with a hands on Riak tutorial than some good old fashioned SWAG? Here is a little offer to anyone attending tomorrow: post a write up of Benjamin’s session and I’ll send you a Riak SWAG pack. It doesn’t have to be a novel, just a few thoughts will do. Post them somewhere online for all the world to see and learn from, and I’ll take care of the rest.

Enjoy Velocity. We are looking forward to your reviews!

Mark Phillips
Community Manager