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title: Scaleconf - A web scalability conference in South Africa
meta-description: Scaleconf is a web scalability conference about working and building for highly scalable websites. International experts will be talking about principles from the devops movement as well as some trending technologies and methodologies.
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          <h2>What&#8217;s it all about?</h2>
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            ScaleConf is a two-day tech conference which brings together local and international experts to share their ideas on tools and methodologies for dealing with the
            problems of being a highly available service.
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          The presentations will cover the culture and technologies used to develop and architect strong foundations required to operate web sites and web services at scale.
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          <p>You can <a href="attend">sign up to receive updates</a> about the conference as we finalise details. </p>
          <p>You can also help us spread the word: <div style='vertical-align:middle; display:inline-block'><a href="https://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-text="A conference on scalability, devops, and high availability is happening in Cape Town, South Africa" data-count="horizontal" data-via="scaleconf">Tweet</a><script type="text/javascript" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div>
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            If you are interested in sharing your experience, you can find more information on the speakers page.
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          <h2>We're looking for experts</h2>
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                We already have the backing of some amazing people in the DevOps space, and we&#8217;re looking for more local and international speakers who are willing to share
                their experience and knowledge. 
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          <p>   If you&#8217;re interested in speaking, you can find more information on the <a href="/speakers">Speakers</a> page. </p>
         
           <h2>We need sponsors</h2>
           <p> We&#8217;re looking for sponsors to help us make this a great conference.  If you would like to get involved, you can find more information on the <a href="/sponsors">Sponsors</a> page above. </p> 
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