Events and Webinars

Rackspace Startups: An Audience with Robert Scoble

Join the man who Silicon Valley's superstars talk to first, Robert Scoble, for an evening of insight into everything Tech at this Rackspace Startup event. Robert will be sharing his keynote on 'The Age of Context', his vision of the (very) near future, where context is being redefined in an increasingly connected world through a series of inter-related trends.

Date: 18.30 – 22.00, 3rd June
Venue: McQueen, 51 Tabernacle Street, EC2A 4AA

LeWeb’13 London

The central idea behind collaborative consumption, or “The Sharing Economy” is that access to goods and skills is more important than ownership of them. This movement represents a major economic, social and cultural shift and is redefining the ways goods and services are exchanged, valued and created.

LeWeb London will explore the New Sharing Economy from all angles. Checking out the hot technologies at the heart of it and as always, hearing industry visionaries take on the concept.

Date: 4th – 6th June
Venue: Central Hall Westminster, Storey's Gate, London, SW1H 9NH
Speaking: Robert Scoble

Rackspace: Cloudathon – Startup Weekend

Date: All Day, 21st -23rd June (TBC)
Venue: The Campus, 4-5 Bonhill Street, London. EC2A 4BX

The BLN: Internet of Things

IoT13 is a one day forum for corporates, investors and entrepreneurs building businesses in the Internet of Things. We want to educate, inspire and connect the people and companies turning connected devices into profitable businesses.

The forum focus is on building businesses, not technology. Speakers will discuss the commercial application of IoT and what it takes to make money – how can entrepreneurial businesses partner profitably with large enterprises. Our audience brings together decision makers from corporate brands, influencers in the industry, innovative young enterprises and the press.

Date: 09.00 – 18.00, 27th June
Venue: Robinson College, Grange Road, Cambridge. CB3 9AN

EuroPython 2013

EuroPython is the official European conference about the Python programming language. It is aimed at everyone in the Python community, of all skill levels, both users and programmers.

Date: 1st – 5th July
Venue: Florence, Italy
Speaking: Muharem Hrnjadovic

Dublin Web Summit (TBC)

Date: All Day, 30th – 31st October
Venue: Royal Dublin Society (RDS), Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, Ireland

Past events

Using the Supernova Client API for the Rackspace Open Cloud
Are you using the Rackspace Cloud API for your cloud operations? Do you want a simple and effective way to deploy Rackspace Cloud commands through a friendlier API? The Supernova Client is a command line interface for the OpenStack API. Using this API will allow you to simplify, automate and speed up your Rackspace Cloud experience. In addition to this, the client lets you to use the nova client with multiple OpenStack nova environments.

Join Lee Kimber for “Using the Supernova Client API for the Rackspace Open Cloud” webinar which will cover:

• How to install and configure the Supernova Client
• How to use the client
• Common problems faced
• Q&A

Catch the replay here