Experiences from living at the Edge
About this Event
Organisations are moving beyond digital products and services, prioritising the adoption of AI and the shift towards agentic systems.
As a result, the objectives of technology teams are increasingly becoming the strategic priorities of executive leaders:
- Accelerate development and deployment
- Simplify infrastructure
- Improve security
- Drive productivity
- Reduce scaling barriers and costs
“The cloud” made all of these promises, but the outcomes have contributed to more of the same challenges: greater complexity, cost, risks and rigidity.
As part of Leeds Digital Festival, we're hosting this event where we will explore: why these objectives have remained elusive, and importantly how, by “living at the edge” this (in many use cases) no longer needs to be the case.
Jamie Lord, is a global authority on the Cloudflare Developer platform and is the author of Architecting on Cloudflare, a resource that has been shared with a praised by Cloudflare’s top brass and customers.
He’ll explore why building on Cloudflare’s edge is genuinely better: fewer vendors stitched together, infrastructure and security handled at the same layer, and deployment measured in minutes rather than change-request cycles.
Submit your existing architecture, development, infrastructure challenges before the event and Jamie will guide an open discussion about his experience of overcoming them; including real examples of what he and his colleagues have been able to build.
We’ll also look into our agentic present and fast approaching future, sharing how customers are using the platform to safely accelerate progress.
Stay on afterwards for networking and an optional Developer Lab, where Jamie showcases the platform hands-on for anyone who wants to go deeper.
Speakers:
- Jamie Lord, Solution Architect at CDS (author, Architecting on Cloudflare)
Agenda
🕑: 05:30 PM - 06:15 PM
Registration and networking
🕑: 06:15 PM - 06:30 PM
The common barriers, from you
Info: Our speakers address the architecture, build and development challenges submitted by attendees beforehand.
🕑: 06:30 PM - 06:45 PM
Building on Cloudflare's Developer Platform
Host: Jamie Lord
Info: Why building on the Developer Platform, at the edge, is better: fewer vendors stitched together, infrastructure and security handled at the same layer, and deployment measured in minutes rather than change request cycles.
🕑: 06:45 PM - 07:15 PM
What we've actually built: Real world examples
Info: A panel of experts discuss real things they've built on the platform, at the edge, its benefits and why it has worked better.
🕑: 07:15 PM - 08:00 PM
Networking and Developer Lab
Info: Networking and drinks with your peers. There will also be an optional Developer Lab, where our host Jamie will showcase the Developer Platform hands-on for attendees who want to go deeper.
Where is it happening?
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