Top 100 Performing Technology Company Becomes Event Sponsor of Free BarCamp Harrisburg 6 Conference

Entry is free but a registration is required. The topics for BarCamp Harrisburg 2014 are set by the participants and include tracks on web and learning technologies, mobile application development, cyber security and coding.
 
HARRISBURG, Pa. - April 17, 2014 - PRLog -- Rackspace  will be the Event Sponsor of the upcoming free technology and web-oriented conference, BarCamp Harrisburg 6.

The event is set for May 3rd at Harrisburg University of Science and Technology in PA.

The free event is known as an “unconference” because it is filled with open, participatory events, discussions, and workshops where presentation content is provided by the participants rather than chosen speakers. The annual event draws nearly 200 web developers, cloud computing experts, educators, e-learning experts, application developers and software engineers.

Entry is free but a registration is required. The topics for BarCamp Harrisburg 2014 are set by the participants and include tracks on web and learning technologies, mobile application development, cyber security and coding.

Register online at http://www.barcamphbg.org

BarCamp Harrisburg is organized and co-hosted by Hauck Interactive and Harrisburg University of Science and Technology.

Rackspace Hosting is the open cloud company, delivering open technologies and powering more than 197,000 customers worldwide. Rackspace provides its renowned Fanatical Support® across a broad portfolio of IT products, including Public Cloud, Private Cloud, Hybrid Hosting and Dedicated Hosting. The company offers choice, flexibility and freedom from vendor lock-in. Rackspace has been recognized by Bloomberg BusinessWeek as a Top 100 Performing Technology Company and is featured on Fortune’s list of 100 Best Companies to Work For. Rackspace was positioned in the Leaders Quadrant by Gartner Inc. in the "2011 Magic Quadrant for Managed Hosting." Rackspace is headquartered in San Antonio with offices and data centers around the world. For more information for developers, visit http://developer.rackspace.com.

Make plans to arrive around 9-10 am, have breakfast, network, and post topics you would like to discuss on a schedule board (we’ll have markers and a whiteboard available to post topics). Following a brief kick-off meeting with the entire group, the day will consist of sessions broken down into 45-minute blocks. Sessions can be discussions, workshops, or presentation--it’s up to you! There will be a break for lunch, followed by afternoon sessions that will run until around 5 pm.

Past sessions at BarCamp Harrisburg have included building a site using the Gaia Flash Framework; Flash vs. HTML5; Social Media; Open source content management systems; Developing Desktop Applications using AIR; Developing Android Applications; Yahoo! Query Language; How to use SVN with Web projects; Top Photoshop Tricks; Top WordPress and Drupal plugins; Application Performance & Scaling; Best Security Practices; Unix Command Line Productivity Tips; and Applying User Interface Design to Source Code.

The first BarCamp took place in 2005, and since that time BarCamps have been held in over 350 cities all over the world. BarCamp originated as a response to Foo Camp, which was an invitation-only conference. Both conferences are a play on the terms foo, bar, and foobar, which are common placeholder/variable names used by hackers and computer programmers.

Harrisburg University is located at 326 Market Street in Harrisburg.  Parking is available in the Standard Parking Authority operated garage accessible via Fourth Street. Cost for parking in the garage is $7.00 for 0-2 hours. Kiosk for parking accepts cash only. More information on parking rates and directions to the University are found online at http://www.harrisburgu.net/campuslife/directions.php#parking

You can literally take planes, trains and automobiles to BarCamp Harrisburg. The University’s location in downtown Harrisburg is near Interstates 83 and 81 and the Pennsylvania Turnpike, making it an easy drive to the University from any of Pennsylvania’s major cities. And it’s only a two-hour drive from the University to Baltimore, Washington, DC or Philadelphia. The Amtrak Passenger Train Station and Greyhound Bus Station are one block from our location. And the Harrisburg International Airport is only nine miles from the University. http://www.harrisburgu.edu/campuslife/directions.php

Accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, Harrisburg University is a private university offering bachelor-of-science and graduate degree programs in science, technology and math fields. For more information on BarCamp Harrisburg 6 or  the University's affordable demand-driven undergraduate and graduate programs, call 717.901.5146 or email, Connect@HarrisburgU.edu

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