From July to September web developers, IT students and database enthusiasts can download NoSQL papers to digest and annotate in their local groups. Every week (or two) there will be a meeting in Cheltenham to discuss the papers and annotated papers can be uploaded to the NoSQL website. It’s a global project that needs Cheltenham’s support!

Not sure what NoSQL is?

NoSQL is a different way of approaching databases – focusing on distributed, scalable systems and websites.

Join in

The meetings are being organised in Cheltenham by local entrepreneur and Post-graduate student Rich Mehta. You can join the mailing list for details of future meetings by following the link here and adding your email address. You can also add the schedule to your calendar there. It will automatically update via Google Calendar, Outlook, iCal or RSS feed.

Events are free to attend, informal and sociable.

Rich says he’d love to see more technical groups in the Cheltenham/Gloucester area and with several social media events taking off this year we’re sure there must be plenty of demand for technical events too. Cheltenham is a hub of creativity and there’s a real wealth of local programming talent!

There are also plans to continue the Cheltenham NoSQL group once the NoSQL summer has finished. Rich commented, “If there’s interest, I’d like to broaden the scope of the group to other technical topics such as Rails, .NET, I.T. systems and more. Cheltenham is a great place to start a group like this – we should definitely be at the forefront of new technologies in the South West!”

For general information about NoSQL Summer visit the website at http://nosqlsummer.org- you can follow the link to the Cheltenham page from there.