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Jinesh Varia About Amazon Alexa Web Service's Architecture

Presented by Jinesh Varia on Aug 15, 2008 12:37 PM

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Clustering & Caching
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Summary
In this presentation, Jinesh Varia, a Web Services Evangelist at Amazon, talks about the architecture of one of Amazon's web services called Alexa. Jinesh explains how Amazon has reached scalability, performance and reduced costs for the Alexa service.

Bio
As a Web Services Evangelist at Amazon, Jinesh Varia helps developers take advantage of disruptive technologies that are going to change the way we think about computer applications, and the way businesses compete. Jinesh is focused on furthering awareness of web services and often helps developers on 1:1 basis, helping them implement their own ideas using Amazon's innovative services.

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Slides not clear by A D Posted Aug 19, 2008 7:34 AM
Re: Slides to download by Himanshu Bafna Posted Aug 21, 2008 8:08 AM
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    Aug 19, 2008 7:34 AM by A D

    slides related to architecture are not clear and missing some of the components described in the presentation.

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    Aug 21, 2008 8:08 AM by Himanshu Bafna

    From where can I download the slides.

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