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Platform Choices on Windows Azure (It’s not just ASP.NET and SQL Server)
Mark Rendle introduces the basic services offered by Windows Azure along with examples of various platform choices that can be used: RavenDB, ASP.NET MVC, Node.js + Express, MongoDB, Sinatra, etc.
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Skynet: A Scalable, Distributed Service Mesh in Go
Brian Ketelsen introduces Skynet, a platform for polyglot, distributed and composable services that communicate with each other over RPC/JSON.
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Free Pizza! A Glimpse Inside eCommerce at Domino’s Pizza
Bill Heitzeg shares the lessons learned and the process of recreating a new e-commerce platform and website for Domino’s Pizza.
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Titanic, COBOL and the 100 Year Platform
Ola Bini discusses what features a long lasting platform should have, and takes a look at Java to see if it can be that platform.
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Beam.js: Erlang Meets JavaScript
Yurii Rashkovskii presents Beam.js, a JavaScript platform built on erlv8 and providing bi-directional integration with Erlang.
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Ning.com building a platform of social networks
Jay Parikh will discuss various aspects of the software and systems that make up the Ning platform. Ning powers over 500,000 social networks and is one of the fastest growing Internet sites.
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The Browser as a Platform
Ben Galbraith and Dion Almaer present the current status of the browser as a platform and what it takes to be successful: a fast JavaScript engine, using Canvas, thread support, great UI, and others.
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Harnessing the Cloud
Mr. West provides a detailed view of cloud computing and how it can be harnessed for benefit. Issues covered include: agile economies, mobile knowledge workers, the cloud, and global organizations
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Google App Engine and the Google Data APIs
This presentation introduces the Google App Engine and an overview of its features while building a simple application. Integration with the Google Data APIs is demonstrated.
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What Happens When David Hasselhoff Meets the Cloud
Stefan presents a roadmap for moving to a cloud computing environment - specifically the AWS cloud platform - based on his experience at Soocial.
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Gluing together the web via the Facebook Platform
At Gluecon 2009, Josh Elman discussed the Facebook platform and how it supports the creation of social networks, including the "social stack:" identity, social graph, and sharing.
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Transforming Software Architecture with Web as Platform
Software architecture has become heavily influenced in recent years by the largest software system in the world: The Web. This session will take a comprehensive look at how the "Web as Platform"