Presentations: Focus on Cloud Computing

Any web business has to consider using a cloud service. The decision will be based on economics, reliability and your risk tolerance. This track will cover the latest tools and technologies used to minimize your risk.

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I Made a Map of the Internet - And Other Lessons About Speeding Up Web Sites
Tom Hughes-Croucher (Yahoo!)
I have made a map of everything involved in getting from your computer, via your ISP, to a web site and back. It's exhaustive, but that's the point. Where the heck should we optimize? This talk will take the audience on a journey through the guts of the internet to learn how and where to optimize for speed.
Latency Trumps All
Chris Saari (Yahoo!)
Addressing latency is what drives much of the real time web revolution as we know it today. From Twitter’s up to the moment updates, to Google serving a search result in the blink of an eye dealing with latency is the key to keeping the web, and your own computer, running quickly. Learn how to conquer latency for building fantastic products by looking at examples from around the industry.
The Hidden Lessons of Cloud Computing
Christopher Brown (Opscode)
While everyone has been loudly arguing the hype and kicking the tires, Cloud Computing has been quietly teaching us some valuable lessons. Which vendors or APIs succeed in the marketplace will be less interesting than the improved infrastructure, application architecture and even corporate IT deployments made possible by what we've learne
The Mobile Stack's Cloud Layer
Scott Kveton (Urban Airship), Matt Galligan (SimpleGeo)
Few mobile apps are useful without the web. There's a new layer in the cloud aimed specifically at mobile developers. Sometimes built on top of AWS these web services are designed specifically to make an mobile app scale. These companies handle the new CRUD of dealing with location data, notifications, user connections and let mobile devs focus on the client.
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