Brian Aker

Brian Aker
CTO, Data Differential

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Brian has spent his life working on the details of how to build and scale out systems. He is currently working on a new MicroKernel designed MySQL called Drizzle and is building the plumbing required for a new generation of large scale computer deployment. He also spends time working on Apache Modules, Memcached, and Gearman.

In the past, he has been involved with projects for the Army Engineer Corps, The VirtualHospital, Splunk, MySQL, Slashdot, and was a Distinguished Engineer at Sun Microsystems. He calls Seattle his home since that is where his dog Rosalynd is.

Sessions

Development
Location: 2006
Brian Aker (Data Differential)
The evolution of website design has lead back to the fundamental question asked by developers when building websites, "Is SQL really worth it?". This talk will go through the pro's and con's of how to choose a data store and give a survey of what is out there in both the SQL and NoSQL world. NoSQL is not about building a better hammer, it is about choosing the right tool for the right job. Read more.
Silverlight Showcase
Sponsors
  • Microsoft Corporation
  • .CO
  • Adobe Systems, Inc.
  • Ericsson
  • Germany Trade & Invest
  • IBM
  • Berlin Partner
  • blueKiwi
  • EffectiveUI
  • HP
  • Neustar, Inc.
  • OpenSRS
  • OpenText
  • PayPal
  • Pearltrees
  • The Planet
  • SOASTA

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(415) 947-6111
rkoziura@techweb.com

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(415) 947-6306
kpike@techweb.com

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