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July 31 2010

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December 05 2009

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November 22 2009

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Technologies for Data-Intensive Computing

Slides from presentation by Andreas Bechtolsheim, Sun Microsystems Inc
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How Complex Systems Fail

John Allspaw: "Let me start with this: I don’t think I can overstate how right-on this paper is, with respect to the challenges, solutions, observations, and concerns involved with operating a medium to large web infrastructure. I found this via @benjaminblack, and I agree with him 100%: this should be considered required reading for anyone in our industry. I’m not sure if Cook ever thought that his paper would apply to web infrastructure, but I think it can and does."

September 20 2009

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Experimentation at Microsoft

The goal is to accelerate innovation through trustworthy experimentation and to enable a more scientific approach to planning and prioritization of features and designs (Foley, 2008). Along the way, we ran many experiments on over a dozen Microsoft properties and had to tackle both technical and cultural challenges. [...] This paper focuses on problems not commonly addressed in technical papers: cultural challenges, lessons, and the ROI of running controlled experiments.
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September 04 2009

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