OSCON 2011: Data Management in the Cloud

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Jul 202011

We’re packing up our surfboards and loading up our retro VW Van to drive north and head to OSCON: Open Source Convention 2011 at the Oregon Convention Center. Our very own Patrick Lightbody, founder of BrowserMob and director of product management for Webmetrics at Neustar, is set to speak during three sessions—one each morning of the conference.

Here’s the break down:

Monday, July 25 at 11:30 a.m. in Room B117-119
The Right Tool For The Right Job: Choosing The Best Data Storage Option

Tuesday, July 26 at 11:30 a.m. in Room A107/109
Managing Thousands of Cloud Instances with Java

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Velocity 2011: Patrick Lightbody’s session "From Inception to Acquisition"

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Jun 282011

BrowserMob founder and current Sr. Director of Product Management at Neustar, Patrick Lightbody, recently spoke at the Velocity Conference in Santa Clara, CA, where Neustar was a sponsor. Patrick shared his personal cloud computing experiences, highlighting techniques he used and lessons he learned when starting up BrowserMob.  Focusing on operational excellence, scaling, performance, and finance, he provided 4 lessons learned:

Lesson 1: Building Business Plan: The cloud provided Patrick with a safety net to launch the BrowserMob business. He tried to outsource as much as possible, and turned to the cloud for his business because it had an easy financial model, metered usage model and no upfront investment.

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Working with Amazon EC2 - A Quick Case Study

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May 112011

As you all know, BrowserMob utilizes Amazon Web Services (AWS) and open source software to power our services – in fact, BrowserMob couldn’t have been started without it.  We have put together a case study about our work with Amazon, highlighting the ways that it is helping us save you money.

Our approach to load testing depends on launching thousands of instances in short order, and AWS fits that model perfectly.

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Neustar’s BrowserMob Teams Up With with FriendRunner to Develop and Test Facebook Applications

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Mar 222011

As you may have seen, we announced some exciting news today: Neustar’s BrowserMob Load Testing and FriendRunner have joined forces. With these platforms combined, developers will be better able to test Facebook applications and ensure they are ready for viral deployment before launching them publicly to the Facebook community.

So why did we form this relationship? Well, Facebook’s unique architecture makes it more challenging to perform traditional load testing. However, with this solution, application developers can run load tests easily and efficiently, all while staying within budget.

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Cloud Computing... in 1963

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Jan 182010

Brad Feld, an early stage investor and entrepreneur who runs the popular blog Feld Thoughts, recently dug up an old video showing how things have come almost completely full circle in the world of computing.

The video is embedded below for your convenience. It’s a bit long (~30 minutes), but if you’re interested in today’s cloud computing, it’s pretty entertaining to watch. It definitely gives you a good perspective on the evolution of computing:

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