Topic: The Internet and the World Wide Web
A fascinating look into the future of big data. As parallel computing enables massive scaling & instant availability, the need for cloud computing is mandatory. During this keynote, Marten Mickos predicts that in several years there will be a trillion devices connected to the Internet. We are rapidly reaching a point that the only way to deal with this level of scaling will be through cloud computing.
Dr. Moira Gunn learns the secrets behind the art of anticipation from author, Kevin Maney from his new book, The Two-Second Advantage: How We Succeed by Anticipating the Future -- Just Enough.
There is a lot of downtime in MySQL, and Baron Schwartz knows the reasons why. In this short talk, he presents many of the main reasons for slow MySQL, and also a variety of simple solutions to the problem of MySQL downtime. Not only can issues be resolved, Baron Schwartz explains in the latter half of the presentation, but MySQL users can proactively reduce downtime.
Originally known as the Apache Group, the Apache Software Foundation is a leading supporter of open source software development. First established in 1999, the non-profit organization provides support to a number of open source projects. Software developer Nick Burch discusses the work of the ASF and its upcoming ApacheCon North America conference, scheduled for November 7-11, 2011 in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Three business chiefs reiterate that relationships are the most important assets -- so handling customer data is critical business. As internet marketing continues to grow, chief marketers have more data than ever on their customers. Here, top marketers talk about their data assets and how it directs company actions. Nikesh Arora of Google, John Hayes of American Express, and Yusuf Mehdi of Microsoft talk with John Battelle.
Drug safety data as reported by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration's Web site is plagued by misspellings and an ill-formatted data structure. Brian Overstreet of Adverse Events explains how the company's new filtering technology refines and demystifies access to this FDA data.
Wim Elfrink hypothesizes on how creating a stronger, more synthesized network will change the world. Focusing on aspects of future daily life as well as major global trends, Elfrink, Chief Globalization Officer of Cisco, discusses how technology and the use of an interconnected network will impact the future. His specific topics include the job markets in first and third world countries, sustainability in national infrastructures, and population growth, both as a whole and in terms of urbanization.
Imagine completing two rounds of interviews, beginning your job orientation then being offered a choice by your new employer: feel free to continue with training or take $3000 to quit. According to Tony Hsieh, this is one of many ways to keep a company's culture intact as it manages hypergrowth. He and Susan Lyne, Chair of the Gilt Groupe, share their strategies for maintaining customer-centered excellence as e-commerce proliferates.
Curation is the key to information overload. Qualitatively sorting and choosing information is something Steve Rosenbaum believes that book publishers are uniquely positioned to provide in the future of publishing. To illustrate his case, Rosenbaum shares his experience creating a video project of September 11, 2001. For him, creating a documentary and a book, Rosenbaum presents curation as a bridge between technological and human perspectives.
Foursquare is a social networking website that has learned how to "make every check-in count for the user." It uses the social graph to build relationships between users, locations, and the people they meet. Crowley and Scoble talk about Foursquare, its new API, what it is and isn't, where it's going, and how it's different from other location-aware services such as Color or Facebook Places or Events.
