Speaker: Phil Bernstein Microsoft Research Abstract: I spent eight years adding database features to the Orleans object-oriented programming framework: replication, geo-distribution, transactions, and indexing. The challenge is how to do it when storage is a plug-in service that you don’t control. In this talk, I’ll describe the journey, summarizing the main technical ideas and recounting […]

Speaker: Jerry Power Bio: Jerry Power is the CEO of I3 Systems and a founder of the I3 Consortium. I3 Systems creates real-time data networks that span organizational and geographical constraints. Prior to the formation of I3 Systems, Jerry was the Executive Director of The Institute for Communication Technology Management (CTM) at USC. Jerry has […]