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Architecting for Latency

Posted by Dan Pritchett on Oct 17, 2008 09:00 AM

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Architecture
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Performance & Scalability
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Summary
In this presentation, Dan Pritchett addresses latency issues in web applications that should be dealt with from the beginning when the system is designed. Dan offers some practical solutions to latency.

Bio
Dan Pritchett is a Technical Fellow at eBay where he has been a member of the architecture team for the past four years. In this role, Dan interfaces with the strategy, business, product and technology teams across eBay Marketplaces, PayPal and Skype. Dan has over 20 years of experience at technology companies such as Sun Microsystems, Hewlett Packard and Silicon Graphics.

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