20 Jan 2009 : The Gigaspaces experience 
Sharing my and company's experience with GigaSpaces product, that
implements data and computational grid. Subtopics include:
- why we have chosen GigaSpaces and not alternatives;
- how GS addresses (or not) fallacies of distributed computing;
- what challenges we had piloting and adopting GigaSpaces;
- several demos: failover, data partitioning, integration with traditional data sources (RDBMS);
- how to shot yourself in a foot with GigaSpaces - things marketeers are silent about;
I am not affiliated with GigaSpaces, so all the above is my
perspective and impression of the product and Java grid space in
general.
Speaker's Bio
Konstantin Ignatyev has been working with Java since 1998 and
constantly on the lookout for technologies and tricks to improve Java
development productivity, and to deliver highly maintainable and easy
to extend code. He has been a consultant for many years successfully
using learned tricks and sharing them with fellow developers on JUG,
IASA meetings, and SD WEST 2006 conference.
Currently Konstantin works as Enterprise Architect for Cobalt Group.
Interests and hobbies: sustainable business practices, ways to improve
human's habitat and quality of life, hiking and backpacking,
badminton, tennis, motorcycle touring.
