MySpace: 0 - 125 Million Users in 3 years. The Behind the Scenes Story of How They Did It

Title: "MySpace: 0 - 125 Million Users in 3 years. The Behind the Scenes Story of How They Did It"Speaker: Aber Whitcomb, Chief Technology Officer, MySpaceDescription: Come hear the CTO and co-founder of MySpace, Aber Whitcomb, discuss how MySpace went from 0 to 125 million registered users in just 3 years. He will be focusing on the technology behind scaling a high traffic site like MySpace and what it takes to keep it running 24/7.Abstract: Aber Whitcomb is CTO and a co-founder of MySpace where he is responsible for the engineering and technical operations groups of the world's most successful social networking site. In the 5 years since its founding, Aber has overseen the technologies that have enabled MySpace to grow from 0 to nearly 125 million unique visitors worldwide, and to be ranked the most trafficked site by comScore. Aber is a recognized expert in large scale computing, networking and storage and frequently speaks about these matters. He is also the founding partner for OpenSocial standard with Google. Aber will be co-teaching a class this fall at the Information Technology Program in the USC Viterbi School of Engineering on developing social apps.Location: SGM 123Date and Time: March 3, 2009, 6:00–8:00 PMContact: asoni@usc.eduThis event is open to USC students, staff and faculty

Location: Seeley G. Mudd Building (SGM) - 123

Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

Contact: Georgia Lum