MySpace: 0 - 125 Million Users in 3 years. Behind the scenes story of how they did it

Description: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. We will be focusing on the technology behind scaling a high traffic site like MySpace and what it takes to keep it running 24/7.
Speaker: Aber Whitcomb, Chief Technology Officer, MySpaceAber 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 at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering on developing social apps.To RSVP go to: http://itp.usc.edu/myspacectotalk

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

Audiences: Students, Faculty, Staff

Contact: Ashish Soni