Meet IIS Breakthrough Keynoter, Brewster Kahle

Brewster Kahle, Internet Archive

Brewster Kahle, founder and leader of the Internet Archive is not shy in his intentions. At the Internet Archive “we want to collect all the books, music and video that have ever been produced by humans,” Mr. Kahle said in a recent NYT Article. And he’s getting there.

Internet Archive, a giant news and artifact aggregator and data digitizer, is already on its way. “As of Tuesday, the archive’s online collection includes every piece of news produced in the last three years by 20 different channels, encompassing more than 1,000 news series that have generated more than 350,000 separate programs devoted to news.”

The best part: like a paper library, It’s free to everyone. And starting today, people will be able to search for any article, video, or music content generated in the past 3 years (or longer).

Learn how Mr. Kahle is leading this effort to free content, how it’s legal, how they’re funding this enormous effort, and Brewster’s vision of the future of content and aggregation, at IIS Breakthrough 2013.

IIS Breakthrough 2013

Optimizing Web Performance for SaaS Success

In Partnership with Keynote.

Do you deliver your products or services through the Internet? Is the performance of your SaaS applications critical to the success of your business? Does not delivering on your SLAs mean lost revenue and irreparable damage to your brand?

Our panel of industry experts will deliver critical insights on:
-How Web performance impacts your business success
-Common performance issues to watch out for
-Best practices for Optimizing speed and availability
-Solutions for delivering a superior customer experience

Moderator:
Dave Karow, Senior Product Manager, Keynote
Panelists:
Ben Rushlo, Director of Performance Consulting, Keynote
Schalk Theron, Vice President of Operations, SpringCM
Richard Broome, Vice President of Operations, Host Analytics

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Panel discussion with application vendors at SIIA All About Mobile conference

By Ryan Nichols, VP Product Management, Appirio

I had the privilege of being asked to join a fantastic panel at SIIA’s “All About Mobile” conference yesterday with some leading application developers making the switch to mobile. I was joined by David Fulton of Right Now, Jason Prater of Plex Systems, and Dan Miller of INgage Networks to discuss “Transitioning Existing Solutions to Mobile Devices.”

We were moderated by Anshu Agrawal, VP Marketing at Keynote Systems, who asked us a set of questions that are top of mind for any application developer thinking about mobile apps:

  • Why mobile is important to your business?
  • What is the cornerstone of your mobile strategy?
  • What do you feel were the pain points in implementing your strategy?
  • What were the biggest surprises for you in moving your customers to mobile?
  • What would you recommend to SIIA members looking to transition to mobile?

Here’s a summary of our conversation:

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