Jacob Rosenberg
Senior Technical Director, Chief Architect, AOL

Jacob Rosenberg is the Chief Architect for AOL’s Systems Operations organization, which is responsible for operating AOL’s products and services including the AOL Service, AIM, AOL Mail, the AOL.com Portal and other web properties. Previously, he has been involved with the operational design of products such as AOL.com, Netscape.com, AOL Search, Mapquest, and AOL Video. His primary areas of interest are massively scaled web technology and open Internet services, and the underlying operational infrastructure which enables global application delivery. Before AOL, Jacob worked for start-up companies in the Web and Telecommunications markets. He holds a BA in Computer Science from Columbia University in New York.

Sessions

1:00pm Monday, 06/23/2008

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About CDNs (But Were Afraid to Ask)

Operations
Location: Salon A-D

Jacob Rosenberg (AOL), Michael Gordon (Limelight Networks), Keith Oslakovic (Akamai Technologies), Laird Popkin (Pando Networks), Patrick Harr (Nirvanix)

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Most major web sites use Content Delivery Networks to deliver their experience but there is quite a bit of mystery and misinformation about how they work, how they differ, and why they’re so key to performance. This discussion brings together a panel of several experts in the technology, both vendors and major users, to address some of the misconceptions. Read more.