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Art of Distributed System Architecture Design
Art of Distributed System Architecture Design
Mar 16, 2015 · Industry Insights

Inside Facebook’s Massive Architecture: How the Social Giant Scales to Billions

The article details Facebook’s LAMP‑based architecture, describing how HipHop compiles PHP to C++, Thrift‑based services in PHP, C++, and Java run on custom servers, and how MySQL, Memcached, Cassandra, HBase, Hadoop, Hive, Scribe, BigPipe, Varnish, Haystack and other components together enable handling over 60,000 servers, 300 TB of cached data, 1 trillion daily clicks and petabytes of storage.

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Inside Facebook’s Massive Architecture: How the Social Giant Scales to Billions
Suning Technology
Suning Technology
Feb 15, 2015 · Cloud Computing

How Suning IT Scaled Cloud and Big Data Platforms for Massive Sales Events

In 2014 Suning’s IT division built a robust, cloud‑native architecture and big‑data platform that enabled flexible scaling, real‑time analytics, secure CDN delivery, and comprehensive monitoring, supporting high‑traffic promotional events and laying the groundwork for future O2O and financial services expansion.

Big DataCloud ComputingIT Operations
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How Suning IT Scaled Cloud and Big Data Platforms for Massive Sales Events
Ctrip Technology
Ctrip Technology
Jan 23, 2015 · Big Data

Personalized Marketing in the Big Data Era: Ctrip’s Experience

At Ctrip’s TDAY event, senior VP Eric Ye explained how big‑data techniques such as cross‑screen processing, real‑time APIs, and predictive models enable personalized travel recommendations and dramatically improve call‑center efficiency, illustrating the commercial impact of data‑driven marketing.

Big DataCtripCustomer Behavior
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Personalized Marketing in the Big Data Era: Ctrip’s Experience
Baidu Tech Salon
Baidu Tech Salon
Jan 14, 2015 · Artificial Intelligence

Why Baidu’s 2014 AI Push Could Redefine the Future of Tech

The article examines Baidu’s massive 2014 investment in artificial intelligence—covering Baidu Brain, breakthroughs in vision, speech and NLP, big‑data capabilities, open platforms, IoT hardware, and talent strategy—to explain how these moves may reshape both Baidu and the broader technology landscape.

AI StrategyBaiduBig Data
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Why Baidu’s 2014 AI Push Could Redefine the Future of Tech
Baidu Tech Salon
Baidu Tech Salon
Jan 13, 2015 · Big Data

Inside Spark 1.2: New APIs, In‑Memory Columnar Storage, and Baidu’s High‑Performance Shuffle

This article reviews Spark 1.2’s major enhancements—including the External Data Source API, column pruning, predicate pushdown, and in‑memory columnar storage—while also detailing Baidu’s large‑scale Spark deployments, its custom high‑performance Shuffle service, and the integration of Spark with the Tachyon memory file system.

BaiduBig DataExternal Data Source API
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Inside Spark 1.2: New APIs, In‑Memory Columnar Storage, and Baidu’s High‑Performance Shuffle
Baidu Tech Salon
Baidu Tech Salon
Dec 3, 2014 · Artificial Intelligence

Highlights from Baidu’s Technical Salon: AI, Big Data, and Innovation

At Baidu’s November 25 technical salon, senior leaders Robin Li, Wang Jin and Andrew Ng highlighted the company’s AI‑driven strategy—emphasizing sub‑second search, massive deep‑learning and data infrastructure, a 14% revenue R&D spend, breakthroughs in vision, speech, NLP and autonomous‑driving platforms, and a new AI talent program—positioning Baidu as a leading innovator in big‑data and intelligent connectivity.

BaiduBig Dataartificial-intelligence
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Highlights from Baidu’s Technical Salon: AI, Big Data, and Innovation
ITPUB
ITPUB
Oct 30, 2014 · Big Data

Inside Fourinone: A Lightweight Distributed Framework Challenging Hadoop

The interview with Fourinone founder Peng Yuan explores the framework's evolution from a parallel computing project to a 220 KB distributed system with its own NoSQL database engine CoolHash, compares it to Hadoop, and discusses its open‑source release, technical design choices, and real‑world deployments in finance and enterprise environments.

Big DataCoolHashDistributed Computing
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Inside Fourinone: A Lightweight Distributed Framework Challenging Hadoop
Baidu Tech Salon
Baidu Tech Salon
Oct 29, 2014 · Big Data

Inside Baidu’s Real-Time Big Data Platforms: Dstream and TM Explained

This article examines Baidu’s home‑grown real‑time big‑data platforms Dstream and TM, detailing their architectures, performance metrics, key features, and practical use cases such as log ETL and real‑time bidding, while highlighting how they meet millisecond‑level processing demands.

BaiduBig DataDstream
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Inside Baidu’s Real-Time Big Data Platforms: Dstream and TM Explained
Baidu Tech Salon
Baidu Tech Salon
Aug 19, 2014 · Big Data

Technology Stack Trends in Startup Companies Based on AngelList Data

Analyzing AngelList data for transportation‑sector startups, the report reveals JavaScript/Node.js and Ruby on Rails dominate programming and front‑end, MySQL/MongoDB lead storage, iOS tops mobile, AWS leads infrastructure, Chef leads DevOps, while Python is favored by higher‑tier firms and PHP by lower‑tier ones, though the scoring methodology remains opaque.

Big DataDatabasesprogramming languages
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Technology Stack Trends in Startup Companies Based on AngelList Data
MaGe Linux Operations
MaGe Linux Operations
Jul 30, 2014 · Databases

SQL vs NoSQL: Which Database Wins the Big Data Battle?

This article examines the ongoing debate between SQL and NoSQL databases for big‑data projects, presenting expert arguments on performance, scalability, standardization, and flexibility to help enterprises decide the optimal solution.

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SQL vs NoSQL: Which Database Wins the Big Data Battle?
Baidu Tech Salon
Baidu Tech Salon
May 8, 2014 · Big Data

How Baidu’s Big Data Engine Predicts Tourist Crowds for the May Day Holiday

Using search query volumes, Baidu’s big‑data engine forecasts tourist numbers for Chinese attractions, achieving over 90% accuracy and partnering with CCTV to broadcast real‑time crowd predictions during the May Day holiday, while also outlining future forecasting plans for flu, sports, finance and real‑estate trends.

BaiduBig DataCCTV
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How Baidu’s Big Data Engine Predicts Tourist Crowds for the May Day Holiday
Baidu Tech Salon
Baidu Tech Salon
Apr 8, 2014 · Big Data

Top 10 Open-Source Big Data Technologies and Industry Giants to Watch

The article surveys the rapid growth of big data across sectors, highlights key open‑source technologies such as Hadoop, Spark, HBase and others, and profiles ten influential companies—including AWS, Cloudera, Hortonworks, IBM and Microsoft—offering insight into current trends, capabilities and competitive dynamics in the big‑data ecosystem.

Big Datadata analyticsindustry giants
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Top 10 Open-Source Big Data Technologies and Industry Giants to Watch