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Architects' Tech Alliance
Architects' Tech Alliance
Apr 25, 2019 · Fundamentals

Understanding the Concept of Mid‑Platform (Zhongtai) and Its Types in Enterprise Architecture

This article explains why the term 'mid‑platform' should not be confused with middleware or PaaS, outlines the need for such platforms in the new era of enterprise externalization, and details the various types—business, application, technical, and data platforms—along with their roles and deployment considerations.

Application PlatformTechnical Platformbusiness platform
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Understanding the Concept of Mid‑Platform (Zhongtai) and Its Types in Enterprise Architecture
21CTO
21CTO
Apr 1, 2019 · Fundamentals

What Is a “Mid‑Platform” and Why Do Modern Enterprises Need It?

This article explores the concept of a mid‑platform (中台), explains why enterprises pursue platformization and build a mid‑platform, and shows how it bridges the speed gap between front‑end innovation and back‑end stability to boost user‑centric responsiveness.

Software Engineeringenterprise strategymid‑platform
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What Is a “Mid‑Platform” and Why Do Modern Enterprises Need It?
Meituan Technology Team
Meituan Technology Team
Dec 27, 2018 · Big Data

Meituan Origin Data Governance Platform: Architecture and Practices

Meituan’s Origin Data Governance Platform inserts a unified governance layer between its data‑warehouse and application stacks, consolidating metric and dimension definitions, automating metadata management, enforcing security and workflow controls, and delivering cross‑engine query, monitoring and lineage capabilities that resolve inconsistencies and boost trust across dozens of internal data platforms.

metadata managementplatform architecture
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Meituan Origin Data Governance Platform: Architecture and Practices
dbaplus Community
dbaplus Community
Dec 18, 2018 · Operations

How a Chinese Telecom Built an Automated MySQL Management Platform

This article outlines the evolution from manual MySQL DBA tasks to a fully automated, platform‑based solution at China Mobile’s "Mobile Cloud", detailing standardization, tooling, Ansible‑driven deployment, platform architecture, and key features such as backup, inspection, user management, and SQL review.

AnsibleAutomationDatabase operations
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How a Chinese Telecom Built an Automated MySQL Management Platform
Beike Product & Technology
Beike Product & Technology
Dec 6, 2018 · Artificial Intelligence

Recommendation Systems in Real Estate: Practices and Insights from Lianke (Beike) at ArchSummit 2018

This article announces the ArchSummit 2018 global architect summit in Beijing, featuring a talk by Lianke (Beike) recommendation platform expert Xu Yansong on practical recommendation systems in real estate, covering architecture upgrades, algorithm iteration, and lessons learned.

Algorithm IterationArchSummit 2018Recommendation Systems
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Recommendation Systems in Real Estate: Practices and Insights from Lianke (Beike) at ArchSummit 2018
Architects' Tech Alliance
Architects' Tech Alliance
Oct 15, 2018 · Industry Insights

How Alibaba’s IoT Platform Empowers Partners and Drives Ecosystem Growth

Alibaba’s senior IoT expert outlines how the company’s IoT platform enables device connectivity, edge computing, massive data processing, predictive maintenance, and application hosting, while addressing challenges of device integration, network stability, and scalability, ultimately fostering a collaborative ecosystem for diverse industry solutions.

Edge ComputingIndustry EcosystemIoT
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How Alibaba’s IoT Platform Empowers Partners and Drives Ecosystem Growth
Meituan Technology Team
Meituan Technology Team
Sep 20, 2018 · Mobile Development

Platformized Code Reuse in Meituan Waimai Android: Challenges and Solutions

Meituan Waimai Android unified the divergent codebases of the standalone Waimai app and the Waimai channel in the Meituan app by introducing a layered architecture—base services, components, business modules, and host—combined with Gradle flavor and a fine‑grained “pins” project, achieving 88 % code reuse, over 70 % productivity improvement, and paving the way for broader platform reuse.

AndroidMobile Developmentcode-reuse
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Platformized Code Reuse in Meituan Waimai Android: Challenges and Solutions
Youzan Coder
Youzan Coder
Sep 15, 2018 · Big Data

How Data Empowers Operations: Insights from Youzan & NetEase’s Big Data Summit

On September 15, Youzan’s big-data team and NetEase YouShu hosted a technical sharing titled “The Road to Data-Driven Operations,” where speakers explored the evolution of Youzan’s data warehouse metadata system, the architecture of its big-data development platform, and the application of functional programming in visual data analysis, highlighting current trends and future directions.

Data WarehouseData visualizationOperations
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How Data Empowers Operations: Insights from Youzan & NetEase’s Big Data Summit
360 Quality & Efficiency
360 Quality & Efficiency
Sep 12, 2018 · Fundamentals

Generic Architecture and Key Differentiators of IoT Platforms

The article translates and explains a typical IoT platform architecture, outlining its core Gather‑Analyze‑Act functions, common building blocks such as device interfaces, messaging brokers, storage and analytics layers, and highlights key differentiators like multi‑tenancy, protocol support, security, and extensible rule engines.

AnalyticsDevice onboardingIoT
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Generic Architecture and Key Differentiators of IoT Platforms
dbaplus Community
dbaplus Community
Sep 10, 2018 · Operations

Scaling MySQL Management with a Fully Automated DBA Platform

This article details how a DBA team built a standardized, automated MySQL/Redis management platform—covering OS and DB standardization, deployment scripts, a three‑layer web‑task‑module architecture, RESTful APIs, and modular design—to enable a handful of DBAs to manage thousands of instances efficiently.

DBAPythondatabase automation
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Scaling MySQL Management with a Fully Automated DBA Platform
Architects' Tech Alliance
Architects' Tech Alliance
Aug 29, 2018 · Cloud Computing

Understanding Cloud Platforms: From IaaS to FaaS

This article provides a comprehensive overview of cloud platforms—covering SaaS, IaaS, PaaS, CaaS, and FaaS—tracing their evolution, key features, and trade‑offs to help readers select the most appropriate solution for faster development and automated operations.

CaaSContainer PlatformsFaaS
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Understanding Cloud Platforms: From IaaS to FaaS
Qunar Tech Salon
Qunar Tech Salon
Jul 10, 2018 · Artificial Intelligence

Design and Implementation of Qunar's Algorithm Service Platform for Machine Learning

The article describes the background, design, key components, and current status of Qunar's algorithm service platform, which provides a unified, scalable, and automated environment for feature engineering, model training, deployment, monitoring, and management of machine‑learning projects within the company's large‑accommodation division.

Model Managementfeature engineeringmachine learning
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Design and Implementation of Qunar's Algorithm Service Platform for Machine Learning
dbaplus Community
dbaplus Community
Apr 3, 2018 · Big Data

How Meituan Built DataMan: A Scalable Data Quality Monitoring Platform for Big Data

This article details Meituan's DataMan platform, describing the background of data quality challenges, the eight-step PDCA-driven solution, architectural design, technical stack, monitoring standards, and the resulting improvements in data governance and operational efficiency across their massive data warehouse ecosystem.

Big DataData GovernanceData Quality
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How Meituan Built DataMan: A Scalable Data Quality Monitoring Platform for Big Data
Architecture Digest
Architecture Digest
Oct 17, 2017 · Artificial Intelligence

Design and Architecture of the Weibo Deep Learning Platform

This article presents the design, architecture, and operational experience of Weibo's deep learning platform, covering its machine‑learning workflow, control center, distributed training cluster, and online prediction service, and explains how the platform accelerates development and improves business outcomes.

AIDeep LearningDistributed Training
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Design and Architecture of the Weibo Deep Learning Platform
Ctrip Technology
Ctrip Technology
Aug 17, 2017 · Operations

Design, Evolution, and Future of Ctrip's Operations Workflow Platform

This article details the challenges, architectural evolution, key components, implementation experiences, and future directions of Ctrip's operations workflow platform, illustrating how a multi‑stage, layered design and standardized services have transformed manual IT operations into an automated, observable, and scalable system.

Operations AutomationProcess DesignService Integration
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Design, Evolution, and Future of Ctrip's Operations Workflow Platform
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Jun 27, 2017 · Big Data

How a Leading Bank Evolved Its Big Data Platform Architecture

This talk outlines how China’s Guangfa Bank built, refined, and scaled its big‑data platform since 2014, covering data positioning, system architecture optimization, delivery model improvements, team restructuring, and real‑world use cases that demonstrate the platform’s impact on risk control, marketing and operational efficiency.

BankingBig DataMicroservices
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How a Leading Bank Evolved Its Big Data Platform Architecture
MaGe Linux Operations
MaGe Linux Operations
Mar 7, 2017 · Operations

How to Build a Scalable Python‑Based Operations Automation Platform

This article explores the design and implementation of a Python‑driven, extensible operations automation platform, covering its motivations, architecture, module customization, security auditing, client‑server structure, and future enhancements for robust DevOps workflows.

DevOpsModule CustomizationOperations Automation
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How to Build a Scalable Python‑Based Operations Automation Platform
ITFLY8 Architecture Home
ITFLY8 Architecture Home
Dec 30, 2016 · R&D Management

How Alibaba’s Detail 2.0 Platform Revolutionizes Modular Development and Front‑Back Separation

This article explains how Alibaba’s Detail 2.0 platform redesigns product‑detail services through modular architecture, front‑back separation, standardized frameworks, automated testing, and flexible deployment to boost collaboration efficiency, stability, and extensibility across diverse business scenarios.

Software Engineeringcontinuous integrationfrontend backend separation
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How Alibaba’s Detail 2.0 Platform Revolutionizes Modular Development and Front‑Back Separation
Weidian Tech Team
Weidian Tech Team
Nov 28, 2016 · Big Data

How We Built the Mars Big Data Platform to Boost Development Efficiency

The article explains why Weidian needed a new big data development platform, outlines the functional features of the Mars system, describes its architecture, scheduling mechanisms, task execution flow, and discusses remaining challenges and future enhancements.

Distributed SystemsHadoopplatform architecture
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How We Built the Mars Big Data Platform to Boost Development Efficiency
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Nov 14, 2016 · Operations

How a Banking Card Organization Built a Scalable Cloud Operations Platform

This article details the evolution from manual, standardized operations to an automated, intelligent cloud operations platform for a banking card organization, describing its motivations, core features, key scenarios, technical architecture, scheduling algorithms, data visualization, and real‑world outcomes.

AutomationOperations ManagementService Orchestration
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How a Banking Card Organization Built a Scalable Cloud Operations Platform
Qunar Tech Salon
Qunar Tech Salon
Aug 20, 2016 · Product Management

Fundamentals and Implementation of A/B Testing at Qunar

This article explains the basic principles of A/B testing, demonstrates a practical advertising experiment, describes effective experiment design, outlines Qunar's A/B testing platform architecture and workflow, and details statistical validation methods including Z‑test, minimum sample size calculation, and confidence interval estimation.

Qunarexperiment designplatform architecture
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Fundamentals and Implementation of A/B Testing at Qunar
Ctrip Technology
Ctrip Technology
Aug 12, 2016 · Big Data

Ctrip's Real-Time Data Platform: Architecture, Practices, and Lessons Learned

This article details Ctrip's journey building a unified real-time data platform—covering business motivations, architectural requirements, technology choices like Kafka and Storm, implementation of Avro schemas, monitoring, alerting, operational lessons, and future explorations such as Streaming CQL and JStorm.

AlertingBig DataKafka
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Ctrip's Real-Time Data Platform: Architecture, Practices, and Lessons Learned
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Jul 7, 2016 · Operations

Designing a Scalable Python Ops Automation Platform with OMServer

This article explores building a scalable Python-based operations automation platform, detailing the OMServer architecture, why Python is chosen, module customization, security auditing, and client‑server implementation, while highlighting key third‑party libraries and future enhancements for DevOps teams.

C/S DesignDevOpsOps Automation
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Designing a Scalable Python Ops Automation Platform with OMServer
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Jan 11, 2016 · Operations

Inside Tencent Blue Whale: The Enterprise Operating System Powering Modern Ops

This article explains how Tencent's Blue Whale platform serves as an enterprise operating system (EOS) that unifies basic operations and internal SaaS services across private and public clouds, enabling standardized, automated, and intelligent management for large‑scale IT environments.

Cloud ManagementSOAplatform architecture
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Inside Tencent Blue Whale: The Enterprise Operating System Powering Modern Ops
21CTO
21CTO
Nov 19, 2015 · Cloud Computing

How Mango TV Built a Hybrid Cloud Platform to Scale Video Services

The article examines how Mango TV leveraged its broadcast assets and a hybrid cloud architecture—combining private and public cloud services, Docker‑based scheduling, Redis‑Cluster, and a custom PaaS called ProjectEru—to support IPTV, OTT, and web content at massive scale while maintaining stability and low operational cost.

Cloud NativeDockerVideo Streaming
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How Mango TV Built a Hybrid Cloud Platform to Scale Video Services
Architect
Architect
Nov 8, 2015 · Backend Development

Weibo Platform Third‑Generation Architecture Overview

The article details how Weibo evolved from a LAMP‑based first generation to a third‑generation, orthogonal three‑layer (interface, service, resource) and four‑vertical (business, technology, monitoring, governance) architecture that supports massive high‑availability, high‑concurrency workloads with middleware such as Web V4, MCQ, Motan, object store, SSDCache, and the WatchMan distributed tracing system.

Backend DevelopmentDistributed TracingWeibo
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Weibo Platform Third‑Generation Architecture Overview