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An Architecture's Response to Growth and Change

Presented by Brian Zimmer on Sep 14, 2008 06:27 AM

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Summary
In this presentation, Brian Zimmer, Senior Architect at Orbitz World Wide, unveils Orbitz.com’s architecture and its evolution over the years as the site grew from a US domestic flights booking website to an international website offering flight booking, accommodation, car rental, cruises, vacations, and event booking.

Bio
Brian Zimmer is the lead of the Architecture and Infrastructure group at Orbitz Worldwide. Brian is responsible for directing the development of the company's distributed infrastructure, reviewing technical designs for adherence to architectural principles and overseeing the creation of domain models and service APIs.

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Unable to view video by Sandesh T Posted Jan 14, 2009 8:36 PM
Video problems by Danesh Zaki Posted Jan 15, 2009 3:43 AM
Re: Video problems by Brian Edwrads Posted Jan 15, 2009 12:43 PM

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Jan 14, 2009 8:36 PM by Sandesh T

I am having problems getting the presentation started. The status bar shows "Connecting to flv.thruhere.net" and the video doesn't start. Regards Sandesh

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Jan 15, 2009 3:43 AM by Danesh Zaki

Similar issue as the earlier commenter; video does not start after clicking on play.

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Jan 15, 2009 12:43 PM by Brian Edwrads

I concur. It actually started for me and played 5 seconds or so but then stopped. Hosting server might be getting slammed or something. Regardless this presentation looks very interesting. Will check back later. Thanks!

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