2. Who Are We?
• A joint venture between 2 media powerhouses :
Singapore Press Holdings and Schibsted ASA
(Norway-based media group)
• Schibsted successfully launched local search engine,
www.sesam.no in Norway (2005)
• Also launched local search engine, www.sesam.se
in Sweden (2006)
• SPH Search wants to replicate sesam’s success in
Singapore
3. What Do We Offer?
Key element of our offering:
local information
5. Online
Local
Search
Delivery
Platforms
Mobile
Local
Search
6.
7. Our Technology Platform
• Weare very open-source based, running on
• Linux
• Java + latest application frameworks
• Apache
• MySQL / Postgres
• Tomcat
8. Our Technology Needs
• We run 24 x 7
• A constant predictable uptime
• A constant predictable performance
• Easily deployable apps across
servers
• Apps MUST scale linearly with
business needs
• Sync data content across multiple
serves instaneously
9. Why Cloud Computing
Technology?
• Sync computing needs with business uptake
(linear scaling)
• Cross-platform (independence from hardware,
OS) – must be Java-enabled
• Database and OS independence – so these
solutions are questionable
• All updates at Java object levels must sync across
entire clusters (middleware consideration)
• Possibility of ASP-like cloud computing in the
future (eg. Amazon’s GoGrid, SCS’s Alatum)
10. Why Gigaspaces?
• Proven, ahead of the pack
• Stable
• Growing pool of customers in Singapore
• Most important – support
• Technology platform is very supportive of
Java Spring framework
• Easy portability of existing Java codes
over to Gigaspaces
• Good management tool that eases
deployment and produce good reports
