Betting on Riak - bet365’s acquisition and its consequences for the product


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Hear from bet365 about the background to their acquisition of Riak and their plans to open source the products and contribute to their long term success.
TALK 1: Introduction and background to how we got here
Speaker: Stuart Whitfield, CEO at Erlang Solutions
A short introduction to Andrew's talk, the history of Riak and Erlang Solutions' involvement with the product and community.
TALK 2: bet365 and RIAK
Speaker: Andrew Deane, Systems Development Manager at bet365
An overview of the historical relationship between bet365 and Basho, and how bet365 came to acquire Basho's assets. Followed by a Q&A session.
Check out the recent editorial (https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:N5-RTpBIovUJ:https://www.computing.co.uk/ctg/opinion/3016682/inside-bet365-the-rise-of-the-multilingual-development-environment+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=pl) featuring Andrew on bet365's multilingual development environment.

Betting on Riak - bet365’s acquisition and its consequences for the product