In this video, eBay Platform Architect Farhang Kassaei explains the details
behind the launching of eBay's new Selling
Manager (beta), which uses OpenSocial's gadget technology to Google Developer
Advocate Chris Schalk at the Web 2.0 Conference in San Francisco, CA on April 1st, 2009.
Farhang describes both why they chose to use OpenSocial and Apache Shindig, and how they
integrated its gadget server technology into their platform. He also provides information on
where gadget developers can go to learn more about eBay's new platform and how to get started
building applications.
Farhang
Kassaei is a principal architect at eBay Marketplaces where he leads eBay platform design and
architecture. During his career with eBay Farhang has been responsible for multiple
infrastructure initiatives including identity and access management, open platform, user
verification and risk, messaging, user generated content and user graph analysis and
infrastructure. He is also a member of eBay Enterprise Architecture team.
Chris Schalk is a Developer Advocate on Google's Developer Programs team.
