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Nasdaq’s Architecture using Amazon EMR and Amazon S3 for Ad Hoc Access to a Massive Data Set – AWS Big Data Blog

Good plug for emrfs for encryption

(tags: crypto security hadoop aws emr emrfs ops)

Gilt Groupe Is a Cautionary Tale for Startup Employees Banking on Stock Options | Re/code

Good explanation of why RSUs are becoming increasingly common

(tags: rsus startups shares share-options work)

Powering your Amazon ECS Clusters with Spot Fleet

sounds feasible

(tags: amazon ec2 aws ecs autoscaling scaling ops)