Not only was it the paper that first put into written word the CAP theorem, but it also prescribes design principles for scaling out applications with graceful degradation and "orthogonal decomposition" (i.e. service-oriented architectures).
It's also a fairly short and easy read at only 4 pages, and I'd definitely recommend everyone interested in practical modern distributed systems to take a look.
Not only was it the paper that first put into written word the CAP theorem, but it also prescribes design principles for scaling out applications with graceful degradation and "orthogonal decomposition" (i.e. service-oriented architectures).
It's also a fairly short and easy read at only 4 pages, and I'd definitely recommend everyone interested in practical modern distributed systems to take a look.