I've got first hand experience with this at a major airline - node is a surprisingly good fit for Bigco because it is encouraging modularization and has very pr

I've got first hand experience with this at a major airline - node is a surprisingly good fit for Bigco because it is encouraging modularization and has very predictable dependency management but most of all it allows you to fit it into your current systems easily and organically. There is not much convention (also an argument against it in some cases) other than being in many ways a very "unix" kind of environment (streams etc) with the added benefit of having Javascript's functional/event-driven roots. Most of all to me node is fun which is especially important when you have to conquer problems in un-fun environments (most Bigco systems).