Bad news about cloud computing: it doesn't exist; Good news: New tech makes...
Would you rather buy expensive technology that gets a lot of buzz or one that gets less buzz but is the technology that makes the sexier approach possible? read more
View ArticleSamba swings both ways
Samba, the tool that makes it possible to mount Unix directories on Windows systems also works the other way -- allowing you to mount Windows shares on Unix. With an extra package and a few changes in...
View ArticleCould TypeScript be the future of JavaScript?
JavaScript, it's no longer the avoidable nuisance it once was. The flexibility of of the language and its ubiquity on the client side have brought it front and center for modern web developers. The...
View ArticleReduce risk in real-time
Deloitte Development LLC's "Reference Architecture for Risk" helps organizations build value by taking a risk intelligent approach to managing financial, technology and business risks.read more
View ArticleSome AWS partnerships -- like with Oracle and Microsoft -- are just about to...
Enterprise software vendors like Oracle and Microsoft have made sure their apps can run on AWS, but they're likely to become less friendly with Amazon once their own competitive IaaS services come into...
View ArticleGoogle, Facebook - and now Twitter - go to Washington
Tech companies spend millions each year to lobbying for (and against) issues that can affect their business; how much do they spend and what issues do they spend it on?read more
View ArticleHANA: The core of an integrated data strategy
SAP HANA delivers core SQL access to relational data, and includes a native text search engine for unstructured and semi-structured data. read more
View ArticleLocation, location, location: A big data opportunity for retailers
Retailers slowly edge their way to a deeper understanding of the value of "where" using location-based data.read more
View ArticleFive Friday links that explain our weird tech world
You deserve a chance to step back from the grindstone (which is what guilt-ridden "knowledge workers" like myself call a keyboard). You deserve a chance to see some of the pieces from an elevated...
View ArticleDevOps Troubleshooting: Linux server best practices
Do you get calls at odd hours because some critical service that you support on your Linux server has stopped working? Here's some late night reading that might help you get the rest you deserve.read more
View ArticleRackspace CTO: Gartner is missing the point about OpenStack
Rackspace's CTO says Gartner, which put out a scathing report about OpenStack this summer, is out of touch. read more
View ArticleThe Weekly Hash - December 7, 2012
A silly review of recent tech stories, this week featuring the Gambino crime family, Yoko Ono and the poperead more
View ArticleSpend pennies in the cloud for big data analytics
Through Amazon Web Services, companies can test drive SAP HANA on big slices of their data for less than a dollar per hour. read more
View ArticleIn a crowded market, cloud monitoring services expand
Straight cloud monitoring services, like those from Cloudyn, Cloudability and Newvem might be a thing of the past as some service providers team up or add functionality as a way to stand out in a...
View ArticleDoes math help with programming?
Can a math background make it easier to learn programming?read more
View ArticleWilson! I've finished the Y2K fixes!
One coder finally emerges from the Y2K weedsread more
View ArticleUbuntu for phones: A Q&A Explainer
Ubuntu for phones raises a lot of questions about what, exactly, the Linux distribution is trying to do. Let's answer some of them.read more
View ArticleThe Weekly Hash - January 4, 2013
A tongue-in-cheek review of tech stories from this first week of 2013, today featuring Mark Zuckerberg getting back to his roots, Google and the FTC making nice and the reason YouTube’s return in...
View ArticleShould programmers be unionized?
Software programmers are generally a well compensated bunch. But could they still benefit from organizing and bargaining collectively?read more
View ArticleThe Weekly Hash - January 18, 2013
A semi-serious look back at some of the top tech stories of the week, today featuring Lance Armstrong’s surprising confession to Oprah, a guy outsourcing his own job to China and the Mexican Army...
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