Tuesday, 1 January 2013

Review: Windows Azure shoots the moon

A long time ago in a century slipping further and further away, Bill Gates compared MSN with the exploding World Wide Web, saw the future, and pivoted nicely to embrace the Internet. A few decades later, someone at Microsoft looked at the cloud and recognized that the old days of selling Windows Server OS licenses were fading. Today we have Windows Azure, Microsoft's offering for the cloud.

Source: http://www.infoworld.com/d/cloud-computing/review-windows-azure-shoots-the-moon-209491?source=rss_infoworld_test_center_articles

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Java 8 on ARM: Oracle's new shot against Android?

Java 8 on ARM: Oracle's new shot against Android?

Oracle has unveiled a developer preview release of standard Java 8 for the ARM processors that power most mobile devices, including capabilities http://www.infoworld.com/t/java-programming/java-8-arm-oracles-new-shot-against-android-209595?source=rss_infoworld_blogs

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The advantages of IT on a shoestring budget

In IT, there are two schools of thought on when to replace aging equipment. Most organizations depreciate IT assets over a fixed period of time and replace them when the clock ticks down. But many other organizations, especially service providers, happily ride old, gray-market IT gear until it breaks.

Source: http://podcasts.infoworld.com/d/data-explosion/the-advantages-of-it-shoestring-budget-206777?source=rss_storage

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Java 8 on ARM: Oracle's new shot against Android?

Java 8 on ARM: Oracle's new shot against Android?

Oracle has unveiled a developer preview release of standard Java 8 for the ARM processors that power most mobile devices, including capabilities http://www.infoworld.com/t/java-programming/java-8-arm-oracles-new-shot-against-android-209595?source=rss_infoworld_blogs

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The 4 cloud computing resolutions you should make for 2013

It's 2013. Cloud computing is another year older. As adopters, we're making fewer mistakes, but I suspect we'll repeat many of the same errors from 2012.

Now is the time to work on cloud computing improvements, to set reasonable goals -- and to make sure we live up to them. To that end, here are four cloud computing resolutions for 2013 I suggest we all adopt:

Source: http://www.infoworld.com/d/cloud-computing/the-4-cloud-computing-resolutions-you-should-make-2013-209565?source=rss_infoworld_blogs

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Amazon upgrades Storage Gateway, moves out of beta

Amazon Web Services has upgraded its Storage Gateway so it can cache data locally, and has also made it generally available.

The Storage Gateway is a software appliance that integrates local and cloud storage and can be used for file sharing, backup and disaster recovery.

Source: https://www.infoworld.com/d/cloud-computing/amazon-upgrades-storage-gateway-moves-out-of-beta-205986?source=rss_storage

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33 New Species of Trapdoor Spider Discovered

33 New Species of Trapdoor Spider Discovered
Just in time for the holidays, a new study has delivered 33 new species of trapdoor spider. The additional arachnids more than quintuple the members in the genus Aptostichus, boosting the described total from seven species to 40.

Source: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/12/trapdoor-spider-species/

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