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Jon Brisbin on Virtualization and Private Clouds

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Virtual Machines,
Runtimes,
Java,
Virtualization,
Operations,
Monitoring,
Languages,
IaaS,
Deployment / Datacenter,
VMWare,
Infrastructure,
Architecture,
Software Appliances,
Cloud Computing,
Companies,
Xen,
Programming,
Performance & Scalability,
SpringOne 2010

Jon Brisbin discusses his experience with Virtualization and reasons why companies would use Private Clouds, eg. regulation compliance. Also: the future role of operations, monitoring, and more.

Azul Puts the Zing in Java

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Azul Zing,
Azul,
JVM,
Companies,
Virtual Machines,
Runtimes,
GarbageCollection,
Java,
Virtualization,
Languages,
IaaS,
Infrastructure,
Programming,
Performance & Scalability,
Managed Runtime Initiative,
Cloud Computing,
Appliance,
SpringOne 2010,
Software Appliances

In this interview Gil Tene dives deep into the history of Azul Systems and its commitment to deliver robust, scalable Java systems. He tells of the origins of the company and its early Vega hardware. Tene also talk about the new Zing elastic runtime platform for Java apps. And he speaks on the Managed Runtime Initiative Azul launched. He also talks on Pauseless GC and elastic memory.

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NY Announces New High School for Software Engineering

Topics
Software Appliances

Mayor Bloomberg announced recently the opening of a high school for software engineering in New York. The school will be located in Union Square. The main driver behind this idea has been Mike Zemansky, a computer science teacher. According to Bloomberg this is part of a bigger strategy where New York will open new Career and Technical Education Schools in the next years.

Solo: Engine Yard on Amazon EC2

Topics
EC2,
Ruby,
Amazon Web Services,
Dynamic Languages,
Amazon,
Virtualization,
Visualization,
IaaS,
Companies,
Monitoring,
Infrastructure,
Languages,
Programming,
Software Appliances,
Cloud Computing,
SOA Appliance,
Performance & Scalability,
Rails

Solo is a new offering from Engine Yard to run their software stack on Amazon EC2. We talked to Engine Yard's founder and architect Jayson Vantuyl to learn the differences between Solo and their present hosting services and what their target audience is.