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Windows Embedded Compact 7 Follows Windows CE 6
Microsoft has released the latest version of Windows CE called Windows Embedded Compact 7, an OS for small-print enterprise and consumer devices.
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A Load Balancing, Monitoring and AutoScaling Solution for Private Clouds Using AWS APIs
MomentumSI released today a set of services designed to provide the agility of Amazon cloud in their own datacenters, with APIs strictly compatible with AWS.
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Unicode 6.0.0 Standard Published
The week before last, the Unicode Consortium which manages standards for Unicode and Locale published the 6.0 version of Unicode to their site. These standards represent the common set of symbols and locales software vendors use to internationalize their solutions. This release represents the first time the full specification has been published online in its entirety.
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Why Speakers Love QCon London
We go to conferences to learn about subjects from the expert speakers. But why do the expert speakers go? The speakers give up their own time to prepare and present their sessions. Few are paid, so why do they give up their time to attend Conferences where they often already know the material. We asked them why.
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MuleSoft Announces Next Generation Integration Platform-as-a-Service
A couple of weeks ago, MuleSoft announced the availability of its new Integration Platform as a Service: Mule iON. This iPaaS comes with a series of out-of-the-box connectors to integrate with SaaS solutions, Cloud services and social media platforms. Mule iON also provides a secure gateway to the enterprise to access these APIs and integration scenarios.
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Rackspace Load Balancers beta
Yesterday Josh Odom announced the beta release of Cloud Load Balancers for the Rackspace cloud computing stack. This release comes with their Fanatical Support and a documented API for implementation and management load balancing on their stack, Cloud Servers.
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Amazon AWS Launches CloudFormation
Today the Amazon AWS team launched a tool to simplify the provisioning and deployment of AWS resources using templates, AWS CloudFormation. AWS CloudFormation is available via the AWS Management Console, command line tools and the APIs.
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Easier Deployment of Java Apps to Windows Azure
Microsoft has made available a kit for streamlining the process of deploying Java applications to Windows Azure.
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Cloud Computing – A Game Changer
With all pro and cons arguments surrounding cloud computing, its hype, maturity, technological underpinning, etc., the truth is that cloud computing is here, changing the way we think about IT and offering new software solutions.
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Apache Chemistry, an Open Source Implementation of OASIS CMIS, Becomes a Top-Level Project
The Apache Software foundation has announced that Apache Chemistry, an Open Source implementation of the OASIS CMIS standard, has graduated to become a top-level project.
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Trends in Operations for 2011
According to a Gartner survey the top trends in data centers are Client Computing, Server Platforms and Storage Evolution. Cloud Computing, Virtualization and Mobile are seen as the top three technologies for operations in 2011.
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Goodbye, CardSpace; Hello, U-Prove!
Last week, Microsoft announced: the cancellation Version 2.0 of its Windows CardSpace identity service, thus deprecating CardSpace; and the immediate availability of Release 2 of the Community Technology Preview of its U-Prove identity service. These announcements are just the latest moves in Microsoft's decade-long struggle to solve the Internet's "identity problem."
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Agile 2011 Reuniting Manifesto Signatories
The Agile 2011 conference organizers have announced that 16 of the 17 original authors of the Agile Manifesto will be reunited at the conference in August to answer questions and share their insights. Signatories will take the stage at a special event on the Monday evening and be available in the Open Jam area over the five days of the conference.
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Better Developer Experience in Version 1.5 of the Data Access Framework MetaModel
Eobject.org's open-source Java framework MetaModel implements a unified API for the access, exploration, and query of different datastores. Eobjects.org, both a website and an open source software organization dedicated to "the development of Open Source software related to Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing", has recently published version 1.5 of MetaModel.
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Bill Veghte on Securing the Enterprise in a Changing World
Bill Veghte from HP said that organizations need to adopt a new model for securing critical corporate infrastructure assets and information to support the modern business. He gave a keynote presentation at RSA 2011 Conference on Wednesday. IT is tied more closely to the business than ever and the new digital business model requires a new approach for managing security.