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Article | 24/06/2010 Facebook engineer: Going large requires thinking small
When managing a constantly expanding system with many moving parts, it is crucial to break the system into large numbers of small pieces and manage th...
Article | 24/06/2010 Red Hat launches hybrid cloud platform
Red Hat has launched a comprehensive package, called Red Hat Cloud Foundations, that will allow organizations to run applications in both public cloud...
Article | 23/06/2010 IBM courts finance market with new framework
IBM unveiled on Tuesday a new package of pre-integrated software applications, called the Financial Markets Industry Framework, configured for the fin...
Article | 21/06/2010 Oracle socializes business process management
While business process management (BPM) has traditionally been about automating office and departmental workflows, Oracle is looking to put humans bac...
Article | 18/06/2010 WordPress 3.0 blogging software released
A new version of the popular open-source blogging software WordPress has been posted, the cadre of volunteers behind the software announced on Thursda...
Article | 17/06/2010 Eucalyptus expanded for Windows use
Eucalyptus Systems has released an update to the commercial version of its private cloud software, Eucalyptus Enterprise Edition.
Article | 17/06/2010 Chicago school to offer degree in predicting the future
The Chicago-based DePaul University will offer what it says is the nation's first master's degree in predictive analysis, the school announced on Wedn...
Article | 16/06/2010 IBM buys Web analytics software company
IBM will purchase Coremetrics, a provider of Web analytics software, the company announced Tuesday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Article | 12/06/2010 VDI provides flexibility, but at a cost
Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) may be the most flexible way to deploy remote desktops, but traditional terminal servers win on cost, a remote de...
Article | 8/06/2010 Microsoft: Features still missing in Azure
Due to an early emphasis on getting the right architecture for its Azure cloud platform, which went live in February, Microsoft's cloud service is sti...
Article | 8/06/2010 Microsoft emphasizes hybrid cloud at TechEd
As the technology industry moves toward the cloud, users can ease the transition by adopting a hybrid computing model, said Bob Muglia, Microsoft's pr...
Article | 5/06/2010 New Yahoo CTO: Standardize then personalize
Raymie Stata, named Thursday as Yahoo chief technology officer, has a tough job ahead of him: Yahoo has experienced <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/ar...
Article | 4/06/2010 Yahoo appoints new chief technology officer
Consumer Web portal company Yahoo has appointed a new chief technology officer, with former Chief Architect Raymie Stata taking on the role immediatel...
Article | 4/06/2010 Microsoft cloud service deployed by Kentucky schools
The Kentucky Department of Education is replacing its e-mail servers with a free cloud-based offering from Microsoft, one that will supply 700,000 stu...
Article | 4/06/2010 Adobe viewer first step to digital content platform
Adobe Systems' newly released magazine digital viewer for iPad is the first component of an Adobe digital publishing platform that should help content...

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