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The Browser as an application platform : spf13.com

SPF13

The Browser as an application platform. For the first time ever, the application platform. t the operating system, nor is it adobe air,net or java, itâ??s The browser once, a simple tool for fetching and rendering content is now the most important application platform in the world. SproutCore: JavaScript Applications.

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December 2011: GovCloud Moves From Policy to Law

Cloud Musings

Personal comments and insight on cloud computing related technologies and their use in the public sector to support net-centric operations. Tuesday, December 27, 2011. December 2011: GovCloud Moves From Policy to Law. December 30, 2010 - GovCloud Predicitons for 2011. 2011 will be the breakout year for GovCloud!

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Minecraft-Based Digital Denmark Destroyed

CTOvision

Controversy over data collecting and uproars over Net Neutrality, smart wearables and smarter marketing, angry letters and vulnerable software – technology news does not always put a smile on your face. Nonetheless, this imaginative creation of the Danish government does suggest that virtual worlds can have practical applications.

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Expanding the Cloud: Docker Containers in Elastic Beanstalk

All Things Distributed

We launched Elastic Beanstalk in 2011 with support for Java web applications and Tomcat 6 in one region, and we''ve seen the service grow to 6 container types (Java/Tomcat, PHP, Ruby, Python,NET, and Node.js) supported in 8 AWS regions around the world.

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Cloud startup Snowflake reveals financials in IPO filing as it battles Amazon, Microsoft, others

GeekWire

-based company said it more than doubled revenue to $242 million in the first half of 2020, with a net loss of $171.3 Snowflake’s data warehouse is a specialized type of cloud database built for analytical applications. Frank Slootman, who ran ServiceNow as chairman and CEO from 2011 to 2017, now leads the company.

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Cloud Musings by Kevin L. Jackson: Cloud Computing Highlighted.

Cloud Musings

Personal comments and insight on cloud computing related technologies and their use in the public sector to support net-centric operations. Tuesday, April 26, 2011. Cloud Computing Highlighted at DoDIIS 2011. Cloud Application Performance Monitoring courtesy of Visual Network Services. Jan 2011 ISBN: 978-0-9832361-3-9.

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Snowflake stock soars in largest software IPO ever; Madrona among earlier venture investors

GeekWire

In July, Madrona led a $27 million round in Fauna , a company founded by two former Twitter engineers that is positioning itself as a leader in databases for a new generation of applications. Snowflake’s data warehouse is a specialized type of cloud database built for analytical applications. Muglia is Fauna’s executive chairman.

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