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IBM to Acquire Cloudant: Open, Cloud Database Service Helps Organizations Simplify Mobile, Web App and Big Data Development

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– 24 Feb 2014: IBM (NYSE: IBM ) today announced a definitive agreement to acquire Boston, MA-based Cloudant, Inc., We learned about Cloudant from In-Q-Tel, a very forward thinking firm with a great track record for spotting visionary firms. – bg. The acquisition of Cloudant is expected to close in 1Q14.

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Liveblog: Introduction to Managed Database Services on AWS

Scott Lowe

All you have to worry about it is the application that runs on the database. In the first generation version of the application, it was a LAMP stack with PHP code running on MySQL. In 2011, FanDuel migrated entirely to AWS, but scaling issues due to application architecture persisted. Where is FanDuel’s application now?

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Technology Short Take #58

Scott Lowe

It says the the JET (Juniper Extension Toolkit) uses “open application programming interfaces”, but fails to provide any specifics. See here for some of my thoughts on Intel’s RSA following IDF 2014.) Operating Systems/Applications. William Lam breaks down the real value of load balancing your PSC in this in-depth article.

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The O’Reilly Software Architecture Conference Call for Participation

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Call closes 11:59pm 12/02/2014 EST. The O’Reilly Software Architecture Conference is a new event designed to provide the necessary professional training that software architects and aspiring software architects need to succeed. Single-page web applications. Caching, load balancing, optimization. Distributed systems.

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Kubernetes on OpenStack: The Technical Details

Scott Lowe

One of the key points is that Kubernetes is more application-focused, whereas OpenStack is more machine-focused. Lees shares the story of how his experimentation with OpenStack and Kubernetes in 2014 led to implementing the OpenStack provider for Kubernetes in 2014. Load balancing is the next connection point that Lees reviews.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Bug Bounty Hunters

ForAllSecure

So I kind of invested about 25 years into designing and hardening Active Directory solutions, and somewhere around 2013 or 2014, I was really invested in Azure, or cloud-based solutions. And after that, I invested almost all my waking hours into learning web application pen testing, because coming from the infrastructure side.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Bug Bounty Hunters

ForAllSecure

So I kind of invested about 25 years into designing and hardening Active Directory solutions, and somewhere around 2013 or 2014, I was really invested in Azure, or cloud-based solutions. And after that, I invested almost all my waking hours into learning web application pen testing, because coming from the infrastructure side.