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Expanding the Cloud for Windows Developers - All Things Distributed

All Things Distributed

Expanding the Cloud for Windows Developers. s world of Internet services has become incredibly diverse. of administrative tasks such as OS and database software patching, storage management, and implementing reliable backup and disaster recovery solutions. All Things Distributed. By Werner Vogels on 08 May 2012 02:00 PM.

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Technology Short Take #44

Scott Lowe

As described in this Metacloud blog post , vxfld is designed to “handle VXLAN traffic from any operationg system or hardware platform that adheres to the IETF Internet-Draft for VXLAN” Nir Yechiel recently posted part 1 of a discussion on the need for network overlays. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Technology Short Take #26.

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the future of the Operating System - LinuxCon 2015 keynote

SPF13

OS in 1980s & 1990s • UNIX dominates mainframes/servers • PC emerges & brings lots of users (expanded reach) –DOS & Windows –Mac System Software –OS2, Amiga OS & BeOS. 1995 - 2005 Dawn of the Internet Era. 2005 - 2015 Distributed Applications Era. 2005 - 2015 Distributed Applications Era.

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Cedexis Now Tracks Performance for 50 Clouds » Data Center.

Data Center Knowledge

Internet performance and control company Cedexis announced an extension to its Radar community services with the addition of many new clouds, and the availability of Radar reports as an app for Windows 8. The Windows 8 Radar app is available immediately for free on the Windows App Store. Disaster Recovery.

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Ballmer: Microsoft has 1 Million Servers » Data Center Knowledge

Data Center Knowledge

The Internet disagrees, as our examination of Who Has the Most Servers? Just think how much all them licences would have cost any other company running 1 million+ Windows servers! Disaster Recovery. In disclosing the number, Ballmer was making the point that massive scale matters in public cloud, and Microsoft has it.