Archive for the 'Computing' Category

SunnyConf Ruby Conference in Tempe, AZ on September 25

Go to SunnyConf in Tempe, AZ on September 25, 2010
What is SunnyConf?
* All day, single track Ruby conference in Tempe, AZ
* 9 great presentations on a range of Ruby topics
Jeremy Ashkenas
Les Hill and Jim Remsik
Charlie Nutter
Blake Mizerany
David Keener
Andre Arko
Luigi Montanez
Alex Sharp
Brian Bommarito
* Breakfast [...]

Application Delivery and Performance Beyond Basic Load Balancers

Gartner Research says “Load Balancers Are Dead – Time to Focus on Application Delivery”
When looking at feature requirements in front of and between server tiers, too many organizations think only about load balancing. However, the era of load balancing is long past, and organizations will be better served to focus their attention on improving the [...]

Fedora 11 Leonidas Release Today

Well, at least the schedule says that:
2009-05-26
2009-06-02
2009-06-09 Fedora 11 Final Release
I am running the release candidate and have no issues – Linux just keeps getting better and easier.

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Rogue Wave Software Acquires Visual Numerics

I thought this was interesting – Rogue Wave has bought Visual Numerics. I have used products from both companies and it seems to me that it is a decent match. I used Rogue Wave C++ libraries back in the 1990′s and they were pretty high quality. Visual Numerics has the JMSL Numerical [...]

Free Computer Magazines

HPCWire is the most recognized and accessed news and information site covering the entire ecosystem of High Productivity Computing (HPC).
HPCWire is the publication of choice for the global community of business and technology professionals interested in computationally- and data-intensive computing, including infrastructure topics such as software, middleware, hardware, networking, storage, tools and applications. HPCWire delivers [...]

gOS – Cloud operating system

Do all your computing in your browser:

Cloud is a browser operating system that combines beautiful design with sophisticated technologies to make the PC faster, safer, and easier.
Wow – welcome to the 1960s. Not that I think it is a bad thing – there is a lot of good reasons to centralize compute resources. [...]

Exabyte Database Server from Oracle

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Well, I had been waiting to watch (via the web) Larry Ellison’s big keynote speech at Oracle’s Open World this week, then promptly forgot all about it as it was happening. The had been a lot of speculation about what the big X announcement was going to be. [...]

Secure Client for your Handheld Devices

Image from WikipediaAny system administrator will tell you that they are entirely dependent on the tools that allow them to securely interact with the systems that they are supporting. A secure connection generally means using SSH to connect to a remote system. Telnet does not cut it – your passwords are transmitted in [...]

Real Estate Investment Software

Are you interested in buying and selling real estate but you aren’t sure how to predict profit forecasts on your properties? With Real Estate Genius, you can get the numbers you need to see if you’re going to make a profit or not. If you are serious about making a profit in the real estate [...]

iContact Enterprise Email Marketing

Does your company send between one hundred thousand and ten million emails a month? If so, you may need a more efficient solution. With an easy to use interface, industry leading inbox service, and advanced features including an autoresponder tool, RSS feeds, blogging capabilities, list segmentation, and design templates, Enterprise Email Marketing service is a [...]