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[Asia] Getting Cloud Computing Right The First Time

YoungUpstarts

During the Forum, Cloud Computing was highlighted as the number one technology priority for companies in 2012. Our CloudSSL is an SSL distribution service available via API and is designed specifically to help web services operate securely in the Cloud. The Sleeping Dragon Awakes in China.

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PC For Rent – How To Make Money Searching For Extraterrestrial Intelligence

YoungUpstarts

A method of solving time-consuming computing tasks by utilizing multiple computers usually united into a parallel computing system is commonly referred to as grid computing or distributed computing. In 2007, the BOINC framework became the home of World Community Grid , a distributed computing project created by the IBM Corporation.

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Scaling is Hard, Case Study: Akamai

Seeing Both Sides

Incorporated in 1998 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the company’s network of over 100,000 globally distributed servers provides an infrastructure layer that accelerates the distribution and delivery of content, media and applications. In 2012, analysts forecast the company will achieve nearly $1.5

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Favorite Longreads of 2012

abovethecrowd.com

Technically, this article was published in 2011, but that should not stop it from being further distributed. I also understand he may have “edited” one of my favorite longreads of all time, Brian Arthur’s Increasing Returns and the Two Worlds of Business from HBR in 1996. Jeff Bezos on Charlie Rose, November 16, 2012.

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Evolution of a Founder: Lessons I have learned

om.co

We recently wrapped up our strategy offsite, an annual event that brings together the members of our very distributed team – 12 different cities in four different countries – to discuss what our aspirations and ambitions are for the coming year. So from day one, my knowledge about how to do a startup was zero. They may [.].

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