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A framework for categorizing and comparing cloud platforms

bijoor.me

Virtual Machines : pool resources of many different servers, thereby creating a virtual layer that offers automatic load balancing and higher levels of availability than the underlying hardware can offer Examples : Amazon EC2 , OpenStack Nova , MS Windows Azure , Google Compute Engine , IBM SmartCloud. 2: Foundational PaaS Users : DevOps.

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Framework Benchmarks Round 16

TechEmpower

Round 16 is composed of: Run 6bb9ecf9-5be0-4cb4-b52b-16ea1a3b105b from Azure. So when we see developers upgrade to the latest release of their favorite platform and rejoice over a performance win, we celebrate a victory. I hope all of the participants in this project share in this celebration. And anyone else who cares about fast software.

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The cloud landscape described, categorized, and compared

www.theenterprisearchitect.eu

But basically any big IT player has an offering, like  Microsoft Windows Azure ,  Google Compute Engine , and  IBM SmartCloud , to name a few. This means that more advanced features like caching, snapshotting, high availability, etc. Storage virtualization means decoupling storage volumes from the underlying physical hardware.

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Framework Benchmarks Round 18

TechEmpower

It is acceptable for it to be recomputed by the platform or framework once per second, and cached as a string or byte buffer for the duration of that second. The requirements were clarified to specify caching or memoization of the output from JSON serialization is not permitted. Postgres has been upgraded to version 11.

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CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

blog.expensify.com

The VAST majority of what you’re dealing with (HTTP, MIME, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, relational databases, page template, authentication, session management, caching, etc.) How can we spin up our SharePoint enabled Web Parts which are Windows Phone Capable to be deployed on Azure? Like what?!

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Startup Resources

www.vccafe.com

Windows Azure. Varnish Cache (reverse proxy). Ruby Toolbox. Email Integration. Domains.Co. Text Editor. Macromates. Sublime Text. Name.com *. Bluehost *. StartLogic *. Media Temple. Amazon Web Services. Online education and skill learning. Read post Why Learning should be your top 2013 new year’s resolution  for a full list.