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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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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. t be a surprise that storage can be virtualized too, and that it is referred to as Software Defined Storage (SDS). We also see a higher level of abstraction in the store column.

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

blog.expensify.com

This literally the dumbest, most ignorant piece that I’ve ever read about software development and/or hiring programmers. The VAST majority of what you’re dealing with (HTTP, MIME, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, relational databases, page template, authentication, session management, caching, etc.) March 25, 2011 at 3:23 pm.

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