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Cloud Computing Journal: Zoho Builds Data Bridges in the Cloud

News - 1 hour 13 minutes ago

Zoho, the prolific Microsoft wannabe that has already proven it can knock off a web app at the drop of a buzzword, is branching out into middleware. It’s come up with some widgetry – aimed at developers this time, not end users – called CloudSQL that’s supposed to let people interact with their Zoh read more

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JavaFX vs Silverlight vs Flex

News - 13 hours ago

We shouldn’t forget that Java really started as an RIA technology back in the late 90s with applets. But I don’t think JavaFX will win any “hearts and minds”. In the end, I think everybody goes with what they know. Dot Netters will go with Silverlight, and Adobe people will stick with Flex. All tha read more

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Start wearing purple

News - 1 day 19 hours ago

Today was officially my first day at my new job at in Yahoo! Search. In the spirit of less-is-more I'm stepping out of the position of improving the performance of all Yahoo's sites worldwide to improving the performance of just one Yahoo! Search - in the US first, then maybe helping globally. I'm read more

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RIA and Cloud Computing Apps

News - 8 days ago

We are using software applications more than ever before. As the demand for new capabilities and functions grows, companies strive to provide an adequate response to business needs. The rate of application evolution places an ever-larger burden on the shoulders of software producers, vendors, and e read more

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Resolving RIA-SOA Conflict

News - 8 days ago

From the first days of Rich Internet Application (RIA) technology, many enthusiasts found an analogy between RIA and service-oriented architecture (SOA). Some of them talked about the benefits of a would-be-wonderful use of SOA in RIA; others saw RIA as a SOA face. Nonetheless, there are experts wh read more

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Magic Software Releases uniPaaS Version 1.5 with .NET Rich Internet Client

News - 9 days ago

Magic Software has announced the release of uniPaaS version 1.5, the company's flagship Rich Internet Application (RIA) and SaaS Enabled Application Platform (SEAP), designed to allow organizations to develop and deploy applications in approximately one-fifth of the time and effort it takes other t read more

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Cloud Envelops Exchange & SharePoint

News - 10 days ago

Microsoft on Monday pushed multi-tenant SaaS versions of Exchange and SharePoint out of the beta nest. Some 7,000 concerns participated in the beta. Now the stuff’s available to all comers. Exchange Online will cost $10 per user a month; SharePoint Online will cost $7.25. Eventually a browser-only read more

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Photo Album of the 1st International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo

News - 13 days ago

SYS-CON's 1st International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo, on Nov. 19-21, 2008 in San Jose, CA, attracted more than 40 sponsors and exhibitors with over 1,000 preregistered delegates. The three content-packed days emphasized value with a rich array of sessions led by exceptional speakers about read more

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Keynote Expands On-Demand Mobile Test and Measurement Network

News - 13 days ago

Keynote Systems has expanded its on-demand mobile test and measurement network to include Beijing, China; Chennai, India; Mexico City, Mexico and Madrid, Spain. Keynote and its subsidiary Keynote SIGOS give its customers the ability to test mobile performance in over 700 locations on over 200 mobil read more

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Security Implications of Virtualization Platforms in the Virtual Data Center

News - 14 days ago

Referred to by many names – server virtualization, OS virtualization, kernel virtualization – virtual machine (VM) platforms, such as VMware ESX and Microsoft Hyper-V, are typically the first forms of virtualization introduced to the data center. These technologies are becoming both less expensive read more

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