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• Is AWS cloud security really out of your hands?

  There is a great number of misconceptions when it comes to cloud based security, and just how much control the client has over the security of their resources and data that are running in a virtualize space. Is AWS cloud security out of the hands of...  Continue Reading

• PaaS misconception #5: With some open source help, I can implement a PaaS myself

  When things are done right, it can appear to the uninitiated that it was easy. Such is the case with PaaS. Many think that by simply stringing together some open source projects and using a cloud provider, they can crate a better PaaS solution. ...  Continue Reading

• When did Gradle get so hot? A look at what is trending on the Java tools landscape

  Who knew that so many Java developers were looking at adopting Gradle as their build tool. Goodbye Maven. Goodbye ANT. It looks like Gradle is the Groovy new Java tool, or at least, that's what the latest trends survey would suggest.  Continue Reading

• Does a lack of PaaS standards mean you're locked in to your cloud provider?

  Software architects always prefer to take a standards based approach to development and design, which is why some are leery about the various PaaS based systems that don't seem to have any clearly defined standards at all. Could PaaS based lock-in ...  Continue Reading

• Discovering data by structuring unstructured text

  Bryan Bell, executive vice president with Expert System, discusses the art of discovering data by structuring unstructured text.  Continue Reading

• Finding a needle in a big data haystack: Cloud based analytics to the rescue

  Organizations are handling more and more data all the time, and a big problem is figuring out how to find an important piece of information in peta-bytes of big data. How can it be done? Cloud based technologies that can burst and grow are becoming ...  Continue Reading

• Allaying the AWS security concerns: How the cloud became more secure than on-premise

  Many organizations stayed away from the cloud over concerns for security. But in the Internet of things, where everything is connected, organizations are embracing AWS and other clouds, believing them to be more secure than on-premise data centers.  Continue Reading

• Tactics, tools and teamwork: Effectively managing cloud security

  Managing security in the cloud is a completely new ball game, from dealing with remote storage, to worrying about who has access to your programs and applications. Here we talk with the experts from TrendMicro about how cloud computing is changing ...  Continue Reading

• Finding the Scala sweet spot: Balancing people, process and tools

  Many organizations are hoping that a move to Scala will help them solve some of their most challenging software problems, from improving scalability to minimizing code bloat. But to find the Scala sweet spot, organizations must balance the people, ...  Continue Reading

• Winning the hearts and minds of functional programmers: Five tips for the Scala community

  It's an uphill battle keeping the user base of any programming language happy. Scala, which competes on the JVM against a number of languages is no exception. Here are five tips on how the Scala overlords can keep on track and continue to win the ...  Continue Reading

• Moving on-premise employees to the cloud? Making it make sense with Amazon Workspaces

  There has been great hype around the virtualized desktop, but few solutions have managed to really win the hearts and minds of the computing community. But Amazon hopes that soon even on-premise employees with be using cloud hosted desktops running ...  Continue Reading

• Conquering the challenge of integrating JAX-RS (REST) with OSGi modularity

  OSGi and REST based web services are two incredibly popular technologies that have evolved separately over the past few years. But now developers are tackling the challenge of bringing these two technologies together. Here's how they are making that...  Continue Reading

• Encouraging failure: How Amazon AWS promotes innovation and invention

  By creating an environment that makes it easy to test, experiment and even fail without major cost and repercussions, Amazon Web Services (AWS) works to promote innovation and invention.  Continue Reading

• Amazon's AppStream: Solving the high-definition media delivery problem for mobile apps

  As handheld devices become capable of handling higher resolution images, organizations are finding the task of streaming HD data to micro devices to be a real challenge. Amazon's AppStream is designed to help simplify the task of high resolution ...  Continue Reading

• Trending JavaScript frameworks at Fluent

  The co-chair of Fluent discusses which JavaScript frameworks are the most popular at this year's conference.  Continue Reading