A tour to Tumblr's office
This week Yahoo has made a deal with Tumblr that Yahoo would acquire Tumblr with $1.1 billion. The reason why Yahoo wants to acquire... more »
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Why Plug-and-Use Desktop BI Software Is So Powerful?
The basic function of a calculator is computing, which can be as simple as the four arithmetic operations and also as complex as the... more »
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Why The "Star Trek Computer" Will Be Open Source and Released Under The Apache License v2
The crazy kids at Fogbeam Labs break down the trend towards projects in NLP, Semantic Web, Big Data and related fields moving to the ASF,... more »
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Performance means something new in a rationalized cloud architecture
While "Performance Management" *sounds* straightforward, its true meaning needs to account for subtle shifts in technology that... more »
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Performance matters when writing, too: more SQL tips
Programmers generally recognize that SQL can be optimized: experts often rewrite queries to take only a fraction of the time of their... more »
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Agile methodology
Waterfall model follows application development in phases with checkpoint and deliverable documents in each checkpoint. It advocates... more »
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What Big Data Can Learn from Barbie
Many well-publicized big-data stories are like Barbie dolls. They’re great sources of inspiration, but you can’t realistically model your... more »
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Stay Connected with the Ch9 Events App
No matter what device you're bringing to TechEd this year, be sure to bring the Ch9 Events app with you!
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Remember: Your Git Commit Email is Public
Here’s a fact I don’t think a lot of people know. Or rather they do know, but haven’t thought about:
Over 18 million students and staff to benefit from faster, more secure cloud-computing
As part of our ongoing commitment to add value to the education community we serve, we are thrilled to be working with Janet to provide... more »
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Is Fragmentation Of Standards Opening Us Up For Further Exploits?
Can the lack of standardization be part of the cause of so many vulnerabilities we see in tech? When two rules don't exactly fit... more »
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Do Developers Need Free Perks to Thrive?
Cutting back on perks may seem like a smart business move—until developers start leaving the company.
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