Hadoop on Windows Azure: Hive vs. JavaScript for Processing Big Data (New!)
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For some time, there were no solutions from Microsoft for processing big data in cloud environments. Recently, Microsoft launched the Hadoop on Windows Azure service to make it possible to distribute the load and speed up computations using Windows Azure. This article gives an overview of two out-of-the-box ways of processing big data with Hadoop on Windows Azure—Hive querying and JavaScript implementations—and compares their performance.
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A Vendor-independent Comparison of NoSQL Databases: Cassandra, HBase, MongoDB, Riak (New!)
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The variety of NoSQL databases makes it difficult to select the best tool for a particular case. The unbiased investigations are rare—tests are often conducted by NoSQL vendors themselves. This benchmarking research is our vendor-independent analysis of four main NoSQL databases, based on performance measured under six different workloads.
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Cloud Platform Comparison - CloudStack, Eucalyptus, vCloud Director, and Openstack (New!)
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Cloud computing remains one of the hottest topics in IT today given the promise of greatly improved efficiencies, significant cost savings, scalable infrastructure, high performance, and secured data storage. However, information on popular cloud
systems is usually biased and full of advertising buzz, making it difficult to choose a cloud platform. This vendor-independent white paper contains a product-by-product comparison of the most popular cloud solutions (along with tips on bug-fixing)
to help you select the best-fit product.
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Webinar: Cut Costs with Adobe AIR Cross-platform App Development (New!)
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In this webinar, the Head of our Flex Department discusses current implementations of Adobe AIR, gives a brief overview of Adobe’s development tools, and explains how to cut costs by building cross-platform software. As an illustration, he compares several development scenarios to give you an idea of how much it costs to build an Adobe AIR application.
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 (20 min)
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Webinar: Boost Project Management Efficiency with Microsoft TFS 11 (New!)
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In this webinar, our Lead .NET Engineer explains how to improve project management efficiency using TFS 2011. The webinar covers all steps of a typical software development life cycle and provides tips on how you can use the new tools and features available in TFS 2011 to boost your team’s performance.
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(34 min)
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Cloud Computing: How to Solve Challenges and Avoid Typical Mistakes Using Amazon Web Services (New!)
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Thousands of companies worldwide engage in cloud computing to get financial and technical benefits. Many succeed, yet many more cannot help making mistakes that hinder their efficiency.
This white paper will explain how you can win with cloud computing and what challenges you need to overcome. It will also show how to avoid the most common mistakes made by companies using Amazon Web Services, the most popular cloud computing solution.
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Comparing Ruby on Rails Public vs. Private Cloud Options
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With the growing number of public and private cloud solutions for Ruby on Rails applications, it becomes quite challenging to choose the solution that will suit your needs best. This white paper is intended to help you make the choice. It will show you when you can benefit from running your Ruby on Rails application in the cloud, explain the differences between a public and a private cloud, and help you choose between the two.
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How to Design and Manage Strategic Outsourcing Program and Avoid Common Mistakes
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Independent Software Vendors and Application Service Providers have become increasingly pressured by external market conditions in developing an offshore outsourcing strategy, yet few succeed in designing a strategic, not just tactical cost-savings approach. This outsourcing white paper will help you learn how to create efficient offshore governance model and avoid the most common mistakes.
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Five Ways to Measure Your Programmers' Performance
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When a company has dozens or hundreds of employees, or when face-to-face communication among team members is limited, the method of personal feedback as a means of employee evaluation becomes unreliable. This IT white paper describes effective, consistent methods of employee assessment and motivation based on best practices, conducted interviews, and hours of discussions – as well as some trial and error.
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Five Mistakes to Avoid in Creating User Interfaces for Mobile Devices
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When creating a mobile user interface, developers inevitably face a number of challenges. Most of them are caused by the difference in developing user interfaces for mobile and desktop applications. This IT white paper will explain how to create an effective user interface for mobile devices and avoid the most common mistakes.
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Engaging Social Networks: A Review of Five Marketing Campaigns and Five Tools
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To remain competitive, both industry leaders and smaller companies are forced to engage social networks to accelerate project delivery. When carried out thoughtfully, social network marketing can inspire the audience itself to further promote and even spread the product. This IT white paper provides a review of five successful marketing campaigns that involved social networks, and five tools that can be of use when implementing an interactive marketing campaign.
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How to Integrate Independent QA Testing to Shorten Development Cycles
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When it comes down to assuring software quality, companies find it difficult to give up the valuable time and strategic focus that get consumed by internal test efforts – a problem that escalates as development projects advance in both scope and complexity. This outsourcing white paper will provide you with a "How To" guide, tips, and IT best practices for integrating independent Quality Assurance and testing across the product life-cycle to shorten software development cycles.
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How to Identify and Mitigate Security and Intellectual Property Risks When Outsourcing Offshore
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When developing an offshore sourcing strategy, few Independent Software Vendors and Application Service Providers properly understand and mitigate the associated security and intellectual property (IP) risks. This outsourcing white paper discusses the vulnerabilities in the distributed software development environments and addresses critical business issues to mitigate those risks with qualified risk management techniques, team collaboration tools, and, critically, a verification and audit process, which result in greater visibility of the software development process, improved security, and reduced risk of IP exposure.
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Remote DBA Program: 6-Step Guide and Most Common Mistakes
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Enterprises have become increasingly pressured by external market conditions in developing a remote database administration strategy, yet few succeed in designing an effective cost-saving approach. This whitepaper will explain how to improve return on investment using remote DBA, and avoid most common mistakes implementing and managing it.
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How to Optimize ROI Using Remote DBA and Avoid the Most Common Mistakes
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In response to increasing external market conditions, more enterprises are forced to turn to remote database administration (DBA) to reduce their bottom lines, yet few succeed in designing an effective cost-saving approach. This white paper will explain how to improve return on investment (ROI) using remote DBA and how to avoid the most common mistakes.
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PDF (0.6MB)
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