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Willie Wheeler05/16/12
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Why I'm Excited About Using Neo4j for a CMDB Backend

Willie Wheeler's Zkybase is an effort at an open source configuration management tool - here's how he came to the conclusion that Neo4j would improve the backend.

Ayende Rahien05/16/12
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ReleaseCandidateTracker Records Deployments in RavenDB

Ayende started this post with no idea of what the ReleaseCandidateTracker app was capable of - and was pleasantly surprised.

Wely Lau05/16/12
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An Introduction to Cloud Computing Characteristics and Service/Deployment Models

This introduction is certainly slanted in favor of the cloud, but still offers some in-depth discussion of common characteristics of cloud computing, as well as an analysis of various cloud computing service models.

David Salter05/16/12
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Book Review: JBoss AS7 Configuratio, Deployment and Admiistration

JBoss 7 is the latest Java EE application server to be released by Red Hat . . . it is also an important aspect of Red Hat’s OpenShift Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) offering.

Eric Genesky05/16/12
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Podcast: CEO's from Xeround, Couchbase, and EnterpriseDB Discuss Databases on the Cloud

Learn about some cloud database solutions and industry trends from industry leaders.

Roger Hughes05/16/12
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The Pitfalls of Naming Classes

Given all the fudging and laxness in the English language, it’s not surprising that classes are sometimes badly named, so are there any techniques that can be used to create meaningful names?

Willie Wheeler05/16/12
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Devops: How NOT to Collect Configuration Management Data

In this article we’re going to step away from the keyboard and get architectural. But no ivory towers here. I’m going to give you something that will get you out of lots of pointless meetings. Got your attention yet? Good!

Ben Oday05/15/12
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Creating a Custom Camel Component

While Camel supports an ever growing number of components, you might have a need to create a custom component. This could be to either promote reuse across projects, customize an existing component or provide a simplified interface to an existing system. Whatever the reason, here is an overview of the options that are available within the Camel framework...

Stoimen Popov05/15/12
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Algorithm of the Week: Karatsuba Fast Multiplication

Typically multiplying two n-digit numbers require n2 multiplications. That is actually how we, humans, multiply numbers. Let’s take a look of an example in case we’ve to multiply two 2-digit numbers. . .

Clint Edmonson05/15/12
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Why Can't I Connect to my SQL Azure Database?

Here are some troubleshooting tips for when you're not getting a connection because of a setting in SQL Server Management Studio or Visual Studio's Data Connections tree.

Gaurav Mantri05/15/12
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Comparing Windows Azure Table Storage and Amazon DynamoDB - a Summary

Here's an informative table detailing various characteristics and services offered by both WATS and ADDB, including consumption based pricing, indexing support, and consistency model types.

Robert Diana05/15/12
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HTML5's Value for Mobile Event Apps

Current mobile technology has several deficiencies that make it not only expensive to implement, but it also limits the types of devices that can access a particular app.

John Cook05/15/12
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Book Review: Machine Learning in Action by Peter Harrington

A couple months ago I briefly reviewed Machine Learning for Hackers by Drew Conway and John Myles White. Today I’m looking at Machine Learning in Action by Peter Harrington and comparing the two books.

Steve Francia05/15/12
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Getting Started with MongoDB and PHP

The first of a series of post that introduce MongoDB and PHP; this one focuses mainly on the installation of MongoDB.

Willie Wheeler05/15/12
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On Domain Modeling with Spring Data Neo4j

This post describes how to build out the person configuration item in Skybase using Spring Data Neo4j.

Controlling complexity is the essence of computer programming.
— Brian Kernigan