• Amazon AppStream - Deliver Streaming Applications from the Cloud

  How would you like to build high-fidelity, graphically rich applications that run on a wide variety of devices, start instantly, and have access to all of the compute and storage resources of the AWS Cloud? What about giving this capability...

• Facebook Says Iowa Server Farm Will be Wind-Powered

  From the time it enters production, Facebook's data center in Altoona, Iowa, will run exclusively on renewable energy, thanks to a wind project located less than two hours away, the social networking giant announced today.

• TCO Comparison: Amazon WorkSpaces and Traditional Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)

  Today, we announced Amazon WorkSpaces, a fully managed desktop computing solution in the cloud. Amazon WorkSpaces delivers a user's documents, applications and resources to tablets, PCs, and Macs. The service has the benefits of on-premises VDI – such as mobility...

• Amazon WorkSpaces - Desktop Computing in the Cloud

  Once upon a time, enterprises had a straightforward way to give each employee access to a desktop computer. New employees would join the organization and receive a standard-issue desktop, preconfigured with a common set of tools and applications. This one-size-fits...

• Oracle Boosts Big Data Appliance, Adds Cloudera

  Oracle gives a storage and Cloudera boost to its big data appliance, Alcatel-Lucent helps uncover mobile analytics, and CA ERwin bridges the big data gap in the enterprise.

• AWS CloudTrail - Capture AWS API Activity

  Do you have the need to track the API calls for one or more AWS accounts? If so, the new AWS CloudTrail service is for you. Once enabled, AWS CloudTrail records the calls made to the AWS APIs using the...

• Google: Multiplex Multiple Works Loads on Computers to Increase Machine Utilization and Save Money

  Jeff Dean gave a talk at  SFBay ACM and at about 3 minutes in he goes over how Google runs jobs on computers, which is different than how most shops distribute workloads. It's common for machines to be dedicated to one service, say run a database, run a cache, run this, or run that. The logic…

  • 

• Updating to iOS 7: It's not over 'til the flat lady sings

  The September 23rd release of the LinkedIn flagship iPhone app was a huge change in how we do build and release things at LinkedIn. We delivered an update to the flagship app the same day the iOS 7 update was available to all iPhone users. In this blog post, we highlight the process and some…

  • 
  • 
  • 
  • 
  • 
  • 
  • 

• AMD Empowers APU Software

  AMD announced it is enabling its accelerated processing units for next-generation servers through advancements in software tools developed by AMD, and in collaboration with technology partners and the open source community. The news was released during AMD's annual APU13 Developer Summit in San…