• UP Coffee app helps you track and understand caffeine consumption

  How much caffeine can you consume during the day and still fall asleep at night? For some, it's one cup …

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• Microservices

  There's been a recent growth in interest around a style of software architecture known as "Microservices". To help understand and explain what all this is about I've teamed up with my colleague James Lewis , who has been an active pioneer in this style. We're working on writing various…

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• Annoying security requests highlight company silos

  I stumbled upon this video earlier today via Tripwire's Twitter feed : Some of the requests are hilarious, obviously, but many of them highlight a critical problem. In organizations where security is one department, silos develop and the "us versus them" mentality sets in quickly. For…

• CommScope Offers Data Center Modules With Integrated DCIM

  CommScope is now offering Data Center on Demand, a modular solution with built in DCIM capabilities via iTRACS, which it acquired in March 2013.

• Fewer Silos For The Files: Managing Cloud Data

  Vendors don't necessarily intend to create information silos, but their limited architecture and short-sighted approach forces users to drag and store all content in their system to make it work. This creates significant barriers for users who want to access their files. Where did they save it, is…

• IBM Watson Supercomputer Powers Food Truck at SXSW

  IBM and the Institute of Culinary Education (ICE) have a foodtruck at SXSW that is using Watson to turn tweets into creative dishes.

• Yahoo to Sublease 24 Megawatts of Virginia Space

  Yahoo has notified its landlord in Ashburn, DuPont Fabros Technology (DFT), that it plans to sublease 24 megawatts of data center space. Will this move disrupt the market for "wholesale" third-party space in northern Virginia?

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