One of my favourite cloud innovations has been a Cloud IDE. I always found that setting up for development was a chore. I had to sit down, open all my apps, load all my work, and get my windows setup the way I need them. It sounds trivial yet the task is so tedious. It […]
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Accelerating Web Sites and Applications: a Cloud Caching Primer
Caching is a key concept in computing. Caching algorithms and hardware are used in virtually every aspect of computing to increase efficiency and performance. When it comes to web sites and applications there are numerous caching mechanisms potentially in play that can have a dramatic impact on the end users experience.
InfiniBand: The New Standard of Cloud Computing
I am frequently asked by techies why Carbon60 uses InfiniBand technology to power its cloud computing fabric. For many, this is an unusual choice. Despite the fact that half of the world’s most powerful super-computers use InfiniBand, the technology has not made its way into the typical datacenter.