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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.

Giorgio Sironi05/16/12
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A crash course for the MongoDB console

A JavaScript console is the standard client for administering this database.

Ryan Sukale05/16/12
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Naked JavaScript - Constructor Functions

Functions in JavaScript are fantastic. Not only are they used to execute functionality, but they are also used to create other objects and functions(Yes, you read that right). Functions are means by which you implement a very significant feature of the language - inheritance. We will be talking about the details of inheritance later. For now, lets continue exploring functions.

Mikael Koskinen05/16/12
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TcpClient – Making Windows Phone Sockets Easy

SocketEx.TcpClient is a MIT-licensed TcpClient for Windows Phone which aims to make working with Windows Phone sockets easy. Compared to the TcpClient in full .NET Framework, SocketEx.TcpClient isn’t 100% compatible and some of the features aren’t implemented at all.

Clint Edmonson05/16/12
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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 Mantri05/16/12
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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.

Gaurav Mantri05/15/12
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A Comprehensive Comparison of Windows Azure Blob Storage and Amazon Simple Storage Service (Part 2)

This is a continuation of a previous post that Guarav Mantri wrote concerning two popular cloud storage services offered by Microsoft and Amazon. Get to know the differences here.

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