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David Ramel
Infrastructure
AWS launches spreadsheet-flavored no-code app service
Honeycode uses using familiar spreadsheet conventions, like sheets, tables, values, and formulas to help users build custom apps.
Infrastructure
What workloads run best on which clouds?
Research shows that cloud computing workloads are spread relatively evenly across public, private and private platforms from the major vendors, but what jobs runs on those platforms tends to vary.
Infrastructure
AWS to scan for misconfigurations
Amazon Web Services said it will proactively scan for misconfiguration errors like the one that enabled the recent hack of Capital One data stored on the AWS cloud.
Infrastructure
AWS joins the blockchain party
Amazon Web Services announced two cloud-based services for organizations that want to create and manage scalable blockchain networks.
Infrastructure
Microsoft revs up government cloud drive
Although Amazon Web Services enjoys the lion's share of the government cloud infrastructure market, Microsoft is ramping up efforts to attract public sector clients.
Emerging Tech
Transforming the programming process
Researchers hope to replace manual programming with computer-generated code based on users’ intent, which might be expressed as examples or via natural language commands.
Digital Government
Tips for getting the best enterprise software pricing
The Guide to Enterprise Software Pricing includes tips about tiered pricing, long-term commitments, free trial offers, buying through resellers and channel partners and many more topics.
Infrastructure
Security tools top the list of AWS add-ons
According to a recent survey by 2nd Watch, security tools were the most popular third-party purchase for Amazon cloud deployments.
Infrastructure
SDN a game changer but slow out of the gate, survey shows
A recent survey of CIOs indicates that the adoption of software defined networking will be ‘vastly different and slower’ than expected.
Infrastructure
Software-defined networking gaining traction
Two recent surveys show similar attitudes about the future adoption of SDN technology in the data center.
Digital Government
Data lakes: Don’t dive in just yet
While some claim data lakes are essential to capitalizing on big data analytics, there is no common view about what a data lake is or how it can provide value, said Gartner researchers.
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Infrastructure
Software-defined computing enables context-aware IT
Move to SDN said inevitable in new world of mobility, social, big data and cloud computing.
Emerging Tech
Report cites FBI's 'weaknesses' on Agile development
Add the FBI to the list of federal government agencies that are reportedly failing to correctly implement Agile software development practices -- a move mandated by the Obama administration.
Infrastructure
Microsoft woos MySQL users with migration tool
Microsoft fired another salvo in the database wars by announcing a new toolkit to help users migrate their databases from MySQL to SQL Server -- or SQL Azure, the new cloud offering.
