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Eventually Consistent
Building reliable distributed systems at a worldwide scale demands trade-offs between consistency and availability.
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CTO Virtualization Roundtable: Part II
When it comes to virtualization platforms, experts say focus first on the services to be delivered.
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Real-World Concurrency
What does the proliferation of concurrency mean for the software you develop?
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CTO Roundtable on Virtualization: Part I
Virtualization technology is hot again, but for the right reasons?
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Powering Down
Smart power management is all about doing more with the resources we have.
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CTO Storage Roundtable, Part Two
Leaders in the storage industry ponder upcoming technologies and trends.
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CTO Storage Roundtable: Part I
Leaders in the storage world offer valuable advice for making more effective architecture and technology decisions.
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Scaling in Games and Virtual Worlds
Online games and virtual worlds have familiar scaling requirements, but don't be fooled: Everything you know is wrong.
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XML Fever
Don't let delusions about XML develop into a virulent strain of XML fever.
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