Data Scientist Drew Conway tackles the problem of deciding which programming languages are the most popular in an interesting way: by comparing the number of projects tagged in GitHub with each language, and the number of questions in StackOverflow about the language. The former is a measure of how often a language is used (though, mainly for open source projects); the latter is a measure of how many programmers are asking questions about it. Drew uses these measures and a k-means clustering technique to categorize langauges as follows: Most Popular (generally ranked in the highest 20% of languages in StackOverflow…
Further evidence of growth in cloud gaming
AMD, a chip designer, is now pushing a lot of money into Ciinow, a cloud based game streaming firm. Ciinow has stated that it will use its AMD Radeon graphics cards due to the fact that AMD is pumping a lot of cash into the firm.
Excitement for Both Parties
This is a joint venture that has excited both companies and with the gaming market expected to reach $81bn by 2016, it’s easy to understand their excitement!
The corporate VP of Heterogeneous Applications and Developer Solutions at AMD, Manju Hegde, has been quoted saying: “Ciinow is on the cutting edge of online game streaming technology, and it’s clear we share the same vision to drive the cloud gaming industry forward and ultimately provide the best gaming experience.”
He went on to add: “AMD’s investment signifies our mutual drive to liberate gamers from today’s constraints and move …
When Change is Constant
The business of web hosting can be a rollercoaster ride sometimes. There’s always a new patch, an upgrade, or new technology and products. Things move so quickly that customers are often left bewildered by the rate of change.
There has been a growing demand for web hosting services as a result of customers’ shrinking budgets, growing operational costs and the speed at which market opportunities are developing. When deciding on a hosting service, customers often focus on the speed of service delivery, the ability to localize and local data sovereignty.
Through our use of Parallels Automation, ReadySpace has put together different service packages that add value to our clients’ operations and meet their specific needs. Our white label offering allows our clients to leverage our platform to quickly brand and start selling to their customers without heavy infrastructural investment.
We can’t predict what the world will be like five years from now, but we can be certain change will be a constant. In the near future, we believe more and more applications will converge. This will result in more regulation and the need for localization. All these will change the landscape.
But by partnering with Parallels, we are ready for change. By offering a brand of hosting that is as efficient and practical as it is flexible and cutting edge, we believe we can continue to meet the needs of our customers, as we face the changes of the future together.
David Loke
CEO and Co-Founder
ReadySpace
Mobile and cloud top financial CIO agenda in UK
Mobile banking will be an increasingly important channel for UK banks and financial institutions over the next three years and will be a key factor in retaining customers and increasing loyalty.
In a survey of 50 CIOs from across the UK wholesale, investment and retail banking sector, 49 per cent of organisations said that mobile banking is important to customers today, while 71 per cent predict it will be by 2015.
Cloud Expo Silicon Valley: Private vs. Public Cloud
Which cloud model is right for your business? What are the factors that should influence your decision?
In his session at the 11th International Cloud Expo, Chad Harrington, Vice President of Marketing at Adaptive Computing, will discuss how to evaluate public, private, and hybrid clouds along several dimensions.
He will use real-world case studies to show Cloud Expo delegates the pros and cons of each of these cloud models. Armed with this information, you can then decide what is best for your organization.
Chad Harrington is Vice President of Marketing at Adaptive Computing.
C12G OpenNebula Releases Cloud Architecture Survey Results
C12G Labs, the company behind the widely-used OpenNebula cloud management platform, today announced the results of a survey to determine the main building blocks that constitute the existing OpenNebula clouds. The full results can be seen at http://www.c12g.com/survey
The results of this survey were collected during the 2nd and 3rd quarter of 2012 from the OpenNebula open source cloud management platform community with regards to the type of cloud deployment and its main architectural components. The aim of the survey is to acquire information in order to improve the support for the most demanded infrastructure platforms and deployments.
Cloud Expo Silicon Valley – Big Data: How to Deploy a Solution
Some people have some BIG ideas about what Big Data is, but let’s take a minute to look at the BIG picture. Let’s take a BIG step back and talk about where Big Data really makes sense. Where do Big Data solutions fit vs traditional RDBMS solutions? What are the best deployment strategies? How can you deploy a working Big Data solution to hit the BIG Time?
In his session at the 11th International Cloud Expo, Harold Hannon, Sr. Software Architect at SoftLayer Technologies, will cover techniques on deploying your own Big Data solutions in the cloud, managed data layer offerings like Cloudant, and preview a BIG exciting new Big Data offering strategy from SoftLayer.
Europe’s New Cloud Computing Strategy
Europe’s Commissioner for the Digital Agenda has released a communication called «Unleashing the Potential of Cloud Computing in Europe» mapping how the cloud fits into Europe’s future.
The paper outlines a series of actions designed to drive European businesses and the public sector into the cloud, according to the HuffingtonPost.com. The goal is to create 2.5 million new European jobs and boost GDP in the single market to 160 billion euros by 2020.
The potential benefits of cloud computing are growing ever more clear, the study says. It promises to accelerate digital commerce and make robust technology solutions available to more users with greater cost efficiencies than ever before. It will increase flexibility and productivity, especially for small and midsize enterprises, and help with the delivery of public services in Europe and around the world.
Wal-Mart Reportedly Using OpenStack & Rackspace
Wal-Mart, which practically invented Big Data analysis to unseemly good advantage, is reportedly consolidating its disparate data analytics systems into one global system and bringing in OpenStack and its mentor Rackspace Hosting to help develop the platform.
At least that’s what investment house William Blair’s analyst Jim Breen said Wednesday, tickling Rackspace’s stock.
He thinks Rackpace will get more business from the retail giant as the WalmartLabs, Wal-Mart’s Big Data division, builds out the new platform.
Maybe Rackspace will say something about when it reports its Q3 results next month.
Cloud Expo Silicon Valley: Driving Innovation Through the Cloud
Big Data. Social. Mobile. These worldwide trends are sparking new cloud-based applications and driving innovation around the next generation of open, web-based services development. This tectonic shift is fueling the need for new cloud platforms that provide open services in a secure environment, powered by business grade capacity and supported with quality service. Companies are looking to a hybrid delivery model to ensure the flexibility and scale that is required to capitalize on these trends.
In his General Session at the 11th International Cloud Expo, Dan Baigent, Sr. Director Business Development, HP Cloud Services, will share the company’s vision and strategy behind the HP Converged Cloud and the implications for the enterprise. He’ll discuss how some of HP’s customers today are taking advantage of the cloud including how simple it is to introduce a public cloud into a private cloud environment.