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Apache CloudStack vs. OpenStack: Which Is the Best?

CloudStack and OpenStack are two giants in the CMP realm. But where are they best used? See how their components compare head-to-head.

August 9, 2016

by Milita Datta

· 16,372 Views · 9 Likes

Building the Infrastructure 'Easy Button' for a Microservices-App World

For most enterprises, the gating factor for a successful digital transformation will be how effectively and quickly they can adapt their existing technology strategies and practices to enable the modern-day, microservices-based apps that drive today’s hyperscale economy.

August 1, 2016

by Mark Jackson

· 5,145 Views · 5 Likes

Drupal Log Analysis Using the ELK Stack

Sure, logging is hard for lumberjacks, but why does it have to be so hard for developers? How does ELK stack up when it comes to easing the pain of your log analysis?

July 22, 2016

by Daniel Berman

· 8,924 Views · 1 Like

What Is a DevOps Engineer?

Here, I will discuss the definition of a DevOps engineer, the skills that IT organizations need to implement DevOps, the skills that an IT professional needs to acquire, and the key to hiring appropriate professionals for the job.

July 14, 2016

by Emanuel Peri

· 10,547 Views · 12 Likes

Creating PDF Documents With Apache PDFBox 2

Learn how to create PDF Documents with Java and parse the text, with an addition about a bug that Apache PDFBox 2 exposes in JDK 8.

July 6, 2016

by Dustin Marx

· 57,804 Views · 4 Likes

Meet Kapua: An Open Source End-to-End IoT Cloud Platform

Red Hat, Eclipse, and Eurotech have announced Eclipse Kapua — an end-to-end open source IOT cloud platform that combines and enhances several current solutions.

July 1, 2016

by Mike Gates

· 15,529 Views · 6 Likes

How to Set Up a Maven Repository In Minutes

A tutorial on how to set up Artifactory as a Maven repository to resolve and deploy artifacts in Maven builds.

June 22, 2016

by Sam Rubashkin

· 27,409 Views · 8 Likes

Exception Handling in Real-Life Java Applications

Exception handling in an application can often be varied, inconsistent, or inappropriate. This article proposes an API to make exception handling more robust and efficient.

June 22, 2016

by Jalal Kiswani, PhD

· 51,182 Views · 30 Likes

Open Sourcing Geppetto, an Automation Framework for Distributed Systems

Geppetto is a newly open sourced automation framework for testing and automating distributed systems with Python. This can be used with Open Source NoSQL.

June 17, 2016

by Aaron Feldman

· 6,561 Views · 3 Likes

Technical Solutions Used To Develop Software

While more than 50 were mentioned, Java, Node.js, .Net, Open Source, and PHP were mentioned most frequently.

June 8, 2016

by Tom Smith

CORE

· 4,659 Views · 1 Like

CUBA Platform: An Open-Source Java Framework for Rapid Application Development

This article looks at the CUBA Platform – an open-source framework combining solid architecture, "must-have" features for enterprise applications, and rapid application development tools.

June 2, 2016

by Aleksey Stukalov

· 33,619 Views · 21 Likes

Thoughts on JSRs, TCKs, and Open Source

Most Technology Compatibility Kits are closed source, making it difficult to get reference implementations of JSRs certified. Is it time to change this?

May 27, 2016

by Sebastian Daschner

· 5,715 Views · 3 Likes

What Tools Do You Need for Continuous Delivery?

A 101 crash course on some of the basic categories of tools for DevOps and Continuous Delivery practices.

May 24, 2016

by Badri Srinivasan

CORE

· 46,483 Views · 13 Likes

IOT Standards and Remote Services

A thorough and well though out discussion of a simple yet important question; how can we embrace open standards in IoT?

May 4, 2016

by Scott Lewis

· 2,931 Views · 1 Like

Hadoop in Healthcare, Part 1

How Hadoop and open source big data analytics technology are positively helping the healthcare industry become more effective.

April 26, 2016

by Richard Proctor

· 10,799 Views · 4 Likes

How to Measure the ROI of Your Cloud Spending

Quantifying the cost of cloud ownership is no simple task. Take some of these tips to measure the ROI of your cloud spending.

April 20, 2016

by Darren Perucci

· 6,510 Views · 7 Likes

Myrtille: Access Your Desktop Everywhere

How the open source tool Myrtille allows users to take advantage of Windows remote desktops from their web browsers.

April 11, 2016

by cedric coste

· 9,426 Views · 6 Likes

Weekly Top 10: Your DevOps Flavor

Some of the best DevOps links from around the web, courtesy of Electric Cloud.

April 6, 2016

by Anders Wallgren

· 5,008 Views · 1 Like

A Data Lake Architecture With Hadoop and Open Source Search Engines

"Big data" and "data lake" only have meaning to an organization’s vision when they solve business problems by enabling data democratization, re-use, exploration, and analytics. Read on to learn what a data lake is, its various benefits, and what's to come.

April 4, 2016

by Carlos Maroto

· 35,429 Views · 6 Likes

How Did MongoDB Get its Name?

Curious how MongoDB got its name? Here's your quick history lesson for the day.

April 2, 2016

by Darren Perucci

· 11,066 Views · 10 Likes

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