Apache CloudStack 4.2: Easier upgrades, faster installation, better scaling
Donated to Apache in March 2013, the Citrix CloudStack is now in its second release, featuring improvements to the process for installation and upgrades as well as more efficient scaling.
Serdar Yegulalp , October 2013

How to provision users in a cloud world
When subscribing to multiple SaaS offerings serving many users, it gets complicated quickly. Here's how to address the problem now and in the future.
Phil Rhodes, September 2013

Java tip: Write an SOA integration layer with Apache Camel
Use Apache Camel's Multicast and Aggregator pattern implementations to develop a quick-and-easy integration layer for a service-oriented architecture.
Anirban Konar and Devaradjan Venkatesan, September 2013

Java EE a tough sell for Spring framework users
New Spring framework releases such as Spring 4.0 and Spring IO stay in step with the evolving Java EE while offering programming ease and enterprise features not found on the Java standard platform.
Paul Krill, September 2013

17 things you should go ahead and cloud
From backups to load balancing and continuous integration, Andrew Oliver names 17 business and development tasks that should hit the cloud, pronto.
Andrew C. Oliver, September 2013

Google to NSA: You'll have to take our data the hard way
The cloud industry, led by Google, is turning its focus away from blocking criminal hackers to blocking systematic government snooping.
David Linthicum, September 2013

Cache warfare: Azure and AWS get updated caching services
AWS's ElastiCache service now supports Redis as well as Memcached, while Windows Azure Cache has increased cache sizes and reduced latency for faster response times.
Joab Jackson, September 2013

Larry Ellison to talk in-memory database, Oracle PaaS at OpenWorld
Ellison's two keynotes at the upcoming Oracle OpenWorld conference in September will feature Oracle's emerging in-memory database and Java PaaS technologies.
Chris Kanaracus, August 2013

10gen CEO: NoSQL has come far, but still needs better security, management
NoSQL databases are known for being able to handle high volume data that doesn't fit the relational model, but the NoSQL ecosystem is not yet mature enough for many mainstream applications, said the MongoDB CEO.
Paul Krill, August 2013

Amazon offers mobile developers cross-platform push notifications
Mobile app developers can send as many as 1 million push notifications each month for free.
Mikael Ricknäs, August 2013

Google, Microsoft play catch up to Amazon, add load balancing, auto-scaling to their clouds
Google Wednesday rolled out load balancing features to its public cloud service, allowing customers to automatically scale up and down virtual machines to accommodate unexpected spikes in demand.
Brandon Butler, August 2013

How big data platforms should work
Jason Hoffman, CTO and founder of cloud service provider Joyent, details how combining object storage and parallel compute clusters can make working with big data easier and faster by eliminating bottlenecks.
Jason Hoffman, August 2013

Open source Java projects: Vert.x
With the release of Vert.x 2.0, now is the perfect time to learn about this JVM-based distributed application framework that was inspired by Node.js, but built to leverage the Java platform APIs.
Steven Haines, July 2013

IBM support for Cloud Foundry stands to benefit OpenStack, Java too
IBM has announced it's throwing its enterprise heft behind Cloud Foundry, the VMWare-spawned open source PaaS unveiled in 2011.
Ted Samson, July 2013

Microsoft, Azul to put open source Java on Azure cloud
Microsoft's open source subsidiary is partnering with JVM technology vendor Azul Systems to deliver a build of OpenJDK that will run on the Windows Azure cloud platform.
Paul Krill, July 2013

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