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Latest Dart out performs "hand written" Javascript, still on one uses it - created

richard — Tue, 14 May 2013 00:38:00 -0700

Latest Dart out performs "hand written" Javascript, still on one uses it Google released a new version of the Dart2js compiler, whose generated JavaScript which they claim outperforms a “hand-written JavaScript” in the DeltaBlue benchmark. Skipping for a moment the difficulty of defining “hand written” Dart is still dragging it's heels in other benchmarks for the Richards benchmark, the other benchmark that the Dart site publishes, the Dart-generated JavaScript performance for the Richards benc…

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richard — Tue, 14 May 2013 00:36:51 -0700

Teradata join the Hadoop Party - Data Warehousing no-longer a Data Graveyard

richard — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 06:26:30 -0700

Teradata join the Hadoop Party - Data Warehousing no-longer a Data Graveyard Data Warehousing used to be be the place were legacy data went to die. Now Big Data means that the data warehouse has become the center of online data analysis and a key part of strategic direction.

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richard — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 06:18:22 -0700

Internet Everywhere .. 3 more Ultra Cheap Computing Devices

richard — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 02:03:14 -0700

Internet Everywhere .. 3 more Ultra Cheap Computing Devices Our Raspberry Pi's are are quietly working away as build monitors saving power and money. 3 more options that are popping up offering a variety of other features. iStick A101 A android Wi-Fi capable matchbox sized stick, running a a 1 Gh processor and a USB slot. The key differentiation from Pi is that the iStick is Android based and support more than 700,000 apps through its customized Android operating system.

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richard — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 02:02:45 -0700

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richard — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 01:48:03 -0700

Here Comes the Cube!! Super memory

richard — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 05:33:55 -0700

Here Comes the Cube!! Super memory “Resistance is futile ..!!” The major leading memory makers, namely Micron, Samsung and Hynix are co-developing the technology development efforts backed by the Hybrid Memory Cube Consortium (HMC). The technology, called a Hybrid Memory Cube, will stack multiple volatile memory dies on top of a DRAM controller.

HP Push the Server Density Envelope

richard — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 00:49:58 -0700

HP Push the Server Density Envelope HP as reported before have been hinting at super-dense Arm servers. However instead of just offering ARM HP have announced that their will offer a variety of low power processors from AMD, AppliedMicro, Calxeda (Arm), Intel, and Texas Instruments. All of which will allow the customer to mix and match their performance to energy efficiency needs.

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richard — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 00:42:54 -0700

Intel Releases their own Speedier Hadoop

richard — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 00:51:27 -0700

Intel Releases their own Speedier Hadoop Intel has released its own version of open source software platform Hadoop. This version naturally supports optimization at for intel based processors to boost performance (and sell more intel servers). It will also include Intel Distribution for Pentaho’s range of analytics software, bringing new data mining, analysis, interactive reporting and other capabilities to the distro.

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richard — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 00:50:08 -0700

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richard — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 00:49:19 -0700

Bina Big Data Startup to Store and Analyze DNA - created

richard — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 04:43:28 -0700

Bina Big Data Startup to Store and Analyze DNA Bina Genomic Analysis Platform, which helps pharmaceutical companies, biotech companies, researchers, and clinicians analyze large amounts of genomic sequencing data. The DNA sequence data from one person taking up half a terabyte of space, drastically increasing the number of datasets requires not only more space, but new software to compare samples to each other and draw conclusions.

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richard — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 04:27:18 -0700

PiCloud - Scientific Computing in the Cloud - created

richard — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 02:19:34 -0700

PiCloud - Scientific Computing in the Cloud No it is not (what I thought) a raspberry Pi Cloud, rather PiCloud is a python orientated parallel cloud based service aimed at Scientific computing tasks. PiCloud Python interface makes it easy to access the resources:

Vert.x Red Hat and VMware "in active discussion"

richard — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 07:22:51 -0700

Vert.x Red Hat and VMware "in active discussion" The Vice President of Engineering at Red Hat/JBoss (Mark Little) and Alexis Richardson, senior director at VMware made a joint statement of vert.x the exciting async non-blocking java framework. Little says that both Red Hat and VMware are “in active discussion” over how to support the project and options include the possibility of moving it to an open source software foundation. and it is seen as “an essential component to the success of the …

Oracle Embraces Javascript Announces 5x Speedup Engine

richard — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 01:08:32 -0700

Oracle Embraces Javascript Announces 5x Speedup Engine Oracle's has release their details of Project Nashorn which will allow JavaScript to be embedded in Java applications and to develop standalone JavaScript applications. With the ubiquity of JavaScript engine there has been a badly needed refresh and a welcome report of five times speed up on performance than the current Rhino implementation and a much smaller footprint.

Bluffdale the Biggest Data Center you will never Visit - created

richard — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 03:07:45 -0700

Bluffdale the Biggest Data Center you will never Visit According to Wired the NSA have a new facility of staggering proportions. Created in Bluffdale Utah, the new facility will have 25,000-square-foot(2322 sq meters) of server space. The water storage no doubt for cooling is cabble of pumping 1.7 million gallons of liquid per day