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Automation for the people: The programmer’s dilemma

In the delicate relationship between technologists and users, the 'toolsmith' can initiate a collaborative cycle that makes everyone a stakeholder

Feb 17, 2015 4 mins

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Java vs. Node.js: An epic battle for developer mind share

Here’s how the enterprise stalwart and onetime script-kiddie toy stack up in a battle for the server room

Feb 17, 2015 10 mins

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Have you hugged your server today?

Disposable IT means never having to fix a broken server, and perhaps never having to know how to fix it

Feb 16, 2015 4 mins

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Eich: JavaScript will deliver on Java’s broken promise

'I think JavaScript has an evolutionary destiny to be what Java was trying to be'

Feb 13, 2015 2 mins

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Users report that KB 2956128 is causing Outlook failures

Microsoft is asking for help in narrowing down a problem facing admins with Outlook 2010 and Exchange 2013

Feb 13, 2015 3 mins

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Google whips up PerfKit tools to make cloud benchmarking easier

Assessing cloud performance is less of a struggle with PerfKit Benchmarker and Explorer's slew of open source benchmarks

Feb 13, 2015 3 mins

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Microsoft’s SSL 3.0 Poodle-busting patch KB 3023607 breaks popular Cisco VPN client

Cisco verifies that installing KB 3023607 may lead to 'Failed to initialize connection subsystem' errors with AnyConnect VPN

Feb 13, 2015 3 mins

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Eich: JavaScript will deliver on Java’s broken promise

Eich believes JavaScript can be a 'virtual machine embedded everywhere that you can target code at'

Feb 13, 2015 2 mins

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The Oculus Rift could change big data analytics forever

A pilot virtual reality headset distills big data findings into lifelike, real-time representations

Feb 12, 2015 5 mins

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What happens to open source vendors when they get mature

It took a long time after Red Hat's IPO in 1999 to see other significant open source exits. But things have been accelerating lately, with large funding rounds, acquisitions, and an IPO. Open source vendors are maturing, and making a deeper and

Feb 12, 2015 3 mins

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