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Best Practices for a Private PaaS Implementation
Usually customers have come to us after trying to build their own private PaaS from scratch or from using a variety of open source components, However, for a wide variety of reasons, it doesn’t quite...
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The Status Quo is Killing Innovation
I listened to the recording of Michael Coté’s keynote on the second day of DevOpsDays Austin and I felt like a few of my questions have been answered with respect to DevOps and PaaS. Bottom line:...
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Cloud Foundry Advisory Board Meeting – 2014 June
The Cloud Foundry Community Advisory Board started the session focussing on the Cloud Foundry Summit held in San Francisco earlier this month. Overall, the feedback about the conference was very...
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6 Reasons IT Needs PaaS
Developers have enjoyed the benefits of a public PaaS—deployment of their apps without a cumbersome process of IT tickets and wait times. However, circumventing the process and using a "rogue"...
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12 Cloud Computing Blogs You Should Have Read in 2014
Over the past year we’ve published some great posts on the ActiveState blog, all worth a read (if you haven’t already). read more The post 12 Cloud Computing Blogs You Should Have Read in 2014 appeared...
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Why I Love Being a Developer
As apps take over every aspect of our lives, the demand for developers is outstripping supply. So I thought this was a good time to impart some wisdom to future developers and those who may be leaning...
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Evaluating Private PaaS: Your Checklist for Finding the Right One
In comparison to Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) has experienced a slower rate of adoption. However, PaaS is coming into its own as...
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Buildpacks and Containers for Cloud Foundry
Given the recent enhancements to Stackato (users can now deploy their Docker images directly to Stackato), we thought it was great that our own Phil Whelan was invited onto a panel discussion to talk...
View ArticleUnderstanding the Third Platform: An Interview with Bernard Golden
In a recent interview with James Maguire, Senior Managing Editor at Datamation, Bernard Golden discusses the concept of Third Platform. IDC coined the term back in 2014, but you may have also heard it...
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Free Dev Tools Software for Your School’s Lab or Classroom
The notion of "developers conquering the world" is not new. Programming is the "it" profession with the demand for coders outstripping supply. read more The post Free Dev Tools Software for Your...
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PeaceGeeks: Changing the World Through Technology
Changemakers helping changemakers–that’s what PeaceGeeks is all about. PeaceGeeks collaborates with grassroots changemakers to make them more effective and impactful in advancing peace and human...
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Ayogo: How Playing Games Improves Health Outcomes for Patients
Having been inspired by the story of PeaceGeeks, a Vancouver company who is helping humanity and changing the world through technology, I wanted to highlight other local companies who are also looking...
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An Interview with David Ascher from the Mozilla Foundation
The core philosophy of the Mozilla Foundation is to promote the “values of an open internet to the broader world.” So given the recent announcements about open source technology, Google open sourcing...
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Chimp: Giving Changes the World
The Christmas season is a big time for giving and it’s important to help out those less fortunate. However, the way we may be donating may not be ideal or as efficient–60% of all donations go to 1% of...
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