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How to make PHP apps scale

(Andrew Oliver) — Fri, 25 May 2012 10:09:00 GMT

The most popular language for Web apps, PHP tends to buckle under heavy loads -- unless you opt for cloud scaling and a NoSQL back end

From what to watt, Emerson aims at total information awareness

pthibodeau@computerworld.com (Patrick Thibodeau) — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:05:00 GMT

Someday, the digital economy will be powered by big black boxes, formerly known as data centers, that are so self-managing they may be partly robotic.

Master MySQL in the Amazon cloud

(Sean Hull) — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:15:00 GMT

Amazon Web Services offer new challenges and flexibility for database admins -- here's how to avoid the pitfalls and tune for performance

How to Implement Next-Generation Storage Infrastructure for Big Data

(Thor Olavsrud) — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 19:00:00 GMT

Managing the petabyte-scale and larger data stores that are a fact of life with Big Data is a different beast than managing traditional large-scale data infrastructures. Online photo site Shutterfly--which manages more than 30 petabytes of data--shares its strategy for taming the storage beast.

How the Cloud Democratizes and Complicates Disaster Recovery

(Jeff Vance) — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 16:02:00 GMT

When it comes to disaster recovery, the cloud is showing itself to be a mixed bag. CIO.com's Jeff Vance explains how the great shift in technology has both lowered the entry barriers for DR technology and given smaller businesses what could be a dangerous sense of false security.

Mark Hurd spells out Oracle analytics vision

(Chris Kanaracus) — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 18:44:00 GMT

Oracle rolled out a series of announcements aimed at portraying itself as a dominant player in business analytics on Wednesday, as well as one relevant to customers of rival SAP.

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