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Time for a SSD Upgrade?

While solid-state drives (SSD) are undeniably the wave of the future, there are some good reasons to consider carefully whether now is the time to upgrade.

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Microsoft Embraces Apache Hadoop

Yesterday Ted Kummert gave a PASS Summit 2011 keynote address,announcing that Microsoft will be utilizing Hadoop-based distributions for both Windows Server and Windows Azure.

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Cloudy with a Chance of Blogs

The IT industry is headed towards clout usage on a large scale, and the technology continues to grow in use every day. An excellent side effect to this how quickly many excellent blogs and resources have developed in just the past few years. There is a great wealth of expertise and information being shared, and a great IT community has grown around it.

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A Short History of Agile

Agile emerged in the early 2000’s as an alternative to the traditional waterfall-style management that many felt was at the root of common issues such as delays and poor internal communication. Closely related to emerging methodologies such as Extreme Programming and DSDM, Agile came on the scene with the publishing of the Agile Manifesto in 2001.

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