ElasticSearch or Solr?
Making the right choice depends on a range of application-specific technical factors. This article provides non-technical background information about these leading open source search options. via ElasticSearch or Solr?.
Infrastructure at Scale: Apache Kafka, Twitter Storm & Elastic Sear…
Infrastructure at Scale: Apache Kafka, Twitter Storm & Elastic Sear….
Apache Hadoop YARN – Enabling Next Generation Data Applications
Apache Hadoop YARN – Enabling Next Generation Data Applications via Apache Hadoop YARN – Enabling Next Generation Data Applications.
Cassandra vs MongoDB vs CouchDB vs Redis vs Riak vs HBase vs Couchbase vs Hypertable vs ElasticSearch vs Accumulo vs VoltDB vs Scalaris comparison :: Software architect Kristof Kovacs
But, the differences between NoSQL databases are much bigger than ever was between one SQL database and another. This means that it is a bigger responsibility on software architects to choose the appropriate one for a project right at the beginning. via Cassandra vs MongoDB vs CouchDB vs Redis vs Riak vs HBase vs Couchbase …
People-Powered Publishing Is Changing All the Rules
After a long day at work as a personal assistant, 28-year-old Nikki Kelly was commuting home on the London Underground’s Central Line when she received an eagerly anticipated email. “I’m not going to read it on the train in case it’s a ‘no,’” she thought. She was expecting a rejection. Kelly got off the train …
ARK | Intel® NUC Kit DN2820FYK
ARK | Intel® NUC Kit DN2820FYK.
Chromebox for meetings, a $999 video conferencing system from Google | Ars Technica
Google is expanding its line of Chrome hardware for business users with “Chromebox for meetings,” a video conferencing system that costs $999 and up. via Chromebox for meetings, a $999 video conferencing system from Google | Ars Technica.
Here’s why this startup ditched Amazon Web Services – GeekWire
Amazon Web Services has allowed countless startup companies to ramp up back-end infrastructure quickly and cost effectively. But, at a point, at least for some companies, AWS becomes too clunky and … too expensive. via Here’s why this startup ditched Amazon Web Services – GeekWire.
Configuration PostFix to Use a Smarthost, SMTP Server, Spam Gateway, Comodo
Configuring PostFix to use a SmarthostRouting all mails to a smarthost :These instructions assume the postfixconfig files live in /etc/postfix/main.cfIn/etc/postfix/main.cfadd the line:relayhost = mxsrv1.spamgateway.comodo.com:587Routing all mails for a specific domain to a smarthost : via Configuration PostFix to Use a Smarthost, SMTP Server, Spam Gateway, Comodo.
Building Applications With Hadoop
When building applications using Hadoop, it is common to have input data from various sources coming in various formats. In his presentation, “New Tools for Building Applications on Apache Hadoop”, Eli Collins, tech lead for Cloudera’s Platform Team overviews how to build better products with Hadoop and various tools that can help, such as Apache …