Articles for Career Growth

• MemSQL Founders Talk NoSQL, Startups, Facebook

  [caption id="attachment_2010" align="aligncenter" width="585" caption="Speedy database analysis can mean the difference between profit and loss for some companies."] [/caption] NoSQL is undergoin…
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  Linus Torvalds Revealing Video, Beyond the Nvidia Finger

  Linus Torvalds, the powerhouse behind the Linux kernel, is frustrated by a lack of support from chipmaker Nvidia. And during his videotaped presentation at Aalto University, he gave Nvidia the fi…
• IT Company Jobs: 300 in Houston, 600 in San Antonio

  Technology solutions provider FMC Technologies expects to add 300 workers to its Houston operations, with more than half of those positions targeting engineers and project managers. FMC Technolog…
• How eBay Turned to Alternative Fuels for Its Data Needs

  [caption id="attachment_1966" align="aligncenter" width="618" caption="A cutaway view of a Bloom Energy fuel cell."] [/caption] Big Data consumes Big Energy: the massive data centers that store a…
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  The Power of Soft Skills: Proving You’re More Than Your Techstack

  While having a diversified set of tech skills is a must-have, so-called soft skills are increasingly necessary for both businesses and employees to grow and thrive. As our world continues to evol…

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• eBay Plans a Green Data Center in Utah

  This week saw a fun juxtaposition of power-related stories. First, there was an Amazon Web Services outage. It started with a power failure. Then the backup power failed. Then, the secondary back…
• Barnes & Noble Consolidating Nook R&D in Palo Alto

  Barnes & Noble will consolidate Silicon Valley teams developing its Nook e-reader at Stanford Research Park in Palo Alto. It's signed a deal for more than 200,000 square feet of space for researc…
• EBay Data Center Will Use Biogas to Power Online Transactions

  [caption id="attachment_1919" align="aligncenter" width="576" caption="EBay's alternative-energy fuel cells are manufactured by Bloom Energy."] [/caption] Online auction site eBay has revealed pl…
• Dell’s Converged Data Center Products Challenge HP, IBM, Cisco

  Dell used its annual storage conference in Boston to announce a set of new products designed to help the company maintain market-share in the data center, where it faces significant competition f…
• Scalability, Agility Cited as Top Cloud-Adoption Reasons: Survey

  Whether or not you feel “cloud computing” is the most overhyped buzz term of the past few years, companies are apparently accelerating their adoption of it, at least according to North Bridge Ven…
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  How Easy It Is to Defeat CAPTCHAs

  A study by security vendor Imperva is very depressing, showing the broad collection of programs and people that are trying to systematically defeat CAPTCHA security apps and harvest personal info…
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  Meet the Makers: The team behind Amazon’s Newest Products

  From improving the lives of millions to customizing a Disney resort experience - there’s a team for that You know the products. You likely even own one or two (or ten). From Kindle to Alexa, Amaz…

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