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Ruby developers have multiple choices when it comes to which implementation of the language they want to run. One of those implementations, Rubinius, has now issued its version 1.1 update,

In Part 1 of this article, we focused on the underlying infrastructure that makes one of the deployments in question: Grid, cluster or Cloud environments. Considering that your performance and

It’s been observed that the performance of software applications starts degrading as the data volume and user base of the application increases. Hence, the need arises to identify the bottlenecks

In the previous article in this series, UML for Project Managers, I discussed how the UML (Unified Modeling Language)is not just a great tool for requirements elicitation, analysis, and design,

(Editor’s note: This is the first article in a two-part series that compares the difference in infrastructure for Grid, HPC and Cloud. In the second part, we will look at

For all the talk about cloud computing, Software as a Service (SaaS) and other so-called on-demand models, a new survey indicates many companies still employ more deliberate software distribution methods

The interview was going well. The interviewer was a project manager / architect. “We have identified these use cases for the project. Now what do we do?” he asked. The

As software development practices continue to evolve, it has become increasingly important to test and modify software from the perspective of the group that will ultimately decide the fate of

The results of a survey I ran recently indicated that most people are using the UML (Unified Modeling Language) for the early lifecycle activities such as explaining business needs, requirements