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MapR Declines Invitation to Join ODP

In a blog post, Hadoop distribution vendor MapR said that it would not be joining the Open Data Platform (ODP) initiative. Formed earlier this year, ODP aims to develop open

Startup Nitrous.IO Offers Enterprise PaaS

Nitrous.IO, a startup based in the U.S. and Singapore, has announced a new cloud development service targeted at enterprise users. The platform as a service (PaaS) speeds the process of

Google Releases Jsonnet Programming Language

Google has quietly unveiled a new open source programming language that generates and extends JSON. Called Jsonnet, the language aims to make it easier to create JavaScript Object Notation (JSON).

Microsoft Launches Azure Service Fabric

Microsoft has announced a new platform as a service offering it calls Azure Service Fabric. It provides developers with access to the microservices and infrastructure they need to create scalable

Survey: 57% of Enterprises Use Amazon IaaS

In a new cloud computing survey from 451 Research, 57 percent of enterprises said that they use Amazon Web Services for Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS). Microsoft Azure came in

Microsoft, Zend Partner on Cloud PHP Offering

Zend’s Z-Ray PHP debugging tool is coming to Microsoft’s Azure App Service. Z-Ray for Azure will offer a cloud-based toolbar to help improve code quality during the development process. “When