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Study: Code Refactoring Doesn’t Improve Quality

A new study conducted by researchers in Sri Lanka has reached a startling conclusion: refactoring code doesn’t improve its quality. The report, titled “An Empirical Evaluation of Impact of Refactoring

Chinese Cloud Provider Opens U.S. Data Center

China-based Aliyun, a cloud computing vendor that is a subsidiary of e-commerce giant Alibaba, has announced the opening of a data center in Silicon Valley. This is the company’s first

Xen Security Issue Prompts Cloud Computing Reboots

Several public cloud computing vendors, including Amazon, Rackspace, Linode and IBM have notified customers of impending reboots due to a security issue with the Xen hypervisor. The vulnerability in question