Apache Web Server Journal

We have previously provided a Quickstart guide to standing up Rackspace cloud servers (and have one for Amazon servers as well). These are very low cost ways of building reliable, production ready capabilities for enterprise use (commercial and government).  And Bryan Halfpap has provided a Quickstart guide which shows you how to build a Hadoop Cluster (leveraging Cloudera’s CDH3).  Using Bryan’s guide you can have a Hadoop Cluster up and running in under 20 minutes. With this post we would like to provide you with some additional tips that flow from these other posts. We will show you how to build clusters even faster using another common tool in community use, Whirr. What is Whirr? Apache Whirr is a set of libraries for running cloud services. Here is more from http://whirr.apache.org/  Whirr provides: A cloud-neutral way to run services. You don’t have to worry a... (more)

Big Data Success in Government

On January 19, Carahsoft hosted a webinar on Big Data success in government with Bob Gourley and Omer Trajman of Cloudera.  Bob began by explaining the current state of Big Data in the government.   There are 4 areas of significant activity in Big Data. Federal integrators are making large investments in research and development of solutions.  Large firms like Lockhead Martin, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, QinetiQ, SAIC as well as smaller “boutique” organizations have made major contributions. The Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community have been major adopters of Big Da... (more)

Zuora President Shawn Price Joins Datameer Board of Directors

"Hadoop is an enormous opportunity in big data and cloud computing as companies today need to store and analyze massive amounts of structured and unstructured data," stated Shawn Price (pictured left), President of Zuora, as it was announced that he has joined Datameer's Board of Directors. Founded by Hadoop veterans in 2009, Datameer is a provider of end-user analytics solutions built on Apache Hadoop.  It offers a data analytics solution built on Hadoop that helps business users access, analyze and use massive amounts of data.  Price brings to the company a wealth of successful ... (more)

Using Tomcat With a Database – Performance Optimization Tips

The Internet is a great resource, but it is sometimes too much to wade through hundreds of web pages looking for tips about using Tomcat with a database. So we at Monitis have done it for you! Below are some of the more useful tips found in various places on the Internet. Tip #1 – Don’t Ignore Database Performance Webapps typically use databases. So, you have to tune the webapp along with the database if you want optimal performance. Take our advice. Performance test the database and define an appropriate database connection pool (maxActive, maxIdle, and maxWait in the Resource e... (more)

Adobe Sends Flex to the Apache Foundation

After casting a pall on the future of Flash by canceling any further development of Flash on mobile devices last week, Abode has abandoned its Flash-based Flex application SDK to the tender mercies of the Apache Software Foundation (ASF), reinforcing the idea that Flash is ultimately toast, burned by rival HTML5, a posthumous victory for Steve Jobs who openly loathed Adobe's stuff. Flash's future looks bleaker still considering Flex can build both desktop and mobile apps. The Apache Foundation will have to vote on whether it will take Flex and its roadmap under its wing. Flex h... (more)