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GigaSpaces Updates on Twitter
June 27th, 2008Those of you with Twitter accounts can now follow GigaSpaces-related updates on the GigaSpaces Twitter stream that was set up by Jim Liddle. You can also follow me at: http://twitter.com/gevaperry
Linear Scalability Does Exist, Ted
April 27th, 2008I enjoyed reading Ted Dziuba’s I’m Going to Scale My Foot Up Your Ass, I really did. I like the ‘tude and I like the style of writing. Reminiscent of the BileBlog (RIP), which some of my colleagues think is…
Intro to GigaSpaces Webinar
April 27th, 2008On Wednesday, April 30, at 12:00 PM EDT, Owen Taylor , famed GigaSpaces evangelist and world-renowned speaker and writer, will be presenting an introduction to GigaSpaces over the Web. The presentation is targeted mainly at developers, but others may find it useful as well. To register and participate go to this link .
As of the [...]
Is Cloud Computing on the Horizon for Enterprise Customers?
April 25th, 2008There is an ongoing debate in the industry, in the blogosphere, and frankly, internally at GigaSpaces, on whether or not cloud computing is anywhere near becoming a viable business offering for enterprise customers. First, a general comment on these types…
GigaSpaces, Microsoft and Lab49 Event: Excel That Scales
April 23rd, 2008On Wednesday, May 7, 2008, between 8:30 Am and 11:00 AM ET, GigaSpaces, jointly with Microsoft and Lab49 , will be hosting an Executive Breakfast Seminar, entitled Excel that Scales - High Performance Excel Applications for Traders and Analysts in Financial Services. The event will be held at the Microsoft offices in NYC (Radio City [...]
Subscribe to GigaSpaces Podcasts
April 23rd, 2008Owen Taylor, GigaSpaces Sr. Director of Technical Communications, produced a series of podcasts with various folks from the GigaSpaces team. You can find these podcasts on the GigaSpaces web site here . You can also subscribe to them in iTunes by clicking on the Podcast logo below.
The podcasts give you the inside scoop on [...]
Speaking at the Virtualization Conference
April 5th, 2008The folks at Syscon’s Virtualization Conference accepted my speaking proposal for the conference (see abstract below). My session is on Monday, June 23, at 6:25 PM. It’s at the Roosevelt Hotel in NYC. I will show a live demo of…
MuleCon: Scaling Mule Across a Grid
April 1st, 2008For those of you in San Francisco today and tomorrow (April 1-2), and especially if you were planning on attending MuleCon , please come see Uri Cohen of GigaSpaces present about Scaling Mule within a Grid. In his presentation, Uri will show how you can scale-out Mule, with fault-tolerance and high-performance, across a cloud [...]
Tonight: GigaSpaces Cocktail Event in San Francisco
March 19th, 2008If you missed our cocktail event in Menlo Park last night — you have another chance. We are hosting another cocktail event in San Francisco tonight at 6:00 PM at the W Hotel (181 3rd street, corner of Howard).
Good food and drinks will be served and some good conversation on technology.
If you are in the [...]
.Net Customer Announcement: Susquehanna (SIG)
March 11th, 2008In the past few months we've made several exciting announcements, such as our partnership with SpringSource , the expansion of our executive team, the launch of our community site OpenSpaces.org , the OpenSpaces Developer Challenge and the Start-Up Program . But there is nothing like a customer announcement, as in today's press release [...]
Parting the Clouds
February 28th, 2008I haven’t posted in a long time, but today I came back with a bang. The uber-blog GigaOm posted a blog I wrote as a guest columnist. Thanks to Om Malik, Surj Patel and Carolyn Pritchard for all their help….
An Open Letter to BEA WebLogic Customers
January 18th, 2008Dear BEA WebLogic Customer:
As you probably know, Oracle just announced it is acquiring BEA for $8.5 billion. Independent industry analyst Vinnie Mirchandani said about the deal: "Customers, unlike investors, do not have much to cheer." You are now facing a vendor that will put you in one of two situations:
They [...]
