One of the touted advantages of cloud computing (especially Software as a Service) is that it removes the need to support older application versions. The IT department doesn’t have to worry about keeping end-user software in compliance with security patches or upgrading the business’ computers with commercial applications (such as Microsoft Office) or custom in-house [...]
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What Intel and AMD’s Latest Multicore Development Moves Mean to You
by Andy Patrizio | Comments
From the moment they introduced multi-core processors, Intel and AMD have made significant efforts to educate, train, and assist developers in writing multicore applications – for obvious reasons. They have a vested interest in encouraging developers to use multicore hardware; that’s what sells chips. The two firms have charged forward with their product development cycles, [...]
Rethinking Performance in a Post-Desktop, Browser-Based World
With JavaScript toolkits increasing their own performance by as much as 1000% per year, coupled with browser makers tripling their products’ performance in the same interval, Web sites everywhere should be accelerating by unfathomable factors. And that’s the problem: They’re not.
