Microsoft to open source a big data framework called REEF
Microsoft has now developed a Retainable Evaluator Execution Framework (REEF) that is designed to run on top of next generation resource manager of Hadoop - YARN and will be soon declare as open source.
REEF is a set of libraries with major components as evaluators which are YARN containers containing REEF services, and Activities, which are the user code that runs inside the Evaluator. REEF is designed in a way that it can iterate on a previous set of results rather than having to start anew every time. As companies are going for more and more deeper data analysis, REEF can be more helpful.
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3 common mistakes in cloud migrations -- and how to avoid them
Every business is trying to migrate to cloud to leverage its computing advantage. There are three things that can help for successful migration. Firstly, choose the cloud computing platform that suits your application requirement, its architecture and fits best to your other business needs.
Secondly, choose the cloud provider that satisfies all your business requirement instead of choosing the one about whom market is hyping. Last but not the least, be go more optimal cloud security (which again derives from business requirement). Less or excess both ends into loss.
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5 things to know when converting your app design to iOS 7
iOS 7 comes with completely new UI & design, again giving a great user experience to its user. Apple sticks with is unique promise of keeping complex things simple, and with this new version it’s even more simpler and hence to move to iOS 7 app one must try to keep UI, colors ,design schemes, fonts etc. as simpler as possible to match with the device theme. But this doesn’t mean that you can’t have branding in your apps.
With iOS 7 Apple has also reduce the interdependency and thus there is great level of interactivity possible between the native apps. Also since the OS is change, you don’t need to make changes in your apps. You can still use the same, just with the more clear UI.
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Why iOS 7 is Apple’s most important upgrade yet for enterprise developer
iOS 7 is most noteworthy upgrade which also have many features on plate for enterprises. Feature list includes increased device and data security using Apple’s single sign on functionality, comprehensive file sharing capabilities using AirDrop , thus helping enterprise in collaboration, support for Low Energy Bluetooth or Smart Bluetooth (iBeacon) that will help to enable indoor navigation, device presence awareness and automated physical-world workflow tracking.
Other than these benefits to enterprise, it also challenges developers since the new UI is almost of flat graphics which put more emphasis on content then the beauty of app and hence now the developers have to leverage aesthetics in a more functional way by balancing between deference, clarity and depth.
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