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VA Announces $9 Million Open Source Development Contest The Department of Veterans Affairs wants to improve the system veterans currently use to schedule appointments in the VA's nationwide health program by moving to an open source system. To inspire more innovative solutions, the VA has launched the VA Medical Appointment Scheduling System Contest. |
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Monetizing the Growth of Technology in Free, Online Education As the debate rolls on about how to handle America's massive student loan debts, an alternative for the future is being adressed—making school cheaper, if not free. Massive open online courses are springing up everywhere, and software developers should take notice of new work opportunities. |
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Happy First Birthday to the Raspberry Pi The Raspberry Pi is a $35 credit-card-sized computer that plugs into your TV and a keyboard. The projects that people have built with the Raspberry Pi in only one year are impressive. Take a look at just how far the device has come in its first year in the hands of developers—and children—worldwide. |
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Hystrix: Open Source Cloud Resiliency Release from Netflix Chris Haddad takes a close look at Hystrix—an open source library that improves cloud resiliency and fault tolerance by preventing cascading failures, isolating downed services, and rerouting service connections. Hystrix joins a growing list of Netflix sponsored open source cloud projects. |
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The Case of the Proliferating OpenStack Distros It seems that a growing number of companies are not sticking with the main OpenStack program and deciding to fork off their own distributions for sale to their customers. If OpenStack follows the same development path as Linux, there will be hundreds of distributions with subtly different features. |
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Merging IaaS and PaaS Platforms—Why We Should Care Until recently, the OpenStack community was mostly concerned with building stable infrastructure platform functionality and viability. Now that it is robust enough for production, it is time to invest effort into integration with PaaS tools. Beth Cohen examines the options for integrated solutions. |
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Helpful Tips for Choosing the Right CM Tool A recently resurrected LinkedIn discussion on migrating from ClearCase to an open source tool got some CM professionals to agree about the tool selection process. Joe Farah explains some tips to help you choose the right tool. |
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Cancer Research Software Helps Death Rates Fall The mortality rate for US citizens with cancer is at an all-time low, and the world's top medical professionals are not letting up in their attempt to lower that number even further. With genetic mapping creating big data in the medical and pharmacy worlds, the need for developers is now. |
