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Random Postings on Application Delivery, Development, and SOA 



December 11, 2009

The XML Security Relay Race

SOA has certainly been dethroned as the technology darling du jour by cloud computing and virtualization and with that forced abdication has unfortunately also come a reduction in the focus on XML and security.
via devcentral.f5.com

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December 10, 2009

JSON versus XML: Your Choice Matters More Than You Think

Should the enterprise standardize on JSON or XML as their lingua franca for Web 2.0 integration? Or should they use both as best fits the application?The decision impacts more than just integration – it resounds across the entire infrastructure.
via devcentral.f5.com

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December 9, 2009

XAJAX Perfect Choice to Build Scalable Web Applications for Cloud Computing Environments

An interesting thing happens when you combine toolkits like XAJAX and SAJAX and the ability to perform content-based routing: you can actually achieve function-level load balancing in both cloud-based and traditional architectures.
via devcentral.f5.com

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December 8, 2009

Silos Belong on Farms Not in Clouds

Beware the danger of building out isolated network and application network infrastructures in the cloud lest we end up with silos from which it is difficult to escape. Avoiding the creation of silos in the cloud will be a challenge.
via devcentral.f5.com

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December 7, 2009

The Application Delivery Spell Book: Contingency

Through the use of the contingency spell, application delivery professionals can dictate the conditions of the execution of another spell. The new version of this spell includes a wider variety of security-focused conditions that can fire companion spells. devcentral.f5.com

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December 4, 2009

Next-Generation Management of Data Centers Should be Modeled on Social Networking

Should the next generation management of network and application network devices look and act more like Facebook and Twitter? Infrastructure 2.0 could take us there.
via devcentral.f5.com

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December 3, 2009

Cloud is the Gift That Keeps On Giving

Ultimately the CAPEX vs OPEX arguments over public and private cloud computing are irrelevant. Business-value is the only metric that really counts. devcentral.f5.com

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December 2, 2009

Grokking the Goodness of MapReduce and SPDY

Certainly no one would seriously argue that web applications are fast enough for everyone. SPDY is one suggested solution, but what if we combine MapReduce and SPDY? Could we develop an architectural solution that leverages the best of SPDY without requiring entire infrastructure changes?
via devcentral.f5.com

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December 1, 2009

Virtual Infrastructure in Cloud Computing Just Passes the Buck

There are many good reasons to go down the virtual infrastructure road. The illusion that it’s cheaper than dedicated hardware solutions is not one of them. devcentral.f5.com

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November 30, 2009

No Shirt, No Shoes, No HTTP Service

Using Anonymous Human Authentication to prevent illegitimate access to sites, services, and applications to improve security, analytics, and efficiency.
via devcentral.f5.com

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