Category Archives: space-based architecture

Moving away from Mainframe to Commodity – How?

Moving away from Mainframe to Commodity – How? Mainframe (Z/OS) based systems running COBOL programs are legacy systems in many organizations. These are planned to be replaced with low cost commodity servers running Java or .Net based systems, saving the … Continue reading

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Realistic Elastic

When running system in production, the last thing you want to do is to shutdown the system. This could happen when: – You need to replace one of the machines running the system. – You need to upgrade one of … Continue reading

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PaaS shouldnt be built in Silos

Last year I wrote a post titled Platform as a Service: The Next Generation Application Server? where I was referring to the shift from application server into platforms. On my 2011 predictions I referred to a new emerging PaaS category… Continue reading

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PaaS shouldnt be built in Silos

Last year I wrote a post titled Platform as a Service: The Next Generation Application Server? where I was referring to the shift from application server into platforms. On my 2011 predictions I referred to a new emerging PaaS category… Continue reading

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Possible Impossibility – The Race to Zero Latency

I recently read a book called: "Physics of the Impossible" by the theoretical physicist Michio Kaku. Dr. Kaku lists "Possible Impossibilities" and classifies these into different categories where all these "impossibilities" may happen in the near/distant future. When talking about "zero … Continue reading

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