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A quick reminder of why cloud computing really matters — the applications Derrick Harris, gigaom.com

Ama­zon Web Ser­vices’ second-annual re:Invent user con­fer­ence kicks off on Tues­day, and the scale of the thing speaks vol­umes of just how per­va­sive cloud com­put­ing has become. I’ve been to dozens of user con­fer­ences in this city by…

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Netflix Open Source Software Cloud Prize Winners Adrian Cockcroft, netflix.com

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eucalyptus.com

Netflix Recognizes Eucalyptus for Trailblazing Use of OSS Tools across AWS and Private Clouds

SANTA BAR­BARA, Calif. – Novem­ber 14, 2013 – Euca­lyp­tus Sys­tems, the lead­ing provider of AWS-compatibl …

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Lake Louise 晨光 flickr.com

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GlobeCooker

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Spirits of Ásgarðr

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Band In Saint Paul http://viddy.it/10YxEnw

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TRENTO, A LOVELY PLACE WITH FINE ARCHITECTURE fotopedia.com

Tren­to is an Ital­ian city locat­ed in the Adige River val­ley in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. It is the cap­i­tal of Trenti­no. In the 16th cen­tu­ry the city was the loca­tion of the Coun­cil of Trent. Modern-day Tren­to is a cos­mopoli­tan ci…

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THE GATES OF THE ARCTIC BY QT LUONG fotopedia.com

This vast land­scape does not con­tain any roads or trails. Vis­i­tors dis­cov­er intact ecosys­tems where peo­ple have lived with the land for thou­sands of years. Wild rivers mean­der through glacier-carved val­leys, cari­bou migrate along age-o…

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Blue City, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, 2010.

[Credit : Steve McCurry]

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Miners, China, 1995.

[Credit : Marc Riboud]

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The New Places Where America's Tech Future Is Taking Shape Joel Kotkin, forbes.com

Tech­nol­o­gy is reshap­ing the eco­nom­ic geog­ra­phy of the Unit­ed States, but there’s dis­agree­ment as to how. Much of the media and pun­dits like Richard Flori­da assert that the tech rev­o­lu­tion is bound to be cen­tral­ized in the dense,…

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Horse Shoe Bend,a view I love :) (via Jeff Swanson | Smashing Picture)