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DevOps into 2014: The biggest challenges for DevOps next year (Part 1 of 2)
The highly adaptive and fast-paced schedule of deployment and development of the service-based and application software market has driven companies to push hard for faster-and-faster cycles. This in turn has put a strain on the humans behind the scenes as well as the hardware. DevOps ideally uses the power of computing to make it easier ...
Bitcoin Weekly: Predictions for BTC in 2014
With 2013 wrapping up we’ve seen some amazing movement and popularization for the cryptocurrency so-named Bitcoin. The beginning of 2013 saw BTC value at $13 and through a series of leaps and bounds the value eventually exceeded $1000—this is great for speculators but the general volatility has been feared as something of a thorn in ...
Ask Dr. Bitcoin: What if I want to get into Bitcoin mining?
“I want to get into Bitcoin mining, but I just don’t know where to look or what to buy. When is a good time to get into the community for mining?” asks Looking For a Mining Hat. Well, Looking, interestingly enough, when there’s a lull in the hype surrounding Bitcoin makes for a good time ...
DevOps into 2014: The cloud will be a huge driver of innovation and progress
It’s the end of 2013 and the year is closing out on an industry that has discovered that the nature of DevOps is a multi-layered highly-channeled experience that has been changing the face of IT and development. DevOps relies on tools that abstract away manual hands-on involvement in deployment and testing processes by automatically configuring ...
Bitcoin Weekly 2013 December 18: More Chinese market upheval, EU banking authority warning about BTC, Tor Project thumbs-up Bitcoin donations
After reaching $1000, Bitcoin market value has seen a bit of turmoil and a tumble with China being at the forefront. Rumors and regulation make the grade and Dr. Bitcoin has weighed in on the trajectory of the currency’s value and the expectations involving China and India. This Wednesday, that rumor is starting to look ...
Casascius coins shuts down after notice from the Federal Government
Back in 2011 when the amazing and beautiful Casascius coins came to my attention it seemed obvious that the minted “coins” could be considered anything more than novelty. However, seeing as the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (or FINCEN) has sent Mike Caldwell a nastygram regarding his business of minting the bitcoin-wallet holding coins citing his ...
Margaret Dawson on HP cloud strategy: Open, enterprise ready, and hybrid
Wikibon’s Chief Analyst Dave Vellante sat down with VP of Marketing, Cloud Evangelist, HP Cloud Services Margaret Dawson to talk about HP’s current cloud solution and how it impacts the current outlook for enterprise. Right now, theCube is at HP Discover Barcelona 2013 separating the signal from the noise and speaking with a multitude of ...
Bitcoin Weekly 2013 December 10: BoA gives BTC a $15b market cap, China didn’t ban bitcoin, Snoop Dogg gives props
As the value of BTC continues to hover around $1,000 more and more parts of the financial industry are beginning to wake up to the effect and practicality of virtual currency–and recently this means that Bank of America put it sights on Bitcoin by placing a market cap of $15 billion on it. Although news ...
Not just the Lich King, it’s the NSA: Real world agents making avatars in World of Warcraft
The NSA, and its UK sister the GCHQ, have both seen operatives spending long hours in front of computer screens and under headphones listening to the chatter of a million wiretaps, Skype calls, and cell phone conversations—but what hasn’t been revealed until now is how much time the spy agencies have spent in the virtual ...
Ask Dr. Bitcoin: How environmentally friendly is Bitcoin?
“I keep hearing that Bitcoin is powered by computers and that mining it can take a lot of energy. How environmentally friendly is Bitcoin?” asks Concerned About the Environment. Concerned here has a good question about the nature and distribution of Bitcoin and it’s one that has come up before such as this Ars Technica ...
