• Yahoo’s Open Sourced S4 Could be a Real-time Cloud Platform

  31 Dec 2010

  In a world where real-time data streams are becoming much more common, and with the volume of that data continuing to increase, it makes sense that a framework would be developed to increase the ease at which that data can be processed. Yahoo! S4 isn't the first such framework to be concieved, or even open sourced, but it is likely to massively increase awareness that such frameworks exist, what problems they may help solve and get developers thinking about how they could use the technology and potentially increase the likelihood of somebody moving S4-like capabilities into the cloud and offering it as as service.

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• Why client APIs are an important part of any real-time service

  21 Dec 2010

  I've just been involved in a twitter conversation with Nick Halstead of DataSift on Twitter. This all started when I tweeted that I thought Kwwika would be a great way of distributing data from DataSift to any web-enabled device. The conversation continued: The main thing here for me is Nick's point that " you just need a client-side library ". This is an assumption that a lot of services make. Services tend to offer one or a number of server APIs; maybe a REST one and now luckily we are seeing a HTTP Streaming and WebSocket support. That service may then release some example code that can be used to call the web service. I see a number of problems with this mainly when it comes to HTTP Streaming and WebSockets.

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• Kwwika Powered Real-Time Opta Sports Cricket Widget

  17 Dec 2010

  Over the past couple of weeks we've been involved in developing a Real-Time Cricket widget. It's been a collaboration, with Opta Sports providing the data, Kwwika powering the real-time client push as well as doing a bit of dev on data archi...

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• Kwwika support for webOS

  7 Dec 2010

  We ve got a potential client interested in using Kwwika on HP webOS so we ve been working with them to test the Kwwika JavaScript library on a platform that we ve not been directly targeting. After a problem glitch with the 64bi...

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• NASDAQ Continues the Data as a Service Trend

  8 Nov 2010

  Over the past few months at PW we've noticed steady increase in the number of mentions of Data as a Service (DaaS) and this trend looks to continue. Our first post on the subject was by a guest author Pete Soderling who introduced us to the concept and discussed pricing models. Then we continued the theme by posting about a partnership between a stock data site and an open data platform , working together to deliver a stock historical data API. The latest big move in this area sees NASDAQ creating a Data-On-Demand service accessible through a Web API.

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• Government invests £200m in technology centres but no mention of Software or Information Technology

  25 Oct 2010

  I just saw a tweet by @mhawksey linking to a government announcement: More than £200m will be invested by the Government in a network of elite Technology and Innovation Centres to drive growth in the UK’s most high-tech industries, it wa...

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• CycleStreets Brings Bicycle Journey Planning to the UK

  18 Oct 2010

  Cycling in the UK is not only a popular past time but and also a real commuting choice. The UK has numerous defined cycle routes and many towns and cities have designated cycling lanes and more recently London introduced a cycling scheme fondly referred to as Boris' Bikes after the current Mayor of London. Since more and more people are using a bicycle as a preferred method of transport, and with cyclists having a different selection of routes, on top of the ordinary street network, than alternative transportation methods, it makes sense for there to be a need for a bicycle journey planning web application and API.

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• Migrating ASP.NET Membership users from one database to another

  15 Oct 2010

  The Configuring a Website that Uses Application Services page does cover Copying User Accounts from Development to Production but doesn t go into all that much detail. It really skips over the topic and starts talking about the Applica...

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• East Coast Trains drop free WIFI. Time to consider flying?

  13 Oct 2010

  WIFI is absolutely essential for those working on the move. This is one reason why free WIFI is popping up all over the place. Cafes, public places with nearby shops and even petrol stations (service stations) are offering free WIFI as a w...

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• We're starting to live in a Thank You Economy but you still expect something for that thanks

  8 Oct 2010

  I'm looking forward to Gary Vaynerchuk's new book called The Thank You Economy. I know what's going to be in it. But, I'm still going to buy it. This is the point that Gary will make in the book. I know what Gary means by "The Thank You ...

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