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Why to choose Web Scraping Service not Web Scraping Software?
As i am writing this post, there are many outstanding web scraping software have been released in the market and also one major exit from the market called as Kimono.
Still i will pitch for Web Scraping Service over Web Scraping Software because of the following reasons :
Pros :
1. One time fee payment and life time…
ContinueAdded by Webdata-scraping on June 15, 2016 at 9:12am — No Comments
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Added by Michael Levin on June 5, 2016 at 9:08am — No Comments
Why use Amazon EC2 (AWS) Container Services (Docker)
Why use Amazon's container service?
We all experience a common set of tasks when working in IT shops. Someone gets delegated (voluntold) to the task of working with the System Admin, JBoss/Middleware, Security, and Hardware support teams in configuring a brand new set of servers.
Other times we develop an install instructions for JBoss EAP or a database product like MongoDB or Postgress. Then every developer…
ContinueAdded by Matt C on June 1, 2016 at 1:54pm — 2 Comments
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