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GIS in the Cloud - the ESRI Example
Great article here...
"Has your organization realized the potential of cloud computing yet? For users of geographic information system (GIS) technology, the cloud opens a number of new uses like weather forecasting, sales analysis, population…
ContinueAdded by Michael Levin on November 29, 2011 at 10:00am — No Comments
Codetown's Facebook page
Hey, everyone:
We have a Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/codetown - if you haven't joined yet, please do. We'll post events, links to articles and discussions on Codetown and also links to articles outside the group, like this:
So, once you like the Facebook page, you'll get a stream of updates from…
Added by Michael Levin on November 24, 2011 at 9:33am — No Comments
Opening Call for Proposal - RubyConf India 2012
This just in from Satish N Kota of the Bangalore RUG:
"Hello Folks,
Lets begin the begin and in that spirit, call for talk proposals is
open for RubyConf India 2012. Interested folks can head over to:…
Added by Michael Levin on November 24, 2011 at 9:21am — No Comments
Mike Levin ::: Java Champion
http://blogs.oracle.com/java/entry/new_java_champion_michael_levin
Added by Michael Levin on November 21, 2011 at 12:40pm — 4 Comments
***Free*** Hudson book
Interested in Hudson? (or in finding out what it is) - check out this free book! Thanks to Frans Thamura all the way from Java,…
Added by Michael Levin on November 15, 2011 at 8:40am — No Comments
No Flash for Mobile
Added by Michael Levin on November 10, 2011 at 10:00am — No Comments
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