Open source Hive: Large-scale, distributed data processing made easy

Thank heaven for Hive, a data analysis and query front end for Hadoop that makes Hadoop data files look like SQL tables... more

Cloud control systems tame the ether

3tera, Enomaly, Kaavo, and RightScale take myriad and mixed approaches to managing virtual servers in the sky... more

First look: Amazon brings MapReduce to the Elastic Cloud

Based on Hadoop, MapReduce equips users with potent distributed data-processing tools... more

More specialty Linuxes to the rescue

Whether your focus is security, storage, music, or religion, there's a flavor of Linux that fits the bill... more

Test Center review: Amazon eases cloud control

With its intuitive interface, the highly capable AWS Management Console is an ideal for users new to cloud computing... more

Test Center review: Specialty Linuxes to the rescue

Six sweet distributions that can boot from a pen drive, run in a sliver of RAM, rejuvenate an old system, or recover data from a dead PC... more

Inside Amazon Web Services

From storage to payment, the king of clouds is dangling an array of low-cost services. We take a close look at the tools for IT and developers.... more

Hooking your apps into Amazon Web Services

Unsure how to get started with AWS? Some sample code will illustrate its relative simplicity... more

Product review: .Net comes to WebSphere Portal

Mainsoft lets .Net developers build WebSphere portlets, and it allows WebSphere to talk to SharePoint, to boot... more

Product review: LISA iTKO 4 brings high quality to Web service testing QA

Virtualization feature simulates interaction with Web services that don't yet exist ... more

Test Center preview: Inside Google's mobile future

The Open Handset Alliance's Android SDK for creating mobile applications throws a few semantic curves at Java developers, but for the most part, they will feel at home; just be prepared for some rough terrain, and be sure to bring plenty of hardware... more

Clean up your SOAP-based Web services

The Test Center inspects five worthy tools for keeping your services squeaky clean... more

Three open source Web service testing tools get high marks

Capable soapUI, TestMaker, and WebInject toolsets shine once you conquer their learning curves... more

seeMore makes order out of data chaos

Virtual Database Server gathers multiple databases under one relational roof, accessible via standard interfaces... more

Jtest continues its trek toward code-testing supremacy

Version 8 of Parasoft's Java test tool sports impressive BugDetective analysis features... more

Exclusive: Software AG crossvision suite takes on SOA

Closely integrated mix of Java, XML gives nonprogrammers a leg up on service creation... more

ISM’s Predictive Pro predicts potential code weaknesses

Code analysis tool identifies bug hot spots to focus QA efforts... more

QEMU simulates with style

Open-source QEMU straddles virtualization-emulation line with aplomb... more

Jtest 7.0 passes with honors

Parasoft's feature-rich app-testing tool keeps getting better... more

Smarter than the average CMS

XyEnterprise Content@ taps XML for powerful document searching and sophisticated content reuse... more