Countdown to Halloween with a spooky collection in the Windows Store

2016-10-07 KENNETH 0

Countdown to Halloween with a spooky collection in the Windows Store Today, the Windows Team is releasing a new collection called Haunted Hub to get you ready for Halloween, available in the Windows Store on your Windows 10 PC.* This collection includes all the spooky themed content you need across movies, music, apps and games.  Here’s some of what’s in store for you… Hotel Transylvania – Rent the movie for 31 cents Featuring the voices of Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez and more, Hotel Transylvania is on sale to rent for an unreal deal of just $0.31! All Simon, a monster hunter, really wants to do is fall in love with Dracula’s daughter, Mavis. But when they realize they are natural enemies, the real adventure begins. Find out what happens next – but hurry, as this steal [ more… ]

NGINX Plus Increases Automation and Accelerates Application Deployment at MidwayUSA

2016-10-07 KENNETH 0

NGINX Plus Increases Automation and Accelerates Application Deployment at MidwayUSA   Situation Founded in 1977, MidwayUSA is a successful e-commerce retailer that sells “Just About Everything” for shooting, hunting, and the outdoors. With more than 100,000 products and over 1.2 million active customers, MidwayUSA is a global leader in its market. MidwayUSA has a strong focus company-wide on providing excellence for its customers, including a feature-rich, user-friendly, and fast website experience. It’s the web operations team’s responsibility to deliver the website with excellence. Until about four years ago, MidwayUSA used Cisco ACE for load balancing its web traffic. The Cisco ACE product line was reaching its end of life. At the same time, the team at MidwayUSA realized that to provide the best ecommerce experience for their customers, their load balancer needed more flexible configuration and automation capabilities. “We had [ more… ]

Attorney Dana Hrelic talks Surface, the law and fashion

2016-10-07 KENNETH 0

Attorney Dana Hrelic talks Surface, the law and fashion When I was at the American Bar Association conference in August, attorney Dana Hrelic came up to me and immediately exclaimed “I love my Surface. It’s how I survive.” Thrilled, I immediately asked to learn more. Dana is a 3rd year partner at a boutique appellate firm, Horton Shields and Knox, in Hartford, Connecticut. For Dana, Surface is less of a computer and more of an appendage. “It’s my 100% machine. When I travel, I just unplug it and throw it in my bag.” Dana is on a plane about every two weeks so she loves having her Surface Pro 4 so she can work on the way to a meeting, and then catch up on TV on the way back. “Both my Office software and iTunes work seamlessly across my [ more… ]

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MySQL 8.0 Labs: JSON aggregation functions

2016-10-07 KENNETH 0

MySQL 8.0 Labs: JSON aggregation functions In MySQL 5.7 we introduced JSON functionality into the MySQL Server. This work included the introduction of a JSON data type, virtual columns and a set of approximately 20 SQL functions that allow you to manipulate and search JSON data on the server side.… Source: MySQL 8.0 Labs: JSON aggregation functions