CHENNAI - Anantara Solutions, the pioneer of Second Generation Outsourcing (SGO), today announced that it has won a Cloud Computing deal from Srini NewCo, a US-based start-up.

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Now that we are done with the top 10 Twitter client for Mac OS X, we focused on the clients for Windows. There are some out of the ordinary Twitter clients for  Windows. Choosing the client that enrich your Twitter experience depends on your needs and conversely, on the features that the Twiitter client offers. Now that Twitter has become a part of our digital lifestyle. We need it by our side even while working on other projects. Whatever client you choose, the basic idea is to manage your tweets right on your desktop. We picked the top Twitter clients for Windows users. Have a look at the list of top 10 Twitter clients for Windows.

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Do you still open twitter each time you use it? Well, Twitter isn't a website you need to open time and again. Twitter offers an outstanding API that allows different desktop applications to send and receive tweets to and from Twitter. Twitter can be easily be a part of your desktop where tweets can freely flow in and out. There are number of Twitter clients with stunning features that can keep you updated with Twittering. Having said that, I need to add that there has been a lot of fuss over Twitter clients for Mac OS X. You must be looking for a Twitter client that can fully use the features of your specific OS. To make life easier for the Mac buffs who are looking for the right Twitter clients, I explored the top 10 Twitter client for Mac OS X. Take a look at the Twitter clients.

1. twhirl
2. Twitterterrific
3. Spaz
4. Twitterpod
5. Nambu
6. Hahlo
7. Mitter
8. Twoot
9. Lounge
10. Tweetie

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Java caching software is written in java for server-side java applications. Caching is an effective technique when it comes to long-running applications such as servlets, JSPs and GUI applications. It speeds up the dynamic web applications by providing a means to manage cached data of various dynamic natures. At times its inevitable to cache some Java objects, especially the data that takes too much time to recreate when it is not changed frequently. For the ease of use these can be objects in a hash table, given that it takes the ever-increasing memory footprint of your application. This allows you to expire the older objects in the hashtable time and again, since you can recreate them whenever needed. The caching solutions are most useful for the high read, low put applications. Java caching solutions can also benefit dynamic content and reporting systems.

Now there are sites that construct pages, dropdowns, or common search results form a database repeatedly at regular intervals. The performance and scalability of these sites can be bettered through caching. Java caching software reduces the latency time and removes the snags from database. After an extensive, I aggregated the top 10 Java caching software.

1. Ehcache
2. OScache
3. JBoss Cache
4. S3C Java Serverside Cache 2.1
5. Shiftone
6. Jofti
7. JCS
8. Open Terracota
9. Shop.com Cache System
10. JSR 107: Jcache

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For those who think microblogging is no business and just a fan-following vogue, let me tell its one of the most powerful media today. Twitter reigns the microblogging world with an exponentially growing membership. It's real value lies in instantaneous communication with people. Real time interaction with instantaneous feedback to updates is what makes Twitter a popular social network. With increasing popularity, Twitter now has several software have come up. The Linux users would be glad to know that there are a number Twitter software for Linux.  I would like to list the top 10 Twitter software for Linux running Ubuntu.

1. gTwitter (easy-to-use Twitter software for Linux that provides automatic updates)
2. Twhirl(real-time tweet updates)
3. Pwytter(standout multi-platform Twitter client)
4. Twitux ( check out friends updates and public timeline optionally)
5. Mitter(multiple interfaces, display avatar pictures )
6. Spaz(intuitive design, customizable and directory listing of users)
7. Twitterfox(context menu with copy, re-tweet, open this tweet in new tab, delete tweet)
8. Twitbin(Firefox extension the allows )
9. Genome Do
10. BTL

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Nginx is a free open source web server, reverse proxy and IMAP/POP3 proxy server. Nginx has grown into a feasible alternative for the much hyped Apache. It has grown over Apache with terms of low memory footprint and stability. Moreover, Nginx is gaining mommentum as an efficient and perfect for host for WordPress. It's simple configuration, rich features, minimal resource consumption and capability to avoid memory leak over time has made it a substitute for Apache. There are millions of site using Nginx and there is a large chunk considering a move to take advantage of this high performance HTTP server.

In most cases, the newbies are in the blue on the way they can make it work for them. Well, my bona fide idea would be the tutorials that provides you the step by step method to install and use the server. For this I created the list of top 10 Nginx tutorial for all who'd love to learn on Nginx.

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Subversion is a highly popular version control system used worldwide. It succeeds CVS and aims to rectify its shortcomings. Subversion, like any other version control system, is used to maintain current and historical revisions of files such as source code, web pages, and documentation.

Hosted Subversion Service allows you to host your subversion server and data on a remote server which you can access securely (must-have feature) over the internet. Most hosted subversion service has a minimal free plan followed by a paid subscription.

We have previously posted comprehensive review of hosted subversion services. Today we will talk about the advantages and disadvantages of hosted subversion services in details.

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Timesheets are no more restricted to recording the time for start and end time of tasks. The timesheets have assumed a broader role in business including project costing, estimation, tracking and management. Several companies have adopted web-based timesheet software for efficient time tracking and management. We have already reviewed the Replicon web timesheet and now we review another web-based software time and expense tracking software, 1timetracking. This expense tracking application comes with time sheet recordings, e-mail reminders, create time reports, track absenteeism, cost analysis and project budget. 1time helps to check which client is with which employee. The employee gets their own login and reminders. There is no need to micromanage the recording timesheets. After the top 10 timesheet software timesheet. 1time streamlines the process of reporting time spent on any billed projects to the client. It's new 1.5 version was launched recently and includes a number of updates. Full article (640 words) »

ZooKeeper is a high-performance coordination service for distributed applications. It exposes common services - such as naming, configuration management, synchronization, and group services - in a simple interface so you don't have to write them from scratch. You can use it off-the-shelf to implement consensus, group management, leader election, and presence protocols. And you can build on it for your own, specific needs.

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There's been much fuss about Silverlight, Microsoft's web browser plugin. On most talks I find it as a hot technology that seems to be the future of web and even an most likely runtime alternative for present day OS-es. It's as if this web app was just in time to take the client business apps to new heights. Well, It's hard to deny facts that its a rich application with best navigation characteristics and deployment. Still what bugs is how could this small fry be the future of computing.

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