Chronicles of a Wandering Mind

Interesting links for February 3rd through February 6th:

• Getting Groovy and Grails in an SOA – This research is aimed at the programming language Groovy, a dynamic language that works on top of the Java Virtual
  Machine. Groovy, developed in 2003 by James Strachan and Bob McWhirter [ 28 ], is a language that is very similar to
  languages like Ruby, Smalltalk, Python and Perl.
  One of the aspects that this research is aimed at, is the usage of Groovy in an SOA. In this context, the position of
  Groovy is investigated as a service provider and consumer.
  Other aspects that will be covered, are the characteristics of Groovy; the dynamic nature of the language and remarkable
  syntax that makes Groovy unique.
  Finally, the Grails-framework will be covered. This framework helps developers build web applications based on
  Groovy's variant of the Java Server Pages.
• Polymorph: Hacking Business Models – Purpose

  * Create a sustainable business model that can be adopted and adapted by others.
  * Create a fair and democratic company that is owned by the workers.
  * Have long-term, trustworthy and meaningful relationships with our staff and customers.

• Virtual Geek: So… What's the BIG picture stuff going on under the covers? – Point 1: It presumes a 100% virtualized datacenter (at least as far as x86 workloads go). What can we do to make any x86 workload a candidate for a VM, and how do we help customers accelerate that transformation.

  Point 2: Every Layer of the physical infrastructure (CPU, Memory, Network, Storage) need to be transparent. Transparency means "invisible". This implies a lot, and implies that the glue in the middle, like a general purpose OS, needs to provide the "API models" for those hardware elements to be transparent.

  Point 3: Every Layer of the physical infrastructure needs to be able to think/understand/respond to "VM objects" (or more accurately, groups of VMs that define applications and application SLAs). These groups of VMs that define the application become central, both as a way to get fast value (Virtual Appliances), and also for the infrastructure to support. Long and short – the Network and Storage need to be "VM-aware".