The difference between distributed computing and concurrent programming is a common area of confusion as there is a significant amount of overlap between the two when you set out to accomplish ...

It's been two years since Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates talked up Dryad, Microsoft's concurrent-programming competitor to Google's MapReduce and Apache Hadoop. But this week, Dryad was back on the ...

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Jason Tatton, formerly an algorithmic trader at JP Morgan, has built a new programming language called Concurnas that he says can help the financial services industry tackle common problems with ...

On August 20, Intel rolled out new parallel-processing tools that support Microsoft's concurrent runtime environment that is expected to become a central component of Redmond's next-generation ...

Memory models offer the formal frameworks that define how operations on memory are executed in environments with concurrent processes. By establishing rules for the ordering and visibility of memory ...

Concurrent Inc. today announced an upgrade of its Cascading development framework for building Big Data applications, offering more choices for working with the Apache Hadoop ecosystem. Cascading 3.0, ...

Turn ideas into impact with a degree in applied computing at the University of Wyoming. This concurrent major blends practical computing skills with domain-specific expertise, giving YOU the tools to ...