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Open Source Windows service for reporting server load back to HAProxy (load balancer feedback agent).

In general when you are load balancing a cluster you can evenly spread the connections through the cluster and you get pretty consistent and even load balancing. However with some applications such as RDS ( Microsoft Terminal Servers ), you can get very high load from just a  few users doing heavy work. The solution to this is to use some kind of server load feedback agent

IT outsourcing: When outsiders become insiders, how do you ensure information security?

Organizations outsource a part or whole of their IT services to third-party service providers for various reasons, such as cost savings, leveraging outside expertise, need to meet business demands quickly, and other critical aspects. Usually, tasks such as software development, network management, customer support, and data center management are outsourced

This Week’s Five: Entrepreneurs flying into the cloud

This Week’s Five  is the column where we bring to you a collection of five interesting reads from all over the web,  with a different topic every week. This week, we are exploring the benefits of cloud computing for entrepreneurs  and small business owners with regards to their website and server monitoring. We’re putting together some interesting articles about cloud computing solutions we’ve come across in the past few days, Ø   Cloud Computing Boosts Next Generation of Startups, Survey Shows Cloud computing isn’t just potentially delivering savings and flexibility for existing organizations.

What’s today’s magic wand?

Around the same time a hundred years ago, chemistry was the most happening thing in the world largely due to the circumstances several nations were going through at that point of time. Governments invested heavily in the field of chemical research and a country that possessed rich chemical expertise was seen to be powerful and that which had an edge over the others. The use of chemical weapons in World war I  led nations to victory and empowered them with wealth, influence and power