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Working with Java's BigDecimal Eric J. Bruno I've found BigDecimal a bit harder to use than either Java's double primitive type or Double class. To help in my coding, I've created a wrapper class that contains a BigDecimal object internally but instead handles the reassignment of the immutable BigDecimal on your behalf.

OpenStack Security Nugget: Storage Eric J. Bruno Security is an important cloud topic in general and one that’s addressed well with OpenStack. OpenStack takes a multi-level approach to secure storage, since data is an obvious target of hackers and thieves. Here’s a broad overview of how it’s implemented.

Witness OpenStack Performance and Security with StackSync Eric J. Bruno OpenStack Swift is an object storage service for the cloud with scalability and redundancy built-in. When deployed within your own cloud solution, Swift writes your critical data across arrays of disks and ensures data integrity.

Storing Big Data Eric J. Bruno Most people associate big data with the need to store vast amounts of data, and they’re correct. However, big data can also be thought of as data in motion.