Netflix open sources tool for making cloud services play nice

Netflix has forged a cottage industry building tools to fill gaps in Amazon's cloud infrastructure or otherwise add value to it. Now the company is open sourcing its Hystrix libraries, which manage interactions between the myriad distributed services that power its applications.

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Commentary: Collaboration, Partnerships Vital for Smart TV Ad Biz, Analyst Swartz

SAN FRANCISCO - The smart TV business and the advertising industry need to collaborate closely on technology, standards and transparency in order for marketing in this new ecosystem to take off. That's the conclusion of Ashley Swartz in this commentary from the recent Smart TV and Multi-Screen Advertising Summit. Partnerships will be increasingly vital as connected TV makers, technology firms and advertisers work to build out the smart TV business and to integrate TV and digital data into TV buying, she explains in her commentary. "The ad networks, technology platforms and demand side platforms are the connective tissue from the legacy to the new, and the legacy to emerging...these guys are not only innovating and enabling new solutions, they're also forging a bridge and doing translation because the language of traditional TV is different from the language of digital." That work includes determining the methods of valuing ads, whether via clicks or a TV equivalent. "If we create fixed ratios of value it can commoditize the environment," she says. Ashley Swartz is a principal of the New York-based consultancy Furious Minds. She is former head of the interactive television practice at Digitas. She is a regular contributor to Beet.TV.

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What Is a Credit Card Statement?

Ever wonder what a credit statement is, what it contains and why it is important? This article will provide a brief overview of the answers to your questions.

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Latvala road accident halts VW test

Volkswagen's Mexican test was stopped yesterday when the Polo R WRC being driven by Jari-Matti Latvala was involved in a road accident. The precise circumstances of the accident remain unclear, but the Finn's Polo was driving on a public road which looped back to the start of the test stage close to Leon

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Fuel, energy and food prices among consumers' top worries as 10million households feel financially squeezed

And around a million households have defaulted on a loan, bill or some housing cost, a consumer group said today

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Get Your Trading Career Started By Using Simple Binary Options

Find out how you can use Binary Options as a simple way to trade on Forex and other financial assets. Suitable for the complete beginner, these simple contracts make it easy to profit from trading.

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Tips to Keep Your Modern Cloth Nappies Clean

One of the most important things about having cloth nappies is keeping them clean. So often people will say that they start to smell, and want to know what they can to do keep them looking like new.

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