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Seen that? - Seen that? - Open-source alternatives to BigTable
in Googlestack, on November 2, 2009
... here are the opinions of my own One of the most important google stack components is BigTable, the underlying data store. With it's proven scalability and availability characteristics, there was ...
Outsourcing and Security
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on October 31, 2009
... formal security certifications (such as SAS/70, etc.) to help allay these fears. Depending on the underlying cause – actual experience, suspicion or discomfort – it isn't clear that a certification ...
Seen that? - Columns versus Rows
in Googlestack, on October 22, 2009
... here are the opinions of my own One of the most important google stack components is BigTable, the underlying data store. With it's proven scalability and availability characteristics, there was ...
Skype May Buy Gizmo5
in The VoIP Weblog, on October 15, 2009
...provider in the event that it's lawsuit with Joltid results in the company not having access to the underlying code Skype uses to make VoIP calls," writes FierceVoIP's Mike Dolan . "Current...
Seen that? - Open-source alternatives to BigTable
in Googlestack, on October 3, 2009
... here are the opinions of my own One of the most important google stack components is BigTable, the underlying data store. With it's proven scalability and availability characteristics, there was ...
Web OS shaping the future
in The CIO Weblog, on September 9, 2009
...aS; there is a spectrum of information processing and distribution functions which rely on the same underlying backbone and conceptions of data portability and economies of scale.
Nothing he mentions...
Lawyers and Outsourcing Deals
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on September 1, 2009
...ng contracts (at least those on vendor paper) are great when it comes to escalation clauses (e.g., underlying costs are too high, forecasts are too low, etc.), but remarkably silent on shrinkage. But ...
Commercial real estate to create a new mortgage crisis
in Sox First, on August 31, 2009
...to keep a lid on commercial-real-estate losses by extending debt when it has matured as long as the underlying properties are generating enough cash to pay debt service." The problem is owners w...
Amazon addresses enterprise security concerns
in The CIO Weblog, on August 26, 2009
...mplement it are welcome, it's unclear to me whether or not this really does much to address the underlying issues. It's a bit like Amazon has taken a motel room with an exterior door that is a...
Could This be the Future of Outsourcing?
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on June 9, 2009
...ered here is interesting - not so much for its actual presence in the market, but because of the underlying concept of reverse project auctions.
I have long thought that outsourcing projects could ...
Mortgage giant Mozilo charged with fraud
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 5, 2009
... million in profits in 2006 and 2007 from exercising 5.1 million stock options and then selling the underlying shares.
Remember people like Mozilo next time you want to blame someone for the housing ...
Women With Psoriasis, Has Increased Risk of Diabetes and Hypertension
in Daily Diabetic, on April 20, 2009
...and smoking status.
The authors agreed that systemic inflammation in women with psoriasis is the underlying culprit in the association to diabetes and hypertension.
...
A Web 2.0 Obituary?
in TJ's Weblog, on April 2, 2009
...han advertising - there are subscriptions services and 'digital roses' but there is no big underlying trend generating billions of revenue. In fact all startups summed up together excluding th...
EMI: Still Sizzler, not Google
in The CIO Weblog, on March 25, 2009
...of the digital music distribution business.
There is no mention in the memo, as is typical, of the underlying reasons behind Merrill's exit beyond that the company appears to be dissolving the &q...
Lorenzo Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on February 25, 2009
...ality.
Sterling Silver & 18K Ring
$450
All the colors of the most exotic gems is the underlying theme of the creations from Lorenzo Jewelry: amethysts, citrines, garnet, blue topaz, per...
Viewing new technologies through old prisms
in The CIO Weblog, on February 19, 2009
... up in that repository is a very different goal than the necessity of ensuring the integrity of the underlying data, and spending time and resources trying to discipline users into adopting the same v...
Open-source alternatives to BigTable
in Googlestack, on December 22, 2008
...e the opinions of my own
One of the most important google stack components is BigTable, the underlying data store. With it's proven scalability and availability characteristics, there was ...
Home Depot's new pricing strategy and the supply chain restructuring
in Supplychainer, on December 15, 2008
...s a supply chain system in place and with any change in the marketing side, supply chain design and underlying assumptions should change.
This has been exactly what Home Depot has done; below you ca...
Type 1 Diabetes and Celiac Diasease: Genetically Linked
in Daily Diabetic, on December 14, 2008
...s information could help them."
The findings suggest that the two may orginate from the same underlying mechanism. What does this mean? it could be that research for treatments are in the same ...
Outline of The Google Software Stack
in Googlestack, on December 11, 2008
...out by supporting adding and removing new columns on a row basis, rather than table basis, etc. The underlying file system for BigTable is GFS and as such, BigTable is distributed as well. The distrib...
Biofeedback Machines to DIagnose and Treat Allergies
in Allergies, on November 18, 2008
...#39;s reactions through a process of neurological desensitization withOUT needles!
By reducing the underlying neurological sensitivities, most, if not all, allergic reactions can be completely cleare...
Sun Intros Unified Storage Appliances
in On Storage, on November 14, 2008
...orage appliances combine standard hard drives with flash memory and the latest AMD processors, with underlying software that optimizes performance by moving data around different tiers depending on ch...
Microsoft 公布云操作系统 Windows Azure
in Wangtam, on 2008-10-28
Microsoft 今天在 PDC 上公布了之前预告的云操作系统 Windows Cloud，名为 Windows Azure ，今天同时发布的还仅仅是技术预览版。Windows Azure 基本上是一个在线应用的基础开发平台，集合了主机服务、管理以及相应工具，很明显，直接的竞争对手即是 Amazon 的 EC2 。
开发商可以利用现有的应用工具进行开发，如微软的 Visual Studio，Windows Azure 整合的解决方案可以用来增加网络开发的能力，以现有的桌面应用程序或主机完成云计算为基础的应用项目。比如，你可以用 Windows Azure 创建一个属于自己的在线日...
Managing crisis, the Toyota Way!
in Supplychainer, on October 23, 2008
...but don't have to show up. A few attend company-paid classes to learn new assembly skills.
The underlying rationale is simple: We are in a bad situation; we have to cut costs but at the same time...
New Scientific Journal: EMBO Molecular Medicine
in The Biotech Weblog, on October 11, 2008
...ased starting 2009, will publish studies on molecular insights into cellular and systemic processes underlying defined human diseases as well as potential clinical applications for diagnosis, preventi...
Bailout no silver bullet
in Sox First, on October 6, 2008
...their borrowers too, who need equally to be punished for over-borrowing and overconsumption, if the underlying causal flaws of the credit cycle are to not to be repeated ... All of this points to a co...
Kyte: Live Streaming from your phone
in Tech Without Wires, on September 30, 2008
...bile phones is fast become an ideal platform for covering news and events, provided, of course, the underlying mobile broadband infrastructure is capable of handling the traffic. Unfortunately, in the...
Lehman, Recruitment in Hedge Funds, Nigeria, and Hedge Fund Calculators
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on September 15, 2008
... in handy. The calculator also works great for fund of fund managers who need to input all of their underlying funds to come up with an instant net of fees calculation to show their clients.
Finally,...
What Kind of Jobs Cannot be Outsourced?
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on September 8, 2008
... is important to understand what type of jobs "cannot be outsourced" to determine (a) the underlying meaning of the Obama proposal, and (b) the long term value of the McCain proposal.
I can...
Older IT Workers Bearing the Brunt
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on September 3, 2008
...or disincentive for students to enter this industry.
Furthermore, companies that outsource with an underlying motivation of displacing their older workers could find themselves in an age discriminati...
Why is Outsourcing the Political Whipping Boy?
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on September 1, 2008
...
Underlying the angst over outsourcing shown by both the center-left and far-right factions of the US political spectrum is something greater that the concept of "sending jobs offshore." ...
Mongering... Fear and Otherwise
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on August 29, 2008
...hin their borders. Sometimes this comes from tax breaks and other public subsidies, other times the underlying means is less transparent. However, India (and every other government) has, on a regular ...
Windows Server Version saga continues
in The CIO Weblog, on August 20, 2008
... really called!). That's how, for all these years and whacky name changes, there has been some underlying consistency in the version releases. Now, we're being asked to believe that internall...
FonSpot with WiFi
in Tech Without Wires, on August 17, 2008
...y secure mobile internet hotspot solution, and makes use
of the maximum security offered by the underlying Symbian OS platform. The
users have full control over who will be able to access their Fo...
FASB has drug makers squealing
in Sox First, on August 15, 2008
...e reported saying the estimates would be ""highly subjective, subject to huge swings as underlying assumptions change, and unlikely to provide financial statement users with meaningful or ...
Who says SaaS is hard?
in The CIO Weblog, on July 31, 2008
...s. System transitions have always been expensive propositions, and they are becoming moreso as the underlying data and processing environments have become more complex. It was quite a job to move acco...
Headwinds?
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on July 25, 2008
... course, predictions based on either boom or bust economies tend to take extreme positions, but the underlying analysis is interesting, particularly the points about protectionism becoming a more sign...
Does SOA mean "you're fired" for CIOs?
in The CIO Weblog, on July 19, 2008
...ity of infrastructure and operations. That's what gets you called on the carpet; that's the underlying motivation behind what you do to keep your job from day to day. Bringing in the new impli...
hlp I M bn mugged!
in The CIO Weblog, on July 18, 2008
... same time, I wonder if I am too harsh on social networking as a business utility. To be sure, the underlying motivation is communication, and that's a benefit. But I have been inclined to judge M...
Why Offshore Services Are Being Adversely Impacted by the Global Economy
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on July 16, 2008
... core markets served by offshore vendors, the current business slow-down is reducing demand for the underlying services, no matter who is providing them. Fewer mortgages are being processed, fewer pla...
Is it the Management?
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on July 13, 2008
...coherent, fully functional team.
Recognizing that poor in-house processes and management are often underlying the incentives for outsourcing is important - both to properly analyze what to keep and w...
Memory Decline and Type 2 Diabetes in Seniors
in Daily Diabetic, on June 26, 2008
...e is that consuming unhealthy meals for those with diabetes can temporarily further worsen already underlying memory problems associated with the disease,"said lead author Michael herman C...
Glucose Levels-Regulating Gene, Identified
in Daily Diabetic, on June 14, 2008
...ibility."
The findings here may provide additional clues to the further understanding of the underlying cause of diabetes.
Read more from University of Southern California (USC) .
[In Photo:...
Experts and Crowds
in The CIO Weblog, on June 9, 2008
...ble to others; say, a bad data flow put together by a secretary who didn't quite understand the underlying information architecture. Would the consumers of the results catch the issue in time?
Of...
Navigating MAC's Newest Collections
in Are you a beauty?, on June 9, 2008
...u have, please leave us a comment and let readers and me know what you think!_
Neo Sci-Fi has an underlying palette of modern nudes, browns and buffs mixed with bright, flourescent shades for eyes ...
Tour Honchos Meet with IOC
in Eagle Par Birdie, on May 27, 2008
George Lyon, Gold Medallist for Canada at 1904 Olympics. Courtesy: Cyber-golf.com
PGA Commissioner Tim Finchem along with the heads of the European PGA Tour, R and A and LPGA Tour met with Olympic officials in Lausanne, Switzerland last week.
On their agenda was a discussion about making...
微软关闭 Live Search Books 服务
in M2 十字街口, on 2008-05-25
搜索、门户和广告部门高级副总裁 Satya Nadella 日前 在 Blog 上宣布 ，微软将关闭 Live Search Books 服务：
" Today we informed our partners that we are ending the Live Search Books and Live Search Academic projects and that both sites will be taken down next week. Books and scholarly publications will continue to be integ...
How much do you need to know about storage virtualization
in On Storage, on April 30, 2008
...r storage vendor I worked for had an issue with creating snapshots (copies of changed data) for an underlying database when a particular database option was being used.
The moral of the story is plai...
Farecast acquired by Microsoft
in The CIO Weblog, on April 18, 2008
...ares... according to Todd Bishop of the Seattle PI, the Redmond company's interest is in the underlying technology rather than the specific applications. That makes all sorts of sense to me; it&...
Service Supply Chain: An untapped market
in Supplychainer, on March 24, 2008
...rstanding of cost drivers and structures - There is limited understanding of the cost drivers and underlying cost structures of the services supplied. Part of the problem with this lack of understan...
What's caused the explosion in restatements?
in Sox First, on March 22, 2008
...ecause of increased complexity? Or is there something more basic? A new study, An Analysis of the Underlying Causes of Restatements , found that restatements of companies were usually the result of ...
Climate change and banks
in Sox First, on March 13, 2008
Climate change will affect all facets of the financial services industry and all classes of investing. For investors and finance companies, it presents significant risks. It's likely to have a massive effect on the asset values and credit ratings of corporations. This means it will change the...
Will Bernanke's rescue plan work?
in Sox First, on March 13, 2008
So the market has rallied on Ben Bernanke's latest rescue plan. The Fed is says it will lend $200 billion of Treasuries to the securities firms that trade directly with the central bank in return for mortgage debt . And it might escalate if need be. This raises two questions. What do...
Worldwide RFID Revenue to Grow 30 Percent in 2008
in The Wireless Weblog, on February 27, 2008
...-Mart where compliance with a retailer directive rather than business competitiveness was often the underlying driver. Early adopters faced tight profit margins and pressed technology providers for lo...
Interview with Brett Curran from Axentis
in Sox First, on February 22, 2008
Had a chat this week with Brett Curran, vice president of GRC and privacy practices at Axentis . He was in Texas, I was in Melbourne, Australia. But it was a great session. We talked about all the issues companies faced struggling with compliance and what they needed to do. Here is the interview...
Mobile Encyclopedia an Amazing Concept
in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on February 21, 2008
... it, it gives you the image search result right on the spot. Far from reality? Well, maybe. But the underlying technologies are on the way. Remember Magitti ? The software that automatically recommen...
Google 公开反对微软收购 Yahoo
in Wangtam, on 2008-02-05
Google 昨天在 Blog 上发表文章 表示，准备公开采取强硬立场，反对 微软向 Yahoo 提出的主动收购 。Google 指出，这种做法可能会为软件巨头微软将垄断领域扩大到互联网打开门路：
Prototype-S
in carzz.org, on January 28, 2008
mitsubishi is to give the Prototype-S sports hatchback concept its global debut at the 78th Geneva International Motor Show in March.
Deriving from the Japanese automakers sport sedan family, which includes the Lancer, launched in 2007 and the Lancer Ralliart announced at the 2008 Detroit M...
Restricting SSH access
in HackITLinux, on January 27, 2008
...It is common knowledge that we use ssh for remote access as well as the underlying transport for some other services, e.g., VNC over SSH, FTP over SSH, etc. One you have SSH installed, you can ...
Under the radar Apache worm?
in The CIO Weblog, on January 25, 2008
...emains to be seen whether these were limited, uniquely crafted compromises or whether there is some underlying hole which has yet to be exposed and patched in the architecture.
EDIT: Clarified the un...
Slashdot accosts Carr
in The CIO Weblog, on January 7, 2008
... it at some level every day, and yeah, everyone accepts that technology moves fast, but there is an underlying assumption that in fact things stay pretty much the same in the IT field: regardless of t...
Adium 1.2b5
in M2 十字街口, on 2008-01-02
Adium 是一款在 Mac OS X 平台下的优秀集成即时通讯工具，包含主流的即时通讯协议，如 AIM、Jabber (Google Talk)、Windows Live Messenger、Yahoo! Messenger、Bonjour、Gadu-Gadu、LiveJournal、Novell Groupwise、QQ、Lotus Sametime 等。诸多方便的特性让 Mac 用户也能方便和各类 IM 联系人交流，可以说是 Mac OS X 上必备软件之一。特别是在 1.0 版本发布 之后，还加入了国内热门的 QQ，让国内用户使用也很方便了。
Bootstrappers turn weakness into an advantage
in BootStrapMe, on December 25, 2007
...se . It's important to go with the flow here.
• Less investment means less risk. An underlying part of the bootstrapping approach often overlooked by entrepreneurs is that focusing on what can b...
Subprime everywhere
in Sox First, on November 20, 2007
...e at every level in the game: Money was being lent willy-nilly without a proper appreciation of the underlying risk. This was just as true for the lenders pouring cash into commercial real estate like...
Top 10 Internet Security Trends
in I got Spam?!, on November 17, 2007
...ion per incident and that cost will only rise with time.
"Data breaches are indicative of an underlying trend: a movement away from hobbyist attacks... to targeted financially motivated attacks...
Skype Not Always Effective In Hotel Rooms
in The VoIP Weblog, on November 7, 2007
...y to block it. Meanwhile, end users are just trying to get stuff done and are ignorant of all these underlying issues.
Here's a nice idea: use defined, standard protocols. Don't make up your ...
Strong Dollar Good, Weak Dollar Bad?
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on November 6, 2007
... strength or weakness can be about perception as much as reality, just like with a stock. There are underlying reasons behind the ups and downs in currencies, but it is still human beings making educa...
Perfect Popcorn Pairings
in Celebrate Wine, on October 29, 2007
... wine featuring fresh fruity flavors, earthy spices, soft tannins, and a long elegant finish. The underlying beauty of this wine will calm the horror and lingering tension in the film. Such a clever i...
How to enable USB access for Virtualbox guest OS
in HackITLinux, on October 28, 2007
...e various virtualization solutions, all their products attempt to provide the most interface to the underlying hardware. One of the issues is how to give the guest OS access to USB devices. In the two...
New research finds: UK lags in European Order Fulfillment
in Supplychainer, on October 4, 2007
Sterling Commerce , an AT&T Inc. subsidiary has announced the results of a survey of European IT managers.
According to the LogisticsIT , 9 out of 10 European retail and manufacturing businesses are struggling to automate the order-to-fulfillment cycle, as a result of major application...
