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- Enterprise architecture heads north: report from Open Group
- John Meyer of The Open Group sent some detailed dispatches from the group’s 23rd Enterprise Architecture Practitioners Conference, being held this week in Toronto. Thanks to John for a great job summarizing many of the key insights coming from the conference -- some highlights from day one are summarized below:...
- Tags: Open Group, Enterprise Architect, Electronic Arts Inc., Information Technology, Enterprise Architecture, Strategy, Management, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2009-07-23
- Invisible Linux
- Invisible LinuxLinux on the mobile "desktop"Many/most of the major smartphone/mobile OSes are based on Linix: Android, WebOS, LiMo, Moblin, Maemo, Ubuntu, .... The iPhone OS is based on FreeBSD, a cousin of Linux.Thus, Linux/*nix is already entering the "desktop" of the average user, through the use of mobile devices. And,...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Invisible Linux
- Discussion threads 2009-06-08
- News to know: Microsoft; Amazon; SOA; AMD
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft bends a little on Windows 7 due date Five unanswered questions after Microsoft's Q3 earnings call...
- Tags: Larry Dignan, Oracle Corp., SOA, Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Cybersecurity, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Windows, Security, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware, Operating Systems
- Blog posts 2009-04-24
- Is computer science the one smart major in a recession?
- A number of outlets are reporting on the rise in computer science majors at American universities. For years, the number of graduates with a computer science degree has been falling as the comp sci boom of the 90s left some pretty poor job prospects for graduates. ...
- Tags: Recession, Computer Science, Computer, Productivity, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-03-18
- Dame Wendy Hall talks about Web Science
- I must admit that I've tended to be rather sceptical about the whole topic of 'Web Science,' as proposed by the University of Southampton and MIT through their shared Web Science Research Initiative WSRI. My initial view was that we really don't need yet another academic subject...
- Tags: Web, Computer Science, Computer, Dame Wendy Hall, Channel Management, Productivity, Marketing, Paul Miller
- Blog posts 2009-03-04
- What's driving women out of computer science?
- When it comes to higher education, women have achieved parity with men in almost every technical pursuit...except computer science. With all science and engineering fields considered, the percentage of bachelor’s degree recipients who are women has improved to 51 percent in 2004-5 from 39 percent in 1984-85,...
- Tags: Women, Computer Science, Computer, Gender And Diversity, Productivity, Human Resources, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- 20% drop in Computer Science majors in 2008
- The Computing Research Association found a 20% drop in 2008 in students completing bachelors degrees in professional IT fields. Enrollment in undergraduate degree programs in computer sciences is more than 50% lower than it was 5 years ago, the group said. Between 2005-2006 and 2006-2007 the number of new students...
- Tags: Job, Information Technology, Computer Science, Computer, Productivity, Recruitment & Selection, Strategy, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management, AM
- Blog posts 2008-06-23
- diversITy: the lack of women in the IT industry
- This series of entries, called diversITy, will cover a number of topics all concerning the diversity of people within the IT industry. Whether we discuss women in industry, sexual orientation in the workplace, religion or ethnic background; these are all topics which will have an effect on students, if not...
- Tags: Gender And Diversity, Human Resources, Information Technology, Women, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-06-21
- Thin is in: Considering the green impact of desktop virtualization and thin clients
- When it comes to making existing tech more green, many of the most meaningful (“real†if you will) energy-efficiency policies point back to the hottest/coolest technology in the entire tech industry: virtualization. Which makes sense, because virtualization is, after all, about saving money by doing more with less. ...
- Tags: Desktop Virtualization, Virtualization, PC, Thin Client, Thin Clients, Desktops, Hardware, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-04-08
- 8,021 Computer Science students graduated in 2007
- In the 2006-2007 academic year only 8,021 students graduated with computer science degrees US schools granting PhD degree, the lowest number of graduates this decade. In 2003-2004 14,185 students were awarded bachelor’s degrees in Computer Science, according to Computing Research Association. by AM
- Tags: Computer Science, Computer, Productivity, AM
- Blog posts 2008-03-05
- Microsoft's $235 million PIL is not so bitter
- Microsoft's $235 million PIL is not so bitterMicrosoft is a for profit entity...whose only agenda is to maximize the value of its stock.Philanthropy with any expected return is not philanthropy.Summing upMicrosoft's "charitable" contributions are the same sorts of things that other companies add to their marketing budget: promoting their products...
- Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), Free trade, Microsoft Corp., PIL, not-so
- Discussion threads 2008-01-22
- Intel CEO Paul Otellini woos the Oracle crowd
- Intel CEO Paul Otellini went highbrow in his keynote slot at Oracle OpenWorld, invoking American architectural icon Frank Lloyd Wright. He was preceded yesterday by rival AMD's CEO Hector Ruiz, who chatted with partners during his keynote see below. Both essentially gave promotional talks, which they...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Paul Otellini, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., Data Centers, Corporate Communications, Storage, Semiconductors, Processors, Hardware, Data Management, Marketing, Components, Dan Farber
- Blog posts 2007-11-13
- Microsoft ponies up cell-phone, green-computing research funding
- Microsoft outlined the specific projects to which it's looking to universities for research contributions on July 16, the opening day of its 2007Â Microsoft Research Faculty Summit.(The Research Faculty Summit has been an annual event. Starting next year, it will become an every-two-year event, with a new Microsoft graduate-student-focused research...
- Tags: Research, Healthcare, Corporate strategy
- Blog posts 2007-07-16
- Using Flickr to edit your photos
- What can you do with millions of images? Computer scientists from Carnegie Mellon University CMU think you can use web images to add realism to your photos. For example, the goal of one of their projects, named 'Photo Clip Art,' is to insert new objects into existing photographs by querying...
- Tags: Computers &, Internet, Leisure, Social Sciences
- Blog posts 2007-07-11
- Open source statistics? Anyone? Anyone?
- Open source statistics? Anyone? Anyone?Several programsLuke Tierney from the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science at The University of Iowa has a program called lisp-stat lisp based with an xlispstat package available for Xorg so you get a gui. A many many built in functions with the ability...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, open source, Microsoft Excel
- Discussion threads 2007-07-02
- Google blasts Web bots: PC big culprit in drive by downloads
- As more users are connected to the Internet and conduct their daily activities electronically, computer users have become the target of an underground economy that infects hosts with malware or adware for financial gain, so laments Niels Provos, Google Software Engineer.Provos chaired a Google sponsored research forum on Botnets last...
- Tags: Microsoft, Google
- Blog posts 2007-05-06
- Shaking a 275-ton building
- If you want to predict how a tall building can resist to an earthquake, some researchers have better tools than others. Engineers from the San Diego Supercomputer Center SDSC have built a full-size 275-ton building and really shaken it to obtain earthshaking images. The building was equipped with some 600...
- Tags: Engineering &, Innovation, Computers &, Internet, Science &, Nature, Energy &, Environment
- Blog posts 2007-04-12
- Robotics: Is Microsoft's vision the right one?
- New Yorkers claim New York City to be the capital of many things: media, arts, fashion…but is the Big Apple also “robot city”?The New York Software Industry Association NYSIA convened a panel of academics, artists and hobbyists last evening to find out. Robots were on hand too.Farshad Khorrami, Professor, Computer...
- Tags: Culture, Microsoft, Enterprise, robotics
- Blog posts 2007-01-23
- Where are the women in tech? At least 1200 will be in San Diego
- In about two weeks, more than 1200 women plus a handful of men will meet in San Diego for the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing. It is organized by the Anita Borg Institute, the leading advocate for women in technology leadership roles, and the Association of Computing Machinery....
- Tags: women
- Blog posts 2006-09-22
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