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State Government: GIS Solutions for the Public Sector

Communication is inherently collaborative and greatly enhanced through information partnerships that help streamline processes for budgeting, staffing, placement, resource planning, and much more. GIS technology is integral to communication and collaboration. ESRI GIS technology provides analytical and operational solutions that improve the effective-ness of department programs. GIS visualizes a department's...

Tags: Environmental Systems Research Institute Inc., Communication, Government, GIS Technology, ESRI GIS Technology, GIS, Software

White papers 2005-03-01

Complex Systems Data Analysis With GIS

GIS technology is becoming an integrating factor in solving problems with large data sets, and the interest in using ArcView in teaching and research is expanding in new areas. The paper describes the collaborative effort of several departments to use GIS for teaching and investigations. Students and faculty are using...

Tags: Boston College, Data Analysis, ArcView, GIS Technology, GIS, Software

White papers 2004-09-08

Additional Resources

MSFT's acquisition of Powerset is not about search

The recent $100 million acquisition of Powerset, the semantic search engine company, by Microsoft looks to be more to do with advertising than beefing up the software giants' search capabilities. So far, Powerset has only demonstrated its technology against Wikipedia. It's a neat exhibit but it is...

Tags: Acquisition, Yahoo! Inc., Contextual Advertising, MSFT, Search, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2008-07-04

Smart HCCI cars talk to the pump

Researchers from the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society CITRIS are developing more efficient engines for cars. They are specifically working on Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignited HCCI engines. An HCCI engine 'combines the efficiency and versatility of diesel engines with the cleanliness of spark-ignition engines.' For...

Tags: University Of California At Berkeley, Engine, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-07-04

Trick out your fleet with fuel consumption monitors from Networkcar

OK, I admit it. When I bought my car a year-and-a-half ago, comparing the fuel consumption metrics among the different models WAS part of the equation, but not the most important part. Now, with gas lines forming in my own little town and people putting summer trips...

Tags: Monitor, Performance, Technology, Performance Management, GPS, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-07-03

Say it ain't so AVG, say it ain't so: AVG LinkScanner = Badware?

Say it ain't so AVG, say it ain't so: AVG LinkScanner = Badware?AVG Freeware Ain't So Free After All...Man, am I shocked that AVG is doing this. Of course I don't use the product but have made recommendations in the past to folks who could not afford to purchase good...

Tags: Scanners, Web browsers, Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, Badware, server log, AVG, AVG LinkScanner

Discussion threads 2008-07-03

Nothing stealthy about this Windows Update update

Nothing stealthy about this Windows Update updateStill got it wrong?!?!What part of "check for updates but let me decide" do they not understand???If the people at MS are feeling so benevolentwhy not have the programmers pop up a box when the update occurs, sort of hand holding for the wary.If...

Tags: Operating systems, Opting-Out, Microsoft Windows Update, Microsoft Windows, proper warning

Discussion threads 2008-07-03

Airport security part 4: Attack of the body scanners!

If you read my blog postings semi-often, you know that I'm very, very critical of problems with airport security.  Nicole Wong of the Boston Globe reported that Boston's Logan International Airport will become the next airport to implement full-body scanners (thanks for the link from the LiquidMatrix guys!) that can see...

Tags: Imaging, Airport Security, Privacy, Transportation Security Administration, Image, Attack, Madness, Scanners, Document Management, Security, Hardware, Peripherals, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-07-03

Whither Blu-ray?

Whither Blu-ray?It's the lack of HDTV ownersand the ignorance of those who do own that I think is the biggest issue. People who don't have HDTV would see no benefit to spending extra money on BluRay, and those who do own will never believe there is a difference unless you...

Tags: HD DVD, Blu-ray, Consumer electronics, TVs, TV & Home Theater, HDTV, DVD

Discussion threads 2008-07-03

Q'n'A: Are Youtube users are royally screwed?

I've been reading the headlines today, and the main headlines on most of the top technology websites are about the YouTube/Google/Viacom saga. I'd like to call this: Youglecomgate, a potentially volatile situation hovers over the midst of everyone who has been on YouTube ever, so that's probably the majority of...

Tags: Google Inc., YouTube Inc., Viacom Inc., Corporate Communications, Internet, Networking, Marketing, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-07-03

5 more reasons IT projects fail

5 more reasons IT projects failOn the other sideof the equation is the customer. It has been my experience that, in non-technical businesses, the manager who makes the decisions with regards to the company's IT needs, knows least.Remove the word "IT" andthe article applies to everything in the worldOf course!That's...

Tags: Strategy, information technology, IT Projects Fail

Discussion threads 2008-07-03

12 terabytes of YouTube data

12 terabytes of YouTube dataHorrible loss for ConsumersThis Judge needs to be taught what he has the power to do, and not to do. This is a clear violation of the Video Privacy Protection Act. Not to mention a major privacy issue for all of us that have ever watched...

Tags: Corporate communications, Digital media, Google Inc., YouTube Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-07-03

Amid ugly job picture, tech related employment holds up

The U.S. economy lost 62,000 jobs in June for the sixth straight month of employment losses with an unemployment rate of 5.5 percent, but underneath the technology sector is holding up well, according to Labor Department statistics. What a difference a downturn makes. Last...

Tags: Job, Technology Sector, Industry, U.S. Department Of Labor, Recruitment & Selection, Data Centers, Strategy, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-03

Gmail, Yahoo and Hotmail's CAPTCHA broken by spammers

Gmail, Yahoo and Hotmail's CAPTCHA broken by spammersIt is impossible to manage...networks the size of Google with technology alone. It takes a real live person. Now we can expect more spam coming from these networks. Spam that will be harder to filter. If these companies can't manage their networks in...

Tags: Spam, E-mail providers, Yahoo! Inc., Google Gmail, CAPTCHA, spammer, MSN Hotmail

Discussion threads 2008-07-03

DJ your Independence Day party with your Mac

If you're having people over to your house this weekend to celebrate Independence day (04 July, here in the U.S.) – a few tunes are probably in order. Luckily the Mac is one of the best platforms for creating a great party environment thanks to its vast music playback options,...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Radio, Apple iTunes, Music, Pandora, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-07-03

Helpdesks and productivity

Helpdesks and productivityGood start, and then...You lost it.1980 CalledThey want their mainframes back. :DWhy don't you explain your present value...calculation. Do you even know what present value means? What time period are we talking?Huh?You imply that on a Sun Ray platform the only problems are the applications or how they...

Tags: Call centers, help desk, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Ray, PC

Discussion threads 2008-07-03

Hyperic CloudStatus

Back in May, I posted my take on Cloud computing. Since that time, I've spoken to quite a number of suppliers who are focused on supporting cloud computing, managing cloud computing, and even using cloud computing as a way to provide either a desktop or a server experience without the...

Tags: Performance, Service, Tool, CloudStatus, Hyperic HQ, Cloud Computing, Productivity, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-07-03

News to know: Searching Silverlight; IE 8; Dell; Google vs. YouTube

Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft: Silverlight content searchable, too Ryan Stewart: Brian Goldfarb talks about Silverlight 2 and Deep Zoom with Michael Cot LineRider releases a Silverlight 2 version Microsoft steps up self-policing of its OSI-approved source licenses ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Security, Google Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Silverlight, Mobile, YouTube Inc., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Linux, UNIX, Keyboards, Operating Systems, Advertising & Promotion, Open Source, Software, Hardware, Peripherals, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-03

Seven Tech ways to make America better this July 4

Something about getting a new neck earlier this spring made me start thinking about how to change my life to make America a better place. Here a few that you can try to make the country better over the Fourth of July weekend: 1.) Turn off your...

Tags: Phone, PC, Cell Phone, Computer, Productivity, Telecom & Utilities, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Mitch Ratcliffe

Blog posts 2008-07-02

LineRider releases a Silverlight 2 version

LineRider releases a Silverlight 2 versionWhy?[i]...I’m not sure why it was ported from Flash to Silverlight[/i]Maybe [b]this[/b] part gives us a clue?[b]...will notice a more consistent frame rate during playback with the new Silverlight version that will provide a faster, smoother ride regardless of what system or browser used[/b]The interesting...

Tags: Microsoft Silverlight, Linerider, Silverlight 2

Discussion threads 2008-07-02