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H-Store: Complete destruction of the old DBMS order?

Guest Post: Curt Monash reports from the front lines of a database revolution. Mike Stonebraker created much of the database management industry. Now he wants to blow it up. Via a project called H-Store [pdf file], he proposes to manage high-end OLTP databases entirely in...

Tags: Disk, DBMS, Brown University, OLTP, RAM, H-Store, I-Store, H-Store Team, Databases, Storage, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware, Curt Monash

Blog posts 2008-02-20

Additional Resources

Can open source software stop IT failure?

I'm not so sure #1 is valid#1 is a variation of "many eyes make all bugs shallow"Does it help? Yes. But it also makes the implicit assumption that everyone that can view the code is competent to do so. So it goes back to resource allocation being an issue, if...

Tags: Strategy, OPEN SOURCE, information technology, IT Failure, F/OSS, software, open-source software

Discussion threads 2009-10-26

Oracle OpenWorld 2009 - Social CRM Technology Rears an Actual Head

I am almost always in awe of Oracle OpenWorld.  The scope of this conference is spectacular. Can you imagine an event that the attendance is down to 37,000 attendees?  Actually, that puts me in awe of their event planners more than even the event. How in the name of whoever...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Siebel Systems Inc., CRM, Anthony Lye, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-10-14

Successfactors: Execute, Execute, Execute!

Successfactors SFSF the Strategic Human Capital Management/people performance software as a service company I last wrote about in June, today expanded their scope to embrace 'Business Execution Software', which is now the strap line under their company logo. As Larry Dignan covered here...

Tags: Talent, Performance, SuccessFactors Inc., Talent Management, Business Alignment Category, Workforce Management, Performance Management, Strategy, Human Resources, Management, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-09-10

Now I Know Why I Can't Stand the Washington Redskins

U.S. businesses seem to abuse their customers moreThis may seem unrelated, but reading this post made several parallels pop up in my mind. The RedSkins are suing fans who were obviously previously supporting them financially but ran into hardships. The RIAA sues grandmothers who spent a LIFETIME buying recordings for...

Tags: Team management, Packer, Washington Redskin, Redskins, team

Discussion threads 2009-09-04

SipGate Brings Enterprise Telephony to the Cloud

Cloud communications took a twist yesterday with the launch of Team Edition by SipGate. The Web-based service replaces both phone systems and phone lines with a Web-based softphone, allowing small and mid-size companies to move their corporate phone service to the cloud. At the same time, the lack of scaleable...

Tags: Phone, Collaboration, Telephony, Softphone, SipGate, Deployment Time, Auto-attendant, Telecom & Utilities, LDAP, Data Centers, Telecommunications, Directory Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dave Greenfield

Blog posts 2009-07-21

Football+Plus 3.0 (Mobile)

Football Plus provides Football Soccer fans with up to date information about the League that they follow and the particular team they are interested in. The user can update results and see them reflected in the League Table instantly. League information may also be viewed by Team or by Date....

Tags: Web, Team, Mobile, Web Site, World Cup, BunterSoft, Team Management, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Channel Management, Management, Internet, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-07-08

EC responds to Microsoft's browser move

EC responds to Microsoft's browser move Limiting browser pre-installsAs stated in the article, 95% of users will get Windows 7, when they purchase a new PC. The remaining 5% will get it by upgrading an existing machine.If the EC were to issue a mandate to PC makers that required them...

Tags: Web browsers, Web browser, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-06-12

H.G.R. - The High Gravity Room 1.0 (Windows)

H.G.R. - The High Gravity Room was a game inspired by both the classic shooting games of the early 1980s arcade and the sci-fi novel Ender's Game. You'll constantly be battling aliens in a remarkably original, yet arcade-accurate game of shooting while climbing all over the place with a grappling...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Gamma Prime, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-05-29

H.G.R. - The High Gravity Room 1.0 (Mac)

H.G.R. - The High Gravity Room was a game inspired by both the classic shooting games of the early 1980s arcade and the sci-fi novel Ender's Game. You'll constantly be battling aliens in a remarkably original, yet arcade-accurate game of shooting while climbing all over the place with a grappling...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Gamma Prime, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-05-29

What to expect from Windows 7

What to expect from Windows 7MS didn't dial-back UAC prompts, they crippled themIf you're in the mode where you get fewer UAC prompts -- i.e. the default mode -- then you might as well turn UAC off. Anything that wants to can bypass UAC in that mode via the backdoor...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2009-05-05

Outsourcing in this recession: will it increase?

Outsourcing in this recession: will it increase?Given that the bleeding of local jobs has helped lead TO this recession,and if people are sincere about ending this recession, then we need to look at the larger scheme and not diddle around with huff'n'puff pieces like this. I mean, doing...

Tags: Free trade, Taxes, Personal finance, recession, Obama, regulation, tax, outsourcing

Discussion threads 2009-04-26

Kickfire: Released for all the right reasons, but with the worst timing?

Kickfire's hardware-accelerated MySQL appliance blows the doors off monster Oracle database servers in equivalent TPC-H benchmarks in a tiny fraction of the cost, space, storage and power usage.  Last week, during their press briefings the future of the company looked bright indeed. There's only one...

Tags: Oracle Corp., MySQL, Sun Microsystems Inc., Kickfire, Open Source, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-04-21

iBotnet: Researchers find signs of zombie Macs

iBotnet: Researchers find signs of zombie MacsHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!breathHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!:) :) :)Come on ZDNet, this should be the biggest, boldest headline on front page!:)It would be interesting to see...It would be interesting to see what Apple is going to do with this in their "I'm a PC, I'm a Mac" add.Oh wait, you...

Tags: Desktops, Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Pirated Software, Apple Macintosh, iBotnet, zombie, virus, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-04-16

Nanorobot for Brain Aneurysm

The idea of nanorobots floating throughout our arteries to fight diseases and deliver drugs is migrating from science fiction to medical fact, at least in virtual 3D simulations. Nanorobotics pioneer Adriano Cavalcanti and his colleagues report progress with their nanorobot control design NCD software which helps them simulate the behavior...

Tags: Gradient, Vessel, Manufacturing, Nanotechnology, Team Management, Emerging Technologies, Management, Chris Jablonski

Blog posts 2009-03-25

Failure in Silicon Valley and the guild of entrepreneurs

Here is the second part of my conversation with Silicon Valley veteran Bill Coleman. The first part is here: How will the recession affect Silicon Valley? Mr Coleman is optimistic about Silicon Valley's long term prospects but he is pessimistic about the current situation. "These days...

Tags: Silicon Valley, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Productivity, Management, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2009-03-05

Data breach costs, customer churn up a bit; Repeat offenders abound

Data breach costs, customer churn up a bit; Repeat offenders aboundPrevent most net breaches!!!Our system prevents a majority of Network Breaches while keeping the Networks "UP," Provides a Real Time Global Administrator that sits transparently over other OEM's Network Management systems (i.e., IBM Websphere, HP OPenview, SCADA, etc), the system...

Tags: NETWORKING, Enterprise software, network, SCADA

Discussion threads 2009-02-02

Cisco's jump into servers: It's just business

When times get tough, the companies that weather the storm the best are those who 1) have a treasure chest of cash on-hand and 2) are smart enough to invest in technologies that will leave them well-positioned for the recovery. Sometimes, it means rocking the boat and recognizing that there...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Network, Server, Cisco Systems Inc., Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-01-21

Baseball File 4.101 (Windows)

BaseballFile is a Baseball Score Management System. Keeps records for your teams and players. You can input the data of one game to 30 batters, 10 at bats, pitcher 6 to 15 times of extension. You can display the team result, team offences, team defences. You can display the list...

Tags: Game, Team, Microsoft Windows, Batter, Nihon Package, BaseballFile, Team Management, Management

Software downloads 2009-01-04

JavaFX Q&A

To learn more about the technical aspects of today's launch of JavaFX including its support in NetBeans and Eclipse I spoke in depth with Eric Klein, VP of Java Marketing at Sun, and Octavian Tanase, Senior Director of the Java Platform Group. For a more business oriented perspective see the...

Tags: Developer, Application, Mobile, Ed, Eric, FX, JavaFX Script, Q., FX Common, Flex, Programming Languages, Java, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2008-12-04