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Distributed Process Networks in Java

Kahn defines a formal model for networks of processes that communicates through channels carrying streams of data tokens. The mathematical results show the necessary conditions for an implementation to be determinate, that is, for the results of the computation to be identical whether the processes are executed sequentially, concurrently, or...

Tags: Process, Colgate University, Network, Kahn, Programming Languages, Java, Software Development, Software/Web Development

White papers 2008-01-01

Internet pioneer Robert Kahn: It was a different world back then

Robert Kahn was one of the industry titans that was awarded one of the Computer History Museums Fellow Awards on Tuesday night earlier this week. Kahns resume places him squarely at ground zero of the innovation on which most of the Internet and the Web is based. According to the...

Tags: Kahn, computer, ARPAnet

Blog posts 2006-10-19

To grow, Borland to cut off its roots

To grow, Borland to cut off its roots"No one pays for IDEs"?What about Visual Studio? Lots of people pay for that.J.JaIDEs vs. lifecycle management...The "noone pays for IDEs" statement is ridiculous as a factor in this decision. Think about the implications. Borland is going to ditch its IDEs,...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Development tools, C/C++, Middleware, Programming languages, Now Microsoft, Microsoft Corp., Kahn, Borland Software Corp., tool, IDE

Discussion threads 2006-02-08

Additional Resources

Students vs. Google Apps vs. Office Web Apps

Buyer bewareBefore people get too excited about Office Web Apps, they need to remember that:- Google's strength comes from its ability to create quality, innovative products, based on open standards. Google has even established the "Data Liberation Front" (http://www.dataliberation.org/), to make it easy to migrate user data in & out...

Tags: cloud computing, Google Inc., Office Web Apps, Office Web, Web application, Microsoft Office, Google Apps, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-09-22

Target's departure from Amazon creates IT risk; Opportunity for GSI Commerce?

Target plans to leave Amazon's e-commerce platform to build its own site ahead of the 2011 holiday season. The transition is going to be one of the more visible IT projects in the next two years. Amazon will take a bit of a profit hit from the...

Tags: Information Technology, GSI Commerce Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Target.com, E-business, Target, Web Technology, E-business/E-Commerce, Retail, Internet, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-08-10

Amazon vs. tax happy states: E-tailer could nuke Associates program and still win

Updated: Amazon is in a high-profile tax showdown with states over its Associates referral program and is likely to come out a winner either way. Amazon has pulled its Associates program, which allows Web site operators to drive sales to the e-tailer in exchange for commissions of...

Tags: Tax, Amazon.com Inc., State, States, Sales Strategy, Marketing Research, Sales Force Management, Sales, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-06-30

Wolfram/Alpha's demo: Search results meet analytics

Wolfram/Alpha's demo: Search results meet analyticsHe deserves to do well.Hopefully he can take over Microsoft's little share of the search market.RE: Wolfram/Alpha's demo: Search results meet analyticsHi there,"Algorithms: Wolfram/Alpha uses a bevy of algorithms including 5 million to 6 million of mathematical code." should probably be"Algorithms: Wolfram/Alpha uses a bevy...

Tags: Financial Planning, Engineering, SEARCH, Mathematica, IMHO, Wolfram/Alpha, analytics, search result, algorithm

Discussion threads 2009-04-28

Health records and the KISS of life

What Sarasohn-Kahn points out is an important word to remember in relating this to PHRs. That word is simplicity. I call simplicity in this case the KISS of life, as in Keep It Simple Stupid. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Data, Health Care, PHR, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Benefits, GPS, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-04-17

Microsoft Hitting Google Where it Hurts: Making Ad Words Accountable

Microsoft Hitting Google Where it Hurts: Making Ad Words AccountableI quit using Ad Words!!!!My tracking software showed NO real improvement in click to sales from Ad Words.What it did show was the vast bulk of the clicks came from FAKE sites posting my Ad Words ads and Google refused to...

Tags: Google Inc., Ad Words, advertisement, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-09-08

Microsoft Hitting Google Where it Hurts: Making Ad Words Accountable

The Genghis Kahn school of marketing, made famous in the 1980s by Larry Ellison, has as its principle maxim the notion that it’s not enough that one succeeds, one’s opponents must also fail. A look under the covers at one of Microsoft’s latest additions to its CRM Online product has...

Tags: Google Inc., Advertisement, Microsoft Word, Search Engine, Microsoft Corp., CRM, Search, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Advertising & Promotion, Marketing Research, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing, Joshua Greenbaum

Blog posts 2008-09-08

Phony choices in the net neutrality debate

Phony choices in the net neutrality debateThe Internet has always had some level of intelligenceThe Internet has always had some level of intelligence. As the father of the Internet Robert Kahn says: "I'm against anything that bans intelligence inside the cloud". Even Vint Cerf tries to shy away...

Tags: Web site development, Network technology, duopoly, Net Neutrality, Internet, phone, cable, streaming video, phone company, AT&T Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-09-10

Are tablets really as great as they seem in the classroom?

Are tablets really as great as they seem in the classroom?You're not the only educator not using tabletsNone of the teachers at my children's schools use them either.I guess...Tablets have their place, however with all tech it all looks good when you see it done well, however learning to use...

Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, tablet

Discussion threads 2007-09-05

Attention you politics-hating coders, geeks: Ron Paul is NOT a friend of the Internet

Attention you politics-hating coders, geeks: Ron Paul is NOT a friend of the InternetStill not the Huffington PostTry sticking to technical issues and save your liberalism for moveon.com. This is a technical forum!Libertarians believe in less government.So to regulate the Web like you say, isn't necessarily good for the...

Tags: Regulations, Ron Paul, regulation, Internet

Discussion threads 2007-07-17

A rational debate on Net Neutrality

The subject of Net Neutrality has become so politicized that it's almost impossible to have a rational debate on the subject.  Even the term "Net Neutrality" has become a political slogan that is often deliberately vague to hide its true meaning.  Is it even possible to have a rational debate...

Tags: Technology policy, News, Networking, Net Neutrality, Mobile/Wireless, Infrastructure

Blog posts 2007-06-04

A rational debate on Net Neutrality

The subject of Net Neutrality has become so politicized that it's almost impossible to have a rational debate on the subject. Even the term "Net Neutrality" has become a political slogan that is often deliberately vague to hide its true meaning. Is it even possible to have a rational debate...

Tags: Vint Cerf, Google Inc., Legislation, Tim Berners-Lee, QoS, Network, Prioritization, Customer, Net Neutrality, Service, Carrier, Ed Whitacre, Snowe-Dorgan, Internet, George Ou

Blog posts 2007-06-04

Oracle sues SAP; alleges 'corporate theft on a grand scale'

Oracle sues SAP; alleges 'corporate theft on a grand scale'Framed?This sounds more like a disgruntal employee trying to take down his own company. Armed with logins for your biggest competitor, why else would you use your own company network to download the files? Use a local coffee shop's...

Tags: Oracle Corp., SAP AG

Discussion threads 2007-03-22

News to know: Vista's firewall; RSA; iConcertCal

Notable headlines: The fiscal 2008 Federal budget has landed. Feds allocate $65 billion for IT in proposed 2008 budget. Bush seeks spending hikes in research, surveillance. Google releases new link reporting tool. Discover your links.Who links to your site? Company offers Google ad alternative.Donna Bogatin: Web 2.0 at IBM, live!...

Tags: General, RSA Security Inc., firewall

Blog posts 2007-02-06

Cisco v Apple Trademark Infringement, Unfair Competition Complaint

Following is the complaint filed by Cisco over Apples use of the iPhone name:COMPLAINT FOR TRADEMARK INFRINGEMENT, UNFAIR COMPETITION, FALSE DESCRIPTION, AND INJURY TO BUSINESS REPUTATION; CASE NO.FOLGER LEVIN & KAHN LLPMichael A. Kahn (SB# 057432, mkahn@flk.com)Gregory D. Call (SB# 120483, gcall@flk.com)Michael F. Kelleher (SB# 165493, mkelleher@flk.com)Beatrice B. Nguyen (SB#...

Tags: General, Legal, Apple, Cisco, iPhone, Cisco Systems Inc., U.S.C.

Blog posts 2007-01-10

U.S. capitalism vs. Web democracy

U.S. capitalism vs. Web democracyIt's a no-brainerOf course the court is right. Why should any 2.0 jerk be allowed to hook into the content of somebody else when they aren't paying the costs to provide the content? The sponsors aren't getting their sponsoring value if their logos are being...

Tags: Channel management, U.S. Capitalism, Web Democracy, Web, Davis

Discussion threads 2006-12-22

Here are some WAY better candidates for TIME Magazine's "Person of the Year"

Note: the first four paragraphs of this post are adapted from my remarks in The Huffington Post, where I put up a new blog entry this morning. Every year, TIME magazine editors name their Person of the Year. You know the individual-or in some cases, group- they believe whose actions...

Tags: cell phone, camera, YouTube Inc., innovation, Time Magazine

Blog posts 2006-12-17