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Moving Data.gov towards the Semantic Web

RE: Moving Data.gov towards the Semantic WebIndeed the point is "how to make this work at Government scale" ?Data visualisation certainly helps. In fact this is the key in explaining what open data is all about. These are the flowers in TBL ted presentation. People don't care about boxes, they...

Tags: Moving Data.gov, Semantic Web

Discussion threads 2009-08-10

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FCC unanimously approves next steps toward Net Neutrality

Gov't fix, oh joyUh yeah, the internet is undecidely broken. This has a strong possibility of leading to usage limits. Comcast already has walked that line because they are behind the curve on their backbone upgrades. Why would a company who is being paid not provide better...

Tags: INTERNET, FCC, Net Neutrality, socialist, Nazi, Godwin, leader, Microsoft Windows NT, government

Discussion threads 2009-10-22

Global warming promises more hunger, more innovation

Hopefully not a repeatThe idea of GM foods is found most abhorrent in the nations with some of the worst food problems? Also, did anyone notice that the FPRI report indicates that more than 50% of the world's agricultural green house emissions are generated by the primitive natural agriculture...

Tags: global warming, climate change, food

Discussion threads 2009-10-22

What do you believe, your eyes or somebody's numbers?

There is no disagreementThere really never was. Scientists are in agreement that global climate change is happening you may have noticed the conferences.We will always have idiots. It's just that some of them happen to own media and political parties or are making way too much money with...

Tags: climate change, mankind

Discussion threads 2009-10-15

Feds launch Apps.gov; Cloud computing players salivate

Any bets on how long it takes someone to hack in and screw it up? nt...Why don't I feel good about this???Hmmm... Could it be that some government a55-clown could store sensitive data in the cloud... And that there are tons of other countries with extremely skilled hackers that would...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Virtualization, Apps.gov, agency, cloud computing

Discussion threads 2009-09-15

News to know: VMWare; Facebook acquires Friendfeed; Facebook Search; MS Office;

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. Larry Dignan: VMware goes shopping: Buys SpringSource for $420 million; Can it keep the open source mojo? Joe McKendrick: Panel: too...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Facebook, Larry Dignan, Mobile, Microsoft Office, VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Virtualization, Smart Phones, Cloud Computing, Advertising & Promotion, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Storage

Blog posts 2009-08-11

Are health IT vendors trying to pull a fast one?

Not sure about your last question, i guess he would be the best person...to ask.I think that sage, GE, siemans and mckesson do have the experience necessary to make good decisions, but these are also the guys who make software for the healthcare field.Maybe their vested interest also includes self...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Quality, HIT Standards Committee, Kibbe, health care

Discussion threads 2009-08-10

Moving Data.gov towards the Semantic Web

Government transparency in all its forms would appear to be very much in vogue at present, spanning everything from the Obama administration's Data.gov portal and Prime Ministerial pronouncements in the UK Parliament to municipal proclamations of openness in Vancouver and compelling grass-roots demonstrations by activists and even newspapers. ...

Tags: Government, Semantic Web, Podcasts, RDF, XML, Internet, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Paul Miller

Blog posts 2009-08-10

Tax concerns to push Microsoft Azure cloud hosting out of Washington state

Tax concerns to push Microsoft Azure cloud hosting out of Washington stateWhat next, they'll terminate everyone's licensing agreements and thenhit the kill switch?Governments should be bullying corporations. Not the other way around. (or perhaps neither side should bully the other?)Typical MicroshaftHire foreigners, make the taxpayers foot the bill...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Personal finance, tax, government, Microsoft Corp., Washington State, Quincy facility, Microsoft Azure

Discussion threads 2009-08-05

Eurocrats face proprietary FUD attack

Eurocrats face proprietary FUD attackI agree with Jonathan Zuck up to a point..."Commercial software must be allowed to compete on a level-playing field with other software types." Is not this what open source has been saying for a long time? Isnt this what the Opera vs MS lawsuit...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, software, FUD, government

Discussion threads 2009-07-09

NSA will monitor private-sector networks

The Bushization of Obama continues with a plan to involve the NSA in screening private-sector networks, The Washington Post reports. The plan not only uses the NSA to monitor private networks but it does so in a way that makes it unclear who exactly is in charge...

Tags: Monitor, Network, AT&T Corp., U.S. Department Of Homeland Security, NSA, Post Story, Privacy Advocate, Networking, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Security, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-07-06

News to know: Salesforce.com; Microsoft; Apple tablet; Google

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. Larry Dignan: Salesforce.com delivers mixed fiscal year outlook: Earnings up, revenue light Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Pop quiz - Which would you choose (Mac vs. PC)? ...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Tablets, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets

Blog posts 2009-05-22

CRM 2009 Forecast - Part 2 - Sticking My Hands Out To Be Slapped

Last week at this time I was throwing my neck out there forecasting some of CRM's moves in 2009 - and no one chopped it off, thank goodness. So, now, in the same spirit, I'm going to do part 2 of three and stick my hands out to be slapped...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Software-as-a-service, PaaS, CRM, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Emerging Technologies, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2008-12-04

Texas gov. intercedes in failing IBM project

Texas gov. intercedes in failing IBM projectCouldn't happen to two nicer parties ...As far as IBM is concerned, it's business as usual; the customer is to be told what they are going to get and how much they are going to pay for it, and they better learn to like...

Tags: Strategy, IT knowledge, IBM Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-11-18

Data Processing scores big success! Linux loses, again!

Data Processing scores big success! Linux loses, again!Wrong title, MurphIt should be "IT N00bs at large in Canada" or something along those lines :)Also funny they switched to a windows server. "Oh, we understand windows, cause we use it at home! let's try that! Oh no use! Oh no, what...

Tags: Operating systems, data-processing, Murph, Linux, big success, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-10-06

Microsoft refers to its anti-Linux playbook to attack VMware

Microsoft refers to its anti-Linux playbook to attack VMwareAs if...As if Apple, Apple fanboys, Linux fanboys and every other MS competitor don't refer to their anti-MS playbook every single day.What exactly is your point with this article, Mary Jo Foley?RE: Microsoft refers to its anti-Linux playbook to attack VMwareBeside the...

Tags: Operating systems, Virtualization, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Corp., VMware Inc., Linux, anti-Linux, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-09-22

The harsh reality of suburban broadband

The harsh reality of suburban broadbandi live in parsippanyand my Optimum line does not go down ever! I've had it for over a year now and I have decided to not even consider switching to FIOS as I have zero issues of any kind. My speed test results are 27468...

Tags: Network technology, Broadband Internet, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Cable, suburban broadband, harsh reality, broadband, Fios, Verizon Communications Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-06-22

How an information system helped nail Eliot Spitzer and a prostitution ring

How an information system helped nail Eliot Spitzer and a prostitution ringbig brother is watching usIf a governor was watched for suspicious terrorist activities just imagine those with weird names and no fame being checked every day, or worse, detained at undisclosed facilities.The REALLY interesting IT angle on thisI found...

Tags: Strategy, prostitution, hooker, Eliot Spitzer, information system

Discussion threads 2008-03-11

WA licenses have RFID, antenna, upsetting privacy advocates

Washington state drivers' licenses will soon have a bar code that can be read without the driver knowing anything is going on -- and that has privacy advocates concerned, reports the Seattle Times.The new licenses and ID cards contain a computer chip and antenna that are used to store and...

Tags: State &, Local Govt, Privacy

Blog posts 2007-07-20

Microsoft unveils its 'Internet Service Bus' vision

Microsoft unveils its 'Internet Service Bus' visionCoraxis; MQseriesThe good folks at Coraxis recently passed out toy buses in getting out notions this article is addressing. The real story is that Microsoft is losing in this space to IBM's and third party MQSeries based techology. Story after story of moving...

Tags: Middleware, Enterprise software, batch file, vision, IBM MQSeries, Internet Service Bus, Internet service, Internet, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-07-18