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Analyst: we need an 'eight-second' rule for SOA

In a recent post, Jasmine Noel of Noel, Ptak, & Associates resurrects the concept of the "eight-second" rule, which, back in the hey-day of the dot-com boom, was considered the longest period of time an online customer would wait for a Web page to load before moving on to...

Tags: Noel, transactional validity, SOA

Blog posts 2006-05-17

On Demand Event: SOA and Business Process Management: Better Together

Check out this on-demand Webcast from IBM to hear noted industry analyst Jasmine Noel describe the evolution of business process management BPM and its integration with service-oriented architecture SOA. Noel explains how SOA is allowing companies to implement process automation with greater speed and agility than ever before. You'll learn:...

Tags: Business Process, BPM, SOA, Noel, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Operational Planning, Business Process Automation, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Middleware, Strategy, Software, Business Operations, It Operations, Management

Webcasts 2006-03-08

Additional Resources

Data Center Automation in an Uncertain Economy

Today, organizations just like yours are under greater than ever pressures to do more with less. Many are implementing virtualization as a means to reduce costs. However, managing a virtualized environment presents its own unique challenges. Reducing ongoing data center costs, improving utilization, and cost avoidance...

Tags: Data Center, IBM Corp., Automation, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management

Webcasts 2009-06-04

A bag full of books, or kilobytes of Kindle?

A bag full of books, or kilobytes of Kindle?Also from the DepartmentAlso from the Department, how much do you want to bet the "books" won't be transferable or resalable?(Kinda reminds me of the Book of Job--Satan makes a [b][i]bet[/i][/b] with God. It's not real bright to make a bet...

Tags: bag full, scroll

Discussion threads 2009-05-04

Top albums of 2008

Rank Title Artist 1 As I Am Alicia Keys 2 Noel Josh Groban 3 Tha Carter III Lil Wayne 4 Long Road Out of Eden Eagles 5 Taylor Swift Taylor Swift 6 Rock N Roll Jesus Kid Rock...

Tags: Artist, NB

Blog posts 2009-01-05

Top albums of 2008

Rank Title Artist 1 As I Am Alicia Keys 2 Noel Josh Groban 3 Tha Carter III Lil Wayne 4 Long Road Out of Eden Eagles 5 Taylor Swift Taylor Swift 6 Rock N Roll Jesus Kid Rock...

Tags: Artist, NB

Blog posts 2009-01-05

The lighter side of Bill Gates

As you all probably know, considering the 2 year lead-up to today and the considerable press coverage, it's Bill Gates' last day at Microsoft. I'd like to take a slightly different spin on covering his career and life, by pointing out the stupid stuff, in the hope it will appeal...

Tags: Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 95, Sales Channel, Financial Services, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Sales, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-06-27

N-Tier: Rube Goldberg meets Wintel Scalability

N-Tier: Rube Goldberg meets Wintel ScalabilityStore procedures and serializationHow did stored procedures solve the serialization problem?If they did, it sounds like an accident due to programmers not understanding transactions and unknowingly switching from a very pessimistic locking strategy to an overly optimistic locking strategy.RE: N-Tier: Rube Goldberg meets Wintel ScalabilitySo,...

Tags: Databases, N-Tier, tier, Wintel Scalability, Rube Goldberg, Wintel

Discussion threads 2008-05-05

VR game to help burn patients

The Loyola University Medical Center in Illinois will be one of the first hospitals in the U.S. to use a virtual reality game to help burn patients. By using SnowWorld, developed at the University of Washington, patients recovering from severe burns will enter a virtual 'polar landscape of gently falling...

Tags: Game, Patient, Loyola University, University Of Washington, Snowball, SnowWorld, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-03-25

How to detect network vulnerabilities?

Computer scientists at George Mason University GMU have developed a new software to identify complex cyber network attacks. This software is named CAULDRON (short for 'Combinatorial Analysis Utilizing Logical Dependencies Residing on Networks'). The developers claim that CAULDRON 'can reduce the impact of cyber attacks by identifying the possible vulnerability...

Tags: Software, Network, Vulnerability, George Mason University, CAULDRON, Networking, Security, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-03-18

How Tough is Ozone Crackdown by Feds

How Tough is Ozone Crackdown by FedsElectric VehiclesWe need trees need clean, unpolluted air, we need to reduce our carbon emissions, we need to find alternatives to our gas guzzlers. We need to look at solar power, wind power, electric power. To switch to electric vehicles, take a look at...

Tags: ozone, pollution

Discussion threads 2008-03-13

Does DELL Beat HP at Delivering Simplified IT Management?

Dell, powered by Altiris technologies from Symantec, wants to illustrate in published claims how Dell's management solutions will simplify IT management operations in contrast to HP's solutions. Ptak, Noel & Associates LLC PNA was commissioned to validate the accuracy of these claims. To start the validation process, they defined their...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., IT Administration, Hewlett-Packard Co., Information Technology

White papers 2008-03-01

Noel by Josh Groban is the top-selling album in the US in 2007

Noel by Josh Groban, soundtrack to High School Musical 2, and Long Road Out of Eden by Eagles were the top-selling albums in 2007. Top selling albums in 2007 Noel / Josh Groban 3,699,000 Soundtrack / High School Musical 2 2,957,000...

Tags: Album, AM

Blog posts 2008-01-12

ZFS beta now on Mac OS X Leopard

For all you bleeding-edge OS X warriors Noel Dellofano, part of the ZFS development team at Apple, has posted ZFS binaries and source code on Mac OS Forge. ZFS looks to be the first 21st century file system to make it to a high-volume desktop. I've...

Tags: Robin Harris

Blog posts 2008-01-09

Christmas is a time for mashups

As I inevitably download "new" holiday music each year, it's painfully apparent we wouldn't *have* much new holiday music if it weren't for sampling, remixes, remakes, and mashups. The iTunes List of 44 Holiday Songs for 2007 is testament to this fact, as are the many Christmas remixes and...

Tags: Apple iTunes, Mashup, Christmas, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Denise Howell

Blog posts 2007-12-24

Today's Debate: How do we reach interoperability?

At a House hearing this week there was a lot of talk about medical interoperability. (Rep. Bart Gordon of Tennessee, left. chaired the hearing.) The problem of moving medical data between different medical record systems was called a "daunting challenge" by HCA president Noel Williams, who noted there...

Tags: Interoperability, Open Source, U.S. Congress, Health Care, Standards, Vertical Industries, Quality, Benefits, Healthcare, Government, Enterprise Software, Software, Business Operations, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2007-09-28

Open or Closed? Why you need a strategy for open source in your organization

Tough economic times call for a new approach to software development and demand that you find a better, faster, and more affordable way to develop new applications. Open source is the answer - much faster time to value, all the benefits of an on-demand business model, and speed of innovation....

Tags: Strategy, Ingres, Open Source

Webcasts 2007-06-17

Scale Microsoft SharePoint 2007 to meet the needs of your growing organization

Any enterprise platform needs to be able to adjust, grow, and scale out to fit the needs of a changing organization. SharePoint is no exception to this rule. In this sample chapter from Microsoft Sharepoint 2007 Unleashed, focus on techniques and information necessary to scale a SharePoint implementation...

Tags: Sams Publishing, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Corp., Collaboration, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software

Book chapters 2007-05-31

PPPatchY 1 (Windows)

PPPatchY is a patch for the Father Christmas's trousers. PPPatchY has been made to repair the Father Christmas's pants. Patch pour le Pantalon du Pere Noel. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: Stephane Icard, PPPatchY, Microsoft Windows, Patches, Security, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2007-05-30

Christmas Light 2 (Windows)

Vibrant animated images for all 12 days of Christmas. One dozen light-hearted, light-filled, ever- changing holiday illustrations. Christmas trees, gifts, holly, bells, candles, snowflakes, wreaths, poinsettias, ornaments, stockings. Each picture animates, changes colors, shimmers, illuminates, and kaleidoscopically puts you into the mood for a great Noel. Integrated audio utility allows...

Tags: LightSource Arts, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2006-12-18