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- Predicate
- In programming, a statement that evaluates an expression and provides a true or false answer based on the condition of the data.
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- Powerset's smarts are Microsoft's gain
- Larry Dignan pours lukewarm water on Microsoft's acquisition of Powerset. Talking about Google's near monopoly in the search market, Larry says: Microsoft can reinvent search, but it's still running up a natural Google monopoly. The analogy here is Windows: Microsoft didn't have the best operating system on the planet....
- Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Powerset, Wiki, Document Management, Mergers & Acquisitions, Speech Recognition, Channel Management, Search, Enterprise Software, Online Communications, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Investment, Emerging Technologies, Marketing, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-07-01
- How long ago did we begin to disagree about global warming?
- How long ago did we begin to disagree about global warming?It took Mother Nature...millions of years to lock up the carbon into fossil fuels that we have managed to release in a hundred.Nature can not fix it as fast as we are polluting it. That is the issue. Take a...
- Tags: global warming, carbon dioxide
- Discussion threads 2008-06-23
- When all the technology in the world won't help
- When all the technology in the world won't helpSmall Town BudgetsThe facts are most small town school systems will continue to teach non-technically. I'm a product of one small public high school two-hours from DC that couldn't afford a Calculus teacher. Solution? They gave us a telephone...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, computer, geometry
- Discussion threads 2008-04-10
- Predicate Routing: Enabling Controlled Networking
- The Internet lacks a coherent model which unifies security in terms of where packets are allowed to go and routing where packets should be sent, even in constrained environments. While automated configuration tools are appearing for parts of this problem, a general solution is still un-available. Routing and firewalling are...
- Tags: Network, Intel Corp., Internet, Security
- White papers 2008-01-01
- Who is afraid of the GGG?
- Who is afraid of the GGG?Like trying to make a fish ride a bicycleThe semantic web is basically predicate logic just like its close cousin the RDBMS.Trying to do predicate logic with XML is like trying to make a fish ride a bicycle.Not sure about this graph businessI simply don't...
- Tags: Ity, GGG, Semantic Web
- Discussion threads 2007-11-28
- Agile development, early warning, Darwin, and failure
- Agile development, early warning, Darwin, and failureUp The ChainI'm not sure identifying projects that are doomed to fail, either because they are too hard or have a delusional value proposition, are usually pretty easy to identify.But you do you convince the guy a few layers up that not only is...
- Tags: Development tools, Agile Development, programmer, early warning, Darwin
- Discussion threads 2007-11-25
- Radar Networks weaves semantic Twine
- Radar Networks has finally taken the wraps of its stealthy semantic Web platform. I met with company CEO Nova Spivack earlier this week to get the lowdown on Twine, the first application of the company's technology. "Twine is a new service for knowledge networking, sharing, organizing and...
- Tags: Web, Social Search, Network, Knowledge, Vision, Radar, Information, User, Web Page, Radar Networks, Twine, BlueOrganizer, Powerset, Semantic Web, RDF, Aerospace & Defense, Internet, Manufacturing, Dan Farber
- Blog posts 2007-10-18
- TV's subliminal tech messages
- TV's subliminal tech messagesSingularity?Not there yet. And no, it's not just a question of waiting for Moore's law to provide the computing power. I don't think we're at the point where it's "just an engineering problem."What can be learned from the TV examples is that:(1) They assume...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, entertainment, computer, data representation, TV
- Discussion threads 2007-08-28
- Database vs. Application
- Database vs. ApplicationA good summary of popular misconceptions about the relational modelWell done Murphy.You favour client serverA so-called table in SQL is in the relational model actually a relation variable. If you separate applications and the database in the way that it is traditionally done in a host language interface...
- Tags: Storage, Databases, Servers, database, host language, relational model
- Discussion threads 2007-08-09
- Is Relational Relevant?
- Is Relational Relevant?We're doomed...Does no one care about data integrity anymore?Or systems based on sound mathematical principals?Good blog, BTW.Great Blog! I agree that MySQL is poised to grow here. We will figure outhow to manage the miss-match between the newer data/applications and the data store. The question is how to...
- Tags: Programming languages, Databases, relational model, SQL, SAP AG, database
- Discussion threads 2007-06-21
- PeopleSoft Enterprise Learning Management: Achieving FDA 21 CFR Part 11 Compliance
- PeopleSoft Enterprise Learning Management ELM 9.0 is the solution for organizations providing learning in a regulated industry. Organizations can use PeopleSoft ELM to meet specific 21 CFR Part 11 and predicate requirements, plus general corporate learning needs, with one robust, integrated solution. This whitepaper describes the need for compliance with...
- Tags: PeopleSoft Inc., FDA, Compliance, PeopleSoft Enterprise Learning Management 9.0, Federal Government, Government
- White papers 2007-03-01
- Tape and Disk Costs - What It Really Costs to Power the Devices
- The introduction of lower cost drives, such as Serial ATA SATA drives, has many people convinced that disk is now as inexpensive as tape. Disk prices are dropping every year, as drives get larger in capacity, but tape vendors continue to increase the capacity of tape cartridges, allowing tape to...
- Tags: Cost, Disk, Disk Price, Acquisition Cost, Serial ATA, Storage, Hardware
- White papers 2007-02-01
- Out of context patterns
- Out of context patternsDabbleDB instead of SQL?On Janurary 19, Jon Udell interviewed the folks at DabbleDB and discussed the problem of SQL's limited horizon that you mentioned and how an emergent style of database interaction might help, at: http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/01/19/a-conversation-with-avi-bryant-and-andrew-catton-about-dabble-db/Why the point about SQL?What's you're reasoning behind it? Sure, SQL...
- Tags: Programming languages, Databases, SQL, domain expert
- Discussion threads 2007-01-30
- Predicate-Based Indexing of Enterprise Web Applications
- Searching the Web has become a commodity. However, extending applications with search capabilities is still an open research topic. Large enterprise applications such as SAP and Oracle Finance implement their own search engines. Vendors of small applications cannot afford such an investment and, as a result, small applications either do...
- Tags: Web, ETH Zurich, Problem, Web Application, Search Technology, Search, Channel Management, Marketing
- White papers 2007-01-10
- A Reachability Predicate for Analyzing Low-Level Software
- Reasoning about heap-allocated data structures such as linked lists and arrays is challenging. The reachability predicate has proved to be useful for reasoning about the heap in type-safe languages where memory is manipulated by dereferencing object fields. Sound and precise analysis for such data structures becomes significantly more challenging in...
- Tags: Data Structure, C/C++, Microsoft Windows, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Operating Systems, Software
- White papers 2007-01-05
- Does authorization equal entitlements?
- Does authorization equal entitlements?A few points...First off, I'm glad to see you enlightened individuals come around. I've been in this specific space for close to 5 years, I've been trying to spread the light, but to little avail - good to see it getting some real traction.I used to claim...
- Tags: Asset management, authorization, asset, security, perimeter
- Discussion threads 2006-11-20
- A CIO taxonomy
- A CIO taxonomyMr Pink?Signed up to and actively encouraged a senseless smash and grab.Despite being an archetypal fall guy, he was the only one to get away.Mr Blue - a long, Proud, DP traditionMr. Blue comes in multiple forms:1- in data processing, you are blue or unemployed.2- in a few...
- Tags: Corporate governance, IBM Corp.
- Discussion threads 2006-07-07
- Application interfaces
- Application interfacesMurphy... You really need to get some educationwhy do you [b]always[/b] forget [u]testing [/u]an application? :'( Have a look here: http://www.bcs.org/ (general site, with links to specific area's)http://www.bcs.org/server.php?show=nav.5732 Testing page The way you're developping an application in this article is a best bad practice example.The rest is interesting though......
- Tags: Databases, SQL, DBMS, Use Case, business rule, specification
- Discussion threads 2006-06-08
- The meaning of "relational"
- The meaning of "relational"Nice try, but not quite thereI would strongly recommend C. J. Date's "Database in Depth" for anyone interested in a very clear explanation of relational theory. Set theory is important of course but not, I think, as central as predicate logic; we are not just interested in...
- Tags: Databases, Programming languages, Set Theory, theory, relational theory, SQL, MySQL
- Discussion threads 2006-06-06
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