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Estimation Risk, Market Efficiency, and the Predictability of Returns

n asset pricing, estimation risk refers to investor uncertainty about the parameters of the return or cashflow process. We show that with estimation risk the observable properties of prices and returns can differ significantly from the properties perceived by rational investors. In particular, parameter uncertainty will tend to induce return...

Tags: estimation, predictability, national bureau of economic research

White papers 2000-05-01

Microsoft Executive Circle Webcast: Optimizing Critical Projects Through Predictability and Productivity

Do you have the reliable information necessary to make optimal business decisions concerning your project portfolio? The key to increasing project predictability is to utilize standardized, repeatable processes. This webcast presents solutions that combine tools and best practices to enhance predictability and productivity across each of your projects, enabling you...

Tags: webcast, predictability, microsoft corp., digital media, consumer electronics, personal technology

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How much is a unit of cloud computing?

How much is a unit of cloud computing?It will never be as easy as kwh, but, we do need a way to pay for usage.And it needs to be fine grained. Amazons method is WAY to course.RE: How much is a unit of cloud computing?Phil,We at GoGrid decided on...

Tags: cloud computing, gogrid, mosso

Discussion threads 2008-07-16

2008 Honda Civic EX-L

Photo gallery:2008 Honda CivicHonda's Civic line has long been synonymous with frugality and reliable, if pedestrian, basic transportation. The current crop of 2008 Honda Civics is no exception, but these days it's possible to outfit a Civic with a few modern conveniences while keeping the payments within reach. The loaded...

Tags: keyboards, telecommunications, touch-screen keyboard, navigation system, honda civic, honda motor co.

Product reviews 2008-06-18

Sprint IPVoice Connect Fact Sheet

Read this paper to see how to use a single IP connection to enable voice and Internet for quality and reliable service with a suite of advanced phone features that will make your employees more productive with cost predictability for the small to medium-sized business.

Tags: sprint communications, smb/sme, internet, telecommunications

White papers 2008-06-09

TechNet Webcast: 24 Hours of SQL Server 2008: Predictable Response to Your Users (Level 200)

At any given time, Contoso's servers provide multiple services to users and applications. Using Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Contoso would like to achieve better performance with its workloads. The presenter of this webcast takes a look at the Resource Governor, which enables administrators to define limits and assign priorities to...

Tags: microsoft sql server 2008, webcast, performance, microsoft sql server, microsoft technet, performance management, databases, enterprise software, servers, human resources, workforce management, software, data management, hardware

Webcasts 2008-04-16

From an Eye in the Sky to Roots on the Ground

How much pulp/lumber/biomass/sugar cane is there on that piece of ground? There are many reasons for asking that question. As commodity prices and energy pirces climb, the need for the answers get more urgent. The folks at Lanworth have gathered the global database, experience and...

Tags: analysis, shailu verma, gis, software, harry fuller

Blog posts 2008-03-17

Cisco amends its patch schedule; Next batch March 26

Cisco has revamped the way it handles patches moving toward a more predictable schedule. Under Cisco's new approach it will release patches on the fourth Wednesday of March and September. That sets up the first batch of patches from Cisco on March 28. In...

Tags: patch management, cisco systems inc., patches, larry dignan

Blog posts 2008-03-10

Pioneering University Deploys Canada's First 802.11n Wireless Network

Concordia University wanted to keep up with a young, technology-savvy user base and continue to use the wireless network to add innovative applications and services both on and off campus. The challenge was to "Future-proof" the wireless infrastructure to accommodate more users accessing the network simultaneously and improve WLAN predictability...

Tags: network, ieee 802.11n, cisco systems inc., concordia university, wireless network, wi-fi, wireless

Case studies 2008-03-01

Where open source is most vital

Where open source is most vitalWhere open source does bestDana, I agree with your conclusion that: "Open source is most vital in the plumbing..." I want to share some of the conclusions I reached on our two year journey moving XAware (xaware.org) from proprietary data services middleware (i.e. data...

Tags: operating system, open source

Discussion threads 2008-02-07

How to package up the SaaS platform

When I agreed to deliver the keynote at Oracle's Industry Summit on SaaS this Friday [disclosure: this is a paid engagement] I obviously had no idea that it would come on the heels of two acquisition announcements of great import for anyone interested in Oracle's role as a SaaS enabler....

Tags: acquisition, software-as-a-service, database, oracle corp., sun microsystems inc., soa, software as a service (saas), open source, emerging technologies, phil wainewright

Blog posts 2008-01-16

Optimal Trader (exe)

Trading software for all instruments that combines technical analysis with neural networks and modern signal processing. Many indicators have been improved with new technology. A large database for stocks, funds, ETF's, currencies and indices is available for free. Features: Pick Winning Stocks, Adaptive Noise Suppression, Neural Network Forecasting, Autoselect Models,...

Tags: stock, neural network, analysis, investment, finance

Software downloads 2008-01-16

Cowen: Debating SaaS slowdown; Google Apps and AMD market share

Cowen & Co. outlined its top 10 potential technology surprises for 2008 and a slowdown in software as a services is front and center on the list. There are also a few wild-cards such as Google Apps adoption and AMD giving up on the market share war. ...

Tags: software, google inc., google apps, software-as-a-service, cowen & co., market share, advanced micro devices inc., intel corp., software as a service (saas), tools & techniques, emerging technologies, management, larry dignan

Blog posts 2008-01-14

Windows Server 2008: What To Expect

Most IT professionals who deal with ever-changing technology appreciate consistency and predictability. When people hear that a new version of Windows Server is coming out, they often ask, "How different is it?" and "Is this a quantum leap or more of a small easy upgrade?" Rather than a feature-by-feature focus,...

Tags: global knowledge network inc., microsoft windows server, microsoft windows, microsoft windows server 2008, servers, operating systems, software, hardware

White papers 2008-01-04

Naked IT: Seesmic CEO Loic Le Meur (with podcast)

The Naked IT interview series talks with innovators about the evolving relationship between IT and business. In this segment, French serial entrepreneur, Loic Le Meur, discusses Seesmic, his fifth startup, which is building a community of personal videographers. Many Seesmic users embrace a casual, "come as you...

Tags: podcast, information technology, twitter, tool, enterprise, loic le meur, seesmic, productivity, product development, strategy, corporate communications, research & development, business operations, management, marketing, michael krigsman

Blog posts 2008-01-02

Is Facebook banking that you're a beacon of egomania?

Guest post: Chris Matyszczyk writes that the greatest commercial battle currently is between the ad and the algorithm, between predictability and "ticklability." Facebook needs to figure out how to make its users feel like they aren't being sold up the river. Even when you go to...

Tags: facebook, advertisement, banking, chris, chris matyszczyk

Blog posts 2007-11-26

The Microsoft fact in Illinois

The Microsoft fact in IllinoisIt all fits.Software from a single vendor known to work together well. Or, All Microsoft, all the time. No bits and pieces, and software "known" to be comfortable to users supplied without great difficulty to central IT.That's making the "problem" of IT go away.As...

Tags: government, vertical industries, strategy, novell inc., it is, microsoft corp.

Discussion threads 2007-11-26

TechNet Webcast: How Microsoft IT Uses Visual Studio Team System 2005 to Measure Software Code Stability (Level 300)

A strategic initiative within Microsoft IT is to improve the overall productivity, quality, and predictability of internal software development projects. Microsoft IT partnered with Microsoft Research to create a Microsoft Visual Studio Team System 2005 extension that counts lines of code and predicts system defects. In the software development environment,...

Tags: software, microsoft visual studio, team, webcast, information technology, microsoft corp., microsoft technet, software development, tools & techniques, development tools, microsoft development tools, software/web development, management

Webcasts 2007-11-13

Google's new mantra: Making the Web a better platform for all

Google's new mantra: Making the Web a better platform for allTranslationTranslation: Google is happy to open source anything that will keep people using their APIs and turning over data for them to aggregate together into Internet usage patterns so they can better track people with Google analytics, urchin.js, Google checkout,...

Tags: open source, government, web, google inc., advertisement

Discussion threads 2007-10-26

Google's new mantra: Making the Web a better platform for all

"In the next year we will make a series of announcements and spend hundreds of millions on innovations and giving them away as open source," said Vic Gundotra, the new head of Google's developer programs. Google believes that innovation on the Web has been lacking. XML...

Tags: google inc., web, idea, goal, microsoft corp., vic gundotra, channel management, marketing, dan farber

Blog posts 2007-10-26