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OASiS: A Programming Framework for Service-Oriented Sensor Networks: Wireless sensor networks consist of small, inexpensive devices which interact with the environment, communicate with each other, and perform distributed computations in order to monitor spatio-temporal phenomena. These devices are ideally suited for a variety of applications including object tracking, environmental monitoring, and homeland security. OASiS uses a well-defined model...; Tags: Network, Sensor, Vanderbilt University, Computation, Programming, OASiS, Research & Development, Homeland Security, Business Operations, Government; White papers 2006-11-21
QoS Issues With the L-Store Distributed File System: As the flood of data associated with leading edge instruments, sensors, and simulations continues to escalate, the challenge of supporting the distributed collaborations that depend on these huge flows becomes increasingly daunting. The chief obstacles to progress on this front lie less in the synchronous elements of the process, which...; Tags: QoS, File System, Vanderbilt University, L-Store, Storage, Hardware; White papers 2006-10-19
Vanderbilt Set for 185% ROI in Five Years With Improved Performance, Availability, and Skills Utilization: Most universities that run teaching hospitals have separate IT systems for each institution. Not so with Vanderbilt University. Vanderbilt's two-for-one technology has worked remarkably well despite its size and complexity. However, in the late 1990s, Vanderbilt's IT systems hit a major snag as more of its departments came to rely...; Tags: Oracle Corp., Performance, University, ROI, Vanderbilt University, Enterprise Software, Application Servers, Databases, Middleware, Software, Data Management; Case studies
Bluesocket Case Study: Vanderbilt University Law School: Located just a few minutes from downtown Nashville on a national arboretum, Vanderbilt University is one of area's most noted landmarks as well as a respected research and educational institution. The university is no stranger to wired and wireless networks, with systems presently serving its college of arts and science,...; Tags: University, BlueSocket, Vanderbilt University, Wi-Fi, Wireless; Case studies
Vanderbilt University Uses Unicenter CA-Easytrieve to Customize Critical Financial Reports for Senior Management: Vanderbilt University uses Peoplesoft financial programs, which pull the information from an Oracle database, to determine eligibility when making student financial aid decisions. Unfortunately, the systems administrator had read-only access to the information already existing in the system. Although the Peoplesoft tools allowed administrators the ability query the system, what...; Tags: PeopleSoft Inc., CA Unicenter, Financial, Vanderbilt University, Computer Associates International Inc., Financial Accounting, It Management, Finance, It service Management; Case studies

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ROFLthing 2008: Have you ever been to an internet culture conference? Earlier this year, Harvard senior Tim Hwang threw one in Cambridge, Mass., and it was a massive success. This time, Hwang wanted to have a smaller get together in San Francisco to chat about memes. Welcome to ROFLthing...; Tags: Humor, Rickroll, Chuck Norris, Internet, Strategy, Management, Andrew Mager; Blog posts 2008-08-29
JavaScript 2.0: Why Give Programmers Crutches?: [Guest Comment from Shane Steinert-Threlkeld] A new spec on which JavaScript 2.0 will be based , should be finalized by the end of the fall. Yet most of the proposed changes do close to nothing to actually improve the language. A lot of...; Tags: JavaScript, Programmer, JavaScript 2.0, Shane Steinert-Threlkeld, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld; Blog posts 2008-08-29
The depressing future of the Internet: A brief overview of how the Internet came about: some years ago, some military boffs thought it'd be awesome if computers could talk to each other, so the US could nuke the hell out of other countries without actually being near there. A smart professor from England then came up...; Tags: Security, IPv6, Computer, Flaw, IPv6 Adoption, Internet, Zack Whittaker; Blog posts 2008-08-28
62% of salaried Americans happy with their medical and retirement benefits: When asked whether this is a bad time to find a quality job, 65% of Americans said it was, matching the level of the 2001 recession, according to Rutgers University’s John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development. With unemployment at 5.7%, the highest level since 2004, and weekly unemployment claims...; Tags: Credit Card, Benefit, Worker, Sales Channel, Sales, AM; Blog posts 2008-08-28
Sign language over cell phones in the U.S.: Thanks to University of Washington UW computer scientists, hearing-impaired users might soon be able to use sign language over a mobile phone, like in Japan or Sweden. The research team received a grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation to start a 20-person field project next year in Seattle. Of...; Tags: Team, Professor, Phone, Cell Phone, Video, UW, MobileASL, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-08-26
Google journeys to the center of the earth (well not quite) with latest alternative energy foray: Apparently Google's philanthropic arm isn't content investing in just one source of alternative energy, which makes sense considering the geographic diversity of the planet we live on. The search and business applications giant last week said it will put up about $10.25 million toward energy technology called enhanced geothermal systems...; Tags: Alternative Energy, Google Inc., Geothermal Energy, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-08-25
Office Ultimate 2007 for $16,014,000,000,000: Seriously! A copy of Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007 for just over $16 quadrillion Zimbabwe dollars. Bargain! I know I sometimes bitch on about Microsoft as being as evil as an al-Qaeda suggestion box, but this time they've excelled themselves. I got a press-release through a couple of...; Tags: Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Zack Whittaker; Blog posts 2008-08-25
Office 2.0: 'Conversations' prevent IT failure: Cultural issues are among the key drivers causing acute IT problems. Project failure rates remain high in large part because these drivers are difficult to identify and diagnose. Many organizations accept information silos as a cost of doing business, despite the clear negative impact of these boundaries...; Tags: Information Technology, Project Failure, Office 2.0, Strategy, Management, Michael Krigsman; Blog posts 2008-08-25
Gold nanoparticles purified air in old churches: Chemists from Queensland University of Technology QUT, Australia, have found that the air in medieval European churches was purified by gold nanoparticles used to paint their stained glass windows. As said the team leader, 'glaziers in medieval forges were the first nanotechnologists.' [This is not completely true: nanocosmetics were used...; Tags: Nanoparticle, Team Management, Nanotechnology, Management, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-08-23
This week's rants: This week's rantsYou've got it.I never tire of Robin Harris telling the world that MS has lost all their data...a classic. Even when he admits other filesystems are worse. Why then MS? Well they are the biggest and deserve to be blamed...so there..pouted Robin in reply to that question. ...; Tags: Linux, Blogging, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Seinfeld; Discussion threads 2008-08-23
Big tech on campus: CNET's Kara Tsuboi visits the University of California, Berkeley, to find out what gadgets students are craving at the start of their school year. CNET Reviews editors Bonnie Cha and Donald Bell also weigh in on their top cell phone, MP3, and laptop picks.; Tags: CNET Networks Inc., Laptop Computer, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, News, kara tsuboi, iphone, apple, mac book, ipod, school, berkeley, laptop, itunes, imac; Videos 2008-08-22
Virtual economies employ 400,000 people in 2008: In 2008 the virtual game economy employs 400,000 people who earn an average of $145 per month, creating a global market worth about $500 mln, according to Professor Richard Heeks from the University of Manchester. 80% of virtual game workers are based in China. by AM; Tags: Worker, Games, Personal Technology, AM; Blog posts 2008-08-22
Virtual economies employ 400,000 people in 2008: In 2008 the virtual game economy employs 400,000 people who earn an average of $145 per month, creating a global market worth about $500 mln, according to Professor Richard Heeks from the University of Manchester. 80% of virtual game workers are based in China. by AM; Tags: Worker, Games, Personal Technology, AM; Blog posts 2008-08-22
China cuts off iTunes, likely over 'Songs of Tibet': China cuts off iTunes, likely over 'Songs of Tibet'Learn from M$, Google and YahooThey cooperated with the local bully, they were allowed to run business over there. Don't p*ss of their government, that's the key in China. Yahoo went so far they handed in evidence to China government to help...; Tags: Tibetan family, Han, census, Apple iTunes; Discussion threads 2008-08-22
Better networked soldiers: The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency DARPA has recently given a US$500K award to a computer scientist of the Washington University in St. Louis WUSTL. His research project is called 'Revolutionizing Defense Communications with a Diversified Internet Infrastructure.' Crowley will design a new kind of network for the U.S....; Tags: Network, DARPA, U.S. Department Of Defense, Computer, Productivity, Networking, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-08-22