• BC Innovation Council hosts Innovation Summit

    Updated: 2009-12-31 07:05:03
    The BC Innovation Council’ Innovation Summit 2010 is next week in Vancouver. The 2-day, hybrid networking event promises to connect science to business in the agriculture, food and ag-bioproducts sectors. The Summit includes the Commercialization of Agricultural Technology (CAT) [...]

  • Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 12/28/2009+

    Updated: 2009-12-31 00:22:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar OakLeaf Systems OakLeaf Systems is a Northern California software consulting organization specializing in developing and writing about Windows Azure , SQL Azure Database SADB LINQ , ADO.NET Entity Framework , ADO.NET Data Services Astoria Microsoft Synchronization Framework , SQL Server 2005+ , SQL Server CE , NET database , and Web services . projects Wednesday , December 30, 2009 Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 12 28 2009+ Windows Azure , SQL Azure Database and related cloud computing topics now appear in this weekly series . Update 12 30 2009 : Lorraine Lawson : Judith Hurwitz Cloud Computing Interview parts I and II M . Kramer : Gentlemen , Start Your Cloud Predictions Hovhannes Avoyan : The Mass Adoption of Cloud Computing Is Coming Neil MacKenzie : Entities in Azure Tables Jayaram Krishnaswamy : Windows Azure Platform Training Kit Mamoon Yunus : The Guillotine Effect of Cloud Computing Mike Leach : Coding With Azure : Up or Down Service Monitor App Ben Riga : Windows Azure Lessons Learned : Active Web Solutions and more . : Note This post is updated daily or more frequently , depending on the availability of new articles in the

  • MonoDevelop: Visual Studio Lite for the Linux Developer

    Updated: 2009-12-30 23:29:05
    This IDE is a replica of the original .NET editor and also contains Windows support.

  • AOL Greets 60-Hour+ CompuServe Classic POP3 and Webmail Outage with Silence

    Updated: 2009-12-30 23:23:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar OakLeaf Systems OakLeaf Systems is a Northern California software consulting organization specializing in developing and writing about Windows Azure , SQL Azure Database SADB LINQ , ADO.NET Entity Framework , ADO.NET Data Services Astoria Microsoft Synchronization Framework , SQL Server 2005+ , SQL Server CE , NET database , and Web services . projects Wednesday , December 30, 2009 AOL Greets 60-Hour+ CompuServe Classic POP3 and Webmail Outage with Silence Update 12 30 2009 12:40 PM PST : Changed 48-Hour” to 60-Hour+ . 8221 The aolmail folks finally acknowledged that they were having problems with compuserve.com e-mail in this tweet of Wednesday : morning It’s about . time Update 12 29 2009 8:35 AM PST : Received the following message from Marcel Brewer , the AOL Mail technical representative for the CompuServe Classic service who is mentioned in posts to the CompuServe Help Community : forum Please accept my apologies . I have have been out of the office and just been made aware of the issue . I am working with the entire team to ensure that this will not happen again . This is clearly not the way we want to offer service to our users . The issue

  • Deloitte asks for your predictions for 2010

    Updated: 2009-12-30 22:22:05
    Every year, Deloitte deliberates and debates before arriving at their top 10 technology, media and telecommunications predictions for the Canadian marketplace. This year they are asking for your ideas about up-and-coming tech trends. Submit a video about your most compelling and likely prediction [...]

  • Canadians beat Google over domain name dispute

    Updated: 2009-12-30 18:52:20
    Chalk this one up as another win for David against Goliath. nbsp; Internet giant Google.com lost an arbitration case over the domain name Groovle.com. In a decision released yesterday, The National Arbitration Forum, dismissed Google’ complaint which claimed that they were entitled to [...]

  • 5 Questions with Techvibes

    Updated: 2009-12-30 18:51:35
    Recently, the Toronto tech community has been introduced to the Techvibes Toronto team. As a result, the past couple of months have seen a dramatic growth in the number of articles being published on Techvibes highlighting the Toronto scene. Starting on Wednesday January 6th 2010 you can [...]

  • Resolved: No excuses to not get involved!

    Updated: 2009-12-30 17:23:26
    Should I ever create a zodiac calendar, 2009 will be the “year of the camp”. While 2009 certainly wasn’ the birth year of grass roots tech events, it was a takeoff year for the BarCamps that influenced the rise of Code Camps, Cloud Camps, Social Media Camps, LaidOff Camps, and [...]

  • Totlol Founder calls it quits - this time for good

    Updated: 2009-12-30 07:54:22
    Techvibes has been following the progress (and regress) Vancouver video start-up Totlol and it's Founder Ron Ilan over the past couple years. Totlol.com - YouTube for Kids - June 18, 2008 Totlol leaves Testing for Beta - August 29, 2008 The New Saturday Morning Cartoons - November 1, [...]

  • Mitel sanitizes communications and networking for portable toilet firm

    Updated: 2009-12-30 02:06:03
    Hot on the heels of its $230 million IPO, Ottawa telecommunications firm Mitel has announced another deal. They will be providing portable toilet company On Site Sanitation with unified communications software. Mitel’ solution for On Site Sanitation provides “single-number [...]

  • Simplify Your Apps with the XML Binding Language 2.0

    Updated: 2009-12-29 23:41:23
    With the stabilizing of the AJAX space, and the resources of a company like Google behind it, XML as a binding language has a great deal to offer.

  • 45 days left to become an Olympic Landlord

    Updated: 2009-12-29 22:50:24
    With only 45 days to go until the opening ceremonies of the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games, things are heating up in the short-term real estate rental market. Stories of Russian Oligarchs renting homes on the North Shore for $100K per month have homeowners across the Lower Mainland rethinking their [...]

  • Sightseeing with Google's City Tours

    Updated: 2009-12-29 21:15:41
    Yesterday Google released an updated version of its Google Labs service called City Tours - the search giant’ first foray into the travel space. Why should trip planning be any more complicated than opening your browser and entering the name of your favourite city? Six months ago we [...]

  • TELUS' Mobility Trends for 2010

    Updated: 2009-12-29 08:04:47
    2009 was a big year for innovation in Canada’ wireless industry with new devices, new ccompetitors and the launch of the country’ largest 3G+ network. The upcoming year holds exciting momentum and TELUS’Chief Futurist and SVP Strategic Content and Services, David Neale, is [...]

  • Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 12/24/2009+

    Updated: 2009-12-27 23:46:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar OakLeaf Systems OakLeaf Systems is a Northern California software consulting organization specializing in developing and writing about Windows Azure , SQL Azure Database SADB LINQ , ADO.NET Entity Framework , ADO.NET Data Services Astoria Microsoft Synchronization Framework , SQL Server 2005+ , SQL Server CE , NET database , and Web services . projects Sunday , December 27, 2009 Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 12 24 2009+ Windows Azure , SQL Azure Database and related cloud computing topics now appear in this weekly series . : Note This post is updated daily or more frequently , depending on the availability of new articles in the following : sections Azure Blob , Table and Queue Services SQL Azure Database SADB AppFabric : Access Control , Service Bus and Workflow Live Windows Azure Apps , Tools and Test Harnesses Windows Azure Infrastructure Cloud Security and Governance Cloud Computing Events Other Cloud Computing Platforms and Services To use the above links , first click the post’s title to display the single article you want to . navigate Cloud Computing with the Windows Azure Platform published 9 21 2009. Order today from Amazon or

  • OakLeaf Blog Analytics for November 2009

    Updated: 2009-12-25 16:49:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar OakLeaf Systems OakLeaf Systems is a Northern California software consulting organization specializing in developing and writing about Windows Azure , SQL Azure Database SADB LINQ , ADO.NET Entity Framework , ADO.NET Data Services Astoria Microsoft Synchronization Framework , SQL Server 2005+ , SQL Server CE , NET database , and Web services . projects Friday , December 25, 2009 OakLeaf Blog Analytics for November 2009 I’ve decided to post monthly reports of the OakLeaf Blog’s traffic in order to spot trends . The analytics so far show little difference month to month for the year 2009, although a controversial post occasionally raises weekly traffic by as much as 50 Here’s Google Analytics’ default report for the OakLeaf Blog during November 2009 click image for full-size screen capture The most popular post for the month was Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 11 9 2009+ which immediately preceded the week of PDC : 2009 The most interesting statistics for this post , at least to me , are the almost three minutes that the average visitor spent on the page and the number of returning . visitors Statistics for December 2009 will be posted the

  • Twitter Acquires GeoAPI; The New GeoLocation Platform of Choice?

    Updated: 2009-12-23 23:59:09
    James Fee GIS Blog Geospatial Technology , Web Mapping and Spatial Services Home About James Fee Archives Contact Links Planet Geospatial Subscribe to Feed Twitter Acquires GeoAPI The New GeoLocation Platform of Choice Posted on December 23, 2009, 4:59 pm , by James Fee , under GIS Given what we’ve witnessed since October , 2009 is sure going out with a bang . Google dumps Tele Atlas for their own mapping dataset and then gives away navigation Microsoft adds street level imagery Google adds oblique imagery and then gives away a spatial query server and Mapquest adds street level imagery as well . But today Twitter did something that just seems to fit perfectly with just about any mobile application . They went ahead and picked up GeoAPI Twitter clearly sees location as important as anything they do I guess microblogging is something they do as well Tagging tweets with location is something fairly new to the Twitter API , but with smartphones probably being the primary method of tweeting , location becomes natural with tweeting . We’ve been speculating that we could analyze tweets during events” and see locations of tweets with information about what is being observed flooding fire

  • Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 12/21/2009+

    Updated: 2009-12-23 23:11:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar OakLeaf Systems OakLeaf Systems is a Northern California software consulting organization specializing in developing and writing about Windows Azure , SQL Azure Database SADB LINQ , ADO.NET Entity Framework , ADO.NET Data Services Astoria Microsoft Synchronization Framework , SQL Server 2005+ , SQL Server CE , NET database , and Web services . projects Wednesday , December 23, 2009 Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 12 21 2009+ Windows Azure , SQL Azure Database and related cloud computing topics now appear in this weekly series . Update 12 23 2008 : Microsoft Events : Tech Ed 2008 Tracks and Content Topics Windows Azure Platform AppFabric Team : The Windows Azure platform AppFabric December 2009 Release is Live : Note This post is updated daily or more frequently , depending on the availability of new articles in the following : sections Azure Blob , Table and Queue Services SQL Azure Database SADB AppFabric : Access Control , Service Bus and Workflow Live Windows Azure Apps , Tools and Test Harnesses Windows Azure Infrastructure Cloud Security and Governance Cloud Computing Events Other Cloud Computing Platforms and Services To use the

  • A final thought for 2009

    Updated: 2009-12-23 14:03:40
    We’e taking a short break from blogging over the holidays, so this will be our last post until the New Year.  The entire Kinaxis team would like to take the opportunity to wish everyone a happy, healthy holiday season.  To our valued readers and subscribers, we are humbled that we are a regular resource for you.  [...]

  • Microsoft Offers Developers a Deal on Visual Studio 2010

    Updated: 2009-12-23 02:24:18
    Visual Studio 2010 will debut in the spring, and Microsoft is making a deal with developers who are, or are interested in becoming, MSDN Premium subscribers. Learn more about the Ultimate Offer today.

  • Collecting touch tone input (VoiceXML for Web Developers)

    Updated: 2009-12-22 19:25:12
    Your application can use speech recognition to accept voice input or can use the touch tone keypad for input. You can even mix and match and let the caller choose.

  • Holiday Presents from the Cloud

    Updated: 2009-12-22 15:05:00
    Home Products Company Blog News Events Enterprise Cloud Computing Blog Holiday Presents from the Cloud Posted by John Considine on Dec 22, 2009 at 10:05 AM Digg Reddit Delicious StumbleUpon Facebook Twitter LinkedIn As the year winds down , there are a few things I have come to expect : holiday parties , snow , and new features from cloud providers . nbsp This year exceeded all of my expectations , starting with a note in early December from our friends at Terremark letting us know that they have fixed their Windows pricing for cloud servers . nbsp Until this upgrade , if you started a Windows server in their cloud , you had to pay for a whole month of Windows licensing 30-$100 depending on the version no matter how much you used the server . nbsp This was rather un-cloudlike , where we want to only pay for what we use . nbsp With this new feature , running Windows in Terremark's cloud only costs a few cents per hour Linux cost 20 Then came the snow I live in New Hampshire , and on December 9th we received a foot of new snow to really get the season going . nbsp The very next day , Amazon made a big flurry of announcements support for Windows 2008, the ability to boot from EBS ,

  • Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 12/18/2009+

    Updated: 2009-12-21 18:46:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar OakLeaf Systems OakLeaf Systems is a Northern California software consulting organization specializing in developing and writing about Windows Azure , SQL Azure Database SADB LINQ , ADO.NET Entity Framework , ADO.NET Data Services Astoria Microsoft Synchronization Framework , SQL Server 2005+ , SQL Server CE , NET database , and Web services . projects Monday , December 21, 2009 Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 12 18 2009+ Windows Azure , SQL Azure Database and related cloud computing topics now appear in this weekly series . Update 12 19 2009 : Upperside Conferences : Call for Papers for Cloud Telco 2010 Rob Gillen : Windows Azure , Climate Data , and Microsoft Surface Azure AppFabric Team : New Windows Azure platform AppFabric SDK V1.0 Silverlight TN : Tunisian Silverlight Developers Blog live on Azure Michael Krigsman : Modern SOA governance : Adoption and measurement Christofer Löf : CRUDing with ActiveRecord for Azure” ADO.NET Data Services Astoria Team : Update on the Data Services Update for the NET 3.5 SP1 Mikael Ricknäs : Amazon adds media streaming to content delivery service Scott Guthrie : Installing NET 4 on Windows Azure and .

  • 6 Tips For Hosting WordPress On Rackspace Cloud Sites

    Updated: 2009-12-21 17:38:12
    By Melvin Ram, CEO of Web Design Company At Web Design Company, we build websites almost exclusively using WordPress. It’s a great content management system (even for websites that don’t have a blog) and allows us to give our clients a lot of control over their websites. Recently we switched over to Rackspace Cloud Sites for all our WordPress hosting. The biggest reason for the switch was that it gives us peace of mind that if any of our websites or our ... Read More >

  • iPhone Network Programming

    Updated: 2009-12-18 23:15:54
    Learn how to communicate with a server using TCP/IP and how to build a simple chat application.

  • What's New 12/18/2009

    Updated: 2009-12-18 21:28:07
    Skip to content Skip to main navigation Skip to 1st column Skip to 2nd column cloudbook : The Cloud Computing SaaS Information Resource Sign up and stay informed : Email Home Community Meet the Contributors Conversations Be a Contributor Directories Cloud Products Services Cloud Groups Government Clouds Research Clouds What is Cloud Computing Calendar Calendar Submit a Calendar Event Blogs Blogs Books Bookstore What's New What's New About About Us Site Features Sponsors Partners Marketing Services Contact Us What's New 12 18 2009 New Contributors Padmasree Warrior CTO Cisco Systems Find More Contributors New Content : Paper Infrastructure-as-a-Service Builder's Guide v1.0 Randy Bias Founder at Cloudscaling This paper is targeted at anyone building public or private clouds who want to understand clouds , cloud computing , and Infrastructure-as-a-Service . It highlights some of the important areas to think about when planning and designing your infrastructure . cloud : Podcast Overcast Show : Focus on PaaS James Urquhart Manager , Cloud Computing Virtualized Data Centers Marketing at Cisco Systems Geva Perry Founder Blogger at Thinking Out Cloud James and Geva catch up on some of the

  • Rackspace Cloud Files Features: Referrer Restrictions & File Manager Update

    Updated: 2009-12-18 21:22:45
    By George Israel, Cloud Files Product Manager Clouds can be ephemeral, but the Cloud Files team’s commitment to serving our customers is permanent. We are working vigorously 24/7, just like your websites, to roll out some of the most requested features. To that end, we have launched Referrer Restrictions for Cloud Files CDN through our API and have also made an update to the Cloud Files Manager. Read more. Referrer Restrictions Pirates don’t all live on the High Seas. They exist on ... Read More >

  • My Windows Azure Table Test Harness App Was Down for 02 Hours and 30 - 40 Minutes Yesterday

    Updated: 2009-12-18 18:21:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar OakLeaf Systems OakLeaf Systems is a Northern California software consulting organization specializing in developing and writing about Windows Azure , SQL Azure Database SADB LINQ , ADO.NET Entity Framework , ADO.NET Data Services Astoria Microsoft Synchronization Framework , SQL Server 2005+ , SQL Server CE , NET database , and Web services . projects Friday , December 18, 2009 My Windows Azure Table Test Harness App Was Down for 02 Hours and 30 40 Minutes Yesterday Updated 12 18 2009 : See end of . post I monitor my Azure test harness applications that run on Microsoft’s South-Central US San Antonio , Tx data center with free Pingdom and Monitis mon.itor.us services . Both services send mail when a specified application goes down and when it returns to service . Here are messages for the start of the : outage mon.itor.us Pingdom PROBLEM Alert Service : HTTP URL : oakleaf.cloudapp.net State : CRITICAL Date Time : 2009-12-18 02:02:10 GMT PingdomAlert DOWN : Azure Tables oakleaf.cloudapp.net is down since 12 17 2009 . 05:43:21PM These messages arrived after the instance : restarted mon.itor.us Pingdom RECOVERY Alert Service : HTTP URL :

  • Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 12/16/2009+

    Updated: 2009-12-18 01:08:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar OakLeaf Systems OakLeaf Systems is a Northern California software consulting organization specializing in developing and writing about Windows Azure , SQL Azure Database SADB LINQ , ADO.NET Entity Framework , ADO.NET Data Services Astoria Microsoft Synchronization Framework , SQL Server 2005+ , SQL Server CE , NET database , and Web services . projects Thursday , December 17, 2009 Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 12 16 2009+ Windows Azure , SQL Azure Database and related cloud computing topics now appear in this weekly series . Update 12 17 2009 : Lori MacVittie : The Cloud Computing Application Acceleration Connection Quosal , Inc . Quosal Announces Immediate Availability , Support for Microsoft SQL Azure Cloud for Its On-Demand Sales Quote and Proposal Platform David Ramel : Acing Azure and Dabbling in Dallas ADO.NET Data Services Team : Data Services Update for NET 3.5 SP1 Now Available for Download Martin Schneider : Why I Like Microsoft In The Clouds Institute for Defense Government Advancement IDGA Microsoft to participate in the Cloud Computing for DoD Government Summit Cloud Security Alliance : Version Two of Guidance Identifying

  • Use Case Community Coalesces in the Cloud

    Updated: 2009-12-18 00:51:07
    Like any new technology, cloud computing needs standards to assure interoperability and application portability. Recently, a community has developed to identify needed standards and show how they would apply in real-world use cases.

  • The Coolest Business on The Rackspace Cloud Wins 2 Tickets to Super Bowl 2010

    Updated: 2009-12-17 21:20:51
    Angela Bartels, Cloud Maven Everyday we see new and innovative ways customers are utilizing our cloud-computing platform to run their business. Though I might be a bit biased, I think some of the coolest applications on the web today are on The Rackspace Cloud. You’ve seen our success stories but we’ve only scratched the surface. We are eager to learn how you’re using The Rackspace Cloud. If you are doing something really cool on The Rackspace Cloud, we want to ... Read More >

  • Codename “Dallas” Developer Portal Walkthrough

    Updated: 2009-12-17 17:04:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar OakLeaf Systems OakLeaf Systems is a Northern California software consulting organization specializing in developing and writing about Windows Azure , SQL Azure Database SADB LINQ , ADO.NET Entity Framework , ADO.NET Data Services Astoria Microsoft Synchronization Framework , SQL Server 2005+ , SQL Server CE , NET database , and Web services . projects Thursday , December 17, 2009 Codename Dallas” Developer Portal Walkthrough Updated 12 17 2009 : Added screen capture of and link to downloadable code for the AP Online service proxy to the end of this . post I received a developer token for Microsoft’s new data subscription service codename Dallas” today , so I decided to create a walkthrough to demonstrate how Dallas is intended to be : used 1. Log in to the Microsoft Codename Dallas” Developer Portal’s signup page https : www.sqlazureservices.com Signup.aspx with your Windows Live ID and click the link to request an invitation code by email click images to open full-size , 1024-px screen captures 2. Wait a day or two to receive a developer token GUID in mail from DInvite Microsoft.com return to the signup page enter your token GUID , and click the

  • Rackspace Cloud Now Offers Relational Database-as-a-Service through Partner FathomDB

    Updated: 2009-12-17 15:06:27
    Michelle Greer, Sr. Mgr. Corporate Development The Rackspace Cloud is proud to announce its partnership with FathomDB, a relational database-as-a-service that got quite a buzz when it launched. FathomDB is a service that will make the day-to-day operations of running a database much simpler, allowing you to focus on higher end tasks of your application.  We see this as a product that will help push MySQL to do bigger and better things.  It is one of the many useful services ... Read More >

  • Survey: Speed (to Market) Kills

    Updated: 2009-12-16 21:10:42
    A new report reveals that the online holiday shopping rush exposes widespread application performance problems and worsening software quality issues.

  • Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 12/14/2009+

    Updated: 2009-12-16 00:56:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar OakLeaf Systems OakLeaf Systems is a Northern California software consulting organization specializing in developing and writing about Windows Azure , SQL Azure Database SADB LINQ , ADO.NET Entity Framework , ADO.NET Data Services Astoria Microsoft Synchronization Framework , SQL Server 2005+ , SQL Server CE , NET database , and Web services . projects Tuesday , December 15, 2009 Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 12 14 2009+ Windows Azure , SQL Azure Database and related cloud computing topics now appear in this weekly series . Update 12 15 2009 : Azure AppFabric Team : Windows Azure platform AppFabric Breaking Changes Pre-Announcement Ben Riga : Azure Lessons Learned : Quark Software Kyle Austin : User Authentication : It Doesn't Belong In Your Application ISV Developer Community : Windows Azure Great Resources Lori MacVittie : Botnets , Worms , and Open” Clouds : Can Enterprise-Class Clouds Be Far Behind The VAR Guy : MySQL : Two Potential Oracle Moves Ina Fried : Microsoft's server chief talks cloud Q A and many . others : Note This post is updated daily or more frequently , depending on the availability of new articles in the following :

  • New Microsoft Online Services Customer Portal Adds Windows Azure Platform Sign-Up and Billing Features

    Updated: 2009-12-16 00:36:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar OakLeaf Systems OakLeaf Systems is a Northern California software consulting organization specializing in developing and writing about Windows Azure , SQL Azure Database SADB LINQ , ADO.NET Entity Framework , ADO.NET Data Services Astoria Microsoft Synchronization Framework , SQL Server 2005+ , SQL Server CE , NET database , and Web services . projects Tuesday , December 15, 2009 New Microsoft Online Services Customer Portal Adds Windows Azure Platform Sign-Up and Billing Features In preparation for Microsoft’s Azure Services Platform commercial debut on 1 4 2010, the Microsoft Online Services team added a Customer Portal MOCP with sign-up and billing pages to its site click images for full-size 1024x768 image Clicking the Windows Azure Platform Rate Plan link opens an Azure-specific portal page notice that Online Services hasn’t gotten the message that NET Services is now Azure AppFabric Clicking the Rate Plan button for Windows Azure Platform Introductory Special opens a Windows Azure Platform Offer Comparison Table from the Windows Azure : site You must sign up for a minimum six-month term to take advantage of the Development Accelerator Core or

  • Extend Virtualization Beyond the Server with HP

    Updated: 2009-12-15 22:31:49
    HP's vision to enable the Converged Infrastructure depends on the design of virtual resource pools, and to that end HP StorageWorks is focused on filling four critical gaps that exist in enterprise storage today.

  • ThinkFlood Opens The Flood Gates For The RedEye System On The Cloud

    Updated: 2009-12-15 15:10:35
    Angela Bartels, Cloud Maven With multiple tech devices in your home – television, stereo, DVD player, etc – comes multiple remote controls. Not only does it get confusing but often times, you lose them! ThinkFlood designed the RedEye system specifically to solve this problem. With the RedEye system you can use your iPhone or iPod touch to control your TV, stereo, cable box, DVD player, and many other devices that receive standard (infrared) signals. ThinkFlood thinks of it not just as ... Read More >

  • Five Things to Do Before Moving to the Cloud

    Updated: 2009-12-15 14:45:00
    Home Products Company Blog News Events Enterprise Cloud Computing Blog Five Things to Do Before Moving to the Cloud Posted by Ellen Rubin on Dec 15, 2009 at 9:45 AM Digg Reddit Delicious StumbleUpon Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Before moving an enterprise application to the cloud , you need to be sure that your expectations are realistic and your objectives match what the cloud can deliver . In this post , I'd like to share what we've learned from working with our beta customers , from their initial exploration of cloud possibilities to going live with a specific application they've migrated to the cloud . The following steps can help guide the thought process when considering a cloud deployment , and provide a starting point for moving . forward 1. Determine your cloud . objectives What are you trying to accomplish Is the cloud a solution for reducing costs , faster provisioning , data center consolidation , all of the above Sometimes all goals align , where the cloud allows you to save money , be more responsive and avoid huge infrastructure investments all at the same time . But it may not be possible to realize all the benefits for a given organization or use case . For example ,

  • iPhone Bluetooth Programming

    Updated: 2009-12-15 08:58:40
    Learn how to communicate with a server using TCP/IP and also how to build a simple chat application.

  • Introducing The Cloud Product & Services Directory

    Updated: 2009-12-15 08:00:00

  • Moving Virtual Infrastructure to an “Automated” Environment

    Updated: 2009-12-14 18:26:00
    Automation is a process which combines the use of specific control systems, along with various other IT systems, to manage enterprise processes and machinery, with little or no human intervention.  ow, here is a question I have often heard CIOs ask – “Why should we automate our processes, when we are already virtualizing our datacenters?” nbsp; ead more...

  • OpenScales: An Open Source Mapping Framework Based on ActionScript 3 and Flex

    Updated: 2009-12-14 15:00:08
    I’m sure everyone reading this blog knows my opinions about Flash and Silverlight.  I’m of the mindset that I’d prefer HTML Javascript over either, but clearly like my opinion that 3D Globes would too hard for “ordinary people” to use; I’m in the minority.  Given the huge adoption for both for mapping, an open source mapping [...] Related posts:Safe FME With Open Source and ESRI’s New Developer Blog ArcGIS API for Flex 1.1 Post Your Favorite Open Source Web Mapping Sites

  • Keeping It Real In Live Chat

    Updated: 2009-12-14 14:34:34
    Customers are always sending us gifts or offering to take us to dinner but we had never received a marriage proposal…until now.  Kelly (support fanatic) had a great live chat with a customer recently that started off with “I Love You” and ended with “Yea, Beers.” Check it out: §   [13:31:14] Customer: I LOVE  YOU! §   [13:31:32] Customer: please seriously, come over to NY so i can put a ring on your  finger you just made my day §   [13:31:36] Customer: im such ... Read More >

  • Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 12/11/2009+

    Updated: 2009-12-13 22:39:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar OakLeaf Systems OakLeaf Systems is a Northern California software consulting organization specializing in developing and writing about Windows Azure , SQL Azure Database SADB LINQ , ADO.NET Entity Framework , ADO.NET Data Services Astoria Microsoft Synchronization Framework , SQL Server 2005+ , SQL Server CE , NET database , and Web services . projects Sunday , December 13, 2009 Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 12 11 2009+ Windows Azure , SQL Azure Database and related cloud computing topics now appear in this weekly series . Update 12 12 and 12 13 2009 : Maureen O’Gara : Savvis To Peddle Cisco-Based Private Clouds David Lemphers : Remote Command Service for Windows Azure Chris Hoff : Cloud Computing Public Service Announcement Please Read B . Guptill , M . Koenig and B . McNee : SAP Influencer Summit Reveals Cloudy Strategy , Path , and Challenges Arik Hesseldahl : Forecast for 2010 : The Coming Cloud Catastrophe' Joseph Rago : Health Care's Radical Improver' and . others : Note This post is updated daily or more frequently , depending on the availability of new articles in the following : sections Azure Blob , Table and Queue Services SQL

  • Installing SharePoint 2010 Public Beta on a Hyper-V Windows 7 VM Causes Numerous Critical and Error Events

    Updated: 2009-12-11 18:03:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar OakLeaf Systems OakLeaf Systems is a Northern California software consulting organization specializing in developing and writing about Windows Azure , SQL Azure Database SADB LINQ , ADO.NET Entity Framework , ADO.NET Data Services Astoria Microsoft Synchronization Framework , SQL Server 2005+ , SQL Server CE , NET database , and Web services . projects Friday , December 11, 2009 Installing SharePoint 2010 Public Beta on a Hyper-V Windows 7 VM Causes Numerous Critical and Error Events My earlier SharePoint Nightmare : Installing the SPS 2010 Public Beta on Windows 7 post of 11 27 2009, and Unable to Activate Office 2010 Beta or Windows 7 Guest OS , Run Windows Update or Join a Domain from Hyper-V VM with fix post of 11 29 2009 describe the initial problems I encountered when configuring a 64-bit Hyper-V virtual machine with a Windows 2008 R2 host OS and Windows 7 guest OS . As noted in these posts , I used 64-bit Windows 7 as a guest OS because most readers of my forthcoming Microsoft Access 2010 In Depth book probably will run Windows 7 as their primary . OS Update 12 11 2009 : Joel Oleson’s 10 Tips for Troubleshooting Installations for SharePoint

  • DC3 Music Group Launched Creed’s Live Concert On The Cloud

    Updated: 2009-12-11 16:18:26
    Angela Bartels, Cloud Maven If you are an Internet and music fan like I am, you’ve probably noticed the growing trend of bands streaming concerts live over the Internet. The music industry is realizing the impact of the Internet and how many more fans they can reach by expanding their concerts outside of the physical walls of a concert hall. The Dave Matthews Band streamed their first live concert from New York’s Beacon Theater on June 1st, Weezer streamed live from ... Read More >

  • What's New 12/11/2009

    Updated: 2009-12-11 08:00:00
    Skip to content Skip to main navigation Skip to 1st column Skip to 2nd column cloudbook : The Cloud Computing SaaS Information Resource Sign up and stay informed : Email Home Community Meet the Contributors Conversations Be a Contributor Directories Cloud Products Services Cloud Groups Government Clouds Research Clouds What is Cloud Computing Calendar Calendar Submit a Calendar Event Blogs Blogs Books Bookstore What's New What's New About About Us Site Features Sponsors Partners Marketing Services Contact Us What's New 12 11 2009 New Contributors Laef Olson Chief Information Officer RightNow Technologies Find More Contributors New Content : Article RightNow Talks Back To The Cloud Laef Olson CIO at RightNow Technologies CIO Laef Olson sounds off on cloud computing as a buzz phrase . He comments on the confusion hype and buzz around cloud computing with IT . organizations : Presentation 10 Things To Ask Your SaaS Vendor Before Entering The Cloud Laef Olson CIO at RightNow Technologies Selection criteria for success in leveraging a cloud computing provider for mission critical corporate . services : Article SaaS An Easy Sell For This CIO Laef Olson CIO at RightNow Technologies

  • Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 12/9/2009+

    Updated: 2009-12-10 23:24:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar OakLeaf Systems OakLeaf Systems is a Northern California software consulting organization specializing in developing and writing about Windows Azure , SQL Azure Database SADB LINQ , ADO.NET Entity Framework , ADO.NET Data Services Astoria Microsoft Synchronization Framework , SQL Server 2005+ , SQL Server CE , NET database , and Web services . projects Thursday , December 10, 2009 Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 12 9 2009+ Windows Azure , SQL Azure Database and related cloud computing topics now appear in this weekly series . Update 12 10 2009 : Amazon Web Services : Amazon EC2 Now Offers Windows Server 2008 Marek Czarzbon : How to install SharePoint 2010 on Amazon Cloud EC2 InformationWeek Webcasts : Smarter PC and Laptop Management with Cloud-Based BI John Moore : Savvy Move , MSFT Acquires Sentillion Liz MacMillan : Mortgage Technology in the Cloud Salvatore Genovese : Amazon EC2 Outage Anton Staykov : Windows Azure role stuck in Initializing Busy Stopping Jason Miller : Agencies to justify not using cloud computing to OMB Katrina Woznicki : When Asked , Patients Can't Tell Barbara Darrow : For Microsoft Azure platform , late is good

  • CloudKick Helps You Keep Your Clouds in One Place

    Updated: 2009-12-10 15:11:14
    Michelle Greer, Sr. Mgr. Corporate Development Rackspace wasn’t the first cloud out there and we appreciate the need to keep cloud monitoring easy.  For customers who started off on one cloud hosting provider but ended up also using us as well, there is CloudKick.  CloudKick allows you to monitor instances on Ec2, SliceHost and the Rackspace Cloud. The CloudKick interface allows you to tag your instances so they are easy to find, color code them so you don’t accidentally ... Read More >

  • Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 12/7/2009+

    Updated: 2009-12-08 22:37:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar OakLeaf Systems OakLeaf Systems is a Northern California software consulting organization specializing in developing and writing about Windows Azure , SQL Azure Database SADB LINQ , ADO.NET Entity Framework , ADO.NET Data Services Astoria Microsoft Synchronization Framework , SQL Server 2005+ , SQL Server CE , NET database , and Web services . projects Tuesday , December 08, 2009 Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 12 7 2009+ Windows Azure , SQL Azure Database and related cloud computing topics now appear in this weekly series . Update 12 8 2009 : Windows Azure Blog : Windows Azure Joins Windows Server in a New Organization : Server Cloud Division Jim O’Neill : Discovering Dallas” Ben Riga : Azure Lessons Learned : Kelley Blue Book Allan da Costa Pinto : I’d Like To Teach The World to Cloud Windows Azure Present and Future David Linthicum : Top 5 cloud computing predictions for 2010 Jayaram Krishnaswamy : New Upgrade' feature in Windows Azure is quite nice Lori MacVittie : Silos Belong on Farms Not in Clouds Tom Bailey : Take the Windows Azure Challenge and Get Paid Steve Marx and Scott Hanselman : Live at PDC09 : Steve Marx Dan Teodor : ESRI

  • SpaBooker Chooses Dedicated & Cloud Hosting from Rackspace

    Updated: 2009-12-08 17:22:49
    Angela Bartels, Cloud Maven People have flocked to spas for thousands of years, since the early Roman days. Whether you’re getting a massage or a skin treatment, you go to a spa to be pampered, to get away, to relieve stress. The spa industry continues to grow and according to the International Spa Association, as of June 2008, there were 18,100 spas in the US alone with 32 million active spa- goers (me included) – that’s a lot of appointments ... Read More >

  • What Does Enterprise IT Really Want?

    Updated: 2009-12-08 11:55:00
    Home Products Company Blog News Events Enterprise Cloud Computing Blog What Does Enterprise IT Really Want Posted by Ellen Rubin on Dec 08, 2009 at 6:55 AM Digg Reddit Delicious StumbleUpon Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Analysts bloggers and mainstream media have spent 2009 promoting cloud computing as the next big thing that will revolutionize the way companies buy and use computing power . But beyond the hype and the C-level interest in an exciting trend , there's value to the cloud that appeals to the pragmatic , show me nature of enterprise . IT The two main drivers for cloud computing are the same ones that have always motivated enterprise IT : save money do more with less and be more responsive to business needs . These goals are typically in conflict with each other , so that in tough times the first takes precedence and in boom times the second one . does The cloud offers the promise of being able to do both , which is why it so attractive to the CIO and IT managers . The cloud potentially lets you offload from your expensive internal infrastructure and scale up down out as needed . Developers and SMBs may have started the cloud revolution , but the real transformation will be

  • Rackspace Cloud Servers vs. VPS Platforms

    Updated: 2009-12-07 15:03:52
    Chad Keck, Cloud Guru Lately I’ve found myself in the middle of several discussions about how Rackspace Cloud Servers and other platforms like it (Amazon EC2, Linode, GoGrid, etc) differ from traditional VPS environments. While there are similarities, they are by no means the same thing. Let’s take a quick look at some of the key differentiators and advantages. A Cloud Server is a virtual dedicated server instance based on our custom implementation of the Xen Hypervisor that runs on very robust ... Read More >

  • Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 12/2/2009+

    Updated: 2009-12-06 21:50:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar OakLeaf Systems OakLeaf Systems is a Northern California software consulting organization specializing in developing and writing about Windows Azure , SQL Azure Database SADB LINQ , ADO.NET Entity Framework , ADO.NET Data Services Astoria Microsoft Synchronization Framework , SQL Server 2005+ , SQL Server CE , NET database , and Web services . projects Sunday , December 06, 2009 Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 12 2 2009+ Windows Azure , SQL Azure Database and related cloud computing topics now appear in this weekly series . Update 12 6 2009 : Mitch Wagner : Can Electronic Medical Records Be Secured Alistair Croll : Charting the course of on-demand computing IDGA : Cloud Computing for DoD Government event IDGA : CloudConnect event Walter Pinson : The Importance of Cloud Abstraction Rob Grey : Windows Azure Functional bits and tooling comparison Panagiotis Kefalidis : Windows Azure Dynamically scaling your application Wade Wegner : WI Azure User Group Windows Azure Platform update presentation and . others Update 12 5 2009 : Michael Clark : Synchronizing Files to Windows Azure Storage Using Microsoft Sync Framework Chris Hoff : Dear Public

  • What's New 12/4/2009

    Updated: 2009-12-04 23:10:44
    Skip to content Skip to main navigation Skip to 1st column Skip to 2nd column cloudbook : The Cloud Computing SaaS Information Resource Sign up and stay informed : Email Home Community Meet the Contributors Conversations Be a Contributor Directories Cloud Products Services Cloud Groups Government Clouds Research Clouds What is Cloud Computing Calendar Calendar Submit a Calendar Event Blogs Blogs Books Bookstore What's New What's New About About Us Site Features Sponsors Partners Marketing Services Contact Us What's New 12 4 2009 New Contributors Paul Burns President Neovise Find More Contributors New Content : Article Practice Overtaking Theory in Cloud Computing James Urquhart Manager , Cloud Computing Virtualized Data Centers Marketing at Cisco Systems While there are still plenty of critical and complex problems to solve , and many implications of this disruptive operations model that have yet to be understood , we’ve entered a new phase in the evolution of cloud adoption . Real work now exceeds theory when it comes to both new online content and work . produced : Article Making Cloud Computing Secure for The Enterprise Ellen Rubin Founder VP of Products at CloudSwitch , Inc For

  • Cloud Rackers Move To The Castle

    Updated: 2009-12-04 15:02:35
    Angela Bartels, Cloud Maven Desks are being cleared, boxes are being filled and memories are being shared around The Rackspace Cloud office. The new Rackspace headquarters, “The Castle,” is now ready to house Cloud Rackers. This is our last week at the beautiful downtown San Antonio Weston Centre. What started as 10 employees on the 12th floor has grown to 150 employees on the 4th floor. It is a bittersweet move as we are like a little family here but ... Read More >

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