Open data
Updated: 2010-05-31 20:29:04
The US and UK governments have been leading the world in the field of open data - but should private enterprise now follow suit? Tim Berners-Lee certainly believes so
Marc Benioff, CEO of Salesforce.com, corporate maverick and software-as-a-service pioneer, speaks exclusively to i-cio.com about the new world order of cloud computing, the creation of "a Facebook for the enterprise" - and how he tied a ribbon around the App Store for his hero, Steve Jobs
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Macronimous Web Blog Ø Close Home About Contact Sitemap Feed on Posts Comments Categories Welcome 1 web design 9 web programming 14 Opensource 13 Mobile development 8 iPhone Development 1 Outsource to India 2 Macronimous 6 General 29 Graphic Design 6 Search Engine Optimization 34 Search Media Optimization 8 Link Building 2 Internet Marketing 22 wordpress 3 Web business 14 Web tools 26 Web collaboration 3 4 series 19 Web2.0 3 Social networking 3 CMS 3 Content Management Systems 5 Web content 4 Flash 3 Downloads 3 Frameworks 6 Databases 4 PHP Programming 9 Web Testing 4 Web standards 5 Sharepoint 1 Intranet 1 Cloud computing 1 Others 1 Pages About Articles Contact Portfolio Services Today God Is First Links Business documents Contact us Flash GuestBook Download Our homepage Resources SEO
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Visual Studio 2010 marks some dramatic advances in Application Lifecycle Management tools at the same time that its new edition structure makes these features more accessible. Learn how your team can benefit from tools that help manage the process of software development.
SELL (Southern European Libraries Link) has released Open Access in Italy: Report 2009.
Here's an excerpt:
In Italy the OA movement has mainly pursued a "bottom up approach." Librarians, IT professionals, senior researchers, early adopters in individual universities and research centres have been actively involved in promoting awareness on OA issues, in implementing repositories, in planning projects, [...]
The Toronto Public Library is recruiting a Manager, Digitization and Preservation. Salary: $77,240.80-$95,804.80.
Here's an excerpt from the ad:
Toronto Public Library seeks a creative and highly motivated leader to manage its active and growing Preservation and Digitization Services Department. The position is suited to an individual with demonstrated and successful experience in library digitization, and an [...]
EBSCO has released the "EBSCO Library Collections and Budgeting Trends Survey," which was conducted in February of this year.
Here's an excerpt:
Eighty-three percent of librarians reported either budget cuts or no budget growth during the 2009-2010 year. ARL libraries were especially hard hit with 64 percent reporting budget decreases. Expectations for 2010-2011 are similar with a [...]
East Carolina University's J. Y. Joyner Library is recruiting an Assistant Director for Library Technology and Digital Initiatives. Salary: minimum of $72,000.
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Known for its leadership in distance learning and its mission to serve, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University (ECU) seeks a creative, forward-thinking, experienced, and user-focused individual to [...]
Voxeo Talks A view inside Voxeo Jam Session this Week : The Future of VoiceXML Kevin Mitnick to speak at Voxeo’s Customer Summit May 27th , 2010 by Kim Martin Kevin Mitnick , the world’s most famous former hacker will be the keynote guest speaker at Voxeo’s Customer Summit June 21-23 at the Hard Rock Hotel at Universal Resorts . Orlando Kevin drew headlines and a prison sentence in the summer of 1999 related to a 2-year computer hacking spree in which he gained unauthorized access to computer systems at some of the largest corporations on the planet and penetrated some of the most resilient computer systems ever developed . Today , he has his own consulting firm , and is one of the world’s most sought out experts in exposing the vulnerabilities of complex operating systems and
The California Digital Library is recruiting a Programmer Analyst III.
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You are a programmer interested in being part of a team envisioning and building the next generation of library discovery & delivery services. You thrive on dividing your time between programming and analysis. You have the ability to understand and troubleshoot [...]
Louisiana State University Chancellor Michael Martin has recommended that LSU's MLS program be eliminated.
Here's an excerpt from the press release:
In response to the current fiscal crisis facing higher education in Louisiana, LSU Chancellor Michael Martin has recommended the elimination or reduction of 20 academic programs, centers, institutes and facilities at LSU in the first phase [...]
The Texas Tech University Libraries are recruiting two Systems Librarians.
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Under the direction of the Associate Dean for Resources Management and Scholarly Communication, the Systems Librarian is part of a team responsible for managing the integrated library management systems and associated products from either a single vendor or multiple vendors. Activities [...]
The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) has released Addressing the Research Data Gap: A Review of Novel Services for Libraries.
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This document presents the results of a review of novel opportunities for libraries in the area of research data services. The activities were identified through a review of the literature and a scan [...]
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, , , Voxeo Developers Corner Tips , tricks and tutorials about developing applications on Voxeo platforms Jam Session in May : The Future of VoiceXML Voxeo launches free international developer program free DIDs , outbound calls , SMS numbers , more May 26th , 2010 by Dan York Have you wanted to develop and test applications that were globally accessible by your customers Have you wanted your potential customers to be able to call into a number in Europe rather than having to call a US number or use Skype or SIP Have you been excited about the idea of multi-channel applications that used voice and SMS but wanted a SMS number from outside the US Now you can with the free international developer program we just announced today While our production customers have always been able to get
JISC has issued a call for proposals for e-Content and Digitisation Programme Impact & Embedding of Digitised Resources grants (maximum funding a project is £40,000).
Here's an excerpt from the announcement:
The JISC invites institutions to submit funding proposals for projects to be funded through its e-Content and Digitisation Programme to address the impact and embedding of [...]
The North Carolina State University Libraries are recruiting a Digital Project Librarian for the Beaux-Arts to Modernism Project (one-year position). Salary: $50,000.
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The NCSU Libraries invites applications and nominations for the temporary position of Digital Project Librarian for the Beaux-Arts to Modernism Project. The NCSU Libraries Special Collections Research Center is [...]
Presentations from the University of North Texas Open Access Symposium are now available.
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Stevan Harnad, Designing the Optimal Open Access Mandate
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This is a guest blog post written by Rackspace Cloud customer, Jonathan Villemaire-Krajden, a web developer for Evolving Web. Please note this is an example of what has worked for Evolving Web but may not be the best fit for every configuration.
Lately, we have been involved in a project where our clients needed a [...]
ESRI has finally come out with a cloud based ArcGIS Server. You can lease ArcGIS Server on Amazon’s EC2 for one year with ArcGIS Server, SQL Server 2008 Workgroup, ArcGIS Desktop (but only to administer ArcGIS Server) and one year of support. Prices aren’t listed, but I’ve heard it isn’t that competitive to your existing [...]
Is the era of blockbuster new products over? Has the balance shifted to a new paradigm of competition based on process and efficiency?
Just a reminder of next week's webinar:
Part 1: Pharma 2020 – Maintaining competitiveness and operational advantage in a rapidly changing environment
Tuesday May 25th 2010, 11:00am ET
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Speakers:
Hans Engels, CEO, DSM Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Thomas Panzer, [...]
Rackspace Cloud for Android is a simple tool for managing Cloud Servers in your Rackspace Cloud account. It is available in the Android Market and the source code is available at http://github.com/rackspace/android-rackspacecloud
This post will explain the architecture and design of the app. To build the app on your machine, you’ll need the Android [...]
How it Works Pricing Documentation Help Blog Login Introducing OpenVoice . Your number , Open . Source Tropo’s in Poland , so we’re speaking Polish Dial Multiple Phone and SIP Numbers First to Answer Wins May 19th , 2010 by Jason Goecke Courtesy of Mark Hillary In order to support zlu s OpenVoice project release for Google I O we have introduced a new feature to Tropo that allows you to dial multiple phone numbers at once . Multiple number dialing not only supports phone numbers , but SIP addresses as well . The first endpoint to answer , whether a phone or SIP device , will get the call and your application will move onto the next step in your WebAPI session coming to scripting soon To take advantage of this new feature , the call object in WebAPI now takes an array of addresses tel :
Whether your company has tons and tons of small files from image and video libraries or is looking to implement business continuity, disaster recovery plans or data archiving plans, Rackspace Cloud Files(tm) is the perfect solution for you. Storing your data in house is risky and expensive, so why take that risk? We’ve [...]
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: Voxeo Talks A view inside Voxeo A Rockin’ Location for Voxeo’s All Access Customer Summit Kevin Mitnick to speak at Voxeo’s Customer Summit Jam Session this Week : The Future of VoiceXML May 18th , 2010 by Sabine Winterkamp Join us for our upcoming jam session The Future of . VoiceXML” Now that VoiceXML 2 is both the standard and defacto language for building voice apps , what’s next Dan Burnett , Director of Speech Technologies at Voxeo and Chief Editor of the VoiceXML 3 specification will present what’s new in VoiceXML 3. REGISTER NOW for this session on Thursday , May 20, 2010. Related : posts Jam Session in May : The Future of VoiceXML Join our Jam Session on January 14 Upcoming Jam Session Web Development with Voxeo VoiceObjects for iPhone and other Mobile Browsers” Voxeo’s future
I recently read the article “Coming Dominance of On-Demand Supply Chain Software” by Dan Gilmore and it got me thinking about the history of SCM software implementations and where the industry is going. Just on a lark I Googled “failed supply chain software implementations” and got 33,000 hits. To me that is an indicator that [...]
One of the highlights of the summer geo-conference schedule has always been the GeoWeb Conference up in Vancouver, BC. This year the theme is “Going Real Time” which I think is really hitting on what we are all dealing with these days. No longer can we wait for web services to be updated even [...]
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Recently when I was discussing the whole concept of “Unified Self-Service” with someone, they asked me this:
I get the ROI benefits of “one application, many channels”, but why would I want the same user interface across all the different channels? Wouldn’t that lead to a poor user experience on some of the channels?
I paused and [...]
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Voxeo Talks A view inside Voxeo Visit Voxeo at SpeechTEK Europe 2010 Jam Session this Week : The Future of VoiceXML A Rockin’ Location for Voxeo’s All Access Customer Summit May 14th , 2010 by Kim Martin Voxeo’s All Access Customer Summit promises guests the VIP treatment . The event will take place June 21-23 at the Hard Rock Hotel at Universal Orlando Resort This ultra stylish hotel features fabulous meeting spaces , over 1 million of rock memorabilia , and a palm-lined pool with an underwater sound system and a 260-foot . slide The hotel is a short walk or ferry ride to the Universal theme parks and Universal CityWalk , where you can enjoy live music at Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville , sing along with dueling piano players at Pat O’Brien’s , and so much more . Guests at any of the three
Speaking of Standards A Voxeo view on industry standards What is new with VoiceXML 3 Find out in this free webinar on May 20th If the BBC covers XMPP and the real-time web , it must be mainstream Explaining why RTP does not mandate a single security mechanism May 14th , 2010 by Dan York Given my background in security , I’ve been asked a number of times why didn’t the IETF or someone just mandate ONE way to secure audio or video sent via RTP After all , RTP by itself does not have any real security built-in and while Secure RTP SRTP is increasingly used , it’s not . universal I’m obviously not alone in being asked this question , and Colin Perkins and Magnus Westerlund at the IETF wrote up an Internet-Draft that was recently approved to be an Informational RFC on just this : topic Why RTP
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System administrators, especially of larger deployments, already have a hard time dealing with the plethora of systems found in the average datacenter. Throw in Cloud Servers scattered among potentially several different providers, and the sysadmin may just turn the fabled Clue Hammer on themselves.
Rackspace Cloud partner Absolute Performance brings their product System Shepherd into [...]
Voxeo Talks A view inside Voxeo Want to learn how your business can ROCK with Voxeo Attend our Customer Summit June 21-23 A Rockin’ Location for Voxeo’s All Access Customer Summit Visit Voxeo at SpeechTEK Europe 2010 May 13th , 2010 by Sabine Winterkamp Visit Voxeo at SpeechTEK Europe 2010 May 26-27, 2010 at the Copthorne Tara Hotel in . London Experience all Voxeo offers including free developer solutions , market leading multi-channel self-service capabilities and Unlocked Communications(TM a unique approach that enables unparalleled choice , flexibility and innovation . Discover what over 100,000 developers and thousands of enterprise customers already know . Learn more about Voxeo and our support of more than 50 languages in the Americas , Europe and APAC . See how we can help you
Voxeo Talks A view inside Voxeo The Faces of Voice Biometrics Conference 2010 a photo set Visit Voxeo at SpeechTEK Europe 2010 Want to learn how your business can ROCK with Voxeo Attend our Customer Summit June 21-23 May 12th , 2010 by Dan York Do you want to learn new ways to get an edge on your competition Would you like to get an insider’s view of the roadmap for Voxeo’s products and services Want to meet Voxeo executives staff and network with industry experts To do all that and MUCH more , please join us for the Voxeo Customer Summit 2010 at the amazing Hard Rock Hotel at Universal Orlando Resort on June 21-23, 2010. On the Summit agenda you’ll see we : have Sessions about the future of Voxeo and our roadmap Product spotlights highlighting what is new in each of our products Business
Speaking of Standards A Voxeo view on industry standards SIPit 26 happens May 17-21 in Stockholm , Sweden SIP interop testing and IPv6, too Explaining why RTP does not mandate a single security mechanism What is new with VoiceXML 3 Find out in this free webinar on May 20th May 12th , 2010 by Dan York Would you like to learn more about the upcoming VoiceXML 3 Want to learn what is new and how it may help you If so , please join us for a free webinar on May 20th where Voxeo’s Dan Burnett , current chief editor of the VoiceXML 3 specification , will explain what is new in VoiceXML 3, how it can help you and how you can ensure forward compatibility of existing VoiceXML 2.1 apps . It should be an informative session please join us and bring your . questions Related : posts Why VoiceXML 3 is not
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As the topography of the global Pharmaceutical sector changes rapidly, alongside an uncertain macro climate, responding and reacting to current and future challenges will be the key to success.
We are delighted to be sponsoring an upcoming webinar that will explore key issues for the global Pharmaceutical Industry and discuss the impact of these trends on supply [...]