• Visibility in the clouds

    Updated: 2011-06-30 22:49:19
    Ensuring maximum uptime will be crucial to the adoption of cloud computing.

  • Marks & Spencer outlines IT's key role in sustainability

    Updated: 2011-06-30 22:49:19
    A reduction of 25% in the UK-based retailer’s carbon footprint has been fueled by IT-enabled business insight.

  • Cloud computing's early adopters

    Updated: 2011-06-30 22:49:19
    As enterprises prepare for the large-scale adoption of cloud services, they’re examining the results of their early experiences with the model. These case studies highlight what four organizations have learned so far.

  • Year of the enterprise tablet

    Updated: 2011-06-30 22:49:19
    Employees are proving eager to adopt the fashionable form factor.

  • Mobile money wars

    Updated: 2011-06-30 22:49:19
    The proliferation of new m-commerce models is about to disrupt the consumer payments market.

  • The pain of mobile platform proliferation

    Updated: 2011-06-30 22:49:19
    Conflicting mobile environments are creating an apps support headache for CIOs — with no end in sight.

  • Leveraging smart grids to optimize energy use

    Updated: 2011-06-30 22:49:19
    Two of the world’s most pervasive networks — the Internet and the electricity grid — are about to collide, with significant consequences for IT organizations everywhere.

  • IPv6 switchover

    Updated: 2011-06-30 22:49:19
    June 8, 2011 — aka "World IPv6 Day" — is likely to expose flaws in migration plans.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/i-cio/~4/Ekr2f_RT75I" height="1" width="1"/

  • The art of leak prevention

    Updated: 2011-06-30 22:49:19
    Data theft by employees is a growing problem, so CIOs need to be in the front line of defense against the leaking of sensitive information.

  • Joseph Reger on the challenges of cloud adoption

    Updated: 2011-06-30 22:49:19
    Dr. Joseph Reger, CTO of Fujitsu CEMEA & India, analyzes the privacy, legal and security issues that organizations face as they seek to maximize the exciting business opportunities presented by cloud.

  • IS “BLOGGING” DEAD?

    Updated: 2011-06-30 22:49:11
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  • Ethical SEO Companies

    Updated: 2011-06-30 22:49:11
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  • White Hat SEO: The never changing strategy for ever changing Algorithms.

    Updated: 2011-06-30 22:49:11
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  • Ethical SEO Companies-How to identity them?

    Updated: 2011-06-30 22:49:11
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  • Making Google hotpot to work for your business

    Updated: 2011-06-30 22:49:11
    , , , . Resources on Web , Mobile , SEO , Outsourcing and . more Ø Close Feed On Posts Comments Categories Welcome 2 web design 10 web programming 17 Opensource 14 Mobile development 8 Outsource to India 3 Macronimous 10 General 31 Graphic Design 6 Search Engine Optimization 41 Search Media Optimization 13 Link Building 3 Internet Marketing 22 wordpress 7 Web business 16 Web tools 27 Web collaboration 4 4 series 19 Web2.0 3 Social networking 5 CMS 4 Content Management Systems 6 Web content 5 Flash 3 Downloads 3 Frameworks 6 Databases 5 PHP Programming 11 Web Testing 4 Web standards 7 Google 1 Sharepoint 1 Intranet 1 Cloud computing 1 iPhone Development 2 Others 2 Best Practices 8 Project Managment 2 Blogging 1 Social Cause 1 Pages About Articles Contact Portfolio Services Links Business

  • Help The Victims of Earthquake in Japan

    Updated: 2011-06-30 22:49:11
    , , , . Resources on Web , Mobile , SEO , Outsourcing and . more Ø Close Feed On Posts Comments Categories Welcome 2 web design 10 web programming 17 Opensource 14 Mobile development 8 Outsource to India 3 Macronimous 10 General 31 Graphic Design 6 Search Engine Optimization 41 Search Media Optimization 13 Link Building 3 Internet Marketing 22 wordpress 7 Web business 16 Web tools 27 Web collaboration 4 4 series 19 Web2.0 3 Social networking 5 CMS 4 Content Management Systems 6 Web content 5 Flash 3 Downloads 3 Frameworks 6 Databases 5 PHP Programming 11 Web Testing 4 Web standards 7 Google 1 Sharepoint 1 Intranet 1 Cloud computing 1 iPhone Development 2 Others 2 Best Practices 8 Project Managment 2 Blogging 1 Social Cause 1 Pages About Articles Contact Portfolio Services Links Business

  • 11 things we improved in 2010 for a better 2011

    Updated: 2011-06-30 22:49:11
    , , , . Resources on Web , Mobile , SEO , Outsourcing and . more Ø Close Feed On Posts Comments Categories Welcome 2 web design 10 web programming 17 Opensource 14 Mobile development 8 Outsource to India 3 Macronimous 10 General 31 Graphic Design 6 Search Engine Optimization 41 Search Media Optimization 13 Link Building 3 Internet Marketing 22 wordpress 7 Web business 16 Web tools 27 Web collaboration 4 4 series 19 Web2.0 3 Social networking 5 CMS 4 Content Management Systems 6 Web content 5 Flash 3 Downloads 3 Frameworks 6 Databases 5 PHP Programming 11 Web Testing 4 Web standards 7 Google 1 Sharepoint 1 Intranet 1 Cloud computing 1 iPhone Development 2 Others 2 Best Practices 8 Project Managment 2 Blogging 1 Social Cause 1 Pages About Articles Contact Portfolio Services Links Business

  • Make Google Places work for you

    Updated: 2011-06-30 22:49:11
    , , , . Resources on Web , Mobile , SEO , Outsourcing and . more Ø Close Feed On Posts Comments Categories Welcome 2 web design 10 web programming 17 Opensource 14 Mobile development 8 Outsource to India 3 Macronimous 10 General 31 Graphic Design 6 Search Engine Optimization 41 Search Media Optimization 13 Link Building 3 Internet Marketing 22 wordpress 7 Web business 16 Web tools 27 Web collaboration 4 4 series 19 Web2.0 3 Social networking 5 CMS 4 Content Management Systems 6 Web content 5 Flash 3 Downloads 3 Frameworks 6 Databases 5 PHP Programming 11 Web Testing 4 Web standards 7 Google 1 Sharepoint 1 Intranet 1 Cloud computing 1 iPhone Development 2 Others 2 Best Practices 8 Project Managment 2 Blogging 1 Social Cause 1 Pages About Articles Contact Portfolio Services Links Business

  • 7 Skills of a Great Programmer

    Updated: 2011-06-30 22:49:11
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  • 10 Questions to ask your clients after project delivery

    Updated: 2011-06-30 22:49:11
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  • Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 6/30/2011+

    Updated: 2011-06-30 20:51:00
    : 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 , SQL Azure Data Sync , Windows Azure Platform Appliance WAPA Windows Phone 7, LINQ , ADO.NET Entity Framework , OData and WCF Data Services formerly Astoria Microsoft Synchronization Framework , SQL Server 2005+ , SQL Server CE , NET database , and Web services projects . TIP : Click the latest item's title below to speed . loading Thursday , June 30, 2011 Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 6 30 2011+ A compendium of Windows Azure , Windows Azure Platform Appliance , SQL Azure Database , AppFabric and other cloud-computing articles . : Note This post is updated daily or more

  • New Banner Ad

    Updated: 2011-06-30 20:45:29
    I hope you like my new banner ad in celebration of the Esri UC.

  • The Esri ArcGIS for Home Use Program

    Updated: 2011-06-30 20:09:31
    Via mgcopping: ArcGIS for Home Use makes GIS available to everyone. This offer is ideal for existing ArcGIS users who want to use the same powerful software at home for noncommercial personal use and for individuals who want to expand their GIS skills. However, anyone can participate in this program. For a $100 annual fee, [...]

  • From S&OP to IBP - The discussion continues

    Updated: 2011-06-30 14:37:27
    A posting in Supply Chain Digest from a while back poses a question as to where Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) might be going and do we need to move on to a more comprehensive concept called Integrated Business Planning (IBP)? The article references a diagram from Gartner and is shown below. Source: http://www.gartner.com/it/content/1393400/1393424/august_18_supply_chain_jbarrett.pdf (page 17) What [...]

  • Google Swiffy Turns Flash into HTML5

    Updated: 2011-06-30 00:11:02
    Flash files converted to HTML5 with Google's Swiffy tool don't require the Flash player in order to run.

  • Microsoft Debuts Upgraded Eclipse Tool for Azure Cloud

    Updated: 2011-06-30 00:01:27
    New Eclipse tool plug-in for Microsoft Azure aims to simplify Java development on Microsoft's cloud platform.

  • Cloud-based Developer Tools Usher in Development-as-a-Service

    Updated: 2011-06-29 23:34:22
    Cloud-based DaaS is a reality for organic developer collaboration thanks to advancements in browser capacity and the emergence of HTML5.

  • Google+ Demo Site Uses Google Maps API

    Updated: 2011-06-29 22:09:46
    Have you seen the Google+ Demo site?  It uses the Google Maps API as a presentation canvas. That’s pretty slick! Google Maps, you put the boom boom into my heart!

  • Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 6/29/2011+

    Updated: 2011-06-29 20:58:00
    : 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 , SQL Azure Data Sync , Windows Azure Platform Appliance WAPA Windows Phone 7, LINQ , ADO.NET Entity Framework , OData and WCF Data Services formerly Astoria Microsoft Synchronization Framework , SQL Server 2005+ , SQL Server CE , NET database , and Web services projects . TIP : Click the latest item's title below to speed . loading Wednesday , June 29, 2011 Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 6 29 2011+ A compendium of Windows Azure , Windows Azure Platform Appliance , SQL Azure Database , AppFabric and other cloud-computing articles . : Note This post is updated daily or more

  • Fallback to text to speech if your audio fails

    Updated: 2011-06-29 03:13:15
    Account Login How it Works Pricing Docs Get Help Blog Fallback to text to speech if your audio fails June 28th , 2011 by Adam Kalsey Here’s a quick tip that’s an answer to a common question : What happens if my audio file cannot be played If you provide the URL to an audio file in Tropo’s say function Tropo will fetch it and play it . But what if you have a mistake in your URL Or your server is down You can use the W3C standard SSML to provide a text to speech TTS fallback and prevent your callers from getting dead . air Say you have an application that starts out like : this Tropo will play welcome.wav if it can reach the . file Now I’ll use a little SSML to provide a TTS string to play if your file isn’t : available Just another example of how Tropo makes the easy stuff easy while still

  • Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 6/28/2011+

    Updated: 2011-06-28 23:19:23
    : 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 , SQL Azure Data Sync , Windows Azure Platform Appliance WAPA Windows Phone 7, LINQ , ADO.NET Entity Framework , OData and WCF Data Services formerly Astoria Microsoft Synchronization Framework , SQL Server 2005+ , SQL Server CE , NET database , and Web services projects . TIP : Click the latest item's title below to speed . loading Tuesday , June 28, 2011 Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 6 28 2011+ A compendium of Windows Azure , Windows Azure Platform Appliance , SQL Azure Database , AppFabric and other cloud-computing articles . : Note This post is updated daily or more

  • Vulnerabilities Found in Apple Developer Site

    Updated: 2011-06-28 23:19:05
    YGN Ethical Hacker Group says site visitors to Apple Developer Site could be more vulnerable to phishing attacks.

  • GILD Compares the Skills of U.S. and Indian Developers

    Updated: 2011-06-28 23:19:04
    Is there any truth to the belief that Indians make better programmers?

  • New Blog Series: CloudU Notebooks

    Updated: 2011-06-28 16:09:37
    Over the past six months we’ve been taking a deep dive into Cloud education with the CloudU education series. For those who haven’t yet seen it, CloudU is a concept I came up with awhile ago after running about 20 CloudCamps and other events and witnessing similar questions coming up again and again. I approached [...]

  • Apica offers Free Load Testing Offer to Rackspace Customers

    Updated: 2011-06-28 16:08:19
    This is a guest post written and contributed by Craig Irwin, Chief Operating Officer at Apica, a Rackspace Cloud Tools Partner. Apica allows clients to achieve excellence in cloud performance providing them with a complete cloud testing solution. Located in Silicon Valley, Apica is a performance load testing company.  Some might say we’re the new [...]

  • Product Update: Cloud Sites

    Updated: 2011-06-28 14:55:44
    Cloud computing is quickly evolving.  At Rackspace, we naturally embrace change by continuously evolving our products and services to support the unique needs of our customers.  Cloud Sites is not an exception. We’re fully committed to the Cloud Sites product and are in the process of expanding the team dedicated to the ongoing development. In [...]

  • Telephony Black Magic with Tropo, Node.js and Redis

    Updated: 2011-06-28 08:38:48
    , Account Login How it Works Pricing Docs Get Help Blog Telephony Black Magic with Tropo , Node.js and Redis June 28th , 2011 by Mark Headd In a previous post and screencast on this blog , I demonstrated an example application that highlights some of the more unique features of Tropo to support realtime . applications Tropo’s unique ability to write to , and read from persistent socket connections during the execution of a call sets it apart from other platforms , and creates opportunities to do things that other platforms can only dream . of In this screencast , I build upon and extend my earlier example using Redis Node.js and jQuery to allow a user to inject text into a running Tropo session and have it read out over the phone using Text-to-Speech . Here is an overview of the technical

  • Intel to Add Subscription Pricing to AppUp Store

    Updated: 2011-06-27 23:37:25
    New pricing model for Intel AppUp store could boost developer profits.

  • Apple Seeds Second iOS 5 Beta to Developers

    Updated: 2011-06-27 23:33:14
    The 9a5248d build of iOS 5 adds Wi-Fi syncing, over-the-air updates and other features.

  • Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 6/27/2011+

    Updated: 2011-06-27 23:09:00
    : 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 , SQL Azure Data Sync , Windows Azure Platform Appliance WAPA Windows Phone 7, LINQ , ADO.NET Entity Framework , OData and WCF Data Services formerly Astoria Microsoft Synchronization Framework , SQL Server 2005+ , SQL Server CE , NET database , and Web services projects . TIP : Click the latest item's title below to speed . loading Monday , June 27, 2011 Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 6 27 2011+ A compendium of Windows Azure , Windows Azure Platform Appliance , SQL Azure Database , AppFabric and other cloud-computing articles . : Note This post is updated daily or more

  • Getting Started with Google Analytics on Android

    Updated: 2011-06-27 22:57:44
    The Google Analytics SDK for Android allows you to track user activity and generate useful statistics about your Android apps. Learn how to set up and use this SDK.

  • Rackspace Delivers IPv6

    Updated: 2011-06-27 21:01:25
    At Rackspace, we’ve been busy for the last 6 months getting ready for IPv6. We’ve spoken to our customers and our partners about industry impact and what it means to be IPv6-ready. We’ve collaborated across network, product, IT, security, monitoring, supply chain, sales and support teams to make sure we’ve covered all aspects of the [...]

  • Listen to Live Morning Broadcasts from eComm at 7:45am US Pacific

    Updated: 2011-06-27 14:35:56
    Voxeo Talks A view inside Voxeo Join Voxeo at eComm June 27-29 To Learn About The Future of Communications Telecom Listen to Live Morning Broadcasts from eComm at 7:45am US Pacific June 27th , 2011 by Dan York Tweet Each morning here at eComm in San Francisco June 27-29 at 7:45am US Pacific , I Dan York will be joining Andy Abramson for a one-hour live broadcast on the VoIP Users Conference VUC audio and video . bridge You can join the call and listen in via the contact info found on the VUC site If all you want to do is call and not use video you can use any of these ways to : connect SIP : 200901 login.zipdx.com Skype : vuc.me Regular old PSTN phone : 15672522286 We[1 are doing this all three days of eComm and are planning to somewhat randomly pull in speakers and others that we see in

  • Twitter Change to Default Top #Hashtag Search Parameter Is an Epic Usability FAIL

    Updated: 2011-06-25 22:18:18
    : 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 , SQL Azure Data Sync , Windows Azure Platform Appliance WAPA Windows Phone 7, LINQ , ADO.NET Entity Framework , OData and WCF Data Services formerly Astoria Microsoft Synchronization Framework , SQL Server 2005+ , SQL Server CE , NET database , and Web services projects . TIP : Click the latest item's title below to speed . loading Saturday , June 25, 2011 Twitter Change to Default Top Hashtag Search Parameter Is an Epic Usability FAIL Starting about 6 22 2011, the popular hashtags I commonly use for tweets announcing OakLeaf blog posts , such as Azure SQLAzure AppFabric and structureconf

  • HP Launches Developer Magazine and a Discount Program

    Updated: 2011-06-25 03:55:15
    Published monthly, HP's new developer magazine Pivot will spotlight quality webOS apps.

  • Microsoft Courts Developers with Free Help and Financial Incentives

    Updated: 2011-06-25 03:41:31
    Selected Windows Phone developers don't have to pay commissions on in-app ads.

  • Building a full-featured conference call application with Tropo and PHP

    Updated: 2011-06-25 00:33:20
    Account Login How it Works Pricing Docs Get Help Blog Building a full-featured conference call application with Tropo and PHP June 24th , 2011 by Adam Kalsey Tropo’s conference function makes it easy for you to join multiple callers onto a single call together . One line of code and you have a conference call That’s it . A basic conference line . Use that as your application and everyone calling into your number will be joined into a single conference call . How many users By default , Tropo allows up to 100 users into a single conference . We can do more if you need it , but you might want to think through your use case a bit first . 100 people all talking on one line gets crazy . fast Now let’s take this basic concept and turn it into a full-fledged application . Our requirements for the

  • Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 6/24/2011+

    Updated: 2011-06-24 22:45:00
    : 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 , SQL Azure Data Sync , Windows Azure Platform Appliance WAPA Windows Phone 7, LINQ , ADO.NET Entity Framework , OData and WCF Data Services formerly Astoria Microsoft Synchronization Framework , SQL Server 2005+ , SQL Server CE , NET database , and Web services projects . TIP : Click the latest item's title below to speed . loading Friday , June 24, 2011 Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 6 24 2011+ A compendium of Windows Azure , Windows Azure Platform Appliance , SQL Azure Database , AppFabric and other cloud-computing articles . : Note This post is updated daily or more

  • I’ve Come to Praise ArcObjects, Not Kill It

    Updated: 2011-06-24 21:29:33
    OK, I’m the first one to dance on ArcObjects grave, but others seem to like it. … This all comes from the following fact: being a complete ignorant about ArcObjects and the ArcGIS API, I have been able to create the corresponding SEXTANTE bindings from scratch in less time than I needed to create any other [...]

  • Giga Om Structure Conference 2011 - Links to Archived Videos for 6/23/2011

    Updated: 2011-06-24 16:58:00
    : 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 , SQL Azure Data Sync , Windows Azure Platform Appliance WAPA Windows Phone 7, LINQ , ADO.NET Entity Framework , OData and WCF Data Services formerly Astoria Microsoft Synchronization Framework , SQL Server 2005+ , SQL Server CE , NET database , and Web services projects . TIP : Click the latest item's title below to speed . loading Friday , June 24, 2011 Giga Om Structure Conference 2011 Links to Archived Videos for 6 23 2011 Updated 6 24 2011 3:30 PM PDT : Added links to Live-blogged stories from the event for 6 23 2011” to the end of this . post GigaOm provided live video coverage of its

  • Tropo Sponsors the Summer of Smart

    Updated: 2011-06-24 16:13:27
    Account Login How it Works Pricing Docs Get Help Blog Tropo Sponsors the Summer of Smart June 24th , 2011 by Mark Headd Tropo is thrilled to be sponsoring the Summer of Smart program in the City of San . Francisco Sumer of Smart” is a three month long series of events and discussions centered around urban innovation it will bring together people from many different disciplines to work on strategies and applications to benefit those that live in , work in and visit the City of San . Francisco This series of events began recently with a forum bringing together Mayoral candidates in San Francisco at the Pier 38 offices of Automattic , followed by CityCamp San Francisco We were delighted to be a part of these events , and are just as excited to help support the Summer of . Smart Our primary

  • Join Voxeo at eComm June 27-29 To Learn About The Future of Communications/Telecom

    Updated: 2011-06-24 15:15:36
    Voxeo Talks A view inside Voxeo Checked Out Voxeo’s YouTube Channel Lately Now Hosting Long Videos Webinars There Listen to Live Morning Broadcasts from eComm at 7:45am US Pacific Join Voxeo at eComm June 27-29 To Learn About The Future of Communications Telecom June 24th , 2011 by Dan York Tweet Want to understand the future of communications Want to learn what the trends are and where the telecom industry is going Want to meet the thought leaders and others driving the industry forward If so , join Voxeo and the many other companies and individuals gathering at eComm the Emerging Communications Conference and Awards next week in San . Francisco The fantastic list of speakers includes a number of : Voxeons Voxeo CEO Jonathan Taylor Onward The Disruption Trends in Communications

  • Google Makes XMPP-Jingle The Default for GoogleTalk VoIP

    Updated: 2011-06-24 08:17:18
    Speaking of Standards A Voxeo view on industry standards W3C Voice Browser Working Group Meeting at Voxeo Office In Orlando This Week Google Makes XMPP-Jingle The Default for GoogleTalk VoIP June 24th , 2011 by Dan York Tweet The big news out of Google this week was their support of XMPP-Jingle as the primary signaling” protocol for Google Talk calls to and from Google , iGoogle and Orkut . From the announcement by Peter Thatcher my emphasis added We are pleased to announce that we have launched support for Jingle XEP-166 and XEP-167 for Google Talk calls to and from Gmail , iGoogle , and Orkut . We have also added the same level of support to libjingle http : code.google.com p libjingle which is used by many native clients . From this point on , it will be our primary signalling protocol

  • Easily navigate through Rackspace.com from your Mobile Device

    Updated: 2011-06-23 23:11:25
    Mobile traffic to rackspace.com has grown by 133% over the past 18 months and smart phone sales have grown  exponentially. With this increasing trend, we’re pleased  to announce a mobile optimized version of our company website – m.rackspace.com. This initial launch consists of a micro version of rackspace.com and is geared towards improving the mobile [...]

  • Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 6/22/2011+

    Updated: 2011-06-23 22:07:56
    : 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 , SQL Azure Data Sync , Windows Azure Platform Appliance WAPA Windows Phone 7, LINQ , ADO.NET Entity Framework , OData and WCF Data Services formerly Astoria Microsoft Synchronization Framework , SQL Server 2005+ , SQL Server CE , NET database , and Web services projects . TIP : Click the latest item's title below to speed . loading Thursday , June 23, 2011 Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 6 22 2011+ A compendium of Windows Azure , Windows Azure Platform Appliance , SQL Azure Database , AppFabric and other cloud-computing articles . : Note This post is updated daily or more

  • Giga Om Structure Conference 2011 - Links to Archived Videos for 6/22/2011

    Updated: 2011-06-23 22:07:55
    : 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 , SQL Azure Data Sync , Windows Azure Platform Appliance WAPA Windows Phone 7, LINQ , ADO.NET Entity Framework , OData and WCF Data Services formerly Astoria Microsoft Synchronization Framework , SQL Server 2005+ , SQL Server CE , NET database , and Web services projects . TIP : Click the latest item's title below to speed . loading Thursday , June 23, 2011 Giga Om Structure Conference 2011 Links to Archived Videos for 6 22 2011 GigaOm provided live video coverage of its Structure Conference 2011 stuctureconf held on 6 22 and 6 23 2011 at the University of California at San Francisco UCSF

  • Report Release: The 2011 Consumers Guide to Low Cost Donor Management Systems

    Updated: 2011-06-23 21:53:53
    : NTEN Search this site : Advanced Search My : Account Login Update My Profile About NTEN Mission Values Staff Board History Press Contact Membership Join NTEN Why Join Member Services Events Our Conference NTC Upcoming NTEN Webinars NTEN Webinar Recordings Free for Members All NPTech Events Learn NTEN Blog Resources By Topic Advocacy Budget CMS Collaboration Community CRM Data E-mail Infrastructure Integration APIs International Mobile Open Source Planning Policy Social Media Web Sites NTEN Connect Newsletter Subscribe Newsletter Archives Advertise NTEN:Change Journal NTEN Webinars Reports Benchmarks Data Integration Fundraising IT Staffing Mobile Social Media NPTech Community Software Vendor Satisfaction Wireless Community Online Groups 501 Tech Clubs Start a Club Resources Local Events

  • GigaOM Structure 2011: The Economics of Open Everything

    Updated: 2011-06-23 21:34:02
    Lew Moorman moderated a panel at GigaOM’s Structure 2011, “The Economics of Open Everything,” where leaders from VMware, Facebook and Dell talk about the open cloud movement. Significant events have occurred over the course of one year with the launch of OpenStack, OpenCompute and Cloud Foundry and they discuss what this means for the cloud [...]

  • Apple Uses Mapping Data — For Reals?

    Updated: 2011-06-23 21:30:10
    Apple iOS — Now with Mapping Data Look, I totally get it. The big shiny object in the sky is Apple. Anything they do is “interesting”. I saw this news this morning about TomTom being in Apple’s Legal Doc and let out a big meh. Clearly as location becomes more integrated in smartphone workflows, companies [...]

  • Checked Out Voxeo’s YouTube Channel Lately? Now Hosting Long Videos/Webinars There

    Updated: 2011-06-23 19:00:45
    Voxeo Talks A view inside Voxeo Free Webinar , June 22 : Taking Customer Service to the Cloud , Featuring Ovum Analyst Daniel Hong Join Voxeo at eComm June 27-29 To Learn About The Future of Communications Telecom Checked Out Voxeo’s YouTube Channel Lately Now Hosting Long Videos Webinars There June 23rd , 2011 by Dan York Tweet Have you visited the Voxeo YouTube channel lately A bit ago we received word that our YouTube account was granted permission to upload videos longer than the normal 15 : minutes Given that , we’ve started to upload our past Developer Jam Sessions and Best Practices webinars The beauty of YouTube is that the video is automagically converted to formats that work on different computers and devices , including tablets and . smartphones Some of the longer videos we’ve

  • The New Rackspace Knowledge Center: Find Answers to your Cloud Questions

    Updated: 2011-06-23 17:47:30
    After a few months in Beta, we’re pleased to announce the launch of the new Rackspace Knowledge Center. This new Knowledge Center is an integration of Cloud Hosting (Cloud Servers, Cloud Files, Cloud Sites) support articles and articles from our Hosting Knowledge center. The content you will find here will be specific how to articles [...]

  • The Esri Ocean Basemap

    Updated: 2011-06-22 22:05:32
    I might have mentioned this a couple times on twitter yesterday, but I really like the new Esri Ocean Basemap. My only wish would be that it drops down one more zoom level. So close to being perfect. Here it is in all it’s glory… View Larger Map

  • [INFOGRAPHIC] Online Security | Protect Your Identity in the Cloud

    Updated: 2011-06-22 17:33:18
    Data stored in the cloud from social networks, email, web applications, and smart phones have many of the same vulnerabilities and require the same due diligence as if you’re running your information in your house.  If you make the decision to put your data in the cloud, you definitely have a role in keeping your [...]

  • Realtime Conferencing Dashboard with Tropo and Chloe

    Updated: 2011-06-22 17:14:43
    Account Login How it Works Pricing Docs Get Help Blog Realtime Conferencing Dashboard with Tropo and Chloe June 22nd , 2011 by Mark Headd In yet another installment on this blog demonstrating how to build realtime applications with Tropo , I walk you through the process of creating a conferencing dashboard with Tropo and the Chloe realtime web server from Mashion Chloe is a great open source project that works extremely well with the Tropo platform . With Chloe and some modest Tropo and jQuery code , you can build a sophisticated and powerful conferencing . dashboard You can get executables for Chloe by visting the Chloe GitHub repo and you may also download the source and build on your local machine as . well The sample code that I demonstrate in this screencast is also available on

  • Cloud Brokers Make the Cloud Fit for Enterprise Requirements

    Updated: 2011-06-22 14:25:00
    866 578-6127 Products Enterprise Overview Data Sheet System Requirements How-To Videos Security Model Support Partner Solutions Resources Getting Started White Papers Data Sheet Webinars How-To Videos Analyst Reports Customers Customer Overview Use Cases Company About CloudSwitch Management Team Board of Directors Investors Careers Contact Us Blog Partners Technology Partners Consulting Partners News Events Media Coverage Events Press Releases Awards Blog Subscribe Customer Login Enterprise Cloud Computing Blog Cloud Brokers Make the Cloud Fit for Enterprise Requirements Posted by Ellen Rubin on Jun 22, 2011 at 9:25 AM Digg Reddit Delicious StumbleUpon Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Buzz By Ellen Rubin Sometimes it's fun to look back at your predictions to remember what you were thinking at the

  • Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 6/21/2011+

    Updated: 2011-06-22 00:20:00
    : 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 , SQL Azure Data Sync , Windows Azure Platform Appliance WAPA Windows Phone 7, LINQ , ADO.NET Entity Framework , OData and WCF Data Services formerly Astoria Microsoft Synchronization Framework , SQL Server 2005+ , SQL Server CE , NET database , and Web services projects . TIP : Click the latest item's title below to speed . loading Tuesday , June 21, 2011 Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 6 21 2011+ A compendium of Windows Azure , Windows Azure Platform Appliance , SQL Azure Database , AppFabric and other cloud-computing articles . : Note This post is updated daily or more

  • Windows Azure Platform Maligned by Authors of NetworkWorld Review

    Updated: 2011-06-21 22:38:16
    : 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 , SQL Azure Data Sync , Windows Azure Platform Appliance WAPA Windows Phone 7, LINQ , ADO.NET Entity Framework , OData and WCF Data Services formerly Astoria Microsoft Synchronization Framework , SQL Server 2005+ , SQL Server CE , NET database , and Web services projects . TIP : Click the latest item's title below to speed . loading Tuesday , June 21, 2011 Windows Azure Platform Maligned by Authors of NetworkWorld Review Tom Henderson and Brendan Allen asserted Microsoft's vision of a Windows-only cloud is ambitious , but too many features are currently still in beta” as a deck for their

  • Webpop Offers a Cloud Based CMS Built on the Rackspace Cloud

    Updated: 2011-06-21 18:38:06
    This is a guest post written and contributed by Mathias Biilmann, co-founder of Webpop, a Rackspace Cloud Tools partner. As the co-founder of Webpop, I am pleased to join the Rackspace Cloud Tools program. Webpop is a fully hosted CMS for web designers and their clients, built to make it easy for a web professional [...]

  • Frank Warmerdam Goes to Google — Google Unimpressed with our Niche Awesomeness

    Updated: 2011-06-21 17:25:15
    Late yesterday morning I saw something on Facebook that caught my eye.  Frank Warmerdam posted that he was moving to California and join Google. He later blogged about it and it’s now all over the internets. Today I accepted a job with Google as a GIS Data Engineer. I will be based in Mountain View [...]

  • Windows Azure AppFabric June CTP Includes Application Manager

    Updated: 2011-06-21 17:16:00
    : 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 , SQL Azure Data Sync , Windows Azure Platform Appliance WAPA Windows Phone 7, LINQ , ADO.NET Entity Framework , OData and WCF Data Services formerly Astoria Microsoft Synchronization Framework , SQL Server 2005+ , SQL Server CE , NET database , and Web services projects . TIP : Click the latest item's title below to speed . loading Tuesday , June 21, 2011 Windows Azure AppFabric June CTP Includes Application Manager The AppFabric Team posted an updated version of its Announcing the Windows Azure AppFabric June CTP post on 6 21 : 2011 Today we are excit ed ing to announce the release of the

  • Free Webinar, June 22: Taking Customer Service to the Cloud, Featuring Ovum Analyst Daniel Hong

    Updated: 2011-06-21 16:18:00
    , : , Voxeo Talks A view inside Voxeo Registration for the 2011 Voxeo Customer Summit is OPEN Checked Out Voxeo’s YouTube Channel Lately Now Hosting Long Videos Webinars There Free Webinar , June 22 : Taking Customer Service to the Cloud , Featuring Ovum Analyst Daniel Hong June 21st , 2011 by Dan York Tweet More companies are taking customer service to the cloud from inbound and outbound IVR to two-way text to mobile web interactions . Is hosting your speech self-service solutions the right choice for your business How will the solution scale to support additional communication channels What are the important capabilities to look for in a vendor Join Chrysalis and Voxeo on Wednesday , June 22, for an educational webinar featuring Daniel Hong , Ovum Lead Analyst . Daniel will present

  • W3C Voice Browser Working Group Meeting at Voxeo Office In Orlando This Week

    Updated: 2011-06-21 14:36:41
    Speaking of Standards A Voxeo view on industry standards So How Did World IPv6 Day Turn Out Google Makes XMPP-Jingle The Default for GoogleTalk VoIP W3C Voice Browser Working Group Meeting at Voxeo Office In Orlando This Week June 21st , 2011 by Dan York Tweet We are very pleased to be the hosts this week for the face-to-face meetings of the W3C’s Voice Browser Working Group VB and Multimodal Interaction Working Group MMI at Voxeo’s main office in Orlando , . Florida The MMI Working Group meets Monday and Tuesday . Both groups meet together on Wednesday morning , and then the VB group meets Wednesday afternoon through . Friday The MMI Working Group will be working on the MMI Architecture Specification and EMMA 1.1. No web page up yet on EMMA 1.1, but use cases are available as is EMMA 1.0

  • DigitalKoans Returns on 6/30/11

    Updated: 2011-06-21 14:35:55
    DigitalKoans postings will resume on 6/30/11. | New: Institutional Repository Bibliography, Version 4 | Digital Scholarship Publications Overview |

  • University of Bath Adopts Open Access Mandate

    Updated: 2011-06-21 14:35:54
    The University of Bath has adopted an open access mandate. Here's an excerpt: The University of Bath requires researchers to deposit full-text copies of their peer-reviewed journal articles and papers from published conference proceedings (subject to copyright provisions) in the University of Bath research repository, Opus4. The mandate applies to items published after 1 June [...]

  • Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 6/20/2011+

    Updated: 2011-06-21 00:26:00
    : 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 , SQL Azure Data Sync , Windows Azure Platform Appliance WAPA Windows Phone 7, LINQ , ADO.NET Entity Framework , OData and WCF Data Services formerly Astoria Microsoft Synchronization Framework , SQL Server 2005+ , SQL Server CE , NET database , and Web services projects . TIP : Click the latest item's title below to speed . loading Monday , June 20, 2011 Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 6 20 2011+ A compendium of Windows Azure , Windows Azure Platform Appliance , SQL Azure Database , AppFabric and other cloud-computing articles . : Note This post is updated daily or more

  • Y U NO DO MAPS GUD

    Updated: 2011-06-20 19:08:02
    This showed up in my inbox this morning, enjoy!

  • QGIS 1.7 is Officially Released

    Updated: 2011-06-20 18:58:57
    So this awesome happened over the weekend: We are pleased to announce the latest release in our 1.X series of releases. To download your copy, please visit the QGIS download page. This release is named after the town of Wroclaw in Poland. The Department of Climatology and Atmosphere Protection, University of Wroclaw kindly hosted our last developer [...]

  • If a Yahoo! Turns off Their Maps API and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?

    Updated: 2011-06-20 18:26:44
    Last week something very unsurprising happened: As part of Yahoo!’s commitment to creating deeply personal digital experiences, we have been reprioritizing our current portfolio of mapping products to refocus on a great consumer Mapping and Local Search experience. So there you go, finally Yahoo! Maps API is going away.  Seems like just a couple years [...]

  • So How Did World IPv6 Day Turn Out?

    Updated: 2011-06-20 15:29:57
    Speaking of Standards A Voxeo view on industry standards How Does SIP Use the Offer Answer Model A Document Explains W3C Voice Browser Working Group Meeting at Voxeo Office In Orlando This Week So How Did World IPv6 Day Turn Out June 20th , 2011 by Dan York Tweet So after all the buzz about World IPv6 Day on June 8th , how did the day turn out Well , the Internet didn’t break In fact , for the vast majority of users , it was just another day on the Internet . I knew of a couple of folks who experienced slow access to sites , but they were very few . Arbor Networks had a great writeup on their blog : World IPv6 Day : Final Look and Wagon’s Ho that included some great charts like this one showing the growth in IPv6 traffic during June : 8th The folks over at Akamai were also monitoring IPv6

  • How do you handle the multiple dimensions of transportation management?

    Updated: 2011-06-20 15:18:46
    A common supply chain model with North American-based brands will include the outsourced manufacturing of components or even finished goods to Asia.  This outsourcing to Asia can obviously result in significantly reduced costs of manufacturing, but also presents some significant challenges with shipping or transportation - both in cost and also the transit time.  The trade off [...]

  • Faculty Senate Passes Open Access Resolution at Washington University

    Updated: 2011-06-20 04:52:40
    The Washington University Faculty Senate has passed an open access resolution. Here's an excerpt from the minutes: The Faculty of Washington University in St. Louis is committed to making its scholarship and creative works freely and easily available to the world community. Faculty members are encouraged to seek venues for their works that share this [...]

  • Current News: Twitter Updates for 6/19/11

    Updated: 2011-06-20 04:52:37
    A Meeting of the Minds for UDFR [Unified Digital Formats Registry], http://bit.ly/lCVIm9 An Urgent Letter from Intellectual Property Watch, http://bit.ly/lv6Bi4 Common Text Emerges on Copyright Exceptions for the Blind, http://bit.ly/loNigH My Copyfight [Author Rights and Taylor & Francis], http://bit.ly/lwiql1 4 Stars for Metadata: an Open Ranking System for Library, Archive, and Museum Collection Metadata, http://bit.ly/jXZih0 [...]

  • Digital Library Architect at Los Alamos National Laboratory Library

    Updated: 2011-06-20 04:52:35
    The Los Alamos National Laboratory Library is recruiting a Digital Library Architect. Salary: $83,100-$142,500. Here's an excerpt from the ad: The Research Library is seeking an analytical, creative individual interested in scientific research data and digital resources to review & lead implementation of the next generation digital library. The Digital Library Architect (Solutions Architect 3) [...]

  • UC Libraries Academic e-Book Usage Survey

    Updated: 2011-06-20 04:52:34
    The California Digital Library has released the UC Libraries Academic e-Book Usage Survey. Here's an excerpt: In 2008, the University of California Libraries initiated the Springer e-Book Pilot Project with the goal of developing appropriate systemwide processes for acquiring and managing licensed e-books, as well as informing future licensing activities. Evaluation of the UC academic [...]

  • Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 6/18/2011+

    Updated: 2011-06-19 23:57:00
    : 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 , SQL Azure Data Sync , Windows Azure Platform Appliance WAPA Windows Phone 7, LINQ , ADO.NET Entity Framework , OData and WCF Data Services formerly Astoria Microsoft Synchronization Framework , SQL Server 2005+ , SQL Server CE , NET database , and Web services projects . TIP : Click the latest item's title below to speed . loading Sunday , June 19, 2011 Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 6 18 2011+ A compendium of Windows Azure , Windows Azure Platform Appliance , SQL Azure Database , AppFabric and other cloud-computing articles . : Note This post is updated daily or more

  • TechStars Boston Demos Its 2011 Class

    Updated: 2011-06-17 22:45:52
    The dozen TechStars startups had their big reveal on Wednesday to a packed crowd during a Demo Day at Boston’s Royale Nightclub. Diversity is probably the best word to describe the group. Participating startups included everything from gaming to SaaS to medical services and devices. The Rackspace Startup Program was on hand when Demo Day [...]

  • Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 6/17/2011+

    Updated: 2011-06-17 22:17:00
    : 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 , SQL Azure Data Sync , Windows Azure Platform Appliance WAPA Windows Phone 7, LINQ , ADO.NET Entity Framework , OData and WCF Data Services formerly Astoria Microsoft Synchronization Framework , SQL Server 2005+ , SQL Server CE , NET database , and Web services projects . TIP : Click the latest item's title below to speed . loading Friday , June 17, 2011 Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 6 17 2011+ A compendium of Windows Azure , Windows Azure Platform Appliance , SQL Azure Database , AppFabric and other cloud-computing articles . : Note This post is updated daily or more

  • Upcoming Webinar: Hosting E-Commerce Sites in the Cloud

    Updated: 2011-06-17 18:14:00
    With an e-commerce site, you want to ensure your door is open at all times so consumers can buy on their schedule, not yours. We have the privilege of hosting many e-commerce sites with our cloud solutions and understand the needs of these e-commerce sites; scalability and flexibility being a few of them. We invite [...]

  • Associate Director for Digital Initiatives at McGill University Library

    Updated: 2011-06-17 05:27:58
    The McGill University Library is recruiting an Associate Director for Digital Initiatives. Degree: "A graduate degree in a related field, e.g. computer science, information science, information technology management, library science." Here's an excerpt from the ad: Provides leadership and coordinates digital library initiatives and programs for all libraries. Works collaboratively with university faculty and administration [...]

  • Current News: Twitter Updates for 6/16/11

    Updated: 2011-06-17 05:27:56
    The Internet Archive's Physical Archive: A New Project Playground?, http://bit.ly/jbyqpu Research Libraries, Publishers Stake Out Positions on International ILL, http://bit.ly/l7uTrC Update on the Digital Public Library of America, http://bit.ly/ixllQ8 Real Life Scenarios for Creating and Disseminating Linked-Data Publications, http://bit.ly/kHday5 Pressing Beyond E-Books, http://bit.ly/mThcH7 | Digital Scholarship | Digital Scholarship Publications Overview | Reviews of Digital [...]

  • Social Networking Sites and Our Lives

    Updated: 2011-06-17 05:27:54
    The Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project has released Social Networking Sites and Our Lives. Here's an excerpt: Questions have been raised about the social impact of widespread use of social networking sites (SNS) like Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace, and Twitter. Do these technologies isolate people and truncate their relationships? Or are there benefits [...]

  • Google Earth Builder — A Serious Geospatial Play From Google

    Updated: 2011-06-16 23:52:34
    So let me get this right out of the way. I for one welcome our new geospatial overlords. I’d like to remind them that as a trusted GIS personality, I could be helpful in rounding up others to toil in their underground geoprocessing caves. I had seen the announcement of Google Earth Builder (GEB) at [...]

  • Helloworld.im Here with the Rackspace Startup Program

    Updated: 2011-06-16 15:49:53
    At the end of April 2011, the Rackspace Startup Program was invited to the 3 Day Startup event held at our Rackspace headquarters here in San Antonio, TX. Five teams participated in the caffeine-fueled program including helloworld.im, a concept developed by Alex Manelis and designed by Alex Baldwin, which provides a simple profile for developers [...]

  • Institutional Repository Bibliography, Version 4

    Updated: 2011-06-16 13:24:36
    Version four of the Institutional Repository Bibliography is now available from Digital Scholarship. This selective bibliography presents over 500 articles, books, technical reports, and other scholarly textual sources that are useful in understanding institutional repositories (see the scope note for details). All included works are in English. It is available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial [...]

  • Journal Article Mining: A Research Study into Practices, Policies, Plans. . . and Promises

    Updated: 2011-06-16 13:24:35
    The Publishing Research Consortium has released Journal Article Mining: A Research Study into Practices, Policies, Plans. . . and Promises. Here's an excerpt: This study, carried out between February and May 2011, aims to provide an overview of current practices, players, policies, plans and expectations for text mining and data mining of content in academic [...]

  • Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 6/16/2011+

    Updated: 2011-06-16 07:43:00
    : 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 , SQL Azure Data Sync , Windows Azure Platform Appliance WAPA Windows Phone 7, LINQ , ADO.NET Entity Framework , OData and WCF Data Services formerly Astoria Microsoft Synchronization Framework , SQL Server 2005+ , SQL Server CE , NET database , and Web services projects . TIP : Click the latest item's title below to speed . loading Thursday , June 16, 2011 Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 6 16 2011+ A compendium of Windows Azure , Windows Azure Platform Appliance , SQL Azure Database , AppFabric and other cloud-computing articles . : Note This post is updated daily or more

  • Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 6/15/2011+

    Updated: 2011-06-16 00:03:00
    : 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 , SQL Azure Data Sync , Windows Azure Platform Appliance WAPA Windows Phone 7, LINQ , ADO.NET Entity Framework , OData and WCF Data Services formerly Astoria Microsoft Synchronization Framework , SQL Server 2005+ , SQL Server CE , NET database , and Web services projects . TIP : Click the latest item's title below to speed . loading Wednesday , June 15, 2011 Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 6 15 2011+ A compendium of Windows Azure , Windows Azure Platform Appliance , SQL Azure Database , AppFabric and other cloud-computing articles . Update 6 15 2011 5:00 PM PDT with new articles

  • How Does SIP Use the Offer/Answer Model? A Document Explains…

    Updated: 2011-06-15 22:09:15
    Speaking of Standards A Voxeo view on industry standards What is the CUSS Working Group all about And what is UUI anyway So How Did World IPv6 Day Turn Out How Does SIP Use the Offer Answer Model A Document Explains June 15th , 2011 by Dan York Tweet One of the interesting aspects of the Session Initiation Protocol SIP is that is uses the offer answer” model to negotiate how a session is to be established and to also update that session while it is in progress . A basic example would be the exchange of Session Description Protocol SDP information during an initial SIP INVITE to determine what audio codecs to . use As SIP uses the offer answer model in a number of ways , some folks very helpfully put together this Internet : Draft http : tools.ietf.org html

  • Will on-shoring be the trend for 2011/2012?

    Updated: 2011-06-15 15:45:33
    There';s been a lot of talking lately about off-shoring and on-shoring. My colleagues Monique Rupert and Trevor Miles have both weighed on this subject. You can view their posts here. There was an interesting article in Industry Week last month suggesting that the US was becoming a low-cost country for manufacturing.  Well, I guess it all [...]

  • ArcWhatever

    Updated: 2011-06-14 21:12:40
    So the classic thinking is Esri can’t figure out what to name anything. You either put the Prefix “Arc” in front of something, use the company name Esri (though you’d be better at using ESRI for the classic touch) or put the phrase ArcGIS in front of any simple word. Those days of wacky are [...]

  • What is the CUSS Working Group all about? And what is UUI anyway?

    Updated: 2011-06-14 19:40:56
    Speaking of Standards A Voxeo view on industry standards And So Begins World IPv6 Day Google and Facebook are Live on IPv6 How Does SIP Use the Offer Answer Model A Document Explains What is the CUSS Working Group all about And what is UUI anyway June 14th , 2011 by Dan York Tweet Back in September , I wrote about the creation of the Call Control UUI Service for SIP CUSS working group within the IETF . Recently , I had a chance to sit down with Alan Johnston , the lead author of the primary document within the CUSS working group , to talk about what CUSS is all about . I posted the video to my Emerging Tech Talk podcast and you can now listen to Alan explain it all without actually cussing , I might add Related : posts New IETF Working Group CUSS Sending user-to-user info UUI over SIP FYI

  • FOSS4G 2011 Updates

    Updated: 2011-06-14 17:01:09
    The FOSS4G 2011 Local Organizing Committee has been hard at work at preparing for the best geospatial conference in the world.  By now, those presenters who submitted talks should know if they were accepted or not.  You, being lazy of course, who did not submit can see the schedule now online. Remember, the early bird [...]

  • System Management in the Cloud with Smartscale – Moving Beyond the Silver Lining

    Updated: 2011-06-14 16:03:33
    This is a guest post written and contributed by Ray Nugent, CEO of Smartscale, a Rackspace Cloud Tools partner. The Smartscale unified management platform allows companies to deploy, monitor and manage their cloud infrastructure through one single pane of glass. Since the dawn of the computer era complex hardware and software systems have been plagued [...]

  • Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 6/14/2011+

    Updated: 2011-06-14 07:04:00
    : 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 , SQL Azure Data Sync , Windows Azure Platform Appliance WAPA Windows Phone 7, LINQ , ADO.NET Entity Framework , OData and WCF Data Services formerly Astoria Microsoft Synchronization Framework , SQL Server 2005+ , SQL Server CE , NET database , and Web services projects . TIP : Click the latest item's title below to speed . loading Tuesday , June 14, 2011 Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 6 14 2011+ A compendium of Windows Azure , Windows Azure Platform Appliance , SQL Azure Database , AppFabric and other cloud-computing articles . : Note This post is updated daily or more

  • Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 6/13/2011+

    Updated: 2011-06-13 23:38:00
    : 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 , SQL Azure Data Sync , Windows Azure Platform Appliance WAPA Windows Phone 7, LINQ , ADO.NET Entity Framework , OData and WCF Data Services formerly Astoria Microsoft Synchronization Framework , SQL Server 2005+ , SQL Server CE , NET database , and Web services projects . TIP : Click the latest item's title below to speed . loading Monday , June 13, 2011 Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 6 13 2011+ A compendium of Windows Azure , Windows Azure Platform Appliance , SQL Azure Database , AppFabric and other cloud-computing articles . : Note This post is updated daily or more

  • Registration for the 2011 Voxeo Customer Summit is OPEN!

    Updated: 2011-06-13 16:58:03
    Voxeo Talks A view inside Voxeo Using Wideband Audio HD Audio to Call Into Our Free Developer Jam Session On Wideband Today Free Webinar , June 22 : Taking Customer Service to the Cloud , Featuring Ovum Analyst Daniel Hong Registration for the 2011 Voxeo Customer Summit is OPEN June 13th , 2011 by Kim Martin Tweet Registration is now open for the 2011 Voxeo Customer Summit . If you are a Voxeo customer , partner , developer or enthusiast who would like to learn more about the company , our products and plans , sign up today at  http : www.voxeo.com summit2011 Registration is free and everyone who reserves their seat by August 1, 2011 will be entered to win an iPad 2. Here are the : details What : Voxeo Customer Summit 2011 Unlocked and Loaded When : October 10-12 Where : JW Marriott

  • IPv6 Q&A with Rackspace

    Updated: 2011-06-13 15:29:19
    Contributed by Product Managers Rob Jackson and Ed Conzel. We want to keep our entire customer base as informed as possible about IPv6, so we will be posting Q&As and announcements both here and on the Rackspace IPv6 Deployment & Readiness Headquarters site. From the time we initially started talking about IPv6, to our last [...]

  • The Visual Studio LightSwitch Team Will Ship v1 “Soon” and v2 Will Support OData per a New Job Description

    Updated: 2011-06-12 17:12:00
    : 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 , SQL Azure Data Sync , Windows Azure Platform Appliance WAPA Windows Phone 7, LINQ , ADO.NET Entity Framework , OData and WCF Data Services formerly Astoria Microsoft Synchronization Framework , SQL Server 2005+ , SQL Server CE , NET database , and Web services projects . TIP : Click the latest item's title below to speed . loading Sunday , June 12, 2011 The Visual Studio LightSwitch Team Will Ship v1 Soon” per a New Job Description The Microsoft Talent Network posted a Software Development Engineer in Test II Job for the next version of Visual Studio Lightswitch . From the job : description

  • Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 6/10/2011+

    Updated: 2011-06-11 01:38:25
    : 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 , SQL Azure Data Sync , Windows Azure Platform Appliance WAPA Windows Phone 7, LINQ , ADO.NET Entity Framework , OData and WCF Data Services formerly Astoria Microsoft Synchronization Framework , SQL Server 2005+ , SQL Server CE , NET database , and Web services projects . TIP : Click the latest item's title below to speed . loading Friday , June 10, 2011 Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 6 10 2011+ A compendium of Windows Azure , Windows Azure Platform Appliance , SQL Azure Database , AppFabric and other cloud-computing articles . : Note This post is updated daily or more

  • Scott Guthrie Reports Some Windows Azure Customers Are Storing 25 to 50 Petabytes of Data

    Updated: 2011-06-11 01:38:25
    : 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 , SQL Azure Data Sync , Windows Azure Platform Appliance WAPA Windows Phone 7, LINQ , ADO.NET Entity Framework , OData and WCF Data Services formerly Astoria Microsoft Synchronization Framework , SQL Server 2005+ , SQL Server CE , NET database , and Web services projects . TIP : Click the latest item's title below to speed . loading Friday , June 10, 2011 Scott Guthrie Reports Some Windows Azure Customers Are Storing 25 to 50 Petabytes of Data At 00:36:33 in the live stream archive of his Windows Azure and Cloud Computing keynote to the Norwegian Developers Conference NDC 2011 on 6 8 2011,

  • Upcoming Webinar: Hosting Rich Media in the Cloud

    Updated: 2011-06-10 21:01:30
    Hosting rich media is not optional anymore but a requirement as a means to engage your audience and although video was made for the web, not all websites were made for video. Hosting rich media has its unique challenges such as delivering a flawless user experience, keeping up with the ever-expanding amounts of user-generated content [...]

  • What makes a strategic relationship vs. a tactical relationship?

    Updated: 2011-06-10 14:36:40
    I have opined on this topic before, but I frequently come back to it in my current role as VP Professional Services and that is what constitutes a strategic vendor/customer relationship. This topic is on my mind today based on feedback from one of my customers whom we asked how they defined a strategic relationship.  [...]

  • Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 6/9/2011+

    Updated: 2011-06-09 23:38:00
    : 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 , SQL Azure Data Sync , Windows Azure Platform Appliance WAPA Windows Phone 7, LINQ , ADO.NET Entity Framework , OData and WCF Data Services formerly Astoria Microsoft Synchronization Framework , SQL Server 2005+ , SQL Server CE , NET database , and Web services projects . TIP : Click the latest item's title below to speed . loading Thursday , June 09, 2011 Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 6 9 2011+ A compendium of Windows Azure , Windows Azure Platform Appliance , SQL Azure Database , AppFabric and other cloud-computing articles . : Note This post is updated daily or more

  • Universities Team Up with the Rackspace Startup Program

    Updated: 2011-06-09 20:43:13
    Since its founding in 1989, The Austin Technology Incubator (ATI), a nonprofit unit of The University of Texas at Austin has been dedicated to adding value to technology startups. Over the years, ATI has evolved its incubation model as Austin’s tech economy has grown and developed focusing on Information Technology, Wireless Telecommunications, Bioscience and Clean [...]

  • Generic Mobile Template Enabled for My OakLeaf Systems and Microsoft Access Blogs

    Updated: 2011-06-09 18:52:00
    : 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 , SQL Azure Data Sync , Windows Azure Platform Appliance WAPA Windows Phone 7, LINQ , ADO.NET Entity Framework , OData and WCF Data Services formerly Astoria Microsoft Synchronization Framework , SQL Server 2005+ , SQL Server CE , NET database , and Web services projects . TIP : Click the latest item's title below to speed . loading Thursday , June 09, 2011 Generic Mobile Template Enabled for My OakLeaf Systems and Microsoft Access Blogs Smartphone users with Webkit browsers will see OakLeaf Systems’ posts in Blogger’s new generic mobile template , which went live today . Here’s Blogger’s

  • Lanham Napier on CNN

    Updated: 2011-06-09 17:23:15
    Our very own President, Lanham Napier, was interviewed on CNN to talk about the technology shift to cloud computing. He was asked how Rackspace is able to compete in an industry where we’re the smaller company and he says it comes down to “agility, innovation and our customers.” Take a look.

  • Secure Your Cloud Servers with CloudPassage™ Halo™

    Updated: 2011-06-09 15:17:16
    This is a guest post written and contributed by Chris Brenton, Cloud Security Architect for CloudPassage, a Rackspace Cloud Tools partner. CloudPassage Halo is the first fully elastic, portable security solution for protecting Cloud Servers. Hello cloud owners! I’m Chris Brenton, Cloud Security Architect at CloudPassage. Our flagship product is called Halo, and through the [...]

  • Using Wideband Audio (HD Audio) to Call Into Our Free Developer Jam Session On Wideband Today

    Updated: 2011-06-09 15:10:02
    Voxeo Talks A view inside Voxeo Recording Now On YouTube of Best Practices Webinar on Cloud Vs Premise Vs Hybrid Registration for the 2011 Voxeo Customer Summit is OPEN Using Wideband Audio HD Audio to Call Into Our Free Developer Jam Session On Wideband Today June 9th , 2011 by Dan York Tweet If you’ve been watching our Twitter stream or following our Jam Session site , you probably know that we have a free webinar today June 9, 2011 in about an hour on the topic of wideband audio” also called HD audio” by some How Do You Hear Me Now The Power of Wideband HD Audio What you may not be aware of is that you can now use wideband audio to join into today’s call . Information is available on the Jam Session web page If you can’t join the call today , a recording will be available . Alas , the

  • Open Cloud Computing : History of Open Source Coding and the Open Cloud [INFOGRAPHIC]

    Updated: 2011-06-08 17:52:28
    Though open source refers to the sharing of source code of computer programs, the philosophy behind open source has existed before the time of computers. It’s about innovation through collaboration and sharing of knowledge. We’ve illustrated below the history of open source, the impact open source has been on the world and where open source [...]

  • And So Begins World IPv6 Day – Google and Facebook are Live on IPv6!

    Updated: 2011-06-08 03:46:03
    Speaking of Standards A Voxeo view on industry standards World IPv6 Day is Tomorrow . Are You Ready To Participate What is the CUSS Working Group all about And what is UUI anyway And So Begins World IPv6 Day Google and Facebook are Live on IPv6 June 7th , 2011 by Dan York Tweet And so begins World IPv6 Day technically it was to start at 00:00 UTC which was 2 hours 40 minutes ago as I write this at 10:40pm US Eastern . time And indeed , a dig aaaa www.google.com gives this : result www.google.com . 558723 IN CNAME www.l.google.com . www.l.google.com . 300 IN AAAA 2001:4860:800c : 67 and a dig aaaa www.facebook.com gives this : result www.facebook.com . 30 IN AAAA 2620 : 1c08:4000:face:b00c:0:3 The team at Facebook gets bonus points for being very creative in the IPv6 address they assigned

  • Testing production applications against new builds

    Updated: 2011-06-08 03:28:42
    Account Login How it Works Pricing Docs Get Help Blog Testing production applications against new builds June 7th , 2011 by Adam Kalsey Tropo maintains two clusters for your applications to run on . Our free developer applications run on one cluster of servers and paid production applications run on a separate cluster . This affects you and your applications in a few ways , and opens up some possibilities for development and . testing I’m going to spend a few blog posts talking about how to use our development and production servers effectively . First up , I’ll talk about you can use the two types of servers to ensure bug-free . upgrades Every few weeks we complete a development cycle and determine if the work completed is ready to be published into our network . We take into account our

  • Improper Billing for SQL Azure Web Database on Cloud Essentials for Partners Account

    Updated: 2011-06-07 21:12:42
    : 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 , SQL Azure Data Sync , Windows Azure Platform Appliance WAPA Windows Phone 7, LINQ , ADO.NET Entity Framework , OData and WCF Data Services formerly Astoria Microsoft Synchronization Framework , SQL Server 2005+ , SQL Server CE , NET database , and Web services projects . TIP : Click the latest item's title below to speed . loading Tuesday , June 07, 2011 Improper Billing for SQL Azure Web Database on Cloud Essentials for Partners Account Today I received a notice from the Microsoft Online Customer Portal MOCP that the May 2011 bill for my Windows Azure Platform Cloud Essentials for Partners

  • My Hometown County Has a Case of the Stupids

    Updated: 2011-06-07 16:50:34
    Bruce Joffe puts it plainly: Many GIS professionals, users of public agency GIS databases, and advocates for transparency in government through accessible data records are concerned that this decision, if it stands, would enable many more counties to charge restrictive prices for their GIS databases. This is my warning to all those who think they [...]

  • CloudU Series: Planning a Move to the Cloud

    Updated: 2011-06-07 16:46:32
    We’re almost at the halfway mark in this first year of the CloudU series and everyone will now have a firm enough understanding of Cloud Computing basics for us to move on to some more details and practical papers. First up in this “how to” section is a paper that looks at some of the tips and tricks you [...]

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