• Data as a service

    Updated: 2012-01-31 16:09:22
    Selling datasets "as a service" is set to become a new revenue stream for organizations.

  • The innovation of innovation

    Updated: 2012-01-31 16:09:22
    Five innovation management trends for the next decade.

  • APIs: The future of ecommerce

    Updated: 2012-01-31 16:09:22
    Application programming interfaces (APIs) are an increasingly popular means of growing an online business.

  • Security: Why it's everyone's problem

    Updated: 2012-01-31 16:09:22
    The consumerization of IT is making information security a bigger headache than ever, according to research by analyst group Frost & Sullivan.

  • Beyond PDF

    Updated: 2012-01-31 16:09:22
    Wolfram Research's new "Computable Document Format" aims to breath life into static documents.

  • The challenge of application portfolio management

    Updated: 2012-01-31 16:09:22
    The majority of CIOs are letting their software costs spiral out of control, according to new research by Fujitsu.

  • Economic uncertainty drives cloud adoption

    Updated: 2012-01-31 16:09:22
    Renewed economic instability is causing CIOs to seek the flexibility of cloud computing.

  • User-developed software

    Updated: 2012-01-31 16:09:22
    Why writing apps is fast becoming child's play.

  • Where mobile meets social

    Updated: 2012-01-31 16:09:22
    The era of location-based social computing has only just begun, says Kevin Lynch, CTO of Adobe Systems.

  • Analysts' predictions for 2012

    Updated: 2012-01-31 16:09:22
    From spending forecasts, to the widespread uptake of enterprise cloud computing, to CIO salaries: a handy round-up of key predictions from the analysts.

  • Special Report: The move to mobile first

    Updated: 2012-01-31 16:09:22
    Mobile devices will soon be the most popular means of accessing the Internet. How are global businesses seizing the many opportunities this presents?

  • TileMill: Now Available in Windows

    Updated: 2012-01-31 15:55:11
    TileMill has been out for about a year! We’re excited to bring you TileMill 0.9.0. The latest release of our map design studio adds native Windows support, a new plugin system, and key core improvements. Whether you’ve been meaning to try TileMill or are a longtime user, expect a more powerful, accessible map design experience [...]

  • VoiceObjects: Managing Lists with DTMF Input

    Updated: 2012-01-31 15:38:49
    : Voxeo Developers Corner Tips , tricks and tutorials about developing applications on Voxeo platforms Prophecy 11.5 Ready for Download VoiceObjects : Managing Lists with DTMF Input January 31st , 2012 by alyx Tweet Pavel Růžička recently shared this SlideShare presentation , How To Make a List In a Voice App Shorter By Entering Letters Via DTMF , 8221 which specifically applies to using Voxeo’s VoiceObjects to manage lists with DTMF input . Pavel demonstrates how to treat the VoiceObjects list object as an audible Excel sheet with unified navigation , 8221 and walks through the programming steps necessary to manage these lists . Ideas discussed in the presentation include collecting input , handling alphanumeric input as well as special characters , translating input , and filtering and

  • 10000 Jobs, and All Requiring Cloud Skills. Who Said Cloud Was Just About IT?

    Updated: 2012-01-31 14:31:44
    CloudU Notebooks is a weekly blog series that explores topics from the CloudU certificate program in bite sized chunks, written by me, Ben Kepes, curator of CloudU.  How-to’s, interviews with industry giants, and the occasional opinion piece are what you can expect to find.  If that’s your cup of tea, you can subscribe here. The [...]

  • Current News: Twitter Updates for 1/30/12

    Updated: 2012-01-31 04:05:01
    Announcing the SMU [Southern Methodist University] Digital Repository, http://bit.ly/wzu3G9 Bamboo Newsletter, Winter 2012 [Project Bamboo], http://bit.ly/zAn8F3 Kindle Fire Dwarfs Other Android Tablets in Market Share after Just Three Months, http://t.co/gOtYrPCN Scholars Seek Better Ways to Track Impact Online, http://bit.ly/zkcdCV As Anonymous Protests, Internet Drowns in Inaccurate Anti-ACTA Arguments, http://bit.ly/wvgS1l | Digital Scholarship |

  • Systems/Programmer III—Web Developer at University of Pittsburgh Library System

    Updated: 2012-01-31 04:04:05
    The University of Pittsburgh Library System is recruiting a Systems/Programmer III—Web Developer. Here's an excerpt from the ad (position number: 0003830): 100% effort will be devoted to Web development and data transformation projects to support the ULS D-Scribe Digital Publishing Program (http://www.library.pitt.edu/dscribe) and other services. At various times, the incumbent will be expected to perform [...]

  • Faculty of 1000 to Launch F1000 Research Open Access Publishing Program

    Updated: 2012-01-31 04:03:31
    The Faculty of 1000 has announced that it will launch its F1000 Research open access publishing program later this year. Here's an excerpt from the announcement : F1000 Research will diverge from traditional journal publishing as follows: Immediate publication (beyond an initial sanity check) upon submitting to the repository. . . . Open, post-publication peer [...]

  • Introducing Apache Hadoop Services for Windows Azure

    Updated: 2012-01-30 22:53:25
    : 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 , SQL Azure Data Sync , SQL Azure Federations , Windows Azure Platform Appliance WAPA Windows Phone 7, LINQ , ADO.NET Entity Framework , OData and WCF Data Services , Microsoft Synchronization Framework , SQL Server 2005+ , SQL Server CE , NET database , and XML Web services projects . TIP : Click the latest item's title below to speed . loading Monday , January 30, 2012 Introducing Apache Hadoop Services for Windows Azure The SQL Server Team SQLServer announced Apache Hadoop Services for Windows Azure a.k.a . Apache Hadoop on Windows Azure and Hadooop on Azure at the Profesional Association for SQL

  • Customer Spotlight: PalmLing

    Updated: 2012-01-30 18:05:36
    : Account Login How it Works Pricing Docs Get Help Blog Customer Spotlight : PalmLing January 30th , 2012 by cmatthieu We are excited to feature PalmLing on this week’s Tropo Customer Spotlight Today I sat down with Ryan Frankel one of the co-founders of PalmLing , to discuss their new business and learn more about how they are using Tropo and Phono for their human translation . services What is PalmLing PalmLing is human translation in the palm of your hand . PalmLing is a phone-based platform that enables travelers to use their cell phones to speak with exceptional translators . Translators are available 24 7 and can speak directly to the person with whom you are communicating , or they can provide the information you need to communicate in a foreign language . PalmLing uses Tropo’s

  • Current News: Twitter Updates for 1/29/12

    Updated: 2012-01-30 04:05:18
    The Research Works Act: A Damaging Threat to Science [Lancet editorial], http://bit.ly/wWGdFG As USTR Insists ACTA Doesn't Need Congressional Approval, Wyden Asks State Dept. for a Second Opinion, http://bit.ly/AFy4U2 Elsevier Needs to Get Out More, http://bit.ly/wpCq0E Most EU Members Sign ACTA; SOPA-Style Protests Building, http://bit.ly/zQqmzV UK Court Says You Can Copyright the Basic Idea of [...]

  • Open Access: We the People Petition to Oppose the Research Works Act

    Updated: 2012-01-30 04:01:57
    A petition for the Obama administration to oppose the Research Works Act (H.R. 3699) is up at the White House's We the People website. Here's an excerpt: HR 3699, the Research Works Act will be detrimental to the free flow of scientific information that was created using Federal funds. It is an attempt to put [...]

  • Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 1/27/2012+

    Updated: 2012-01-29 01:41:14
    : 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 , SQL Azure Data Sync , SQL Azure Federations , Windows Azure Platform Appliance WAPA Windows Phone 7, LINQ , ADO.NET Entity Framework , OData and WCF Data Services , Microsoft Synchronization Framework , SQL Server 2005+ , SQL Server CE , NET database , and XML Web services projects . TIP : Click the latest item's title below to speed . loading Saturday , January 28, 2012 Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 1 27 2012+ A compendium of Windows Azure , Service Bus , EAI EDI Access Control , Connect , SQL Azure Database , and other cloud-computing articles . : Note This post is updated daily or

  • Links to My Cloud Computing Articles at Red Gate Software’s ACloudyPlace Blog

    Updated: 2012-01-28 22:14:00
    : 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 , SQL Azure Data Sync , SQL Azure Federations , Windows Azure Platform Appliance WAPA Windows Phone 7, LINQ , ADO.NET Entity Framework , OData and WCF Data Services , Microsoft Synchronization Framework , SQL Server 2005+ , SQL Server CE , NET database , and XML Web services projects . TIP : Click the latest item's title below to speed . loading Saturday , January 28, 2012 Links to My Cloud Computing Articles at Red Gate Software’s ACloudyPlace Blog I’m a regular contributor of articles about cloud computing development and strategy to Red Gate Software’s redgate ACloudyPlace ACloudyPlace blog . The

  • The 2012 Watchlist for Enterprise App Development Trends

    Updated: 2012-01-28 00:32:57
    Cloud, mobile, HTML5, and Big Data will undoubtedly make an impact on enterprise app development in 2012, but Agile and Web-based IDEs are also poised for big years?

  • Tropo Teams with Apigee on API Explorer

    Updated: 2012-01-27 21:37:32
    Tropo is excited to partner with Apigee on the Tropo API Explorer! The API Explorer allows more developers to explore, learn, and test Tropo’s cloud communications APIs faster than ever before. Tropo provides an API and cloud communications platform for building powerful Voice applications with speech recognition and text-to-speech in 24 languages, call recording, conferencing, [...] No related posts.

  • Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 1/26/2012+

    Updated: 2012-01-27 15:09:22
    : 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 , SQL Azure Data Sync , SQL Azure Federations , Windows Azure Platform Appliance WAPA Windows Phone 7, LINQ , ADO.NET Entity Framework , OData and WCF Data Services , Microsoft Synchronization Framework , SQL Server 2005+ , SQL Server CE , NET database , and XML Web services projects . TIP : Click the latest item's title below to speed . loading Thursday , January 26, 2012 Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 1 26 2012+ A compendium of Windows Azure , Service Bus , EAI EDI Access Control , Connect , SQL Azure Database , and other cloud-computing articles . : Note This post is updated daily or

  • Manager Software & Systems Engineering, Online Library Environment at University of Virginia Library

    Updated: 2012-01-27 04:02:01
    The University of Virginia Library is recruiting a Manager Software & Systems Engineering, Online Library Environment. Here's an excerpt from the ad (posting number: 0609299): The Manager of Software and Systems Engineering is responsible for leading the design and implementation for the Library's priorities for access, retrieval, and use of digital content within the Online [...]

  • Register for IT Roadmap: Free One-day Tech Event in Chicago

    Updated: 2012-01-26 19:54:42
    : NTEN Search this site : Advanced Search My : Account My NTEN History Update My Profile About NTEN Mission Values Staff Board History Press Contact Membership Join NTEN Why Join Member Services NTEN Office Hours Member Appreciation Events 2012 NTC Technology Leadership Academy NTEN Webinars Events Event Recordings Free for Members Community Events Learn NTEN Blog NTEN Connect Newsletter Subscribe Newsletter Archives Advertise Submission Guidelines NTEN:Change Journal Press Advertise Submission Guidelines Reports Benchmarks Data Integration Fundraising IT Staffing Mobile Social Media NPTech Community Software Vendor Satisfaction Wireless NTEN Webinars Resources By Topic Advocacy Budget CMS Collaboration Community CRM Data E-mail Infrastructure Integration APIs International Mobile Open

  • Rackspace Startup Program Spotlight on Profitably

    Updated: 2012-01-26 15:33:21
    Many times we know a small business in need of recommendations and business help. Business owners almost always ask, “Am I the most efficient and profitable company I can be?” Perhaps they are a one or two employee shop and often wonder, “What tools  can I use to help determine these cost-saving opportunities?” As businesses [...]

  • Metrics: A Time Series Data Platform

    Updated: 2012-01-26 15:02:53
    This is a guest post written and contributed by Fred van den Bosch at Librato, Inc., a Rackspace Cloud Tools Partner. Librato is the creator of Metrics, a time series data platform that provides uniform monitoring and alerting for your operation. Would you consider building your own Database Management System? Probably not. While talking with [...]

  • It’s Game On for CPBN with Rackspace

    Updated: 2012-01-26 14:00:31
    You’re watching the big game; your favorite player shoots the ball, and…nothing. That’s what happened to University of Connecticut women’s basketball fans last year when Connecticut Public Broadcasting Network’s (CPBN) servers buckled under unexpectedly heavy traffic while broadcasting an intense, live game online. Because alumni and fans depend on the feed to watch games from [...]

  • Current News: Twitter Updates for 1/25/12

    Updated: 2012-01-26 04:05:08
    New Petition Asks White House to Submit ACTA to the Senate for Ratification, http://bit.ly/yuMUph PIPA And SOPA Were Stopped, But the Web Hasn't Won, http://huff.to/zuMFnU Guide to Finding Interesting Public Domain Works Online, http://bit.ly/xYLcSL Online Social Network Seeks to Overhaul Peer Review in Scientific Publishing, http://bit.ly/zHi3ee The OA Interviews: Francis Jayakanth of India’s National Centre [...]

  • Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 1/23/2012+

    Updated: 2012-01-26 00:47:00
    : 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 , SQL Azure Data Sync , SQL Azure Federations , Windows Azure Platform Appliance WAPA Windows Phone 7, LINQ , ADO.NET Entity Framework , OData and WCF Data Services , Microsoft Synchronization Framework , SQL Server 2005+ , SQL Server CE , NET database , and XML Web services projects . TIP : Click the latest item's title below to speed . loading Wednesday , January 25, 2012 Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 1 23 2012+ A compendium of Windows Azure , Service Bus , EAI EDI Access Control , Connect , SQL Azure Database , and other cloud-computing articles . : Note This post is updated daily or

  • Links to My Cloud Computing Tips at TechTarget’s SearchCloudComputing Site

    Updated: 2012-01-25 23:49:00
    : 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 , SQL Azure Data Sync , SQL Azure Federations , Windows Azure Platform Appliance WAPA Windows Phone 7, LINQ , ADO.NET Entity Framework , OData and WCF Data Services , Microsoft Synchronization Framework , SQL Server 2005+ , SQL Server CE , NET database , and XML Web services projects . TIP : Click the latest item's title below to speed . loading Wednesday , January 25, 2012 Links to My Cloud Computing Tips at TechTarget’s SearchCloudComputing Site I’m a regular contributor of tips and techniques articles for cloud computing development and strategy to TechTarget’s TechTarget SearchCloudComputing site

  • Deploying “Cloud Numerics” Sample Applications to Windows Azure HPC Clusters

    Updated: 2012-01-25 22:12:06
    : 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 , SQL Azure Data Sync , SQL Azure Federations , Windows Azure Platform Appliance WAPA Windows Phone 7, LINQ , ADO.NET Entity Framework , OData and WCF Data Services , Microsoft Synchronization Framework , SQL Server 2005+ , SQL Server CE , NET database , and XML Web services projects . TIP : Click the latest item's title below to speed . loading Wednesday , January 25, 2012 Deploying Cloud Numerics” Sample Applications to Windows Azure HPC Clusters Introduction In addition to the basic MSCloudNumerics Visual Studio template and Cloud Numerics” sample application described in my Introducing Microsoft

  • Hadoop in 2012: Widespread Enterprise Adoption and Inevitable Project Failure

    Updated: 2012-01-25 22:11:51
    Experts predict that many more enterprises will launch Hadoop-related Big Data projects in 2012 -- but they also predict that many of those projects will fail.

  • Tropo Drinkup San Francisco

    Updated: 2012-01-25 20:30:21
    Account Login How it Works Pricing Docs Get Help Blog Tropo Drinkup San Francisco January 25th , 2012 by cmoe Join us Friday January 27th for our Tropo Drinkup in San Francisco at our SOMA headquarters office and enjoy some complimentary drinks while entertained by future rockstars letting loose on our piano and . guitars We like to get our happy hours on early so be ready to break some New Year’s resolutions with us at 3:58pm . Yep , 3:58pm . Because two minutes can make the world of a difference for your . weekend End your work week early and shimmy by the Tropo office for some beers , bites and a lil’ rock jam session if you are so . inclined Tropo Drinkup San Francisco When : Friday January 27th Where : 28 2nd Street 3rd Floor San Francisco , CA 94123 Time : 3:58pm- 6:00pm Related :

  • Cloud Avengers Think Small for Data Storage

    Updated: 2012-01-25 18:54:39
    The increase in user-generated content, regulatory requirements, digital entertainment, social media, and mobile usage demands more storage resources to manage growing volumes of data. The hardware and systems needed to stay ahead of that growth can be confusing and costly. Taking advantage of the elastic nature and utility pricing model of cloud computing helps businesses [...]

  • Code to Scale in the Cloud

    Updated: 2012-01-25 17:33:43
    The coming year will likely see unprecedented growth in cloud computing, especially as people become more comfortable with the interaction of the interfaces and security becomes more stable. One of the things that drive people to the cloud is scalability. The ability to scale up or down at a moment’s notice is one of the [...]

  • Website Traffic Cleared by Cloud Avengers

    Updated: 2012-01-24 17:45:06
    Can your website handle a sudden spike in activity? When LoveBook Online, an online retailer of custom books, made their first national television appearance, their site wasn’t ready to handle the ensuing traffic and crashed. When their second national television appearance rolled around, they had Managed Cloud and Cloud Files on their side and traffic flowed smoothly. (Click here [...]

  • The Cloud Playbook for the Big Game [Video]

    Updated: 2012-01-24 14:00:03
    You just aired a commercial during the Big Game and are about to get blitzed with traffic to your website. John and Jerry give you play-by-play analysis on how to make sure your web config scores a touchdown. For more in depth information, be sure to check out our previous post that details the importance [...]

  • MicroMessenger: The First Voxeo Connect Certified Partner Application

    Updated: 2012-01-24 13:55:55
    : Voxeo Talks A view inside Voxeo Join us for Venture Lounge , Tuesday , February 21, 2012 MicroMessenger : The First Voxeo Connect Certified Partner Application January 24th , 2012 by alyx Tweet Voxeo is at IQPC Call Center Week in Orlando right now , and we’re excited to make the announcement of our first Voxeo Connect Certified Partner Application : MicroMessenger the interactive campaign management and outbound notification application from MicroAutomation . MicroMessenger’s certification as a Voxeo partner application represents the next step in the strategic partnership between Voxeo and MicroAutomation , which began in 2011 with MicroAutomation’s certification as a preferred Professional Services partner within the Voxeo Connect partner program MicroMessenger provides a

  • A Checklist for a Move to the Cloud

    Updated: 2012-01-24 13:55:53
    CloudU Notebooks is a weekly blog series that explores topics from the CloudU certificate program in bite sized chunks, written by me, Ben Kepes, curator of CloudU.  How-to’s, interviews with industry giants, and the occasional opinion piece are what you can expect to find.  If that’s your cup of tea, you can subscribe here. It seems [...]

  • Tropo joins Startup World in 36 cities

    Updated: 2012-01-24 01:26:41
    Account Login How it Works Pricing Docs Get Help Blog Tropo joins Startup World in 36 cities January 23rd , 2012 by Diggz Tropo loves startups . Why Because entrepreneurs always think of new and innovative ways to use Tropo that we’ve never even dreamed . Since we launched Tropo in 2009, we’ve helped thousands of developers and entrepreneurs build apps , demo them , pitch them , get investment and launch into full businesses . In fact , pretty much everyone behind Tropo from the engineers to evangelists even our newest community manager have come from startups of our own . It’s part of our . DNA That’s why we’re extremely pleased to announce that Tropo is partnering with Newspepper TheNextWeb i o Ventures Startup Bus Startup America and a whole lot more to launch Startup World Startup

  • Multi-tenancy for Cloud Architectures: Benefits and Challenges

    Updated: 2012-01-24 00:38:21
    Multi-tenancy can deliver considerable scalability and cost benefits to any SaaS application. But implementing a multi-tenant architecture is a serious undertaking.

  • Analyst: Windows Phone to Be Second Most Popular by 2015

    Updated: 2012-01-23 22:23:17
    The Nokia deal and efforts to entice developers could spur growth for Microsoft's smartphone platform.

  • 2012's Top Trends in Enterprise Application Development

    Updated: 2012-01-23 22:23:15
    Mobile development, cloud computing and analytics make the top five.

  • Early Developer Feedback on Windows 8 Metro

    Updated: 2012-01-23 22:23:13
    A few devs have begun creating apps for Metro, and they give the new platform mixed reviews.

  • Appstores.com Lets Anyone Launch an App Store

    Updated: 2012-01-23 22:23:11
    New platform aims to make it easier to find great apps.

  • AWS Launches Cloud-Based NoSQL Database

    Updated: 2012-01-23 22:23:10
    DynamoDB offers developers easy access to a fast, reliable, scalable NoSQL option.

  • Offshored Development Jobs Could Be Returning to the U.S.

    Updated: 2012-01-23 22:23:08
    Obama is trying to discourage offshoring.

  • Meet Phono – Tropo’s Web Phone

    Updated: 2012-01-23 22:22:09
    Account Login How it Works Pricing Docs Get Help Blog Meet Phono Tropo’s Web Phone January 23rd , 2012 by cmatthieu Have you heard about Phono our open source Javascript Phone API project Phono is a free HTML5 jQuery-based web phone that you can add to any web page to place or receive open SIP-based VoIP calls to from any web browser or iOS Android mobile device using Phono Mobile Phono can be connected to Tropo to place or receive phone calls to from real telephone numbers Phono can also interact with Tropo voice applications directly from a web page using Tropo’s speech recognition and text-to-speech in 24 languages as well as record and play media such as WAV or MP3 files or conduct conference calls , call transfers , call recording , . etc To make things even better , Phono and Tropo

  • Cloud Avengers Rescue Broken Website Images

    Updated: 2012-01-23 18:39:47
    Those tasked with managing a business’s website know that even when something small looks amiss on the site, you’ll hear about it in triplicate from everyone – the CEO all the way down to the janitor. Reduce the risk of hearing about site anomalies, like broken images, slow load times, and shopping cart hiccups, with [...]

  • Can Free Email Scale with Your Business?

    Updated: 2012-01-23 10:35:28
    Last year, over 188 billion emails circulated compared to 60 million Facebook updates and 1.4 million tweets. Email and social media are great for staying in touch with friends and family. Businesses are even using some of these same free social platforms and consumer-level email services to ramp up quickly and cheaply. But, are they [...]

  • Introducing Microsoft Codename “Cloud Numerics” from SQL Azure Labs

    Updated: 2012-01-22 02:43:08
    : 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 , SQL Azure Data Sync , SQL Azure Federations , Windows Azure Platform Appliance WAPA Windows Phone 7, LINQ , ADO.NET Entity Framework , OData and WCF Data Services , Microsoft Synchronization Framework , SQL Server 2005+ , SQL Server CE , NET database , and XML Web services projects . TIP : Click the latest item's title below to speed . loading Saturday , January 21, 2012 Introducing Microsoft Codename Cloud Numerics” from SQL Azure Labs Background Codename Cloud Numerics” is the latest in a series of new Microsoft tools for managing and analyzing Big Data in the Cloud with Windows Azure and SQL

  • Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 1/20/2012+

    Updated: 2012-01-21 07:51:04
    : 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 , SQL Azure Data Sync , SQL Azure Federations , Windows Azure Platform Appliance WAPA Windows Phone 7, LINQ , ADO.NET Entity Framework , OData and WCF Data Services , Microsoft Synchronization Framework , SQL Server 2005+ , SQL Server CE , NET database , and XML Web services projects . TIP : Click the latest item's title below to speed . loading Friday , January 20, 2012 Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 1 20 2012+ A compendium of Windows Azure , Service Bus , EAI EDI Access Control , Connect , SQL Azure Database , and other cloud-computing articles . : Note This post is updated daily or

  • Cloud Avengers Free the Server Room

    Updated: 2012-01-20 16:45:30
    What will you do when your server needs outgrow your server room? Before you start knocking out walls to make more room, the Cloud Avengers are here to help you make the move to cloud. By transferring functions like website hosting, business email, and file storage to the cloud, you save space, cut power consumption, [...]

  • Javascript frameworks that we like

    Updated: 2012-01-20 06:01:23
    We did an initial run on Javascript frameworks to establish the best framework which works for our required web application. To the layman, Javascript is a scripting language which is primarily used in web applications to provide enhanced browsing experience. Simplistically speaking, a Javascript framework is a prewritten compendium of Javascript features and methods which [...]

  • Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 1/19/2012+

    Updated: 2012-01-19 21:42:00
    : 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 , SQL Azure Data Sync , SQL Azure Federations , Windows Azure Platform Appliance WAPA Windows Phone 7, LINQ , ADO.NET Entity Framework , OData and WCF Data Services , Microsoft Synchronization Framework , SQL Server 2005+ , SQL Server CE , NET database , and XML Web services projects . TIP : Click the latest item's title below to speed . loading Thursday , January 19, 2012 Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 1 19 2012+ A compendium of Windows Azure , Service Bus , EAI EDI Access Control , Connect , SQL Azure Database , and other cloud-computing articles . : Note This post is updated daily or

  • Join us for Venture Lounge, Tuesday, February 21, 2012!

    Updated: 2012-01-19 20:01:54
    , , Voxeo Talks A view inside Voxeo Solar-Powered Prophecy Platform Connects Rural Africa To the World MicroMessenger : The First Voxeo Connect Certified Partner Application Join us for Venture Lounge , Tuesday , February 21, 2012 January 19th , 2012 by alyx Tweet Join us from 5:30-8:30 PM on Tuesday , February 21, 2012, for Venture Lounge at Voxeo No speeches , no PowerPoints , just a great opportunity to network with like-minded professionals while enjoying some food , drink and music at our awesome downtown Orlando headquarters on the 10th floor of the Plaza . Venture Lounge is a FREE event , intended for attendees in the following : fields High-tech entrepreneurs Designers Developers Social media professionals Bloggers Investors Students To get an idea of the Venture Lounge experience

  • How to Prevent a Super Bowl Commercial from Sacking Your Site

    Updated: 2012-01-19 17:30:58
    Check out the video for the Cloud Playbook to get you ready for the Big Game! The Cloud was built to provide an environment that can dynamically scale to accommodate an influx of traffic. There is one scenario that pushes the Cloud to the limit – the Super Bowl. The Wall Street Journal has reported [...]

  • Using the Cloud to Troubleshoot the Cloud

    Updated: 2012-01-19 17:00:57
    With the Cloud, many developers and companies can now afford to have a true test and development configuration to ensure that their code deployments will work properly in the production environment.  Setting up these types of environments is valuable because not only can the development team determine if their code works, they also can discover [...]

  • Inside TechStars Cloud with the Rackspace Startup Program

    Updated: 2012-01-19 16:30:12
    The Rackspace Startup Program is fortunate in the fact that we get to help entrepreneurs make their dreams come true daily. We have a wealth of world class accelerators as strategic partners who provide us with the cream of the crop startups for our program. It’s exciting to us when a world class accelerator comes [...]

  • Cloud Avengers Annihilate Software Bugs

    Updated: 2012-01-19 16:19:01
    Software bugs or other malicious vermin attacking your businesses’ productivity? Call on the Cloud Avengers to eliminate the bugs so you can get back to work. With cloud computing, systems are centrally managed, patched, and updated to give you access the latest software versions, virus updates, and spam protection without worrying about unwanted intruders ruining [...]

  • How CloudFlare Increases Speed and Security of Your Rackspace Site

    Updated: 2012-01-19 15:00:21
    This is a guest post written and contributed by Matthew Prince, Co-Founder & CEO at CloudFlare, a Rackspace Cloud Tools Partner.  CloudFlare makes it easy for any site to be as fast and secure as the Internet giants. CloudFlare is a web performance and security company. We have thousands of Rackspace customers, so we were [...]

  • LoveBook Tackles Variable Traffic with Managed Cloud

    Updated: 2012-01-19 14:20:10
    When LoveBook, an online retailer of personalized gift books, experienced server crashes due to a spike in web traffic after a national television appearance, they turned to Rackspace Managed Cloud service. Using Managed Cloud combined with Cloud Files, Cloud Load Balancers, Rackspace Email, and Rackspace Hosted SharePoint helps them achieve cost-effective scaling, manage user-generated content, and [...]

  • Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 1/18/2012+

    Updated: 2012-01-18 22:22:56
    : 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 , SQL Azure Data Sync , SQL Azure Federations , Windows Azure Platform Appliance WAPA Windows Phone 7, LINQ , ADO.NET Entity Framework , OData and WCF Data Services , Microsoft Synchronization Framework , SQL Server 2005+ , SQL Server CE , NET database , and XML Web services projects . TIP : Click the latest item's title below to speed . loading Wednesday , January 18, 2012 Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 1 18 2012+ A compendium of Windows Azure , Service Bus , EAI EDI Access Control , Connect , SQL Azure Database , and other cloud-computing articles . : Note This post is updated daily or

  • Cloud Avengers Knock Out System Crashes

    Updated: 2012-01-18 16:11:02
    Tired of system emergencies interfering with your sleep, disturbing your weekend, or interfering with your vacation? The Cloud Avengers hear your call and are on the way with the power of redundancy. Whether it’s pesky badgers or lack of compute resources causing crashes and outages, tapping the cloud for long term or temporary resource bumps [...]

  • Control Tower Concepts: Supplier collaboration - Beware of the information dead zone!

    Updated: 2012-01-18 15:33:55
    I'm one of those people that has a stack of opened and unopened mail sitting on a desk near the front door. I hate paper-based mail because it takes so much work to open and read and then I have to do something with it which usually means it ends up in an ever-growing pile. [...]

  • Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 1/17/2012+

    Updated: 2012-01-17 23:25:00
    : 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 , SQL Azure Data Sync , SQL Azure Federations , Windows Azure Platform Appliance WAPA Windows Phone 7, LINQ , ADO.NET Entity Framework , OData and WCF Data Services , Microsoft Synchronization Framework , SQL Server 2005+ , SQL Server CE , NET database , and XML Web services projects . TIP : Click the latest item's title below to speed . loading Tuesday , January 17, 2012 Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 1 17 2012+ A compendium of Windows Azure , Service Bus , EAI EDI Access Control , Connect , SQL Azure Database , and other cloud-computing articles . : Note This post is updated daily or

  • 5 Reasons Business Email is Safer

    Updated: 2012-01-17 21:25:09
    Email is a primary entry point for viruses and hacker attacks. When evaluating the many email options available, some businesses choose to jump on free email services. These services may relieve the budget pressure, but they aren’t built to stand up to the demands of business use – especially where security is concerned. Take a [...]

  • Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 1/16/2012+

    Updated: 2012-01-16 08:57:00
    : 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 , SQL Azure Data Sync , SQL Azure Federations , Windows Azure Platform Appliance WAPA Windows Phone 7, LINQ , ADO.NET Entity Framework , OData and WCF Data Services , Microsoft Synchronization Framework , SQL Server 2005+ , SQL Server CE , NET database , and XML Web services projects . TIP : Click the latest item's title below to speed . loading Monday , January 16, 2012 Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 1 16 2012+ A compendium of Windows Azure , Service Bus , EAI EDI Access Control , Connect , SQL Azure Database , and other cloud-computing articles . : Note This post is updated daily or

  • Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 1/8/2012+

    Updated: 2012-01-14 08:49:00
    : 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 , SQL Azure Data Sync , SQL Azure Federations , Windows Azure Platform Appliance WAPA Windows Phone 7, LINQ , ADO.NET Entity Framework , OData and WCF Data Services , Microsoft Synchronization Framework , SQL Server 2005+ , SQL Server CE , NET database , and XML Web services projects . TIP : Click the latest item's title below to speed . loading Saturday , January 14, 2012 Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 1 8 2012+ A compendium of Windows Azure , Service Bus , EAI EDI Access Control , Connect , SQL Azure Database , and other cloud-computing articles . : Note This post is updated daily or

  • Adding Missing Rows to a SQL Azure Federation with the SQL Azure Federation Data Migration Wizard v1

    Updated: 2012-01-14 02:08:38
    : 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 , SQL Azure Data Sync , SQL Azure Federations , Windows Azure Platform Appliance WAPA Windows Phone 7, LINQ , ADO.NET Entity Framework , OData and WCF Data Services , Microsoft Synchronization Framework , SQL Server 2005+ , SQL Server CE , NET database , and XML Web services projects . TIP : Click the latest item's title below to speed . loading Friday , January 13, 2012 Adding Missing Rows to an SQL Azure Federation with the SQL Azure Federation Data Migration Wizard v1 My Loading Big Data into Federated SQL Azure Tables with the SQL Azure Federation Data Migration Wizard v1.0 post of 1 12 2012

  • Voxeo University 2012 Calendar

    Updated: 2012-01-12 19:44:50
    Kick off the new year with training from our wide range of Voxeo University courses!  Our 2012 Voxeo University calendar and certification course tracks have been freshly updated. As a part of our commitment to helping our customers, partners, and developers get the most out of Voxeo solutions, we are offering the following training with regularly [...] No related posts.

  • Control Tower Concepts: Where do profitability management and human resource management meet?

    Updated: 2012-01-12 16:11:03
    Profitability management and human resource management – are they distinct applications or capabilities of an integrated enterprise business management (Control Tower) application? Well, to jump to the punch line, the answer is likely "both" – depending on how one defines the terms. A significant problem that exists in organizations today is that too many decisions get made [...]

  • Loading Big Data into Federated SQL Azure Tables with the SQL Azure Federation Data Migration Wizard v1.2

    Updated: 2012-01-12 16:08:41
    : 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 , SQL Azure Data Sync , SQL Azure Federations , Windows Azure Platform Appliance WAPA Windows Phone 7, LINQ , ADO.NET Entity Framework , OData and WCF Data Services , Microsoft Synchronization Framework , SQL Server 2005+ , SQL Server CE , NET database , and XML Web services projects . TIP : Click the latest item's title below to speed . loading Wednesday , January 11, 2012 Loading Big Data into Federated SQL Azure Tables with the SQL Azure Federation Data Migration Wizard v1.0 Most demonstrations , workshops and hands-on labs for SQL Azure Federations use simple T-SQL INSERT VALUES( statements

  • Solar-Powered Prophecy Platform Connects Rural Africa To the World

    Updated: 2012-01-12 15:07:56
    Voxeo Talks A view inside Voxeo Voxeo Holiday Adopt-a-Family Update Join us for Venture Lounge , Tuesday , February 21, 2012 Solar-Powered Prophecy Platform Connects Rural Africa To the World January 12th , 2012 by Karen Phillips Tweet Mobile phones satisfy our universal need to connect with the world unless you happen to live in a rural area without cell coverage or your keyboard doesn’t support your native written language . Then what do you do Over the past few years , several initiatives have demonstrated the power of simple mobile services to help further development of rural economies . However , most of those were based on SMS , available on most phones , but not conducive for use by people with low literacy or a speaking language not supported by a phone . keyboard In attempt to

  • Goodbye Google Maps? A Trend Appears

    Updated: 2012-01-11 20:36:54
    Good bye, Google Maps… thanks for all the fish We at StreetEasy decided to build our own maps using, among other tools, OpenStreetMap, TileMill, MapBox and Leaflet, instead of paying hundreds of thousands of dollars per year to Google. And yes, the money pushed us into doing it, but we’re happier with the result because [...]

  • Changes to Tropo Channel Support

    Updated: 2012-01-11 17:43:46
    Account Login How it Works Pricing Docs Get Help Blog Changes to Tropo Channel Support January 11th , 2012 by Adam Kalsey As Tropo evolves , we continue to evaluate our product features and make changes to improve the overall experience of using Tropo . Often , this means we add a feature or improve an existing one . Sometimes , this means removing a feature . Tropo will be deprecating two features at the end of this . month Instant Messaging and Twitter Sending instant messages to your application was a fun idea and we used this a lot internally to test text applications , but shifting network protocols and uncooperative IM services meant we spent a lot of effort on the feature for very little positive result . We will be disabling the ability to add new IM networks shortly , and turning

  • Google Maps – The Game

    Updated: 2012-01-11 16:57:48
    In about a month, Google is going to release a game on Google+ based on Google Maps and built using WebGL (Sorry IE users). …there’s a video preview of a new Google Maps for Google+ app – shown below – which uses WebGL and apparently user-location to collect points as you travel around floorplan maps. [...]

  • Creating a SQL Azure Federation in the Windows Azure Platform Portal

    Updated: 2012-01-10 12:59:30
    : 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 , SQL Azure Data Sync , SQL Azure Federations , Windows Azure Platform Appliance WAPA Windows Phone 7, LINQ , ADO.NET Entity Framework , OData and WCF Data Services , Microsoft Synchronization Framework , SQL Server 2005+ , SQL Server CE , NET database , and XML Web services projects . TIP : Click the latest item's title below to speed . loading Monday , January 09, 2012 Problems Creating a SQL Azure Federation in the Windows Azure Platform Portal See the problem adding a table to the federation’s root database at the end of this . post This tutorial assumes that you have obtained a free trial or

  • Generating Big Data for Use with SQL Azure Federations and Apache Hadoop on Windows Azure Clusters

    Updated: 2012-01-08 10:08:39
    : 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 , SQL Azure Data Sync , SQL Azure Federations , Windows Azure Platform Appliance WAPA Windows Phone 7, LINQ , ADO.NET Entity Framework , OData and WCF Data Services , Microsoft Synchronization Framework , SQL Server 2005+ , SQL Server CE , NET database , and XML Web services projects . TIP : Click the latest item's title below to speed . loading Saturday , January 07, 2012 Generating Big Data for Use with SQL Azure Federations and Apache Hadoop on Windows Azure Clusters Updated 1 7 2012 4:00 PM PST : Created an an AzureDiagnostics.dacpac file and assessed compatibility of the AzureDiagnostics’ dbo

  • Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 1/4/2012+

    Updated: 2012-01-05 10:57:56
    : 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 , SQL Azure Data Sync , SQL Azure Federations , Windows Azure Platform Appliance WAPA Windows Phone 7, LINQ , ADO.NET Entity Framework , OData and WCF Data Services , Microsoft Synchronization Framework , SQL Server 2005+ , SQL Server CE , NET database , and XML Web services projects . TIP : Click the latest item's title below to speed . loading Wednesday , January 04, 2012 Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 1 4 2012+ A compendium of Windows Azure , Service Bus , EAI EDI Access Control , Connect , SQL Azure Database , and other cloud-computing articles . : Note This post is updated daily or

  • Voxeo Holiday Adopt-a-Family Update

    Updated: 2012-01-04 20:07:00
    Voxeo Talks A view inside Voxeo Voxeo’s Growth Featured in the Orlando Business Journal Solar-Powered Prophecy Platform Connects Rural Africa To the World Voxeo Holiday Adopt-a-Family Update January 4th , 2012 by alyx Tweet This year , our Orlando team really came through for our adopted families through everyone’s generous donations , we supplied Christmas to 14 people in 3 different families We placed an angel tree” in our office’s Town Square , decorated with angels” bearing requests or gift suggestions from the members of our three adopted families . Voxeons could pick up an angel and go shopping or make a cash donation so that our HR team could go shopping on their behalf . Each child received an equal amount of gifts , and we also provided enough food for everyone to have a plentiful

  • Prophecy 11.5 Ready for Download

    Updated: 2012-01-04 17:17:06
    Voxeo Developers Corner Tips , tricks and tutorials about developing applications on Voxeo platforms New Github Repo for Sample Fax-over-IP CCXML Apps for Prophecy 11 VoiceObjects : Managing Lists with DTMF Input Prophecy 11.5 Ready for Download January 4th , 2012 by John Amein Tweet The latest version of the Prophecy Media Platform , version 11.5, is now available for download at www.voxeo.com prophecy This release brings greater reliability , but most importantly , for those of you looking for higher densities , you’re getting a big performance boost . Prophecy 11.5 is rated at 750 ports and 25 call setups per second with full VoiceXML load on a typical basic Intel server . What does that mean to you 750 ports is obviously the max number of concurrent calls . Imagine that you have all

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