If Microsoft can move data back and forth between SQL Server and Hadoop in its Analytics Platform System, that's a pretty useful function. Many MySQL users would like to make use of Hadoop, but it's still not easy to get...
In reply to: If SQL Server can do it, MySQL wants to do it too
AllJoyn is solid at what it does - fluent in Wi-Fi, competent on wired Ethernet, and a few words in some Bluetooth scenarios - but it will have to get a lot more protocol support before it connects all the IoT. They've emitted...
In reply to: Lingua franca?
Lorna, If its subsidized with a two-year contract, the purchaser is subsidizing the $100. Part of the monthly rate on a two-year contract is toward the hardware. If you keep the phone more than two years,...
In reply to: Re: 2 for 1
Thanks for mentioning voter fraud -- USA-- 2012 and 2008. Again, move on.
In reply to: Re: Ethics of tech use can't be left to technology companies
Voting without independent monitoring leads to situations like Vladimir Putin getting 107% of the vote in Chechnya in 2012.
In reply to: Re: Ethics of tech use can't be left to technology companies
Hmm, while I see where you're coming from, I don't think Microsoft will ditch the desktop in Windows 9. Most if not all of its application efforts might involve Modern/Win RT apps, but as Windows 8.1 Update shows (and as...
In reply to: Re: start screen
Is it waterproof or water-resistant? Waterproofing would be awesome -- you could make underwater mobile calls.
In reply to: Re: better mousetrap
I wrote the original post in this thread. I actually like the Windows Start Screen in Windows 8.1 and would like to be able to boot my laptop directly to it without first going to the desktop. Some sources indicate that...
In reply to: Booting to Windows Start Screen following latest updates to Windows 8.1
Security measures like this have limited value. But it's nice that remote wiping will be available for free...you know carriers wanted to charge for that. Professional cell phone thieves can rewrite IMEI numbers so those...
In reply to: Re: Parsing?
Not totally sure about the conclusion you made, but I absolutely agree that there is no need for another sharing app. Truly, this is no different than having your images feed directly to Dropbox -- they've just created a...
In reply to: Re: The point?
The growth of the IoT is a very exciting thing, Jeff, but it also heightens the need for proper security and network timing. Connecting more devices mushrooms the entry points for hackers. In theory, a hacker only needs...
In reply to: 1588 Security & Timing
Nadella calls Excel the most ubiquitous data analytics product in the world -- also likely the top contributor to the multiple versions of spreadsheets problem -- leading to the multiple versions of the truth problem. BI/data...
In reply to: Excel
So, IBM is offering DRaaS without supporting the No. 1 (by a mile) hypervisor in use by enterprises? Am I missing something?
In reply to: No VMware?
Rob, I think the biggest joke will be on the GOP in 2016 when Hillary rolls into the White House ;->
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This is one of the few IT projects I've heard about where half the people responsible for governance wanted it to fail and pretty much did everything in their power to make sure it failed. Yet, in spite of those efforts,...
In reply to: success
I have heard people discuss the connected refrigerator concept since the 90's, but I have met few people who actually want one.
In reply to: Re: Footdragging on the Internet of Things
Yes, I believe that in developing countries it may have an advantage that other companies will lack. I also am not as worried about fraud per se, but about their glitchy systems that inadvertantly expose information followed...
In reply to: Re: Facebook not secure
Anyone that had a Blackberry on a company network knows that this feature has been available for a long time with BES. As an admin I've wiped many stolen blackberries by remote and restored new ones the same way. It's...
In reply to: Blackberry Enterprise old feature
Intersting look at future car technologies. What current technology in your car gives you the most trouble, readers? And what's missing?
In reply to: Car tech
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