DavidL602 has it right. Plus, with products like Acronis it is possible to do a bare metal recovery. With the sync/share, if you were to lose your laptop or have it fail, you would have to reinstall the OS which...
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As relational database was born in the mid-1980s, there was huge interest in it, along with constant headlines. IBM purposefully undersold it at the start due to customer disbelief and IBM worries about upending existing...
In reply to: Value is clear but NoSQL must wait
Encryption works, that's the good news. But it may have been compromised in the way it works and has been implemented in the recent past. So we need to get to the forms that work and pay the price of using them. Edward Snowden...
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Railroads already analyze audio of train wheels, using microphones on tracks to listen for growling bearings and software to spot the anomalies. But it's not real time, and takes a person to make a judgment on the wheels...
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I agree -- it's going to take a really awesome app that could only be used on the device. Otherwise, I'm still married to my smartphone.
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If only this could warn you about those pesky fountains, too...
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Is PaaS just a feature of infrastructure as a service? Reuven Cohen made that argument convincingly here: http://www.informationweek.com/cloud/platform-as-a-service/cloud-crossroads-which-way-paas/d/d-id/1114123? Or...
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@Mark... I'm not sure why someone would want the modern UI version of an app on a desktop. I like 8.1 but the app versions.. I'm not a fan of them.
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I was a big critic of Windows 8 but with 8.1 they have fixed many mistakes. With update 1 they are fixing more. I have upgraded my laptop to Windows 8.1 and so far I am happy with it. One of my few complaints is making you...
In reply to: Not so bad
The potential here is really limitless! Think of the military apllications - it would be impossible to surprise a soldier, because the device could be "trained " to pick up the faintest sounds and recognize them as an enemy's...
In reply to: Analysis
Doug - Although I've been doing quite a bit of reading, I'm still trying to get my head around just what makes something an In-Memory DBMS. One of my touch stones for comparing what appears to be a relatively new...
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Ben, you are entitled to have your own opinion. But your claim that we haven't spoken in a long time is not true. Just last week we exchanged email regarding the past business relationship involving money. I am not debating...
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Duracell has a cloud service? That's how you know that the market is saturated. Look, the players who will win this battle are the ones that are best integrated with other services. Google Drive is and example. Same...
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It seems that the wearables war will begin soon. I still personally do not see the value for something like a smartwatch. However, I know many people who have them, and that the notifications are useful. There...
In reply to: Re: Google android ecosystem
I like the concept, but I would be concerned about this type of audio just becoming "noise" to a person. With frequency comes familiarity and a lack of cognition. My question is: How can this be used without becoming...
In reply to: Noise
Landing a presidential innovation fellowship is a prized position - but those who have taken on the challenge say they would do it again, but were surprised by the lack of resources. It definitely requires thinking out-of-the-box...
In reply to: Prize post
The fact that the government still does not know what Snowden took means encryption is more powerful than most in the technical community realize. Many believe that since the government had a hand in its creation that it...
In reply to: Encryption
I think that implementing a hardware solution is a good idea. This just makes it much harder for malicious actors to be able to break in - hardware is another gauntlet to get through. And it is a tough one to crack. ...
In reply to: Re: Mobile buzz
Rob, I like your comment about getting out and talking to your firm's customers -- it can be the best part of the CIO's job! (http://www.enterprisingcio.com/588/customer-contact-best-part-cios-job)
In reply to: Re: What value?
At Xtrant.com we've created a cloud-based project and collaboration platform–a way for people to use the habits and protocols they are familiar with in the social sphere to get things done, we call it "Productive Sharing"...
In reply to: There is room for innovation as storage becomes commoditized 
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