BS. MS is in bed with the NSA. Same with Google, Twitter, Facebook, Yahoo, and the list goes on.
In reply to: I can smell the pile
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In reply to: Internet of Things Meets Holiday Wish Lists
It is important that more and more software companies protect our data. I am glad to see microsoft try and help protect there useres. It is also nice to see the new apps coming out that are NSA proof for communication. The...
In reply to: NSA Proof Communication
It's a tragecy for comedy that they're not rushing this into production. I can definitely see it as an item for Dave Barry's Holiday Gift Guide. I would trust Dave Barry to tell us what this says about society. http://w...
In reply to: Too bad
Actually, the VMI - hosting the native mobile apps offers a better experience than VDI on a mobile device given the relative 'weight' (less) of the mobile application. That is important since the primary driver...
In reply to: Re: VDI and data security
Ariella, the way I see it is that the more bitcoin is in demand the greater becomes its difficulty, currently $1,000+ per 1 bitcoin shows that it is in high speculative demand. This has created a situation where it is only...
In reply to: Re: Misdirected Ingenuity
I like it Kristin -- we can start calling this the "absurdity of things." All these health apps face a challenge of motivation, of getting people who would rather ignore our health (most of us) to engage in this way.
In reply to: Re: Interesting idea, bad execution.
I often tell my young niece and nephew to get good at something a robot can't do. Of course, they just roll their eyes at me. I agree that creativity, personality and generating good ideas are areas where robots are weak...
In reply to: Re: Stay Creative
I think this one can be filed under "absurd wearable tech." The notion is interesting -- a device that learns your behavior to prevent emotional eating -- but i just can support (ba-dum-chh) this prototype. A bracelet, sure,...
In reply to: Interesting idea, bad execution.
Jen, it's not the total I question. It's how they select the contractors. The private sector learned long ago that using the lowest bid IT contractors often gets you what you pay for. The goverenment strings together dozens...
In reply to: Re: Nothing to commend
That's an interesting point Wyatt -- what market does Google want? Is it content to serve web businesses and tech startups, or will it go after more enterprise IT computing? This suggests to me that Google is thinking mass...
In reply to: Re: Google + FedRAMP
Point 2 is often the hardest to get past. i love the Angry birds example of encouraging people to speak up even when it is hard.
In reply to: Elephants In the Room
Google goes after Amazon EBS. Do you readers see it as Amazon's Achilles heel, too?
In reply to: Amazon EBS
Good discussion. I try (not easy) to separate the business process opportunities/issues (e.g. ERP, internet enabled, mobile, etc.) from the business model itself. A manufacturer can become more effective/effecient using...
In reply to: Re: Not everyone is a digital business
Creatitivity is something robots and AI will always find hard to emulate, so make sure you stay in an industry that requires creativity for maximum performance and you should be safe. For now.
In reply to: Stay Creative
Google really seems to be gunning for Amazon market share at the moment, tackling it in the storage arena and potentially in delivery and home shopping thanks to its robotics and driveless cat technologies. It'll be interesting...
In reply to: Face Off
I confess I did not try very hard, but I found not a single statement anywhere telling us about the technology platform for HealthCare.Gov ... Under the circumstances, I cannot imagine how anybody could comment constructively...
In reply to: Does anyone even know what HealthCare.Gov is built on?
Good question, David. In the case of DrFirst, they've brought in some big guns from the medical and technology fields, but your question is very valid.
In reply to: Re: hack
The Unix server stats are pretty grim. IBM was up in units but down in revenue as described above. Oracle was -22% on units and -25% on revenue. HP was -22% on units and -37% on revenue. Fujistu was -16% on units and -33%...
In reply to: Unix death spiral?
This one was a government IT system and one that's been around for a while. I wonder if commercial products would be more or less vulnerable.
In reply to: Re: hack
Re: David F. Carr Compartmentalization has fallen out of favor with many youmger technical personnel as it seen as repetitive. If so, why not simply make a generic\reusable component out of such code? I have worked...
In reply to: Re: Fix HealthCare.gov with a new site that is highly compartmentalized...
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