@David,
In that case, bring on the chocolate covered laser bugs :)
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Will this allow individual developers/ small business to get sanbox environments on the cloud?
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@Alison_Diana Great point. A good leader will recognize that they cannot possibly do everything or be the best at everything. A team is necessary, and it is a wonderful thing to see a well crafted team in...
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Linda, thank you for your commentary. I agree with some of your comments and not with others. First I'd like to say that the title CIO is a misnomer in my opinion. Generally the people with the CIO title...
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Linda, thank you for your commentary. I agree with some of your comments and not with others. First I'd like to say that the title CIO is a misnomer in my opinion. Generally the people with the CIO title...
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This is good news for VMware, EMC (which is probably providing a good chunk of the hardware) and users who want to offer more x-as-a-service offerings such as IT-as-a-Service. More virtualization is also good for the environment...
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Yes, web hosting is part of the CalCloud infrastructure and it enables single sign-on.
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First and foremost, will people be able to really trust Facebook with their credit card numbers? Partly due to Facebook's reputation for "oops, my bad" style privacy breaches as well as the recent high profile data thefts...
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The minimal requirements for every health IT job listing I've read during the last 18 months contain an item that automatically disqualifies the vast majority of tech developers and interface designers: X years [or months]...
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With a study that started over 60 years ago when there was a huge social push to conform and be with others like you, I wonder if the study started today, how it might change. But then again I was the oddball that played...
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I was really surprised by these results. 10 minutes and people would rather shock themselves? Obviously they didn't get any parents with young kids, where 10 minutes of nothing might be entirely relaxing. While i don't often...
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IBM only told me that it was a "competitive win." But wouldn't name names.
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It never was enough @Pedro. My BS in Comp Sci from 1985 also included a minor in business. That has probably served me better than the tech side because the technology has changed so much. That allowed me early in my career...
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I now want the querky typewriter keyboard. It's adorable. Always wanted an old typewriter but wondered where i'd put it. Using it as a tablet keyboard would be awesome. One hint for new kickstarters, especially that cockroach...
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One thing to consider in pay raise slow down is that the typical "big" raises come with promotions. And with the economic slowdown many baby boomers aren't retiring, so the 40 something's can't move up, resulting in a celing...
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Next up: Job Title Obstrufication Enabler. VP of Obscure Titles
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Unless companies resolve to rewrite most of their legacy applications, VMware has a great future as the orchestrator of the ongoing, legacy and somewhat uncloudlike enterprise data center. In many cases, "private cloud"...
In reply to: The well-orchestrated legacy data center
The reference to single sign on for California citizens makes me think that this is intended for as a web hosting infrastructure to be shared between state and local government for services to the public. Is that the case? If...
In reply to: Is CalCloud intended primarily for public-facing apps?
That's a big win for IBM. Do you know if Amazon, Rackspace or any other cloud provider also bid?
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