Google now serves images through a proxy server to improve both security and the user experience. Marketers might not like the change, though.
By Thomas Claburn Editor-at-Large, 12/12/2013
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Interesting to read Chairman Wheeler's own take on expanding access to wireless services on board aircraft. Here's what he said today on the matter: STATEMENT OFFCC CHAIRMAN THOMAS E. WHEELEREXPANDING ACCESS TO MOBILE...
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Whatever happened to "A wink of his eye and a twist of his head,Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread"?
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Boy, we've sure come a long way from "visions of sugarplums"!
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The old axiom is that no CIO survives an SAP implementation. I've lost count of the number of SAP implementation horror stories like this one that I've heard through the years. It appears these stories are fairly...
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I think you allude to a couple of things that really resonate. There will certainly be more orchestration of workloads across networking, compute, and storage. I do think that means we will see the beginning of a new skill...
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Couldn't risk getting skipped, so I put the security checkpoint in AFTER the bag's already in the house.
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Mrs. Claus has him on a short leash after those Facebook pictures last year...
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I'm glad we asked for the DIY home security kit last year.
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I think Roslyn makes an important distinction. While I'm in the camp with what seems like the rest of the world that getting stuck next to some loudmouth passenger with a phone is a horrifying thought, I agree that...
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You'd think he'd be too busy for a hand selfie.
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You have tech support on speed dial just in case, right?
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I hope that's not the hand he wipes with!
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I don't get it... he's already in the house, and we're supposed to be sleeping or he doesn't show up...
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What happens after I get on the list of people who congregate in the chocolate aisle? Hopefully, I get chocolate coupons -- but if Facebook is any example, I also get lots of weight loss ads. Blech. If the marketers are...
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We do know that SAP demonstrated an Avon-sales-rep-facing iPad app at Sapphire in 2011, and an Avon executive participated in the demo. But it's not clear that the app used in Canada was mobile or was entirely developed...
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A Metal Forge/Stamping Plant
Every surface was metal and the presses were 20' high and cast iron.
Lots of LOW powered APs to reduce multi-path interference
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When will it be available for the general public? I signed up weeks ago but have gotten no response from AWS support.
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Pace University - Lubin School of Business: New York, NY Degree: MS in Customer Intelligence and Analytics Description: This program develops your expertise in collecting, managing and interpreting customer data...
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One other reason agencies end of being "chained" to their legacy systems is the notion of sunk costs -- that too much has already been invested in the system to walk away. Sometimes that's the arugment of the CFO who doesn't...
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Bill, regarding your questions on governance of the project, that was one complicated governance exercise, considering the 35+ subcontractors working on the project. Most private enterprise CIOs would not easily agree to...
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This type of iPad application, for roving sales people, is one of the most common. So many companies to learn from already. It will be interesting to hear more about how this one went wrong, whether it was the back end work,...
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