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While American Idol finalist Adam Lambert’s “My heart is a Ghost Town”
is slowly moving down the international hit rankings, enterprises see
something else slowly but surely turning into a ghost town. Namely their data
centers.
For many IT managers, this is still a bit of a shock. Sure, most companies
stopped a long time ago featuring their data center on a raised floor behind
glass, right next to their reception area, but for many IT professionals a
trip to the company data center still feels a little bit like coming home. I
can still remember the disappointment of the IT operations manager of a
financial institution located right in the heart of Amsterdam, when his brand
new mainframe was delivered. That the new system only occupied barely half of
the available floor space, was not what got him. It was the fact that the new
million dollar plus ... (more)
At the end of each year, when SYS-CON informally polls its globe-girdling
network of software developers, industry executives, commentators, investors,
writers, and editors, our question is always the same: where's the industry
going next year?
Every time, the answers are surprisingly different from the year before, and
of course throw light not just on where the industry is going but also how
it's going to get there, why, because of who, within what kind of time-scale
- all that good stuff.
Enjoy!
Ruby on Rails . JRuby . AJAX . Rules-Based Programming
JASON BELL
Enterprise Develo... (more)
At the end of each year, when SYS-CON informally polls its globe-girdling
network of software developers, industry executives, commentators, investors,
writers, and editors, our question is always the same: where's the industry
going next year?
Every time, the answers are surprisingly different from the year before, and
of course throw light not just on where the industry is going but also how
it's going to get there, why, because of who, within what kind of time-scale
- all that good stuff.
Enjoy!
Ruby on Rails . JRuby . AJAX . Rules-Based Programming
JASON BELL
Enterprise Dev... (more)
Once again I thought this was one of the best TechWaves in years. Better than
last year's, which was good. Having my laptop crash on me when I'm scheduled
to do four sessions wasn't pleasant and took the edge off of it for me.
Otherwise, it might have been a real blast.
Location - I'm still not a big fan of Las Vegas, but the Mandalay Bay was a
great place to hold the event. I can't believe I've stayed there twice and
still haven't been in the wave pool. All the same, I'm looking forward to
next year's East Coast location. However, I'd still really like to see the
date and locat... (more)
By the way, if Ellen Degeneres wants to respond in a reasonable and
constructive way to the lawsuits over her use of song snippets to dance to,
she could always start using Creative Commons-licensed music, with a nice
plug for the open-hearted musicians making our lives more tuney.
... (more)
"American Idol" appears to be the first major television production in the
U.S. to capitalize on a target audience that falls into the category of
"technology-savvy youth." By all accounts, the results are impressive. By
April 9, AT&T; was able to claim their one millionth vote via text messaging
and they're still only halfway through what is, to say the least, an
elongated program format. Still, if the results are to follow the trend of
"Pop Idol," the UK version of the production, the final stages of the show
will reap the rewards for AT&T; in terms of direct-response SMS utiliza... (more)
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