Do we need programming languages? You may think that the answer is no. But, if you go by the recent trend you may need to change your mind. Consider for example the following questions: Why is Google working two (GO, DART) new programming languages? Why has IBM (X10), Cray (Chapel) and Red Hat (Ceylon) working on creating a new programming language of its own? Why did the attendees of a recent conference in London select 5 (HTML5, DART, Scala, Clojure, Node.js) new languages as the most important software development trends for 2012? What does Neil McAllister mean when he says that these 10 (DART, Ceylon, GO, F#, OPA, Fantom, Zimbu, X10, Haxe, Chapel) programming languages that could shake up IT? Why did Anders Hejlsberg of Microsoft, the creator of Turbo Pascal, Delphi and C# launch TypeScript? Are new programming languages getting created just to satisfy the creativ... (more)

In 2014 Big Data Investments Will Account for Nearly $30 Billion - Eventually Accounting for $76 Billion by 2020 End

DALLAS, Aug. 21, 2014 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Amid the proliferation of real time data from sources such as mobile devices, web, social media, sensors, log files and transactional applications, Big Data has found a host of vertical market applications, ranging from fraud detection to R&D.; Photo - http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20140821/138541 "Big Data Market: 2014 – 2020 – Opportunities, Challenges, Strategies, Industry Verticals & Forecasts" Key Findings: In 2014 Big Data vendors will pocket nearly $30 Billion from hardware, software and professional services revenues Big Data investments are further expected to grow at a CAGR of nearly 17% over the next 6 years, eventually accounting for $76 Billion by the end of 2020 The market is ripe for acquisitions of pure-play Big Data startups, as competition heats up between IT incumbents Nearly every large scale IT ven... (more)

DBCC CHECKDB Process Fails With “Error 8967” in SQL Server

Microsoft SQL Server is a widely used relational database management system, which stores all the data in MDF (Master Database File). It provides an inbuilt utility to check the physical and logical integrity of the objects in specified database through a series of operations. However, in some situations, this tool fails to check the integrity and consistency of the SQL Server database and the database remains inaccessible. In such situation, you may face critical data loss situations and need SQL Database Recovery. As an example of this problem, consider the underwritten scenario: You restore Microsoft SQL Server 2005 or Microsoft SQL Server 2008 database from backup. You encounter errors while restoring the database and the restore process fails. You restore database from same backup using CONTINUE_AFTER_ERROR option. In such cases, when you use DBCC CHECKDB command-lin... (more)

Which Technology Team Will You Be On?

Here at CTOVision, we analyze disruptive technologies and follow trends happening in the government, enterprise, and consumer technology space.  Yesterday I was reading reading about Google’s new offering of a music service through the Android Market.  I found it interesting that Google would do this, since they are so far behind in the game relative to Apple’s iTunes and Amazon’s music services.  Then I started thinking about what this meant for consumers.  Here is what I have come up with. Technology services 5-10 years ago were very sparse and fragmented, especially when you think about Windows vs. the Mac OS.  You either had one or the other.  Then there were a few years where iPods blew up, and Mac brought out OSX, and there was a little more cooperation, but it was still difficult to seamlessly work between the separate devices.  The last few years have been ... (more)

July Technical Calendar

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 MassTLC Mobility Summit Cambridge MA 12 13 14 WordCamp Boston Boston MA Drupal Design Camp Cambridge MA No Show Conference Cambridge MA Windows 8 Developer Camp Manhattan NYC 15 WordCamp Boston Boston MA Drupal Design Camp Cambridge MA No Show Conference Cambridge MA Windows 8 Hackathon Manhattan NYC 16 17 aspConf on-line 18 aspConf on-line 19 Windows 8 Developer Camp Brooklyn NYC 20 Windows 8 Hackathon Brooklyn NYC 21 22 SPTechCon Boston MA 23 SPTechCon Boston MA 24 SPTechCon Boston MA 25 SPTechCon Boston MA 26 27 Windows 8 Developer Camp Rochester NY 28 Windows 8 Hackathon Rochester NY 29 30 31   Event Legend: Microsoft-sponsored (FREE) Microsoft community-sponsored (FREE) Other community-sponsored (free or nominal charge) Registration fee required ... (more)

31 Days of our Favorite Things: The Windows Server 2012 Blog Post Series (Part 1 of 31)

Happy October!  And Happy Monday!  “Grrr…” Ah.. Somebody hasn’t had enough coffee yet.  Well… trust me.  It is a great day.  It’s the first day of a new blog post series that me and my central region IT Pro Technology Evangelist buddies are facilitating. “Who?” IT Pro Evangelists Matt Hester, Brian Lewis, Keith Mayer, and I.  “and me.” Yeah, you too.  We are dedicating October to a series of 31 daily blog posts that will discuss and/or demonstrate our top favorite features and functionalities in Windows Server 2012.  And today is day #1.  So, for today, I’m going to briefly answer the question: “Why Windows Server 2012?” by sharing some overview thoughts, and leave you with some useful resources. The Cloud Platform Windows Server 2012 was built with “the cloud” in mind.  Now before you completely tune out just because someone from Microsoft yet again said the w... (more)

2013 is Darwinian tipping point year for telecoms industry: “Evolve or die!” according to IDATE research

Leading European think tank sees key to success lies in strong strategic relationships with other industry players such as content delivery providers London, 30th May 2013 - IDATE, the No. 1 European Internet think tank, today has published the 13th edition of its DigiWorld Yearbook, the Bible of the internet industry, and the de facto international source of reference for media, cloud, telecoms and internet industry trends. IDATE experts provide a concise and easy to read reference manual of the digital world, including key figures and a look at the latest innovations and key events that marked telecom, internet and media markets during 2012. In the Yearbook preface, IDATE Institute Chairman, François Barrault, warns readers that the current state of affairs is not solely the result of the economic crisis, or Schumpeterian creative destruction. Especially at a time ... (more)

Infer CEO Vik Singh talks about predictive analytics and lead scoring

As data volumes increase and marketing channels proliferate, corporate sales teams  struggle to efficiently identify the real prospects worth an investment of their time. At Infer, a team experienced in applying predictive analytics to the web-scale problems faced by companies like Google and Yahoo! thinks they have a solution. By combining data from internal customer relationship systems with crawls of the public web, Infer offers its customers insights into the prospects most likely to be about to buy. Infer CEO Vik Singh joins me for this podcast, to explore the mysterious world of pre-sales and sales, and to illustrate some of the ways in which a data-driven approach can deliver value. Related articles Infer Raises $10 Million; Helps Companies Use Data to Win More Customers (diversity.net.nz) Software Predicts Which Companies Are an Easy Sell (technologyreview... (more)

Stoneridge Reports Second-Quarter 2009 Results

WARREN, Ohio, July 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Decrease in net sales, net income attributed to dramatically reduced volumes in key marketsLiquidity, capital structure seen as competitive advantage Stoneridge, Inc. (NYSE: SRI) today announced net sales of $102.3 million and a net loss of $19.8 million, or $(0.84) per diluted share, for the second quarter ended June 30, 2009. Net sales for the quarter decreased by $110.9 million, or 52.0 percent, to $102.3 million, compared with $213.2 million for the second quarter of 2008. The decrease in net sales was primarily driven by dramatically reduced production volumes in the North American passenger car/light truck market (49.6%) and the commercial vehicle markets in Europe (70.0%) and North America (50.3%), and the effect of foreign currency translation. Foreign currency translation negatively affected second-quarter ... (more)

K2(R) Software to Support Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 and Other Upcoming Microsoft Releases

LAS VEGAS, Oct. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- K2®, a Microsoft Gold Certified ISV partner, today announced planned support in its products for the upcoming releases of Microsoft Office 2010, Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 and Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010. K2 blackpearl® and K2 blackpoint® software have long had industry-best depth of integration with the Office and SharePoint Server platforms, a primary reason customers adopt K2 for their workflow needs. "K2 has been working with the SharePoint 2010 team, since shortly after the Office 2007 release, to ensure compatible K2 releases will be ready as soon as possible after Microsoft goes to market with its next-generation software in 2010," said Olaf Wagner, senior vice president for product management at K2. "When we deliver this new set of K2 capabilities that leverage Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 featur... (more)

Shutterfly Announces Third Quarter 2009 Financial Results

Shutterfly, Inc. (NASDAQ:SFLY), the leading Internet-based social expression and personal publishing service, today announced financial results for the three months ended September 30, 2009. “Shutterfly delivered very solid third quarter results with better than expected revenue and EBITDA growth, despite an increasingly tough macro-economic environment,” said President and Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Housenbold. “During the quarter we launched the innovative Simple Path photo book creation experience, enhanced our cards and stationery offering and acquired Tiny Pictures. We also made strong progress on our commercial printing initiative and prepared our manufacturing facilities in Charlotte and Phoenix for the seasonally busy fourth quarter.” Third Quarter 2009 Financial Highlights ● Net revenues totaled $40.5 million, a 13% year-over-year increase. ● Third qua... (more)